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Help with removing Trojan
Hi hope someone will be able to give me some advice. Iam not very good with computers so be patient with me. My main computer has been infected with trojan Win32RenosJM could anyone point me in the right direction on how to get rid of this. I have done a scan with macafee but nothing comes up same with windows defender I…
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Idect phone batteries ?
Have just moved house and not used the idect phones for around 15 months (due to us being in rented and no landline) and am having problems getting them charged and ready to use. Have opened up the handsets and found the batteries (rechargeable 2/3 AAA 1.2 volt ) .Have put the handsets on the charger unit and they dont…
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sky viewing card
our Amstrad HD sky box started to freeze over weekend so to fix it turned box off etc to reset AND took out the viewing card, noticed the chip is burnt??? looks like a cigarette burn on the other side? also felt very hot to touch phoned sky to see if still safe? was told the box is designed to switch off if it over heats…
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Help please
Im sorry I think I may have already asked this question last year but have forgotten the answer. Is there a way to make the cross/restore/minimise buttons bigger please. Many thanks in advance.
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Cannot access yahoo mail
Up to a few days ago I could access my yahoo mail account with no problem at all, until today. I cannot access any emails whatsoever via firefox, ie or chrome. All it does is keep sticking. I can see a preview on my yahoo webpage but when I click on them nothing!!! Im on windows 7, 32 bit and if anyone can suggest what I…
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Can I Just Block !!!!!! Sites?
Hi My 11 year old nephew has been staying with me for quite a bit recently and is using my computer. I've just come onto the computer to find in his history a search for "sexy naked women". :o I really don't want him to come across the !!!!!! sites, that I'm sure this type of search would bring up, while on my computer.…
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should i upgrade internet explorer?
hi, i think im running internet explorer 7 on my pc had some issues with ebay saying about cookies now ive not changed my internet options at all so another problem they say it coul be is IE and i need to update. My question is should i update to IE8 or stay as i am? thanks
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Toshiba Laptop Key replacement
My daughter has broken the "A" key on her virtually brand new laptop. I don't have insurance on the laptop and I can't see that it would be repaired under warranty. I have looked at the Toshiba authorised repair shops and they seem to charge a basic fee of about £90 + £26 p&p plus parts. For what would seem a fairly…
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icon disappeared
On my laptop, on the bottom toolbar at the right hand side I usually have a wee icon that shows I'm connected to the internet. It's a wee monitor I think and when I'm connected it shows a blue bubble in front of it. For some reason it disappeared today and hasn't come back. I'm obviously still connected, but I wondered if…
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Panda versus Avira, which is best?
My father in law is on an economy drive and would like to drop his paid Panda anti virus for one of the free ones, I use Avira which I was going to set up for him. Will he notice any difference with Avira? When I uninstall Panda will it completely remove it? ( when I uninstalled AVG I needed a certain programme to…
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Mobile number ?
Hi I am getting silly texts and calls from a mobile phone number I tried to call back they won't answer, how could I find out who owns this number? :confused:
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Avast 5 released
Just a heads up that Avast have released their newest version. They anticipate it'll take one or two months for them to roll out the update via auto update but you can download it now from here. Biggest noticeable change is the UI which actually looks pretty now. It's also now multi-core aware, only scans files which…
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New login probs
XP sp3 Boot appears to work then i get error message ~~Isass.exe the app failed to initialize properly (0x00000005) click on ok to terminate then its a blank screen I tried safe mode but it does exactly the same any ideas anyone? thanks
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Windows explorer keeps freezing and Not Responding
Hi, When I open windows explorer and open three or four tabs or pages, the program then freezes and goes to the Not Responding mode which means I then have to restart explorer and start again. Sometimes this can be ten minutes or so after starting, other times it is an hour, but usually when I have three or four open pages…
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Robo form help needed please
Cannot remember which version of Robo Form I was using?, but it was a free one with unlimited passwords. That is until last night when I finally gave into the stupid annoying pop up reminding me that it needs updating upon which it over rid my original version. Then I realised with the new version you only get 10 passwords…
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Strange security change in XP Pro SP3
Hi all, I had something odd happen on my laptop on Saturday, initially Explorer crashed then not long after I noticed the Windows updates symbol next to the clock. I had them switched off and not to notify me. I checked and it was still set not to notify me? I also couldn't change the Automatic Updates to Off as it was…
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can ipods be blocked?
i got chance of buying an ipod cheap is there any chance it being blocked, would i be waisting my money?
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Netgear wireless modem replacement
Hiya Ive got a Netgear DG834G Wireless Moden that is having difficulty styaing powered up - Im with Virgin, Ive phoned them and they have said (having checked a few things) that it looks like its broken and suggested that I go out and buy a new one. It powers up, then the internet light comes on and then it powers down. I…
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Ford radio code needed
HI All, Battery went flat on transit van. Ford dealership where van was registered can't give me the code without taking the van in. Can anybody help please. Ford 4000 RDS M359289
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Brand New Acer Laptop has died!
Please could one of you kind Techies help. My daughter got a new Acer Aspire laptop for Christmas - model is 5810T with Windows Vista operating system. I think she may have left it on over the weekend and the battery may have gone flat. We cannot get it to switch on at all now. Think it must've gone into hibernation as…
