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8GB flash drive
A friend, who is quite new to computers has taken many pictures .. and hopes to take many more, but at the present time, they are stored on his camera and his computer. He wants a USB flashdrive as a backup, as well as a way to take them to get printed. I've suggested a USB, but would like to know which brands are good and…
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DropBox users! Check your contents!
Don't know why this was not announced yesterday, but on Sunday DropBox suffered a MAJOR security failure for 4 hours or so! The failure was to do with password authentication, basically you could use "ANY" password to get access to a dropbox account.…
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Just unpacked
I've just unpacked my MAC and want to get a printer on a PC network to run with it. I've a Linksys WAG which connects my PC and printer to my HOME network. I have managed to add the MAC into the network, in so much as I can see it in the network sharing centre. But I cannot get my Printer to print on the MAC. Any ideas?…
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PC repair problems
A few weeks ago I got fed up with a persistent intermittent fault my PC was experiencing and took it to a local repair shop to get it fixed. The power on the PC would occasionally cut out for no apparent reason; sometimes it had a physical cause - if I knocked the desk, or the PC moved slightly when I plugged a USB cable…
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Gmail security
Not sure if this is good or bad... This morning when I logged into gmail a popup warning said my account my have been accessed by a third party. It showed a list of IPs accessing the account and one from Spain looked decidedly dodgy so I immediately changed my google account password. I then looked closer. The access was…
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cant get in to ebay.co.uk using IE
Hi all, seen this problem several times and the answer always seems quite straightforward usually to do with incorrect time settings. I can view ebay.co.uk pages but when i come to sign in i get a, cannot access page, maybe dns error etc etc. I can however log in to ebay.com using IE i can login to ebay.co.uk using…
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Pdft files how to print?
I have a groupon voucher that opens as a PDFT tablet file no probs it opens and I can read and see it there but the drop down print is in grey and will not do it, I saved it to the comp still can't do it, transfeered it to word and all I got on copy and paste was the PDFT groupon and that is it, can't bethis hard surely?
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Size of disk images
Hi all I've just about my PC working as I want it to and I want to make sure I can restore it quickly if it all goes a bit pear-shaped. I've got a copy of Acronis True Image and and I'm going to be getting an external HDD for putting the images on. Now for the questions:- The HDD in the PC is 1TB so how big would the disk…
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Firefox problem
Hi, could someone please tell me how i can solve the following problem, in simple terms, as not very good with pc problems, have tried uninstall and reinstalling, but still have same message. Thanks Could not initialise the application's security component. The most probable cause is problems with files in your browser's…
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Unknown Sim Message on Orange HTC Desire S
Hi, Every couple of days I receive a strange SIM message to my HTC phone. It's from: ∆@: No text is received and message details just say SMS message, Status(None). I can go into message settings and delete SIM messages but I just get a new one a couple of days later. Anyone know what this is and if I can get rid of it…
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Man in middle attack - Banking forum
Another example of what appears to be a man in the middle attack: Natwest in this case -It's been put on an update at the end of page 1 and onto page 2 of this thread below- should be a new thread really....... https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3184434 Directed to fake login site - which required them to…
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dell dimension dying; asking advice re affording replacement
Hiya :-) Wouldn't you know it ... trying to save money and the Dell Dimension 1100 I've had for over 5 years suddenly decides to produce a string of errors that can only be showing it's dying ... mouse pointer jerky, corrupt cluster (yet chkdsk shows no bad sectors?), screen flickering in top left, explorer keeps shutting…
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Can PS3 play PS2/PS1 games?
I read somewhere it was backwards compatible. Is there a patch or something you can get, I have a PS2 and some great games I want to still play, my PS2 plays PS1 games as well and be great to be able to play them on PS3.
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What are the best photocopier brands?
I'm looking into getting a new colour copier for the charity I work for. It seems to be a bit of a minefield to say the least! The existing machine is 3.5 years into a 5 year lease, but it seems by changing this now we can save a lot of money. We do around 60k colour copies per year and new quotes are half the cost per…
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Windows Log Help, please.
Hello - I came across this 'warning' and it advised investigation: "+ System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service [ Guid] {89B1E9F0-5AFF-44A6-9B44-0A07A7CE5845} EventID 1530 Version 0 Level 3 Task 0 Opcode 0 Keywords 0x8000000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2011-06-20T17:59:28.354008900Z…
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Do I have a virus?
Last week, I turned on the laptop and it took approx 20 mins to get to the login screen. When I then tried to access the internet or open documents the rotating circle next to the cursor appeared. When I click START, I wait 5 mins for the menu to appear and then I cannot select anything. In the rare occasions that I have…
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Save i player clip
Hi all Is there a way to download and save a clip off BBC iplayer and put it on disc, without buying software preferably ? Anyone had success or got any proven technique please ? Thank you
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Rogue anti-spyware program - have I removed it correctly
Following on from my posts in this thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3300900 I have run the Malwarebyte's full scan & removed the files that came up with ticks next to them. There were 3 items that weren't ticked, so I didn't remove them. Here is my HighJackThis log for after the removal. Any thoughts?…
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Router Encryption
Currently have a Belkin G+ cable router which is on the blink(keeps losing connection). This uses WPA encryption. One PC which is used solely for financial activities(banking, purchases etc) is connected (wired)to the router. Two other laptops which are used for general browsing access the router wirelessly. I have access…
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Searching for a link
Some time ago, perhaps 2/3 years, my last laptop was running slow and someone on here gave me a link to several steps to improve performance/tune it up. I've spent the past couple of hours searching for it as this one is now going through a similar thing, but can't find link anywhere. (I did save it on the previous machine…
