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Can anyone direct me to a site which gives some clear information regarding the actual energy consumption of typical home TVs and PCs? I keep hearing about much energy TVs use when in 'standby' mode,...
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I am about to network the three computers in my house. Two are PCs, but my daughter has a Mac laptop. Does anyone know how I go about including a Mac into a PC network?
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My computer has developed a major problem - I cannot open Task Manager. The window appears fleetingly for a few milliseconds and then disappears. Despite all my best efforts it is inaccesible. It has...
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I am having problems with Adaware - when I ask it to scan my system for spyware, it starts off ok and then having scanned a certain number of files (71,000 last time - do I really have that many?!),...
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I recently downloaded 'SpySubtract', which seems to be easy to use.  I have just scanned my system and it find no spyware on my PC.  I then ran SpyBot, which has found 34 spyware related...
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I bought Norton Internet Security 2005 and received a free copy of Norton GoBack 4.0.  I am running Windows XP Home Edition.  Can anyone give me a verdict on GoBack?  Does it offer...
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Each time I use my PC, I get the error message 'Win86.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience.'  I then click the OK button and continue...
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How do I determine the amount of memory within my 'folders' on my PC? If I go into 'My Computer', the size (amount of memory used) is only given for individual files, not for a folder as a...
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I know that Win MX is supposed to be spyware free, but my anti-spyware software 'SpySubtract' (which I have been pretty impressed with thus far) identifies it as a threat to my system.  Is WinMX...
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For some reason, when I am online, an unwanted shortcut bar appears at the bottom of my screen.  It then stays at the bottom of the screen even for non-Internet applications (Word, Excel,...
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I have bought a USB hub which requires my computer (bought about two years ago) to have a USB 2.0 port. How do I go about finding out which port my computer has?
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Is there a way to find the phone number of a hotel online - whenever I try to do this, all that comes up is the phone number for the central booking office?
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I have bought a DSN 'hub' which works better if the computer has DSN 2.0. How do I know which type of DSN port my computer has?
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I have bbc.co.uk as my Internet Explorer 'home page'. Trouble is, whenever I open Internet Explorer, I also get another window across the bottom of my screen, a sort of 'pop up' I suppose, which is...
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I have Windows XP. I use the Internet daily. Every day I get a message telling me there are updates to be installed. Is this normal?
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How to I set my default window size to fill my screen (i.e. maximise)? Occasionally, I need to reduce the size of a window for a particular program and then, for weeks afterwards, I am left with that...
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Windows XP - how do I remove the notification of how many unread emails each user has waiting for them? I don't want it!!
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I am getting 'insufficient memory resources' messages on my PC (Athlon 800 MHz processor; 381 MB RAM; 30GB hard drive with over 5MB unused; Windows XP). Looking at the Task Manager the Commit Charge...

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