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    WINDOWS 7

    Good point Dave, I did have a BSOD with the Vista > W7 upgrade. One of my drivers was incompatible. Clean install no problem at all. Cheers, Bret
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    WINDOWS 7

    I agree Mike, Windows 7 is far better and my resource useage now is far less than it was with Vista AND XP. Fast, reliable and a smaller footprint than Vista. Would recommend any day, MS have got it right finally.
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    How to back up drivers?

    Failing all others try Driver Magician. We use it as a workshop tool for backing up drivers on customer systems, always works well for us.
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    vista or W7

    Personally I never had a single problem with Vista. I ran it from the first Beta and it has always worked with no more errors than I had with XP. Anyway, Vista aside it's now Windows 7 all the way. I can't actually explain the extra features as I haven't found many of them myself yet but the...
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    Good Value Broadband Only Recommendation Please?

    Hi, Totally agree with Alison, I moved from BT to O2 and never looked back. I now recommend it heavily and have got my parents and a couple of colleagues onto O2. Customer service is great, reliability is brilliant (so far, touch wood). I've tried a few but won't be moving for the...
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    Advice on mobile phone access to internet?

    .... or here http://h3g.hosting.smarttrust.com/mysp_h3g/sc.0;jsessionid=5DA46467A547A5B8108F918BB749A96A
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    Advice on mobile phone access to internet?

    Hi there, Check the following settings taken from http://www.filesaveas.com/gprs.html or visit the site for further help. Homepage: http://mobile.three.co.uk/ Access Point (contract): three.co.uk Username : guest Password: guest Authentication: Normal Hope this helps. Bret
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    people borrowing my wireless

    To be more precise it's a DG834G UK but it's technically the same router with wireless. I had assumed that people would realise I was referring to the wireless version. Totally agree with security types although I only now use WPA or WPA2. I haven't had any problems at all with accessing a...
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    people borrowing my wireless

    So in answer to original question as an IT & Telecoms engineer I would recommend the following: 1. Turn on MAC Filtering and enter MAC addresses of your own equipment (including Blackberry, iPhone etc.) 2. Always use WPA2 encryption with a long phrase consisting of mixed case letters...
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    Hot water but No circulation on Central heating?

    Hi guys, You would not believe how useful this topic has just been to me. We have no heating since last night and we canno get a plumber until Monday at the earliest. I am an IT technician and not a plumber, I can put my hand to most things including basic plumbing but I don't know the...
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