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lamont
Joined: Mar 27, 2005
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From: Manchester, UK
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i think theyve transferred you to LLU. which means that other ISP's use your line, its happened to me as well 
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Aware
Joined: Jun 24, 2006
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From: Oxon, UK
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LLU - sorry for the inexperience, can you elaborate?? Suerly another ISP using our line is illegal?? |
fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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cyco...
one wee one for you im sure you can answer..
my iccle bro has a advent pc from good ol pc world.... 
since day one his VGA and sound drivers have been missing.. i cant find anyone anywhere, is there a free driver updater program on the about?
cheers
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Cycovision
Joined: Nov 30, 2003
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From: England
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Quite possibly, but Belarc Advisor might tell you what's in the box. Also, the formerly-named pcservicecall website might be of use with a bit of luck 
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It's not illegal  All the ISPs do is install their own routing gear into BT's exchanges. By routing gear, I mean the bits of kit and wiring within the the exchange only that your ADSL broadband connection needs to end up with a connection your ISPs servers.
You only get connected to this small part of the very long communications chain if you sign up with an ISP that offers LLU at your telephone exchange. Other than that, you use BT's stuff just as you always did.
It came about because, a few years ago, OFCOM decided that BT's competitors should have equal access to the wires that connect your home directly to the exchange, but pretty much nothing else.This meant that the competitors (broadband ISPs) have almost full access to BTs exchanges and can put their own stuff in. Like stuff to make your tinternet faster 
Having said that, results of LLU have been variable to say the least, particularly during the upgrade process. Slow or non-existant connections for long periods of time, shoddy customer service from newly set up and, in some cases, inexperienced ISPs, even crashing computers after rushed-out driver updates were released for aging USB broadband modems 
I'm all for LLU. If we wait for BT to upgrade their exchanges all by themselves then the middle of the bloody Congo will have faster broadband than the UK before us poor sods even get 16meg as standard!
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leeboy13
Joined: Sep 28, 2005
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From: Brissle - dodgy accients
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@cyco
Right i have to retrieve some very important data off a laptop that wont power up or nothing... its dead as a door nail....
So what im asking is, could i strip it down and use the harddrive within my pc setup to get teh data? would i need any convertion cables etc?? sorry ive never looked inside a lappy before so i dont know if the cables are normal ide ones...
Any help would be grand mate
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Cycovision
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No problem at all mate, all you need is a 3.5" to 2.5" IDE converter. Do a google UK for it, ebay comes out tops usually but if you need one in a hurry there's tons of online stores with next day delivery listed lower down the results 
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leeboy13
Joined: Sep 28, 2005
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From: Brissle - dodgy accients
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legend cyco!
Serously nice one, its a novel my friends friend was writing - apprently for the last 8 years - so its kinda important i save it for them lol
thx matey... i might i add how much of a benifit to this site you are...
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Cycovision
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Awwww shucks, I'm blushing now 
Seriously, you might hit problems when you try to fish this novel out. If she password protected her XP account and / or made the folder that contains the docs 'private', you might get 'access denied' when you try to copy it. Give me a shout if that happens, thankfully there's a way round it
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leeboy13
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ok matey, will let you know when i tackle it.... bear in mind shes been working on it for 8 years... so its running windows 95..... dont know if that matter atall.... |
Cycovision
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Oh right! You shouldn't have a problem getting it at all in that case
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leeboy13
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thats music to my ears buddy
nice one
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jmash
Joined: Jan 18, 2006
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From: Nelspruit,South Africa
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I need your help.I have DVD shrink on my pc(xp pro sp2) and lt's been running ok since l installed it a couple of months ago.Lately l started experiencing problems with my pc as a whole including shrink.The programe launches fine but when you start the rip process,it will analyse the dvd for about 3percent then the pc reboots.Since the pc was sick,I re-installed the OS and l'm still having the same problem with DVD Shrink.I don't know what to do!
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Cycovision
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Sounds like a memory chip problem to me. Restarting is a common symptom of duff memory chip(s), especially when you're in the middle of doing something memory intensive (like ripping DVDs)
It could also be overheating, take the side off and make sure all of your fans and heatsinks are clear of dust and working properly.
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luigithfc
Joined: Sep 17, 2005
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hi i got a new wireless package from aol, i got the router and now bought an adaptor but unfortuntley, it comes with "limited or no connectivity".
but it has a full signal etc......
it usually fails when saying aqurring network address, which i dont know nothing about or if it is the problem???
please help, any ideas???
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jmash
Joined: Jan 18, 2006
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From: Nelspruit,South Africa
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Hi Cyco,I'll follow your advice and see lf l can solve the problem
Thanx man! |
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