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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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well if we are going to be nostalgic how about The Great Ascii Art Library or the Ascii Art collection
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Cycovision
Joined: Nov 30, 2003
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From: England
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Some of that ASCII art still amazes me today!
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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yeah, the amount of fan folded paper with green lines across it that I wasted printing the enterprise or naked ladies in ascii
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methylated_spirit
Joined: Jul 07, 2004
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From: Bonnie Scotland
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Yeah its great, some of the animations are fabulous.
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joebmc
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Kent
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God, I’m not having much luck with my comp.
I recently got a pioneer dvd rw (dvr-11od me thinks). I put it in and hooked it all up, at first had a few problems but sorted it (jumper was on wrong) and I even successfully updated the drives firmware.. But for some reason I cant burn dvd r’s. It opens audio, data and dvd’s but wont burn to them.
I put a brand new dvd+r in and right clicked on it in my computer and then properties and it say its full? Any ideas why?
Ps they are cheap dvd+r from asda (mr dvd I think) could this be the reason?
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dude_se
Joined: Dec 16, 2004
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From: Evesham, UK
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ok i had this prob on old pc now on new... sometimes my screensaver will swith from going off after 10 mins to 1min. does it do this automatically or what? i thought it was just spyware on my old pc.... its very annoying....any ideas?
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Cycovision
Joined: Nov 30, 2003
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@joebmc
What software are you using to burn DVDs? Windows only has built-in support for burning CDs, not DVDs so you have to use a third party application like Nero or Roxio. That's why windows sees a blank DVD as 'full'
@dude
I have absolutely no idea! There's nothing in windows that I know of that will change the screensaver delay time by itself, you got something installed on there maybe?
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dude_se
Joined: Dec 16, 2004
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From: Evesham, UK
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well it happens on my new pc ut the box. only got some programs installed. none i think could cause it.
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joebmc
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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Looks like i need to format my machine, usually i just reinstall windows but is this the best way? Should i not format my HD from dos or something? If so how?
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haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
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Ok i am completely cracking up here, as most people will know i am waiting delivery of my macbook pro at the moment so i only have access to my pc to use untill that time. I wanted to add some more songs to my ipod so i connected it thinking it would pop up and say this is not associated with this itunes library bla bla bla, do you wish to associate it with this library. But it didnt?
It says do not disconnect on the ipod display, and sometimes this error will pop up:
windows delayed write file - windows was unable to save all data for the file F: the data has been lost. This error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection. Please try to save this file elshwere. OK.
Well there is absolutely nothing wrong with my network connection i can tell you that. Also when i click my computer sometimes a removable drive F: appears but when i try double click or open it comes up as not responding etc etc.
Somehow all my songs have been lost of my ipod even though it is not recognised in itunes, WTF!
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Cycovision
Joined: Nov 30, 2003
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From: England
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The delayed write failure error usually happens when windows (or a program) is trying to write to a device that is dodgy, like a failing hard drive or memory stick.
I doubt very much that your Ipod is on it's way out, so I would suggest that it's a software problem. Try unistalling and reinstalling Itunes (latest version) as that often does the trick.
If it still doesn't work, try plugging the ipod into a different USB port or if you have one, try a different USB cable. If it STILL doesn't work, you may be looking at a dreaded reinstall of the operating system 
You may have seen a thread that I started a thread recently asking for help with an ipod nano that windows wouldn't recognise at all, I ended up reinstalling then because all else failed
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haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
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Hi thanks for the quick response i have already tried uninstalling and then reinstallin itunes and tried every usb port available and still no luck.
I have been dl various music and videos etc etc so would have to back them up first which would take about 200 years.
My pc is running sooooo slow aswell took about 10 minutes to load this page.
ARG! 
It is just cracking me up, no wonder i bought a mac is all i will say!
Thanks for the suggestions though.
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Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
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Is your iPod formatted for Mac or Windows?
If you originally set it up on a Mac then it will be formatted in the Mac disk format, and you'll have to download the iPod Updater for Windows to reformat it to Windows format for it to be recognised by the PC. Then you'll have to copy all your music back... you do have all your music backed-up somewhere other than your iPod don't you?? 
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dude_se
Joined: Dec 16, 2004
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From: Evesham, UK
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hey i need your help. all of a sudden my account loads up really slowly and i dont have that much on it and the start items are only the basics. i also cannot open norton internet security and if i try to uninstall it, it says i need to login with supervisor rights. is there anyway to remove internet security and speed up my account. there is no spywate etc btw. also my internet only loads web pages, no msn, no avg updates, etc. happens on my other pc aswell so is it my provider (bt)?
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haynesycop
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
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Hi yes i did back it all up dont worry about that i needed to do that anyone so i can reinstall it on the macbook when it arrives.
When i was trying to attach my ipod something about and ipod updater appeared so i presumed i already had it but i am just downloading it again and will see what happens. Really dont think i could live without music for 3 weeks
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