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New house, new set up!
Not quite in the money saving ethos, but I dint know where else to turn to get good advice! Everyone needs a break from money saving once in a while! I am in the process of buying a new hosue, the house is a wreck so we will be more or less starting again from scratch. The good news for me is that I now have the perfect…
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system idle process at 97%
Hi, I am really really hoping for some help here. For the past 7 months, my computer has been running sooo slowly. It seems to be fine for a while then starts to slow down. if i click on anything it takes a while for it to respond. If the screen saver comes up and I wiggle the mouse or press a button, it can take up to a…
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antivirus/internet security?
I had norton but that expired, have downloaded avast antivirus 6.0 will I need any other internet security, it's just that I sometimes use on line banking
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Snooper Sapphire
Just a quick question about this. My friend got an ex demo from PC world and all it does is play a demo of the features. It runs through the speed cams and voice alerts. According to PC world this can be switched off but we cant find out how. It didnt come with manual and searching has not thrown up a solution. So does…
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Downloading text messages from mobile phone?
Does anyone know if it's possible to download text messages from your mobile phone to a PC so that I can keep a record of my messages? I have a cheap Samsung that the battery will no longer charge so it's cheaper to replace the phone but I need to keep some important texts. Thanks.
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XP - recording audio/mic in whilst listening to it
Evenin' all Hoping one of you can help me with this. I have a digital piano which I'm wanting to record from, via its audio out to my laptop audio/mic in. I have installed Audacity and can record fine. All good but what I can't do is listen to the audio at the same time (pretty important when playing piano!) I have done a…
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Are there any 'fan' sites for old computer stuff?
Just noticed there's an Amiga 4000 plus monitor on eBay just now, no bids but asking price is £600. I have the same machine and monitor with loads of other bits and pieces and I wondered if there were any sites specifically I might be better advertising this on, other than eBay? I know there once was a big market for old…
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mp3 won't play audio files
I bought a DVD with short stories on it from Ebay, when I played them through the computer they play fine. Last night I uploaded some of them onto my Sony walkman mp3 player until it was full, but when I play them it just says NO DATA. I noticed on some of the music information on the mp3 player that it is mp3 (MPEG2 audio…
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Got a virus on pc by downloading file share... help
hi guys on my pc eset nod32 and hitman.... i downloaded fileshare now explorer sending me to sites not typed then got message about registry..... on scan showed rootkit so have ran superanti spyware, aswmbr, malwarebytes, tdrootkiller looks like its gone here is my hijack report AND ASWMBR... CAN ANYONE SEE ANYTHING…
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Selling laptop without hard drive
Hi, I think this is my first time on the Techie board! Please be nice! Just after some advice as I know very little about computers... I want to sell my old Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop which is about 4 years old and which I replaced recently, as it wasn't working well (slow, overheating, not holding charge despite new…
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Laptop Battery
Should I remove the battery if I am plugged into the mains for most of the time i am using it?
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Sanctum Giveaway! [Steam Game]
We’ve got more Steam for you. We are happy to let you know that we have Sanctum on Steam Games for you this week. A big thank you to our awesome friends over at Coffee Stain Studios for allowing us to host this contest for such a fun prize. About the Game: Sanctum is a First Person Shooter Tower Defense where you take the…
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Pay for updates on apps on iphone4
my boyfriend has purchased some apps and recently its saing that 8 of his apps (including free ones) needs updates however when he goes to update them, its trying to charge him, is this right? i thought once you had bought the app that was it or am i wrong?:cool:
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HELP Computer is sending rude stuff to contacts
Something has got into my contact details and is sending inappropriate emails to some of the people in my contact list. I need to clear all the addresses to stop this happening. Can any one talk me gently through this?
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New laptop
Well, events have overtaken my laptop and it's dead, or at least not viable for repair. I've got the hard drive out of it and left the rest at the PC shop for spares. (It was the nvidia graphics card that broke). So, I am now laptop-shopping. I've looked at the sticky at the top of the page. The PC shop recommended for…
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problem with DAB radio
I've bought a new Hitachi CD, Ipod player, DAB, FM radio. CD & Ipod working OK but I've auto tuned the DAB radio & can only get a couple of stations, one being Smooth & one "Amazing" which I've never heard of. There is an aerial, much like a thin shoelace and when I hold this through an open window, I then get the BBC…
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Free PDF combiner? (recommendation) (Closed)
I have 4 PDFs which I want to combine into 1 file, can anyone recommend a good free program which doesn't graffeti a watermark all over it. I need to find one in the next few hrs Thanks
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Scart plugs
Is anyone aware of a scart plug where the cable emerges straight from the plug? Or even the other direction? I've tried taking off the plastic shroud, but it won't fit back reversed. Of course I could use the scart without the shroud but it looks scruffy as it's on show.
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Buying a new PC...advice greatly appreciated!
As the title says, im looking at buying a new pc (or laptop) as my laptop died a few months ago... Anyway, I really am clueless when it comes to all the techie stuff, so if anybody knows of any good bargains going in the main computer shops (i.e. PC world....Currys...Comet etc...) please let me know because I have no idea…
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lost apps on iphone4 after phone broke??
hi there, I'm so hopeless with any gadget etc so hopefully someone on here could help me...I dropped my phone and the screen was bleeding so I sent if off and they managed to repair it. However i'm guessing when they fixed it they restored it to factory settings as all my pictures and info has dissapeared....I've lost all…
