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ntfs v fat32

I've acquired a Western Digital 250Gb portable hard drive which is formatted to FAT32 and as this is not the same as my other storage medium, will I be able to re-format it to NTFS without causing any...

wan_amri

Wired and Wireless Internet same time

Hi, I have wired Cable Broadband Internet connection at home, but thinking to have wireless Cable Broadband too. Would it possible to have wireless Internet but same time to keep my wired one. I'm...

jimmys

Expression Web layer issue

Hi, I've been doing a bit of web design for a friend of mine. I'm new to this type of thing, but thought I'd done enough research to be able to produce a half-decent website using MS Expression Web. I...

patelfreman

Video Streaming Websites

Please could somebody let me know if watching tv via a video streaming website (Justin tv, idesi tv, etc) counts as 'downloading'? I have a limited downloadable content size of 10G per month with my...

rov1200

One child policy

Chinas one child policy has kept the countrys population to 1.3 billion. On a smaller scale the UK is going to reach 70 million in a decade if left unchecked which some say is unsustainable. With a...

mandimoo

lotus notes address book

is there a way of forwarding my lotus notes address book at work, to my microsoft mail address book at home? i am going thru a redundancy consultation at the moment and i would like to save my...

Amber63

Some strong language.

The good old BBC advises us that the video in the link contains some strong language. If you view the video you will hear the word 5hit once. Hardly the stuff of Gordon Ramsay. Do you think the BBC...

BillySugger

Vista SP1

I've just done a recovery on a friends Compaq Presario running Vista home premium. Before the recovery it had Service Pack 1 on , I've just downloaded all available MS updates , restarted & rechecked...

Dagman

Winpatrol

Hi AB'ers. I have downloaded winpatrol to try and combat a computer crash problem on advice from Staples. I find it a bit complicated, not knowing what is and isn't safe do get rid of from the...

anotheoldgit

The face of racism we hear little about

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1116 604/STEPHEN-GLOVER-Forget-Harrys-gaffe-Charles s-chum-Sooty-THIS-brutal-new-face-racism-Brita in.html

lauragreen1

getting around

does anybody no what the public transport is like in florida (international drive)? save me renting a car. thank u

jacobsmummy

Family friendly and good childcare?

My husband and I are hoping to go on our first family holiday this year, we were thinking around easter although during term time i believe is cheaper and as our eldest son is only 3 it shouldnt be a...

Panic Button

Upgrading a desktop

My son wants to upgrade our four year old Packard Bell desktop. He wants to add memory, and change the graphics card. Neither he nor I have ever touched an internal component. He seems to think it is...

wizard66

internet explorer problem

Im using Firefox at the moment but when trying to use internet explorer its blocking me from accessing ANY website and just displays the message "internet explorer warning. Visiting this...

paufor

keyboard problem

Mykeyboard decided suddenly to malfunction - it started with the 2 key doing 2 then whenI wanted the appostrophiesitcame up with @ then the number 3 did not do thepound sign but the # and then the '...

MrBounty

Windows 7

Has anyone else checked it out yet? What do you think of it? Comes across as just a Vista upgrade to me....

johntywino

Can I delete the following ????

I do a bit of buying/selling/watching on the computer. What are the following for, and can I safely delete them ? I;ll use No. 1,2,3 for easy answers (1) Python 2.2.3 (2) Java (TM) 6 update 5 (3) Java...

doomey!

Spelling.. (please help)

I'm trying to word an Ad for Home Tuition, but to me the word "Tuition " just looks wrong, all the web pages I have tried say I'm correct, but they are American sites, so it could be an American...

Rhp1

Email/phone/mail entries for tv comps

How do tv companies collate all entries for their tv comps and choose a winner. Are email entries treated the same as phone entries , if so why do people waste money phoning in an answer when an email...