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Selling my Laptop?

Hello, Answerbankers! Long time no see... I'm planning on selling my laptop soon, in favour of a MacBook Pro. I've heard all sorts of stories about Hackers finding your old details on your computer,...

grandmacath

update for window xp

how can you get updates for the xp when you are not on the net ,my son has xp but not on the net but needs service pack 3 to be able to run i tunes can anyone help please

Mr-H

Block(TCP Port 59129)[TCP Flags:S]ed access

Since yesterday (when i tried to download Real Player from perhaps a rogue site - see my question of last evening) I keep getting ZoneAlarm Security Alertssaying that it has blocked access from:...

monkeygirl70

damaged laptop!!!

after buying a laptop 2mnths ago,my daughter has spilt coffee over the keyboard,i know this will not be covered by the warranty.took it back 2 the shop where purchased,told me 2 contact asus technical...

Milvus

ISP's now storing all email and website visits

As of today a new EU directive requires that ISP's store sender and recipient details for all email traffic together with data on a user's website visits, for 12 months. The ISP's are not allowed to...

fruitsalad

which 3 in 1 printer

hi i would like to buy a 3 in 1 printer can anyone tell me which one is reasonably priced and easy to use tia

isnibs

Windows Firewall problem.

I would like to use the Windows Firewall which came with my XP computer but I cannot switch it on. I've tried all the usual ways but no luck. Any ideas ? Steve

moggie 939

Telephone Extensions - Problems

Help - Urgent Please My new flat has a BT socket in living room and plugging in a telephone to that works perfectly. So far, so good! Because my computer (not broadband, just dial-up) is in the...

gadgetgeek

Connecting PC hard drive to laptop

I was about to reformat my PC hard drive after the blue screen of death appeared (having tried everything to rectify but with no success). Just as I was about to reformat it I remembered there is a...

peppermum

laptops

I'm wanting to buy a new laptop, approx ?400-?500, I don't need it for games, just Internet, Microsoft office type things, Photographs etc. I haven't a clue about dual core or whatever processors, on...

codswallop

Speed up start up

What is the best way to find out which progs.start up at start up and which of those is unnecessary with the aim of quickening things? In this list would I be able to recognise the technical names...

Thakey

Interference from gas boiler.

Does anyone know how I can stop an interference noise on all analogue receivers when a certain phase of the boiler is on. It lasts for about 15-20 seconds and basically drowns out any sounds. I only...

Mr-H

download real player

I'm trying to download Real Player from Real.com, but keep getting told by AVG Resident Shield Alert that there is a multiple threat detection, and that the infection is 'Trojan horse...

dixiedog

Laptop - tactile key board

Having been a touch typist for many years (too many!) I am finding it difficult to source a laptop with a good keyboard. It's not the layout that's a problem, just the lack of response (ie feel and...

telboy1938

Film Downloads

I wish to download And store films to a USB hard drive. I was recommended a programme "ThePirateBay" along with utorrent 1.8.2 but Windows informs me it has no file association. Can you clever guys...

brenda

This may not be the right section , so apologies in advance---

Every day I receive 4 or 5 calls to my landline and in each case there is no message.It is a mobile number and have tried to call this, but my message goes straight to Voicemail, and is not returned....

GRC

Calling all electronics experts...please identify!

As I cannot paste a picture here please accept my apologies for the graphical representation of this symbol: ----I><I---- It looks like two diodes together without the straight bar. My question...

smith134

DVD Drive Issue

My DVD Drive show me strange behavior. It reads CDROM smoothly, but it not reads DVD anymore. When I am trying to insert DVD, computer goes freeze. can anyone tell me what problem with it.

mkjuk

laptop "image not supported" message when playing through projector all of a suden

I've been playing films through a laptop comupter connected to a projector for several months now but recently the screen simply shows the message "image not supported" whether i be playing a film or...

scotman

Running Old Programs

Some while ago I created various utility routines. This was done with MS QuickBasic 4.5. on an Intel P2 machine running Windows 95. Most of these were compiled into .exe files which ran under DOS. Can...

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