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  1. zeus

    no free stuff (UK)

    Im not sure which contract you have to sign to get your £50. A mate of mine that works for Halifax asked me if I want an account where I get £50 for FREE! Checkout moneysavingexpert. There is a whole forum where people share links to free stuff. Ive had allsorts of stuff in the past. Usually...
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    no free stuff (UK)

    Halifax give you £50!
  3. zeus

    Old Hardware Troubleshooting

    I assume the pins didnt break off the cpu? As long as they didnt bend too much then the cpu will probably be ok. Can you expand on "My computer will now not boot and instead has no responce. " Does it beep (once or many times), do the fans spin up. If the main fan dont spin does the PSU fan...
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    Google Chrome IE

    Yeah, I found Chrome to be fastest too. You get more of the window for the webpage too. But I use Firefox. Its what im used to. Fireftp, downthemall etc.
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    Chicken Philly Recipe (with pics)

    Fair doos, the recipe looks good and the pics look as good as Marks and Spencers adverts! (M&S are famous for taking the best pics of food in British media) Ive been meaning to try this since AT first posted it. Ive actually got everything except the Worcestershire Sauce.
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    Screw question

    Its the first time ive read this topic. It made me smile :) sorry.
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    Data gets corrupted when moved to external USB drive

    Use one of the programs which return SMART reports. You will probably find the Reallocated Sectors Count has reached its limit.
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    Improving Wireless Adapter Outside of a Google Search

    I think the problem is the bit that says "Netgear" At first Netgear stuff seems great but its always let me down in the end.
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    Heat sink VS Heat Spreader VS Conductors

    gold is one of the best.... Copper is better though. Platinum is quite good too.
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    Recovering phots on formatted flash drive

    This worked a treat on my MicroSD card..... TestDisk & PhotoRec - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com
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    3.5 mm stereo socket for laptop

    Do you mean one of these? PCB Mounted 3.5mm Stereo Socket > Maplin I dont know of anywhere in the US but surely ebay would have something.
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    IT training companies (UK only)

    Computeach want £4k for the MCSA. That was about 4-5 years ago when I looked. I just bought some MS MCSA/MCSE training books. They are good.... good enough to pass. When I was looking into it all the administrators I spoke to said to just do an IT based degree and get as much work experience as...
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    microsoft

    tick the "show updates" on the top
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    3gb mem on 2gblimit memory

    Im not certain behind HPs decision to only recommend 2gb, but the laptop would certainly consume more power. You have to remember using usb ports, firewire, vga out etc etc would also consume more power so you would have to fully load up your laptop before seeing any possible adverse effects.
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    Help! Automatic Updates (continuous!!) not Ideal :0)

    Try starting up if safe mode. Its F8, just as windows is loading up!
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    Help! Automatic Updates (continuous!!) not Ideal :0)

    Maybe download the update again. If this doesnt work try and delete the update file. No doubt it sits in a temp directory somewhere.
  17. zeus

    3gb mem on 2gblimit memory

    It might have a motherboard (or even just a chipset) which supports more than 2gb of RAM but maybe the ac adapter supplied with the laptop isnt really up to the job of powering more than 2gb. The power output of apple laptops seems to be published more than for pc laptops.... you can get the...
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    IBM has plans to purchase Sun Microsystems

    $6.5million! Thats peanuts! Maybe I should buy it before IBM! Maybe it means billion!?
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    PC rules supreme in gaming world

    How the hell do they work that out? Im the only person in my crowd of mates to have ever owned a pc.... im also the only person who doesnt own a PS3. Though ive got a PS2 and Xbox. People in Chester must be weird!
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    apple laptops

    I fix iBooks and sell them on the net. Ive never really looked into Powerbook but as far as I know they are the same. They look different, the iBook maxed out at 1.4ghz (Powerbook 1.7ghz), iBook also maxed out with a 14" screen (Powerbook 17") The Powerbooks got bigger harddrives as standard...
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