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apple macbook under £700
Hi there, I am looking to buy my wife a macbook and have found this. qtechworld.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&category_id=5&product_id=1923&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1 for only £685! Now I am a big believer in if things are too good to be true, they usually arn't! Unfort I am no expert on…
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can I check whats running in the background
Hi, One of our computers is really slow and I suspect that its running unwanted programmes in the background all the time as I can hear it grumbling away. How can I check pls?
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links, drop downs and new tabs not being allowed
Hi all, Hope one of you will be able to advise me on a problem I seem to have developed in the past few days. I am able to connect to internet fine, as usual HOWEVER when I go to open a new tab it says not able to open website (does try) the same thing happens when I click a link in any email or site (trusted) and when I…
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How to stop adverts on email home page?
Hi I use hotmail and sometimes AOL and Gmail. On all of these, especially Hotmail, there are those annoying adverts but recently they've started appearing in larger boxes which cover my email inbox so I can't see the text in the inbox. Sometimes there is a button to close the ad but often there isn't and you just can't see…
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Silver Surfer needs help re. MP3 player
My hubby has bought his first MP3 player, a Sony NWZB 153B CE model. He wants the songs he copies from his PC to go onto his player in alphabteical order. He can get his list on the PC in alphabetical order but when it copies to the MP3 player the songs end up in a random "order". Any ideas please? TIA
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Laptops? Dell the best?
Hi all Am looking to buy a laptop and i've always used Dell (mainly as I use them at work, they seem reasonably priced and are reliable). Is this brand the best buy though? Are there better out there that are as good value for money? Or should I just stick to what I know!!? Cheers :beer: xDx
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Thunderbird quota root 95% full
I'm running Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 on Windows 7 (IMAP accounts), and a red bar at the bottom says it's 95% full. Does this mean that I must delete messages? When it gets to 100% will I not be able to receive messages? I can't find anything on the net about this, except that folders should be compacted to save space.…
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head cam info wanted
Hi all, my son is big into mountain biking and thought I would get him a head cam for his birthday but have no idea what I am looking for. ply.com have one for £30 but the reviews are not that great. looked at some other sites and they have some for about £80 but as I dont know anything about it I dont know what I am…
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Samsung N130 wireless connection..
........is causing me a headache :cry: Just bought it for my DH's birthday and for some reason I can't get it to connect to my wireless network. I have run the "diagnose connection problem" program on IE but that doesn't work, nor "repair the connection" via windows. My laptop is working so I know the connection is good.…
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Help ! Sky Mulitroom in Flats
I brought new flat from Barratts Homes.When i making the deal, i asked sky point in master bedroom. i asked the builders number of times make sure there is a sky point when they building is in construction. i got confrimation from site manager that i got sky point. When the flat finished i checked the main lounge got two…
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AVG Security Infection
I am posting this for a friend who has previously posted on another thread and would appreciate any help. Original posts here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1729533 As you may gather from her posts, she is not tecchy whatsoever, so any help you may give would be appreciated in a step by step instructions…
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Itunes Sync mystery fault
I Keep getting the following error message whn syncing my iPhone. Does anyone know what it is and how I can fix it?
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short term wifi access
I have a perfectly good, but aged, laptop which I use at home: broadband connection is via wires - no wifi. I shall be elsewhere for a month with free wifi access available. What's the simplest/cheapest way to get access given that I don't want to fork out for a new laptop just for a month's use? suggestions?
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Help needed with fresh installation of WIN XP please
I am having a problem with clean install of xp on my desktop pc. I have done it before successfully in the past on my laptop but I have just reached the bit where it shows you the partitions on the hard drive and there is nowhere for me to install it as unpartitioned space only has 8mb and it wont let me delete the other…
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Reliable Adobe alternative pdf Reader?
I like using VLC, ImgBurn and other alternatives, but have so far been reluctant to dump Adobe Reader. Can anyone who has tried alternatives, like Foxit or PDF-XChange Viewer, recommend them? Is it worth changing from Adobe, or are they problematic? Just want to read pdf files (manuals etc) and be able to open/save them…
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Can't open .doc file
I recently had to reboot my PC to factory settings (but the one that saves the data...somewhere!!) so I keep coming up against problems which I have sorted in the past but can't remember how to solve them!! I have been sent a file which is a .doc file but when I try to open it it says that I need to set the association…
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Problems with computer. Please help.
Fpr some reason my computer won't load anything. Facebook chat won.t connect. I can't access my learning on learndirect on my accounts page on Amazon. Or watch videos on BBC News in short anything that requires downloading. What do i do please?
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Sky problems
Are there any obvious reasons why we keep loosing sky TV ,get a message no signal being received(which i appreciate is the reason) could it be the box or the dish or something else,its happening alot. The dish and box are about 5 years old,the tv less than a year old and works fine on freeview. Thanks in advance.
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Printer..
Hey all I am looking for a printer for my father, and although I am ok with PC's etc, I know nothing about printers, so I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on a good printer. Basically they want it for printing out photos, and my mum uses it for making cards etc, so she wants a decent quality one. I asked how much, and…
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low disk space
I had low disk space warning message then moved big files to d drive, then restarted then in 20 minutes again ran out of space, not sure which one is fill up data on c drive. Any virus. thanks for your help
