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New Washing Machine - not impressed!
What's happened to new washing machines? We seem to have stepped back in time. I asked for the machine that superseded my recently defunkt machine (a Hotpoint) and not only has this one arrived with too many dials and buttons (WHY do I need SO many choices?!) but also nearly all the programmes are riddiculously over an…
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Energy Saving Spot Lights LED
Hi Everyone, I was looking for some energy saving spot light and it is a nightmare. First you have the choice of LED, 3mm, 5mm, SMD, etc. Second you need to choose the colour temperature, Finally the number of LED and equivalent luminance. Plus i read somewhere that you can't replace all your spotlights with LED ones as…
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old yahoo mail address is sending spam/malware to my contacts
I have an old yahoo email that I almost never use. Lately it has been hacked I think or at least emails with a non opening link are being sent to all my contacts, which is embarrassing. I use a mac so am not sure whether any of the spybot or malware software programmes are either necessary or would work to check the mac?…
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free SMS via web
Does anyone know of any sites I can send free SMS txts? I was using this one but it's stoped working now http://smstexter.com/index.php
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How to tune old hitachi telly on the av channel
Hi Guys, My kids have an old Sanyo model number Ce25BN2 in the den to play wii on, well they cannot find the tv controller, so I can go up and down manually on the channels 1-99 but i cannot seem to find the av channel can anyone help? BP xx edit, so after everyones help a freecycler has given me a hitachi tv, c28w44on tv,…
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Allowing temp fonts download
Can anyone tell me where the setting is to auto allow these rather than having the pop up asking me if i want to allow or not?! Thought it was in the advanced settings of internet options but i cant seem to find it unless i'm going blind! Cheers
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Help with Windows on Laptop
Hi There, I hope I have posted in the correct area, if not apologies. My laptop went in for repair with Techguys. I had a nightmare with them as they lost my laptop, then found it and returned it. However, when the laptop arrived, the usb port was not working as well as the ESC button, so the laptop went back to repair.…
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FACEBOOK "redirectway.com/stalker"
Does anyone know how we can delete postings which have suddenly appeared on my wife's Facebook page and which have sent msgs to all her friends purporting to provide details of "Who's stalking you on Facebook"? They give links such as todayurl.com/stalker and redirectway.com/stalker. I initially clicked on one of the links…
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Missing 1Gb of Ram?
I have recently purchased a new desktop pc. The specification of the pc was 4Gb of ram however when I check the specification through 'my computer' it shows Installed Memory RAM 4GB (3GB usable) So where is this missing 1Gb of ram?
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System recovery
Hi. I have an HP pc, couple years old and has decided to crash on me. There is no F8 option on start up. F11 states I need to insert the windows installation disc for a repair. I have no such disc. It will not let me do a system restore or even a factory restore / recovery. The message "volume shady copy useed by system…
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Google Chrome Safest Browser in the World
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1353728/Google-offers-20-000-laptop-person-hack-Chrome-browser.html Google offers £12,500 and a laptop to the first person to hack its Chrome browser It's a move that reeks of extreme confidence, bordering on the reckless. Google is so certain its Chrome browser is unhackable…
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Adding Macbook Pro to Windows Network
I've just treated myself to a Macbook pro and think it's amazing so far. Ideally I'd like to be able to connect it to my Windows 7 PC via ethernet (and broadband router?) so I can transfer large files from my PC to my macbook. Unfortunately, although I can get on the internet ok via the ethernet lead from the macbook to…
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wii and sensor bar
Hi I have been looking to buy a wii for a while, hoping they would come down in price, a few people thought they may come down to £99 but no sign of it yet so have decided to jump in. Seen a deal on ebay Zavii outlet for black wii for £139.99, amazon is about £165ish and similar at play and other sites. The main question…
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Poor quality iphone photo images - is this normal?
Earlier this week I went to a concert with my sister and we were fortunate enough to meet the star afterwards and wanted our photo taken with him. We didn't have a camera handy so called over my b-i-l with his iphone. He took a photo of us all in a very well lit area of the foyer under the lights . He showed it to me on…
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Kindle 3g
Hubby wants to buy a kindle 3g version, i know there are other ereaders out there but it is a kindle he wants. Maybe someone who has one can answer a few questions for me please The 3 g version has "Free 3G Wireless - No monthly payments, no annual contracts" Am I right that you can get basic web browsing , check emails…
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HP Personal Media Drive Bay
I have a spare slot in my HP desktop It states on the cover personal media drive bay Am i correct in stating that this allows you to slot in a Hard Drive without the need to open up the machine If so, where can these be bought from for the best price and are they referred to as personal media drives?
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Can't connect my Galaxy S to my PC
I have installed Kies and the driver for the phone has seemingly installed. However in explorer no additional drive is identified. But in device manager the phone is clearly there. I want to be able to copy media etc to and from the phone with my PC with explorer (Kies is pretty useless I hear) and backup my contacts. I'm…
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Netgear switch
Is it safe to use the above Model GS605 to connect to my router and my network drive and printer will plug into the switch. Will my files on the Network drive be safe? I.e. as It's connected via the switch which is connected to the router? Hope that makes sense. Thanks for your answers in advance.
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Expanding memory on xbox 360
I bought my son an xbox 360 4gb slim console for xmas and want to expand the memory as we have downloaded a few games and the memory is now full? Could someone please tell me what I need to buy to do this, I have seen the 8 and 16gb sandisk xbox usb, is this recommended? Many thanks karen
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Windows Experience Index scores
Just bought 2 identical Acer netbooks. I got the feeling when I was setting them up that one was marginally faster than the other. I've just checked the scores on each....one states Primary Hard Disk: Disk data transfer rate - 5.5 The other states 5.3 Why different scores if the disks are the same? I've also just put a 2GB…
