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Losing internet connect on wireless laptop
Please help. I'm am absolutely, completely, totally stupid when it comes to computers so please be gentle with me. I also apologise if this has been asked before. We have had a desktop computer for several years but last week bought daughter a laptop. Contacted provider who sent out a wireless router? hub? (don't know what…
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Am i being hacked??
When i start up my PC I get a box stating "Other people are logged on to this computer shutting down may cause them to loose data?" We have 2 computers One Laptop running Windows 7 Thats a Wireless connection and this one running XP with an Ethernet cable the Laptop is not on when the box appears. could someone be hacking…
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Issue with Dell Repair
I've got a business grade laptop from Dell that has an onsite warranty. about 6 weeks ago, a Dell engineer visited my home to replace the palm rest/touchpad of my laptop due to issues with the touchpad. On this particular laptop, the Windows License is underneath the battery of the laptop, which appears (only just…
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A bit dim!!!
My son is 15 years old he is autistic amongst other things and he is a complete genius at computery things. He is really into making movies and editing them, things like putting special effects on and noises etc...I am not very computery minded so I probably sound like a right dimwit here! He keeps asking me for software…
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Home Network, Connecting a NEW COMPUTER ? (BT Wireless router)? HELP !
In one property we have a BT Home network setup, with a computer, and a BT ethernet router. (I dont know the make) and a few laptops there, which pick up the Wireless signal,and work. I have another computer, in another property. This computer is in another house, connected to the virgin internet (D-link routeR) using the…
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Help lost my tool bar
I was wondering if anyone could help my, I am not computer literate at all, I have an Acer laptop and switched it on a couple of days ago and it said I needed an update to IE so, I done that. I am using BT Yahoo homepage and at the top I had a Bing toolbar aswell as Yahoo now I have lost the Bing toolbar and have no idea…
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HTC Desire won't play any videos
Hello there, I was wondering if someone could help me. I got an HTC Desire through Orange a few months ago. Generally I'm happy with it, but I have never been able to play a video on it. I've tried You Tube, BBC and just general ones but can't get anything to work. You Tube says there has been a problem playing this video,…
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Laptop overheating and dying
Does anyone know about laptops overheating and shutting themselves off? I gave my daughter a laptop and the thing gets hot after it does some work and then kills itself. It is an Acer Aspire and it has always had problems. It now has ubuntu on it instead of Vista and I have had a message that the critical temperature is…
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New Graphics Card
Hi! As the title says, I'm looking for a new graphics card and I'd like some idea / suggestions please. At present I've got a 256Mb Nvidia 8600 GTS which has been in for nearly 4 years now. The rest of my system is Core 2 E6600 (2.4GHz), 4Gb RAM and I have a Foxconn 946GZ7MA-1.1-8KRS2H motherboard which has a PCIe x16 slot…
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Lastpass.
I have all my passwords stored in Lastpass, as i'm sure you know it was hacked into last week and crashed. It's a good job i had a copy written down and so been re-entering all the information, but i'm still having trouble. I've been trying to sign-on this morning and getting knocked back with a message to say i'm entering…
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SanDisk Cruzer - does not work properly - SOLVED
Have a 16GB SanDisk Cruzer memory stick which used to work perfectly. It has U3 software and my data is password protected. I use it once every month or two to back up my data. The only thing i can think of that may have started the problem is when i used a hp flashdrive v165w. Each memory stick tend to install their own…
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Apple TV-optical lead
Hi Guys Can you help? Basically have got apple Tv -The lead which goes from my Multi Media system goes to my Sky Tv (optical) so when i switch on Apple Tv i have to manually take the lead out of Sky and place it into Apple Tv My question is -is there optical lead which i can buy which has 2 ends one which fits into my…
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Buying A New PC
Hi all; Does anyone no of any good online cheap PC sellers. Thanks
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My email address seems to be hijacked!
Hi Folks It seems as if my email address has been hijacked. I have received a lot of spam emails and other strange emails i.e. not 'normal' emails. How can I rectify the problem? Would it be sufficient if I change my email address password? Thanks in advance.
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what camera would you buy for £50-£60?
We need a fairly inexpensive one in case it gets damaged.
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why not refreshing automatically?
im not sure if this is the right thread to post this in. If i mark something as read or thank someone on a thread, it does not come up automatically that i have thanked someone. however, if i come off the computer and go on an hour later the thanks will be there. also if i refresh the page after thanking it will…
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Sky probs with magic eye or RF out?
Hi there We've been having probs as we're unable to view Sky in other rooms using the Sky remote/Magic Eye. Have checked that the RF Out settings are still correct (they are) but the LPA120D tv link isn't lighting up (as it normally does). Have phoned Sky and they have suggested that this tv link unit is faulty and needs…
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Laptop ram ..number mania
Hi, I want to upgrade my Samsung netbook from 1gb to 2gb memory. Easy enough, but all the memory sellers websites say the standard and upgrade memory is DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz. However looking in the slot it actually came from new with a 1gb 2Rx16 PC2-6400S-666-12-A3 module Having trouble finding the significance of the 5300…
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Computer Performance help Please
Hi, Would someone be able to give some some help/advice. I have quite a modern fast computer, ACER Aspire 5738, 4GB Mem, Core 2 Duo T6600 processor, windows 7 64bit. It seems to be running very slowly and has been for some time. It isnt fill with lots of stuff, and I rarely run multiple programmes at any one time. When I…
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Retrieving data from old hard drive.
Hi people :) Need a little help, i have an old laptop from a good 3/4 years back that died (screen problem) and i havnt thought nothing much of it since, but now id like to get rid of the laptop but before doing so id like to retrieve all my old data, pics etc from the old hard-drive. Now i see you can get usb > hard-drive…
