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warning! x box fans
I have just discovered my sons xbox account has been compromised by a phishing e-mail.Small sums of money has gone missing.The card registered has now been cancelled, but X Box microsoft are most unhelpful, and it is so easy to hack into your account, beware all out there
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New PC hard drive being partioned / use of RAID
Have just taken delivery of a new PC from Arbico Computers following their good reviews in PC Advisor magazine but given that this is a replacement for a 7/8 year old Dell I'm a bit out of touch with current PC build issues so wonder in any moneysavers can help? Basically I customised the original spec to include a 1000GB…
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New Router now two laptops cannot connect to internet
Hi SKY replaced our router as the speeds were very slow and connection kept dropping. Have managed to set it up Ok and two of the laptops connected straight away. However one of the laptops and one net book cannot get a connection. I am a total idiot regarding technology and it is probably something really simple but l do…
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downloads
looking for site that I can download films to pc/flash drive so I can send a couple of flash drives [postage] to someone who will be out of country for 8 months but has solar power to back up batteries for pc. have never downloaded films to watch on pc as prefer books. don't mind paying , do not want dodgy sites ,thinking…
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Iphone techie question
On my OH iphone when he wants to look at his photos a map comes up first of where photos were taken. He just touches one of the icons on the map and all pics taken whilst in that location come up. He doesn't know how he did it. I want mine to do that but cant find out how to. Can anyone help? thanks
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SORTED DON'T WORRY HELP balls up on wireless
HELP was hoping to set up a network on my homehub using my desktop computer as the starting point (XP) run the wireless network wizard on this computer and put something onto the usb key and have then plugged this into the 3 laptops (Windows7) and the hub and now none of the laptops wireless work - HELP I now cant access…
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A3+ Photo Printer
Hi, I am hoping I have put this in the right place. I want to print out some of my photos so I want to get a good A3+ printer can anyone recommend one ? I realise these can be epensive and ink numbers can vary so I am trying to get one that gives great quality at a good price Thanks all :beer:
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Virus/malware/spyware??
Hi Sorry I'm not very technological, so you'll have to bear with me, but I'm having some issues with my Dell laptop. It's been behaving strangely for the last week or so. Now, when it starts up the formatting of Windows XP looks rather strange (different colour toolbar and different font). Also, it won't connect wirelessly…
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hacked email
my friend is going through a divorce, and she forwarded me an email, with information of an offer that her ex sent her, to which I replied. Later on that day he sent her a text saying that on his email (forwarded to me), he had installed some new software that would indicate where the email was sent to, is this possible?…
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Google redirecting me to wrong sites
when i click on my google results, it takes to junk websites. i can get to the websites i need if i type the address in the toolbar but not via google. ive done numerous AVG scans and also downloaded ADAWARE and scanned with that. i need to get this sorted as it has just redirected me to a !!!!!! site. any suggestions?…
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Why does my connection keep dropping
I'd appreciate a few words of advice. Over this past week my internet connection has been very hit and miss. My ISP is Freedom2Surf. The connection just appear to drop for no particular reason and it seems to be that if I remove the cable from the machine, wait for a while and refresh then it seems to re-establish a…
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What about one of these...
Archos 101 internet tablet: http://www.archos.com/products/ta/archos_101it/index.html?country=gb&lang=en
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help!!! Hotmail constantly sending span from my contact list
Someone/thing has sabotaged my friend's hotmail account so that nearly every day it sends out those viagra adverts to everyone on her contact list. Now everyone just ignores any email message that she sends out because they think it is one of those spam viagra ones. What can she do about this??? Can you help? Any advice or…
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Samsung-e352-ja03
http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/666300/SAMSUNG-E352-JA03 Hi All! How does this seem for value for £$£$. It'll be new venture into laptops, for me, not for games, but as a general (sorry to be vague) use. Attracted by the supposed BIG price cut!! Looks like another discount in Myvouchercodes, too! Thanks in…
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Thinkpoint Virus + subsequent call from "Microsoft engineer"
Yesterday I was googling UK furniture web sites and suddenly computer was infected with the Thinkpoint Virus. Spent all day removing it with use of malwarebytes on advice of a friend- it seems ok. I did not call or contact any help desks. Then this pm got a call from Indian gentleman on bad line, number witheld, saying he…
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SAmsung Tv wont turn on thanks to energy saving plug. Help!
Hi, We bought a TV from Comet in 2008 (obviously its out of warranty now) but the TV wont turn on as we were using an energy saving plusg (from Lime, which was advertised on here). The red light just blinks nad the power blue light continues to flash. We have tried everything to get it to turn on. (Obviously we took the…
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how to set up a wireless repeater?
hi. i have an o2 wireless box II and would like to extend the range. what are my options? will a larger aerial help or would i be better at looking for a wireless repeater? if so where do i get one and how do i set one up? thanks in advance
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HELP - installed new modem and pc slowed to standstill
Hi all, I've recently changed ISP and, up to now, managed to cope with my (very) old Speedtouch modem from my Orange/Wanadoo days. Recently it's kept disconnecting though so, on the advice of my ISP, they've sent me a Netgear DG834 modem/router (which I paid for). I installed this without (seemingly) any problems…
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Remove AVG?
Whilst helping a friend install some protection on her machine I tried to remove AVG. She had been using the paid for version but as the licence had now expired I suggested she swap to all free programmes. PC Tools has gone on fine as has Malwarebytes, Ccleaner and Superantispyware. These last 3 have run and cleared out…
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Printer recommendation required please
Further to previous threads I've posted here, I've decided we need some mono (black only) laser printers at the school I work at. The toner cartridges need to be as cheap as possible and it needs to be reliable as they will be printing a lot. Must have ethernet connection also. Can anyone please recommend one?
