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Do I need more protection on my laptop?
Hi everyone, I'm a self confessed technopleb, so I hope someone out there can help me. I recently moved ISP from BT Internet to Orange Home. BT say my email address will expire after 60 days, no problem as I've taken steps to ensure all contacts etc. have my new email address. What I want to know is related to security.…
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Asus or Freedom XL ?
Am about to buy a netbook for my birthday and can spend £199 ( thanks to my kind mum ) and have narrowed my choices down to 2 ; Asus 1001 HA 160gig Freedom XL 250 gig Am not an expert and will only be using it for storing photos and music on itunes and the odd bit of surfing when out and about. Are they pretty much the…
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E-mail attatchments help required please.
I have been sent a few emails with attatchments which my pc won't open. The message that comes up in a box reads 'This file does not have a program associated with it for perfoming this action. Create an association in the folder options control panel'. The thing is I don't know how to do that, can any1 help please? xxx
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My pvr crashes daily
My PVR Daewoo DSD9502T crashes daily.Sometimes it misses recording/splits recording and frequently freezes and the dreaded frequent initial hard disk initialisation.I often have to unplug it from the mains daily. The latest software version is 3.2 please help I chuck it in the bin.If there is no solution would you…
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widescreen monitor
A friend has a computer at work, wanted a bigger screen, has ended up with a new 21 or 22" widescreen being delivered. She actually wanted a bigger 4:3 screen -looking on PC world the only monitors they sell are 4:3 19" (what she had originally) and all the rest are widescreen, can you get 21 or 22" 4:3 monitors? We were…
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Adobe wont download fully.
OK,got a n ew laptop and tried to install adobe reader,but it stopped near the end of download and message said I need to be logged on as administrator...which I already am..! What now?
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How to view Sky on 2 TVs (SAME channel) without extra multiroom??? Pls help
This is the situation: We have a strange extension build. It's like 1 room, except it's got 2 floors. The top floor is open & is basically just for sleeping. We're having Sky multiroom installed on Tuesday (hopefully) which means we'll be able to view Sky on the ground floor no problem (hopefully) £10 a month & all that…
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ipad alternatives for flash?
Hi we just got a ipad and gutted i cant play farmville on it! (sad I know) is there an alternative to flash that would enable me to play it?
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Sound Problem!!
The sound has disappeared on my computer (Windows XP) I have moved the volume control slider to high but still no sound. I have a screen with built in speakers. Any help appreciated.
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Help j700i smashed screen need to copy contacts to si
I have smashed the screen on my samsumg j700i and I need to copy the contacts from phone to sim or I'll lose all my numbers. Can anyone help ?
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Hitachi set up guide
Hi...I've just been given an oldish Hitachi SR10 hi-fi surround sound amp and speakers.:D Can anyone help me by suggesting where can I get a set up guide/user manual for it ;) I've emailed Hitachi UK but had no reply.:(
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Need a printer with low running costs...
Can anyone recommend one? Would be nice if it was a laser, but will settle for inkjet. I hear Kodak are not extortionate when it comes to buying ink. A built in scanner/copier would also be great. If possible, the less space it takes up the better. Will mainly be printing text documents, letters etc, so reasonable print…
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Sky Email log in problem
Can anyone help me please? I can log into my Sky account, it recognises me even tells me how many emails I have! but when I try to get into email it shows this (new) page asking me to log in again. https://www.google.com/a/sky.com/ServiceLogin?service=mail&passive=true&rm=false&continue When I do, it tells me that my…
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New laptop
Hi, My brother is looking for a laptop upto £400. Really he will just be using for internet, music, office applications and tfr of music/video to his mobile. Any good laptop recommendations? MS
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how long is my sky+HD box guaranteed for?
Seems to be an intermittent fault and the box is 15months old so how long is it guaranteed for? anyone? arthur
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Trying to recover data. Drive Found but not allocated
Kicked my laptop over and it would no longer charge so I am trying to get the data from it. I'm using a usb to sata/ide cable to try to read it on my desktop but no drive letter is showing. The cable works fine with an old 3.5" disk I've been into Disk Management and the drive shows but has a "no entry sign" and is shown…
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Sky Plus, 2nd TV?
Hi everyone, a friend has just acquired a Sky Plus box, we have set it up and it is working fine with 2 leads from the LNB. But he says his old Sky box used to allow him to plug a second TV into the RF out socket to watch TV in the bedroom. This does not work with the Sky Plus box. He does not have a TV aerial, just a…
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Windows Xp 'Help and Support' not working
Running Win XP with service pack 2 and the 'Help and Support' function has stopped working! Don't know when this happened but have tried to set a restore point and just get a couple of seconds of hour glass and nothing else! Only have an original cd without sp2 and therefore can't use the inf install route! Any…
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Best PS3 trade in offer?
I have an original 60GB PS3 with PS2 backward compatability and was looking to trade it in to get the slim either 120GB or 250GB and was wondering where I could get the most money for it. I saw in Game they were offering £150 store credit and other places said they couldn't give estimates unless i brought it in. Any…
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which mobile broadband package
hi there i am wanting mobile broadband for light surfing between 1 and 3gb, is it best to go pay as you go, if so do all companies have the same policy that the data has 30 days to be used? or should i go on a contact one ? i would like the option where it would not allow you to go over the usage limit, as i would not want…
