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Portable hard drive - are these ok?
I need to transfer about 40gb of files from an old laptop to a new one, or transfer some and store the rest. I missed a good deal on an 80gb one that was on HUKD last week so have been looking around at others... These ebay sellers have good feedback for their drives, but there's no brand name on them; can anyone advise…
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Mental Monday?
Did anyone else notice a swath of computers and small websites going down today? Maybe it was just me. Is there a "longest day" virus out just waiting to kick in?
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Arghhhhhh Need Help launching my site...
I have designed a website for my mum and dad (house for sale) I got a domain name from Namesco and used their free web design SiteMaker to make the site. Now Im stuck!! Searched google for an idiots guide, it appears I'm the only idiot out here! Anyone out there that can do it for me or at least point me in the right…
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Which Freesat Box?
Hi all, I am looking for advice on a freesat hd box, I want one that can record and also allow live pause, I have been told Humax is pretty good? All advice would be very much appreciated Many thanks Jayne
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Asus UL30A - freezing/locking up periodically
I have an Asus UL30A laptop (over a year and a half old). Specs here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-UL30A-320GB-Laptop-Windows/dp/B0053X2X18/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1308600982&sr=8-11 It has recently started to completely freeze/lock up completely periodically for round about 2-3 minutes a time. It seems to happen when I'm…
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No internet connection :s
My husbands laptop is connecting to the wirelesa and so is my ipad, but m laptop is jus not connecting...past few days i have had a message from avira again and again that a virus is attempting, but i did click remove. Not sure, is the virus still there? Any ideas what k should do? Running windows 7
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What has happened to my display screen
can someone help please. The kids used my laptop at the weekend and now my display screen has changed. As I type here my screen is black with white writing. Also my photo as my wallpaper has now disappeared and its a windows logo. My favourites don't have any text next to them and when I click on my computers etc I don't…
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multiple VMs
What software would I need to run 2 or 3 small VM's at the same time from one PC. Running Win 7 and LinuxMint (ubuntu derivative)
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Adobe reader update
I downloaded the update and now it's called Adobe reader x,is this right?
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Computer freezing/crashing
Hello, thanks for the advice in this forum. Cutting a long story short, I read the info on the spyware/malware thread and followed the advice. After running malwarebytes (which picked up a couple of things which are held in the virus vault), the laptop performance improved. The endless error messages and crashing has…
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How to Keep AOL Email Addresses
I've been with aol for many years and plan to switch to another ISP. I need to keep my aol email addresses though and I read on here a few years ago that its possible to register them so you get to keep them when you switch providers. Does anyone know how I can do this as Ive spent ages trying to find out and am not having…
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Information removed from websites?
Ive had no end of problems with my phone line which resulted in my provider changing my number for me due to nusicance calls. Ive had this number well over 6 months now but lately have been getting increasing numbers of phonecalls for a hair dressers. I have googled my own phone number and it appears to be listed on…
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Universal Laptop Charger Problem?!
Well a couple of weeks ago I purchased this charger - I am not allowed to post links so just google "IT WORKS ACU65H 65W UNIVERSAL POWER ADAPTOR" A comet charger should show up. All was well until I left my laptop at home with the family for two days and came back to find it broken :mad: The tip I use for my charger was…
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Got the T-shirt but is this a new scam?
I've won billions in cyberworld and seen just about every scam there is but what's this one?: Phone rings and I pick it up and wait. There's no answer for a few secs then I hear the ringing tone (I haven't touched any buttons, just picked up the phone) then someone answers and says hello. I put down the phone in case…
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For those trying to decide on a tablet...
Have seen a few threads on here recently regarding which tablet people should buy. I'm not going to get onto a big Apple vs. Android debate but thought if anyone was considering a Blackberry Playbook they might want to read this review from the Guardian. I'm sure most people have seen the oh so subtle "flash" advert for…
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Downloading a font
Can anyone help me to download a font? The one I want is Tuffy infant and although I have downloaded it from 3 different sites Windows cannot open it. I have deleted all 3. I have downloaded some other fonts namely Jarman, Lilly, and Aaargh and just had to click install and all was fine. The fonts I want to use are all…
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samsung mobile-uploading pics
This worked fine with the Samsung mobile until last week when it suddenly stopped being able to connect to the phone (bluetooth). it keeps telling me the driver needs updating and is no longer supported by samsung. Is there anything I can do? Would it suddenly stop working just like that ?
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Please identify this lead
I ordered what I thought was the correct lead, a PCI Express 4 pin to 6 pin power adapter to connect a graphics card to my computer. This is what I was sent http://tinypic.com/r/1zo7mfr/7 have I been sent the wrong lead or did I order the wrong lead?
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Google chrome - gmail
HI I have just started using google chrome and when i click on an email address in a web page nothing happens, I want it to open up my email so i can send a message. Do i need to install something? Or edit settings? I have search and can't find anything. Sorry i am very new to all this. Thanks
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Screenshot
Hi, I want to take high res (better quality) screenshot. I'm using MacBook Pro. I know the shortcut to take a screenshot (cmd + shift + 3) but the quality is not great. If anyone knows any free software etc, please let me know!
