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Intel i5 & LGA1155 questions / clarifications...
I have been following this thread with interest because I have been thinking for a while now that it is time to update my AMD Athlon 3200+ based system to something more modern :rotfl: I think that I have decided on an Intel Core i5-2400 (Sandybridge) CPU - out of preference thinking about the usual factors involved when…
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Transferring photos from mobile to PC
I have some photos on my mobile that I would like to transfer to my PC. Is this possible?. katsclaws
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Strange ping!
Hi, I have trawled around trying to find an answer to this but nothing, so far, has solved the problem. My Dell desktop pc is emitting a soft (musical) pinging/dinging type noise, pretty quiet and quite random, but many times over the course of an hour. I don't need to be working on the pc for it to make the noise, as long…
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Redirect problem
Hi Guys, I'm desperately trying to get rid of a redirect problem I have with goggle. I have all my security working OK but it seems it may be some sort of virus. I'm not very PC savvy so if anybody could let me know how I get rid of this problem I would be really grateful. I've been trying for 1.5 days on and off now and…
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Payment in internet
Can I pay Tesco direct, or maybe some others over internet With not just one card? I have credit card with limit of 200 pounds, and I want to buy a waching machine that is slightly over 200...can I pay 200 from a credit card, and the rest from my debit card? Websites has no information...Any advice? I think, that I can pay…
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Everything's bigger than normal
Can anyone help with this please? Yesterday everything on my screen was normal. Today everything is bigger and a bit blurry and not everything fits on the page. I've had it before with websites but even Outlook Express is bigger as well this time. I've done Control + 0 and it doesn't help. I've gone to View > Zoom and it's…
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Do I have to pay £31 to recover Toshiba Satelite L300-20D?Blue Screen won't let me.
Hi all I have a Toshiba Satellite L300-20D. I keep getting the Blue Screen Of Death. Of course, there is a recovery partition on the HDD but the Blue Screen won't allow me to get at it. The machine just freezes at the Blue Screen. I have tried F8 etc and choosing every option from the menu including Safe Mode etc, but this…
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Transferring Music Laptop-Netbook
Hi Is it a possibility that I can transfer music from my windows media player to a netbook by a USB cable, or is it more complicated than that?
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XP Total security 2011 - help!
My pc is infected with this virus/trojan and I'm stuck. I've downloaded Malwarebytes and installed it, but it won't run. I did as suggested and changed the name in program files, but still no luck. What now? Thanks for any help you can offer! Ruth
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XBOX 360 Slim & Argos
Hi All My sons Xbox 360 slim has developed a fault. It wont play any discs or acknowledge there is a disc present. He purchased it from Argos in July 2010. The machine is still under warranty, and has been sent away by Argos for repair. My question is what happens to the remaining warranty? He will have to wait 3 weeks for…
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facebook problem..cannot access pages, security?
Help, I am unable to access messages, upload photos etc on my facebook pages.. At bottom left of screen i get note "s static ac" cannot see anywhere on fb site to contact them... anyone any ideas please?
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virus removed
had a virus on my pc that i could not remove took it to a shop who removed it for me. my mcfee security runs out the end of this month. they have removed virus & installed AVG 2011,spybot search & destroy,10bit security360,maliwarebytes anti malware.advance system toolcare10bit.i do online banking & wondered how safe it…
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will someone pls help me know what these diagnostics mean?
Does it mean my dongle is faulty? or that any wireless signal i try will be faulty? or what? Im on a 3 dongle, but if this terrible service will continue even if i go on real wireless broadband, should i take the netbook back as faulty? Please help me on this. Last diagnostic run time: 03/08/11 20:37:43 Network Adapter…
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Help - laptop issues, and new antivirus
I've a couple of questions if anyone can help. The first and possibly the more serious is that this evening my laptop has started displaying error messages informing me that my harddrive has errors. The one which just popped up says 'Critical Error. Your private data may be at risk' (am posting from my netbook rather than…
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Samsung LE40R88BD LCD - fault with retuning and power on
we have had the samsung LE40R88BD for approx 3-4 years and in the past week have numerous faults. Last week when switched on we just got snow picture and no soundon all analogue channels. After about 30 secs it would switch itself off and turn itself back on and we would have the channels back. This week it has started off…
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Windows 7 Indexing - How to turn it off
I have a new win7 laptop and I'm trying to eek as much 'performance' from it as possible. I've removed all the pre-installed bloatware, all the unnecessary startup entries and services, cleared it out with CCleaner, and defragged the hard drive. It's now a lot faster to boot up and more responsive during use. The only…
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Sage Payroll payslip encryption
Having failed to find anything meaningful using Google, I wonder whether anyone knows, or can point me at, some information about what encryption is used by Sage Payroll when it is set to send a payslip as an attachment to a trusting employee... Thanks!
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Google Chrome problem
Hi, i have just installed Windows 7 on my laptop. After many issues with it not allowing me to install anything I have got it sorted :) My only problem is that I have downloaded and installed Chrome but it won't work :( It comes up with an error "Error 102 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED): Unknown error." IE works fine. Any…
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Help Help HELP!!!!
Hi techies, I need your help! I've looked through the malware/spyware thread but haven't found anything on this particular problem (unless I've missed it somehow!). the problem is that when you open up the laptop there is a message on the screen which has taken the place of the desktop wallpaper. It reads something like…
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Linux for kids...
Hey everyone, I have just got an old laptop for my 4 year old and 7 year old to use. I am going to put Linux on there for them but am having trouble deciding which one. After a chat to my mate who is a Linux pimp and some Googling, I have decided on three, but I wanted to ask on here in case anyone is going through a…
