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I have quite a few music and video files on my computer and don’t have any problems with them usually. However, sometimes I want to delete on of them and this doesn’t always work. I select the file and press Delete but after confirming that I want to delete it, I get a message saying that the file is in use and cannot be deleted. I’m pretty sure it’s not in use. What’s causing the problem?

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I’ve heard that it’s possible to stream music directly from my PC to my XBox. How do I do this?

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I’ve installed MPlayer on my Linux box but when I try playing a video file I get sound but no picture. What am I missing?

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I can’t print any document because there seems to be a document stuck in the queue for my printer. When I double click on the printer icon in the System Tray I can see that there is a document in the list, but I can’t delete it. The document is still there even if the computer is rebooted, and meanwhile nothing is able to print. Is there a way to get rid of it?

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I’m a big fan of Twitter and love it when people start following me. Twitter sends me an email when this happens but I have no way of knowing when someone *stops* following me. How can I monitor this?

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I keep getting phone calls from a number I don’t recognise and would prefer not getting it until I know who’s calling. Is there anywhere I can look it up and find out who it belongs to?

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