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    Internet speed doubled by using BT test socket!?

    As title, i was having problems connecting to the internet upstairs in my house(wired extension to master socket) so i tried plugging in my router downstairs, still didnt work, then i got told to try it in the test socket under the plastic cover. So i opened this and plugged it into the test...
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    All of a sudden no sound(Acer laptop and vista)

    I was thinking it was software related? hope thats what it is/was
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    All of a sudden no sound(Acer laptop and vista)

    You didnt read it properly, i said it WAS NOT dropped or knocked, it just stopped working for no reason. I also failed to mention that it started to work after putting a cd in the cd drive. And its the internal speakers
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    All of a sudden no sound(Acer laptop and vista)

    as title really, the laptop is about 1-2 years old i guess, sound was working fine before, and it wasnt dropped/knocked, it just randomly stopped working. Checked the sound options to see if any of the sliders are right down, but everything seems fine. Any ideas what is wrong?
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    Mobile phone ALWAYS takes 2 attempts to connect to router?

    Anyone know why this is? if i go to my mates house it always connects first time every time. Do i need to look at a setting in my routers settings page? if so which one? ive got a Dynamode router, theres loads of settings, not very user friendly
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    Help my misses with a virus please(a worm of some kind)

    Ok my gf has just told me her pc has a virus, now a couple of days ago she downloaded limewire and downloaded loads of songs, so i think thats where she got it from. All i know is(because i dont see her until friday) is that its a worm and avast told her this, so im guessing avast has picked up...
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    Chrome question

    Like in forums for example, if i scroll down to the bottom of the page and click something and think to myself, actually i want to go back to the previous page near the bottom again, it wont return to the bottom so ill then have to scroll all the way down again after clicking back
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    Chrome question

    Ive recently started to use chrome and think its very good, but one thing annoys me a little, when your in a forum and your viewing a certain area on the site, when you click back firefox used to automatically return to the same position on the screen, where as chrome always returns to the top...
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    Youtube HD, what reasons would it run laggy on a pc?

    why would internet come into the equation? you can download the video fully BEFORE playing it? Or is my understanding incorrect? For example then, my internet is only 1meg and thats slow for a connection in england, but i can play HD perfectly...................................... after its...
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    Youtube HD, what reasons would it run laggy on a pc?

    Sorry, my question was assuming the video is fully loaded and ready to go, and it still plays back laggy. I know it takes two or three times longer to load, but loading is not the problem for this guy
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    Youtube HD, what reasons would it run laggy on a pc?

    As title, wasnt sure where to put this so i put it here. Its not a problem im having but in another forum i visit one guy said his pc(which is pretty old, 2600amd 1.5gb ram, radeon 9200 256mb) wouldnt run a youtube hd video without being laggy. So what exactly is needed to run a youtube hd...
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    Best way to clean a pc/office chair?

    Its a normal pc/office fabric chair, its in good condition etc but has one or two small spots like where ive dropped food between my legs or chocolate which has melted and got stuck on it. Sounds like a need a new chair i bet? its not that bad, just one or two spots. Would something like...
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    Orange(uk) dont know what my monthly usage is! lol

    Just rang my internet provider just to double check what my download limit is each month and got told its unlimited(fair usuage policy) so thats great i said. Then i asked could he tell me roughly what im using each month, and he had a look for about 20-30seconds then told me he couldnt tell...
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    Open office question please

    Great, thanks for the tip
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    Open office question please

    just a quick one, if i want to put open office(150mbs) onto a pc that cant get onto the internet can i do that? i.e download it on a pc with the net and put it on a cd? then install it on the pc without the net? will that work? Thanks
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