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MP3 Question

When playing MP3 tracks on the car stereo, I have a track time counter which counts down the time left to play. I've noticed though on several tracks that it doesn't display the time but VBR. It...
07:42 Wed 05th Oct 20115 answers, last by mxyzptlk 07:59 Wed 05th Oct 2011
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computer freezing

My PC at home has started freezing when first powered up, usually within a minute of the desktop icons all being loaded but certainly within first five minutes of use. Mouse and keyboard totally...
12:48 Fri 10th Jun 20112 answers, last by mxyzptlk 12:37 Mon 13th Jun 2011
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BDM announcements

I assume the Times has carried a BDM section (mostly for the well to do) but when did it become more popular for the lower echelons to start announcing the BDM's in the local papers.
15:14 Tue 24th May 20116 answers, last by mxyzptlk 10:18 Wed 25th May 2011
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banks

Chatting to a mate this morning about financial matters and I mentioned I'll talk to my bank manager in the cupboard. Being younger, he hadn't seen this very old advert. Does anyone remember it and...
12:57 Thu 13th May 20105 answers, last by oldrec 20:06 Tue 18th May 2010
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password recovery

Mrs M works in a small office (no IT support) and somehow their email system has lost the password. and now no-one can get their mail. It is a single PC with multi users -not all of whom are savvy...
12:48 Thu 01st Apr 20105 answers, last by wildwood 08:29 Fri 02nd Apr 2010
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AUDACITY

I'm using audacity as the record medium while transferring vinyl records to my PC. All is working ok but how do you prevent (or remove) hiss and crackle from the finished file? I can't find anything...
13:47 Mon 11th Jan 20104 answers, last by mxyzptlk 16:15 Mon 11th Jan 2010
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Error at boot up

I have a problem with booting my PC when I have an external drive fitted.(has been ok until just recently). Without the drive fitted, the boot is all ok and all works fine. I can then plug in the...
13:54 Thu 25th Jun 20092 answers, last by LeMarchand 14:24 Thu 25th Jun 2009
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ie7

My PC has started throwing up errors when using IE7, which while not catastrophic, are annoying. I go into the BBC iplayer to catch up on radio shows and it is fine, but if I then open a second window...
14:00 Thu 16th Apr 20093 answers, last by mxyzptlk 15:06 Thu 16th Apr 2009
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laptop lcd broken

PC world (spit, spit) offered to replace my laptop LCD for a mere ?230. I've spotted some in a quick search on google at a cost of approx ?60. I have the ability to change it myself and wonder if...
13:57 Thu 19th Feb 20092 answers, last by mxyzptlk 15:19 Thu 19th Feb 2009
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who do you think you are

According to the WDYTYA magazine, the new series was scheduled to start last night. The BBC have obviously moved the start date since the mag was published. Anyone know when it will be transmitted?...
16:04 Thu 22nd Jan 20092 answers, last by mxyzptlk 16:11 Thu 22nd Jan 2009
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mp4

I have a couple of albums from itunes in MP4 format. Can I burn them to a CD in the same way as I do for MP3 (ie convert to WAV via the burn prog) or do I need further conversion software? Thanks
11:08 Thu 08th Jan 20092 answers, last by mxyzptlk 16:23 Thu 08th Jan 2009
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Daewoo fridge/freezer

I have a large american style daewoo fridge/freezer at home which is causing a few probs and wonder if anyone can explain or help sort out the problem. It is about 7 years old and is causing all our...
14:00 Fri 19th Dec 20085 answers, last by mxyzptlk 16:50 Fri 19th Dec 2008
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dingbats

1 1215 1945 2 Trac Any ideas anyone?
16:17 Thu 25th Sep 20089 answers, last by smouse 20:32 Thu 25th Sep 2008
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anagram

HOPE GAZED OF TRUTH - leads to an author's surname and novel
16:10 Thu 25th Sep 20082 answers, last by mxyzptlk 16:53 Thu 25th Sep 2008
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video to dvd

Hi I'm having trouble burning DVD's from video files. I have a gadget to interface the video o/p to my PC and can grab the video OK. It saves on my PC as MPG files. I want to be able to edit them (ie...
09:04 Thu 24th Jul 20085 answers, last by mxyzptlk 10:17 Thu 24th Jul 2008
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ntl starview codes

what are the ntl starview codes that people keep requesting on here
14:01 Tue 01st Jul 20081 answer, last by squarebear 15:56 Tue 01st Jul 2008
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iPod Touch question

Is there any way to d/l music/videos from the iPod Touch onto my PC for safe keeping. They were put on by a friend and now when I try to connect the PC wants to u/l all my other saved music from the...
14:00 Wed 14th May 2008
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orange ad music

Who is the artist singing in the current Orange ads
08:36 Mon 26th Feb 20071 answer, last by bobbobley 13:17 Mon 26th Feb 2007
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continuity errors

I seem to recollect there is a website with details of film continuity errors and mistakes which have passed the cutting room people. Can anyone enlighten me to the URL. Thanks
11:35 Thu 21st Jul 20053 answers, last by Chillum 17:23 Fri 22nd Jul 2005
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Ford car radio 6000 series

Hi Just took delivery of a ford focus fitted with a 6000 series cd player. It has a clock in the display which, annoyingly, is reading the wrong time. According to the manual, it is not able to be...
11:29 Tue 15th Mar 20052 answers, last by mdoo98 14:10 Wed 16th Mar 2005

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