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Ipod touch battery
Hello I have an 18 month old ipod touch and the battery is suddenly poor at keeping its charge. How much does it cost to replace and does it have to go to Apple? Thanks
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Just to clarify, can I put my spare 250GB SATA 5400rpm HD into my PS3?
I know you can change the hard drive to make it bigger, which is what I want to do... just need clarification that this is ok
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Advice needed on purchasing/building a gaming PC
So recently I've been giving some consideration to picking up a gaming PC. I haven't really played the latest PC games since about 2005, and my MacBook Pro from June 2006 clearly cannot cope with the latest titles. It can, however, still provide more than adequately for my day to day needs, so I'm literally looking at a PC…
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laptop crashes
:mad: If I power on with the wireless disabled, it goes through the power-up sequence to the login screen (though I think the font is "slightly" different). If I login from here I can get to my desktop but I cannot turn the wireless back on. It crashes after a while, even if I am not doing anything. If I power on with the…
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Help idiot fell for scam!
Hi I can't believe I fell for this but have just hung up the phone - I didn't hand over any bank details but did however allow access to my computer via the website ammyy dot com - their remote assistance programme. Want I want to do now is protect (belatedly) my computer. I couldn't find the Remote programme when i went…
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Help please - computer name
Hi I am new here - can somebody help at all? Somebody who lives close to me has just informed me that he has a bill for his internet usage and somehow another person who checked his bill for him managed to find out my computer name and IP address and I dont know how they managed to do this? Im not very good at techie…
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Homepage search leading to other search pages
I am in comp hell atm, I've had problem after problem for 4 days now, I seem to of solved most of them by following the steps in the excellent sticky for removing malware but this morning when performing a search from my home page I just kept getting redirected to either adverts or some other search page:mad: I'm guessing…
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Freeview upgrading - recommendations
I have the following 'high tech' TV equipment: * Sony CRT TV, 20-year-old, still works fine * Woolworths Freeview set-top box, a couple of years old * Panasonic videotape recorder, at least 10 years old In April our local TV transmitter gets converted to digital, so I will need to buy a PVR to replace the videotape…
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xbox lead to transfer data between xboxes
we have bought my son the new xbox for xmas but he has asked for a lead to transfer data between the two , please could someone tell me what this is called as i dont want to buy the wrong thing thanks
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pc on button staying orange when turning on
when we switch our pc on in the button that switches it on stays orange and flashes, we have to keep turning it on and off till it goes green, this takes up to half hour sometimes any ideas?
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Touchscreen mobile
My 12 yo daughter asked for a touchscreen mobile for Xmas, and I know little about them. Which is the best value one? She's already on O2 PAYG. Thanks
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need to disable webcam, how?
Hi Guys I'm buying my daughter a new laptop for christmas. Almost all come with a built in webcam. I need to disable the webcam so that my daughter cannot use it at all. How would I do this? John
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Internet protection software for children
Can anyone recommend from personal experience 'parental control' software for fairly young children (younger than 10) which is easy to configure, causes no other problems on the computer, and (if possible) is free? Most costive Internet Security Suites contain this feature, and there's always Net Nanny, or even OpenDNS can…
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Netflix subscription over a VPN service
Hi I'll shortly be getting the Boxee box (wifi online media streamer) to hook up to my TV. I believe by the end of the year Boxee will release an app for Netflix which is the US equivalent of lovefilm but only about a fiver a month. Obviously being US based, Netflix won't work from UK IP addresses so will have to sign up…
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Trojan Help?
Just ran Malwarebytes and i've two infections:eek: I am about to press "Remove selected" but is there a way of finding out where they came from? Or when I was infected? My PC is working the same as usual and I only checked after someone I email mentioned scanning my PC as I "find" songs online:o They are called-…
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What Printer print directly on a Disk.
What Printers are available to print directly on to cd or dvd As many as you can think of so i can price them all. Thanks People you are doing a damn fine job here
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Does anyone still use old tech?
I have a camcorder which i bought in the late 90s. It is Cannon UC10hi which uses hi 8mm tapes. I use it regularly. It looks out of place when compared to ultra small/slim camcorders of today. Does anyone of you still use old tech equipment which is easily seen by the public? I am not on about 8 track or cassettes. Mind…
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Whats the deal with the apple itouch £90 fix?
Hi, For the sencond time my daughter's older model itouch 8gb has broken down, just out of guarantee. She took it to the apple store and they want £90 for a replacement. She didn't accept as I think she wants the newer model anyways. So I'm thinking of maybe paying the £90 for a replacement myself. Just wondering what is…
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Spreadsheet formula
Hi it's me again:D I am still working on my spreadsheet and am a bit stuck on how to work out the formular on one of my work sheets. I have 3 columns A,B and C and would like to subract column B from column A to equal C. If possible I would like to find a quick way to work out the whole of cloumn C without working it out…
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Erae 40in LCD tv help please
I have bought a Erae 40in lcd tv from ebay but i need to know if it has a hdmi inlet so i can plug HD box up to and i have asked the person who i am buying it from and he is not sure if it does or not as he is not up with what can be plugged into tv. so does anyone know if it will as it does have the HD Ready logo on the…
