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Home Plug connector plus router won't work

From reading the manual and other things on the Net, I get the idea that a home plug is built into the receiver so that one extra is all I need. If I could just plug in the E.net cable and 2nd plug, I could tell in short order. Now my problem is I don't have enough plugs! But my handyman hubby...
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- Post #5
- Oct 3, 2010
- Forum: Networking
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Home Plug connector plus router won't work

He gave me one. Do I need to go buy another? Is there a certain type of router I need? The TV and the computer/hookup are in different rooms, adjacent. If I need 2, why do all the instructions just talk about 1? And how would the adapter be, since it can't be plugged into the receiver. Sorry to...
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- Post #3
- Sep 30, 2010
- Forum: Networking
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Home Plug connector plus router won't work

I'm not even sure this is the proper place for this. We upgraded our satellite receiver a few weeks ago and the installer left a home-plug-to-ethernet connector with me and told me to call a certain number for instructions on how to hook it up after I got a router. I found a Lynksys BEFSR41...
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- Sep 30, 2010
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Networking
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JPG icons reflect photo editing program

A few weeks ago I wrote to see if any of you knew why my photo icons were not miniature photos. Some of you gave good ideas but they didn't work. I accidentally found my answer: I went to the Pictures folder (remember, I have Vista) and clicked on Folder Options. There's a whole line of...
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- Post #6
- Jan 10, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help me get my files back.

If your files were deleted, nothing short of a recovery company can get to them. Thus it wouldn't hurt to reinstall XP with your install disk. If they weren't deleted, see if you can get to them with a boot disk and copy them to an online backup, like Mozy. In any case, your Windows files can be...
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- Post #7
- Jan 10, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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JPG icons reflect photo editing program

Thanks, all of you. I've been away and haven't had the chance to answer. You guys must have a different OS. I've got Vista and it doesn't have "thumbnail" on the explorer view settings or "windows photo viewer." Any other ideas?
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- Post #5
- Jan 3, 2010
- Forum: Computer Building
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JPG icons reflect photo editing program

What can I do to get the photo icons in my folders back to where they look something like the picture contained within? If that doesn't make sense, maybe I can explain. It used to be that all the photos I scanned, downloaded, got from somebody else, whatever, the icons that represented them...
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- Dec 27, 2009
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need the skinny on tv tuners

For some reason I can't get rid of the notion that I want a tv tuner for my PC. I've read and read; Cnet says the picture isn't that good and it seems to say you can't hook one up to your satellite configuration; PCWorld doesn't say anything about picture quality or hookup. What I'm wondering is...
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- Dec 13, 2009
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Audio Components
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Internet problem, please help

Have you opened Internet Options and set your home page? Or have you called your ISP support people?
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- Post #4
- Nov 20, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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HELP: All my EXE files are associated with MS Word!

In Vista and probably in most OSs, there's a utility that specifies certain programs for opening certain files. For instance, a .doc file is opened with Word but if you wanted to, you could change that to .txt and all your .doc files would open with Notepad or Wordpad. Go to Help and Support or...
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- Post #4
- Nov 20, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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Will restore disk work on new HD?

My entire PC career began with an old Sony with XP, complete with installation disks containing OS and apps. As time went on I bought a Dell with XP with restore disk; then the HD died (it was a refurbished model off an auction site.) My question is: if I buy a new HD for the Dell and install...
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- Nov 16, 2009
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Urgent help needed with an elementary school Mac

The general rule is that PC people can't do Macs and Mac people can't do PCs. The first thing the teacher has to do is get a REAL Mac technician on the job. I'm told that files on a Mac are never completely lost, that they can be recovered by somebody who knows what they're doing. She may have...
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- Post #4
- Nov 16, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building
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HP laptop running Vista just became incredibly slow

One other thing to consider: is your ISP broadband or dialup? Could be a busy time for computer users, e.g. Saturday night. That happened to me recently and when I went back to the computer after the weekend, the problem wasn't evident. Another option is too many programs installed, using up...
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- Post #4
- Nov 16, 2009
- Forum: Laptops
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Vista x64 Display turning off when watching a movie

There's another option. I found this out by having the same thing done on my HP with Vista 64: just hit the space bar every now and then. It's annoying, sure, but it keeps; you from having to make other adjustments, which might be more trouble.
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- Post #5
- Nov 16, 2009
- Forum: Computer Building

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