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Toshiba laptop, not sure if the charger or battery is broken?
Hello all, Wondering if you could help....my toshiba laptop started playing up the other day, and I think it's down to either the battery charger or the main battery. The laptop is 18 months old...and now run out of it's warranty...typical! When I plug the charger in the charging light on my laptop, lights up for approx 30…
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Digital switchover, how strong is the signal?
We are due to have the digital switchover in July. Has anyone on the forum already had it, and if so how strong is the signal? Is it possible to watch digital TV through a set top aerial?
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Stream from PC to TV?
Hey. I came across this thread "Cheapest way to stream from pc to a tv?" from 2007 and I'm looking for something similar - to stream videos, live streams, etc. from PC, wirelessly to our Samsung LE37A656 LCD TV. I believe Apple TV is an option to do this, but was wondering if there's anything cheaper which could do the…
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Game Recommendation!
Hi Folks Was wondering If anyone knew of a modern Detective/Forensic type Role Playing Game that I could try out for the PC!! Many Thanks
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Password protect?
hey, Can someone answer something for me? I have an acer netbook, OH had a laptop. He accidently dropped his and has been hogging my netbook since! Is there a way to put a password on my netbook so he cant access it all? (so no guest account) ? Thanks
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Avira Security help...expert needed..
I have Avira Premium Security suite which has been brill, but i seem to have a problem which i'm not sure what to do about. The little red Avira icon in the bottom right toolbar on my pc shows the umbrella shut, meaning that i'm not protected ( i think ), it has always been in the open position ( ie protected). So, if i…
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Internet Exploror blocking web sites?
Please help a pensioner who knows very little about computers!!! I have AVG free edition anti virus and just had an update. Now when I go to my e-mail and some web sites I get a window telling me IE has blocked the site and has been aborted. Please what can I do to get rid of this other than uninstalling AVG Many thanks…
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Vodafone top up online not working
Sorry - some of the details we need from you are either incorrect or missing. Please check them and try again. The card type you've selected doesn't match with card number. Please check and try again. anyone having the same problem? i don't know why it says that when it does match .
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dell xps 15- any other options
was thinking of getting this laptop. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290546424945&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_5491wt_1139 its a bit cheaper than from dell direct. are there any other options out there for same/better spec for same/less price?? thanks
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slow computer
Hi all Basically, I have been given a computer by my brother and wanted to return it to factory settings. However he has mislaid the original disc so I assume I will just have to delete everything instead? Can anyone advise on this please\/ It is a Toshiba Satellite Pro L20 series and I have included a Hijack This log…
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How do I save/download online news articles and comments to read offline?
I view a lot of online newspapers & forums and would like to know how I can save an article/s and all its related pages to view offline at a later date if at all possible. I use Safari as I am a Mac user. I go to File - Save As, but I think it only saves the first page and not all the others. Any ideas?
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Free Partition Assistant Pro Edition 3! [72 hours only!]
Free Partition Assistant Pro Edition 3! [72 hours only!]. Info, and download via Dottech. Giveaway time frame: ends 10:00PM PST on April 15th
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You've Got Your Troubles, I've Got Mine ...... Help!!
I've got a couple of those pesky laptops giving me problems. Both are identical models and running (or rather not running) Vista. One has no response on screen when switched on and I've been told it's likely to be the graphics card - will this be expensive to replace and can it be done personally? The second one powers on…
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I think I've got some sort of virus
I'm a bit of a technophobe so I'm need of help! I search for websites on Google, I then click on the site I want and sometimes I get automatically redirected elswhere, mostly to Ebay. I did a virus scan last night which found nothing, but it's still happening this morning. Any advice would be grately appreciated.
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Lazy laptop
Daughter’s Asus laptop is about three years old running Windows Vista. Performance has never been stunning but it was a cheap machine (expectations low therefore). Obviously downloading 'stuff' etc. has taken its toll over time and I thought back up needed files and reinstall Windows and see if we can improve the now very…
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ecdrops
hi, just came across this the following site: ecdrops.com has anyone bought anything from there before? Is it a legit site? How are you able to tell whether its legit or not?
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Creative Zen
I am getting the error message 'unable to read from or write to'. I have checked it it on when connected by usb to my pc. It is listed in the device manager as working properly Any help anyone?
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Financially is it worth uping the spec of my Sony Vaio N21?
Hi guys. I've had the above laptop about 3 yrs now and thank God, it's still going strong! However it is slow at times (it has 1GB memory & 120 GB/Go - whatever that means). Would uping the RAM to 2GB help a bit? How much would it cost to do so? I really on use my laptop for surfing the net, occasional streaming and for…
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Pocket Camcorder or mobile phone?
Was at currys and was browsing around when i came across pocket camcorders. Small enough to fit into your pocket and some look like mobile phones. Fancy one of these. Already have an expensive camcorder. Looking for something cheap, less than £100, for myself and the kids to play with. Maybe put some clips on youtube etc.…
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FIFA11 and online code - help plz
Nephew has purchased a new FIFA11 game for his playstation3. He entered the code supplied to play online successfully. That was months ago. He rang me to say that now he gets a message saying that the code has expired. From what i can find on the internet is that code has no expiry date for the first owner of the game,…
