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Software

Missing icons

January 10, 2012
Missing icons

System: HP Pavilion t3200, Windows XP Home SP3 Q: I have recently encountered a Windows startup problem following my attempt to reduce the system’s start up time. In Msconfig having de-selected a program in the Startup list and clicked on Selective Startup in the General [...]

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Syncing feeling

December 27, 2011
Syncing feeling

System: Dell Precision T3500, Intel Xeon W3520, 4GB RAM, Windows 7 Professional Q: I recently purchased a new Dell PC with Windows 7 Professional and once delivered I started putting my software from my old PC on to the new one. One application I tried [...]

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Recording LPs

December 20, 2011
Recording LPs

Q: Is there any software for converting music from LP records into the computer from my turntable so the music can be listened to in digital form or burned to a CD? I’d appreciate any help. A: Converting from vinyl to MP3 isn’t hard, it’s [...]

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Tars, torrents and tunes

December 5, 2011
Tars, torrents and tunes

Q: I have three questions, firstly I have just downloaded a file entitled: perldoc.tar.gz and would like to know if 7-Zip can open this file. I know Windows 7 64-bit cannot. Second I have friend who downloads books in ePub format and needs uTorrent as well could [...]

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Mon Ami

November 21, 2011
Mon Ami

Q: I have all my past word processor correspondence on CDs  – much originating from 5.25 inch floppies – I have important documents relating to wills, house purchases, etc, many written with WordPerfect and AmiPro, and not all can be found in hard copy. Whilst I can open [...]

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Not registered

November 16, 2011
Not registered

Q: Does Linux have a registry like Windows 7 or is it solely the kernel that one deals with? The reason why I’m asking is that when we install a program in Windows it writes it to the registry and when it is uninstalled sometimes the [...]

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Missing file

November 3, 2011
Missing file

Q: When I boot up a flag comes up saying I am missing a Sis_Lib.dll file. In top left-hand corner it says SiSUSBrg.exe. I have tried updating all of my drivers but still no solution. It also says if I reinstall program it might cure [...]

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Spam, spam, spam

October 28, 2011
Spam, spam, spam

Q: I am constantly receiving junk email from senders that are advertising online pharmaceutical products and sex enhancements. These are appearing in my Junk Mail folder. I am forever blocking their email addresses, but they repeatedly send me messages daily. I have set up filters on my [...]

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Short-term Outlook

October 26, 2011
Short-term Outlook

Q: I’m using Outlook for my emails and everything has been plain sailing, but just recently while reading a lengthy email Outlook disappeared and I was left looking at my desktop. I opened Outlook again and all was OK. Now it seems as if I [...]

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Missing link

September 23, 2011
Missing link

System: Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz, 1GB DDR RAM, Windows XP Home (SP3) Q: On a friend’s PC, a hyperlink in Outlook Express when clicked does nothing – hovering the mouse over it does not result in the cursor turning to a hand as it should. [...]

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