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How to ensure my PC is fully protected?
Hi All I'm not a techie person so I'd really appreciate your expert advice (in plain simple language :-)) about how to ensure my PC is fully protected. I do use internet banking. At the moment I only have the AVG free program installed but I don't know if that's enough. Do free programs offer sufficient protection? What…
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Microsoft Office 2007 60 Day Trial
I have Office 2007 60 day free trial pre-installed on my Acer laptop which I haven't activated as yet. As an OU student I already have a copy of Office 2003 on my desktop computer which I purchased at a student discounted price a couple of years ago. The license allows me to also install it on my laptop which ideally I…
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Transferring songs on ipod into itunes
Hi recently bought a new computer and have downloaded itunes. I'm not sure how to transfer all the songs on my ipod on to my itunes. I can't seem to find out on the itunes website. Just wondered if anyone knew. thanks
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Missing Icons - need help please
I have a niggling problem on my netbook which is driving me mad. The power icon and some other icons are missing from my system tray. I've done all the obvious checks, and checked the trays properties. I've made sure that Hide inactive icons is not checked and display power status is checked etc etc. Rebooting doesn't help…
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simple or silly question?????
hiya is it safe to uninstall my modem drivers now that i used broadband?
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Help! just jammed computer.How to proceed please?
hi, Could anyone please advise what to do at this moment please. I have been going thro' stuff on my old computer, which is Windows ME. I wanted to take all the stuff off it. I got a flash drive from Play.com which had a good write up and could be used with 98, ME,and all the rest. The deskstop has the computer buildt into…
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Is Netgear Killing My Broadband?
Hi there I don't know whether anyone can possibly shed any light on the following: I've recently had a NETGEAR ProSafe Plus FS116E switch installed. The 16 port bit is not so that 16 computers can use the connection simultaneously, but so that there is an available port in convenient places - I know I should use wifi!!…
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XBox 360 / WEP issue
Got 2 xboxes. Just got a new router and used it today for first time. Had to set up some security so got one of the xboxes to scan for new networks etc and finally got it up and working, I suspect by luck more than anything else. Started on the 2nd xbox but couldn't find anywhere that mentioned security. I can't remember…
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Phone accessories
Hi I was wandering if you Techie minded people could spare a minute for a survey for uni regarding phone accessories, its multiple choice and will really take less than a minute. Thanks very much http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5X2HSWT
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Taking Acer Aspire One on Holiday-any security issues?
Hi, Want to take my small netbook on forthcoming roadtrip, don't usually take one, but, will need to check out a couple of things on route, book tickets, check bank account/e-mails etc. All the motels I have booked have free wi-fi Can anyone advise if I should be doing anything within my settings to help with security? I…
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I'm such a girl!!
I really cannot make a decision which netbook to buy so need someone to make it for me! Of course I'll probably then choose a different one completely but I won't tell anyone on here! :p I've been researching for what feels like months and really don't want to spend more than £200 so this is what I'm left with Asus 1005HA…
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CD games will not play on PS2
ok, my sons ps2 one of the old type ones will not play cd games however dvd games work no problems. when he inserts a cd game and starts the loading it sounds like the cd is 'spinning' inside the unit, you can here like a scarping noise. dvds play ok, puzzled! anyone have experiance with ps2's and know how to solve this…
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how many emails can I send daily from my ntlworld account?
Hi Folks I will need to send a monthly email to my distribution list of around 300 email addresses. Does VM have a limit on how many emails you can send or or how many people you can send one email to? I know with yahoo it is 500 emails per day with no more than 100 adresses receiving an email at one time. Many thanks
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MS word, Super/Subscript
Here's a challenge: I can use normal superscript and subscript with no problems. What if I want to do superscript directly above the subscript? Can this be done? I've seen it reported in PDF's but cant figure out how to format it in word. Thanks :)
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iTunes Store Billing
How fast is payment for apps taken? I have spent just under £20 in the last seven days, but no money has been debited (or held) from my card (Visa Debit). It also says my last purchase was on the 20th, but clicking 'purchase history' shows everything I have purchased correctly. I assumed payments were immediate rather than…
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Threat detected - help!
Hi all, I'm new here but would really appreciate your help. A few days ago our laptop started redirecting links from google searches to advert sites and since then we have been getting tabs opening randomly with other ad sites. At the same time (but may not be related?) AVG free has been telling us that a Threat is…
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Slow and annoying Philips Freevents
Hello, First may i apologise if this is covered else where. I have a philips freevents computer -intel core 2 duo processor with windows vista running on it. I use mcaffee security suite. Whenever we turn computer on, the virus scannner always starts up and seems to slow things down considerably. Then windows defender…
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Toshiba Satellite U500 Not Detecting Networks
I have a brand new Toshiba Satellite running Windows 7 that regularly does not detect my wireless network. The solution is to reboot and it normally then finds it. I have updated drivers, installed Windows updates. The problem started several days after purchasing it. Originally the machine was running on Vista where it…
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itunes credit card entry
Hi, I have received my credit card bill with an itunes entry of around £20 on it - I can't remember buying anything for this amount, is there any way of contacting itunes or finding out what this was for? I usually get an e-mail from itunes confirming a purchase but nothing for this amount. I have tried looking at…
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NAS Recomendation
I have a 500gb seagate which is now full so I'm purchasing a 1.5TB samsung. I would like to buy a NAS enclosure which I can plug both drives in and access and use both drives. I've been researching on the web, but the Netgear appears to use the 2nd drive as a back up and I'm not sure if this is the case for all NAS…
