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£ sign in google tab
Yesterday I noticed that a red £ sign has appeared at the front of google.co.uk on both the tab and address, any idea what this means? I have now changed my hompage to google.com and it is not showing there.
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Help with Curser??
I have a new laptop and have a problem with the curser (I think that is what it is called). What happens is when I am typing the letters suddenly jump to where the curser is instead of following the text, it is driving me mad. For instance whilst typing this post I tried to write the ied on tried and the ied jumped and…
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Printer reccomendations?
I'm looking for a new printer, i'm mainly going to use it to print off essays and other text documents. I don't plan to use it for photos etc. Can anyone reccomend a cheapish but reasonable quality printer that won't take up too much space and has reasonably priced refils. There are so many when i've looked on the net that…
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Hijack This log help please
Windows defender keeps telling me ive got the vundo trojan and winfixer,so i downloaded vundofix and symantecs vundo repair tool but theyre both telling me that no infected files were found ive now done a hijack this log could someone please advies??...Thanks in advance. Scan saved at 10:48:08, on 09/07/2008 Platform:…
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Help with broadband?
I have just got a new laptop and I need to get a broadband connection. I do not have a landline, so I have been looking at the mobile broadband options that are available. I have seen quite a few offers, but I just wondered what you would recommend and also which you think would be the best to sign up with. Thanks for any…
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Deleting Easy transfer files from memory card
I have got an 8gb memory card that is full of an easy transfer file that i created when i was going to replace my laptop , i have since decided not to change laptops but i cannot delete the files from the memory card , i have tried to delete from Explorer view but just get a message that i need permission to delete and the…
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Windows update has broken ZoneAlarm Firewall & Kills the Internet
This appears to affect only Zonealarm... By now, everyone who is using ZA, knows that Microsoft's update KB951748 broke ZA. The reason that it broke ZA is that Microsoft had to expand the randomness that the DNS client uses when asking for UDP ports to go to DNS servers. ZA only looks for these requests in a certain range…
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any advice?
hi all ihave just brought a new laptop and was wondering if there was any good security out there other than norton or macafee, im a bit rubbish when it comes to computer stuff but want to be completely safe online
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Do you need an additional firewall when you have a router?
I have one desktop hard-wired to a Netgear router. And one desktop and one laptop connected wirelessly. Do I need to run a firewall (I use ZoneAlarm Pro) on the wireless desktop and laptop, or will the router protect me?
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Pornographic pop-ups
Please would someone tell me how to get rid of constant pop-ups from filmon. These are pornographic pop-ups also ones called XXXmen (I think) and also casino pop-ups. I have McAfee security, done several scans but nothing seems to get rid of them. Not an expert on techie stuff so am wondering what I need to get or do to…
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aol /ps3 / bt business home hub setup help please
basically i need ta set my sons ps3 which is upstairs to connect to the net so he can play online gaming on it. i have a bt business home hub router my pc is dowstairs and isint wireless am i right in thinking it dosent have to be wireless for his ps3 to work as the ps3 will pick up the signal ,also will it cause problems…
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Wifi has disappeared from laptop?
Hello WiFi seems to have disappeared so can't connect to the web. Laptop help said radio is disabled, changed it to enabled - didn't work. Also said to do Function and F2 and that hasn't helped. My laptop is a dell xps M1210 (second-hand) had it for about 5 weeks and all has been working fine. My PC is still working fine…
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runntime errors,whats wrong?
i have been getting lots of runntime errors recently,are they harmful and whats the best cure.thanks
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Network with a homeplug adapter
I have a laptop and live in an apartment the walls are very thick and i find that wireless isnt that good. Due to the nature of the apartment i dont fancy a wired network either due to the layout of the place wires would be difficult to conceal or avoid tripping over. So im considering a homeplug adapter For now i just…
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Help using AUCTIVA
Hi thanks for everybody's help with getting me started with selling on ebay! im nearly there!! im using a program called AUCTIVA, which helps with listing products etc but i need some help with AUCTIVA... (hopefully someone uses it on here!) in the checkout options there is a box to tick "Accept PayPal payments" then a…
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AV Query
Can anyone recommend a free antivirus with some heuristic capabilities? Cheers, tinfoilhat
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Trimming music files
Hi there Has anyone any info on free or relativley cheap software that can be used to cut the size of music files. Am looking to make a few ringtones and don't need the full song,just a snippet of it. Thanks in advance Cheqmate06
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Recommend DVD software for Vista?
OH has a laptop with Vista installed (eurgh), and can't seem to play DVDs on it. When he tries it on WMP, he gets an error message saying there isn't a decoder installed, and he's downloaded some other DVD programs, but can't get any of them to work. Anyone help?
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Windows update seems to have killed internet connection
XP machine with direct cable connection to router. Installed 2 Windows updates tonight after getting warning pop up. Now I cannot connect to the internet via IE or Firefox. Tried resetting router, but this isn't the problem, cos typing this on Eee PC via wireless connection. Could it be the Windows updates? Can it be…
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Generic.ABT Trojan
I'm brainstorming for a friend. His PC runs AVG and reports the above trojan. He can put it into the virus vault but cn't delete it. Then when he starts up his pc it comes up again. Any ideas on how to get rid. He's tried Trendmicro Housecall but kept getting an error message "no resources". Spybot etc won't even find it.…
