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Tailored advertising
Sky are shortly going to be using 'tailored advertising', where they momitor waht you watch and show you adverts of products you might be interested in. You can opt out of it if you like. What are other's views on this - is it a good idea, what privacy concerns do you have, etc?…
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Internet Explorer cannot be displayed.
Brief summary is I followed nearly all of the steps to make my laptop faster, from this thread: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2436849 I installed avast anti-virus, got rid of my old anti-virus, and installed ccleaner and malwarebytes, but now my internet explorer cannot be displayed at all. It is nothing…
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house phone not working
I'm about at my wit's end with it. It's been steadily getting worse and now I can't hear anyone on the other end of the line when i'm on the phone. They can hear me. It's like a buzzing noise. I phoned BT this morning (on my mobile), and they had me go through different tests (ie taking the front cover off the phone socket…
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Air conditioning
Not sure if this is the right section but will give it a go. So today is pretty hot and hopefully this will carry on. Only downside is sleeping in the heat!!! Can anyone recommend a decent portable air conditioning unit? Price is important. The cheaper the better (but would rather pay for quality than tat!) Thanks guys!
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virus help please - poorly pc
hiya, my desktop pc appears to have caught a nasty cold!...I have a redirecting virus thingy and have been following through the advice on your sticky (very helpful :) and has got rid of some stuff I didn't even know was there:o) I'm now at the stage of running superantispyware...and then onto hijackthis from there but I'm…
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Digital camera less than £60, AA batteries
Mum wants a point and shoot digital camera to replace her ancient film one! She is not at all technical and it needs to be simple to use. One using AA batteries would be best, as well as good size LCD screen. Any ideas? Budget around £60. Cheers.
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New Desktop base unit needed
Need advice on where to buy a new computer, base unit only as we have monitor & keyboard. Want it to do some video editting. Will be storing/transferring data via an external hard drive. A firewire slot would be useful. Under £400 too :) Do I need a dedicated graphics card or not? Also want to be able to connect wirelessly…
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Need help getting new desktop computer
Old faithful has died - beyond economic repair :( So as its been years since I bought a computer I need all the help I can get! I just need a base unit as have all monitor, speakers etc. Also needs to be bought on-line. I really havent a clue what to look for -what make, how much memory etc or what good sites to buy from.…
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Acer Aspire 5738DZG 3D Laptop
Bought this laptop for the missus a year ago, genuinely didn't know it was 3D (display model) £250. I've had a play and apart from the 3D gimmick, it seems a pretty good spec. The graphics card is a ATI Radeon HD4570 512mb dedicated card. Any good for games and general stuff?
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Networking help!!
Hi I am looking to create 2 networks with 1 internet connection! And be able to manage the bandwidth between the two. Is this possible/advisable? I am thinking of possible set up Modem I Network switch I ................I Router A Router B Any pitfalls i should look out for? Any suggestions for a Network switch with…
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home page
hi I use firefox and today when I click on the internet it goes to the last website I was on instead of my usual homepage....can someone tell me how to sort this thanks...I've got Windows 7 cheers
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ipod touch?
Hi can anybody tell me if you can get a virus on a ipod 4G? as somebody sent me a link on twitter and i was stupid enough to open it. it contained disturbing content. now worried it might affect my ipod even though it seems to be working fine at the moment? thanks xx:rotfl:
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Pc wilting can I save it?
Im after a little help please, I came on here to ask about my dell desktop not loading past the mobo screen which has been stuck for 20 mins after a windows/Internet explored 9 update :( but it has just finally booted into windows, my question now is does it sound if somethings dying? either memorys? I have 2 500gb…
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Very slow loading of MSE Forums on iMac using Firefox
For the past few days loading the forums on my iMac using Firefox has become very slow. This seems to be after Apples latest security fix. All other browsers are fine - Safari, Opera, Chrome all work as before but for some unknown reason Firefox doesn't like MSE any more. I've cleared FF history and cookies. Firefox will…
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Spotify Library Query?
I downloaded Spotify to have a play round with a few weeks back and the last time I used it I must have accidentally clicked on something? :o that made it import my whole I-tunes library into Spotify which I didn't really want / need to do as I can listen to them in itunes or on my ipod! Is there an easy way to delete them…
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Virtual PC Doctor
Has anyone ever heard of this company? I've just had a strange phone call from India saying that the could de-bug my computer. I was put through to a 'technician', but I wasn't too happy so I switched off my modem (just in case they could access my computer) and said the the connection had just dropped out. I'm guessing…
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Help! I cannot access MSE forums via and computer at home anymore.
Sorry, bit of strange one. 2 nights ago and ever since then, I have been unable to access any of the MSE forums. Any other section of the MSE home page etc, is absolutely fine but for some reason it just will not let me connect to any forums. This is the same for all our our laptops at home. I thought it was just the…
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Acer5742z laptop set up question
I've just bought the acer 5742z laptop and was reading through the Quick Setup Instructions, when I came to point 5 on the sheet, which says ....Make sure the wireless connection is on.... I do not want the wireless connection on, I don't think I'll ever use it wirelessly, although I want to keep that option open for the…
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Android Tablets
Hi all Am thinking about getting Hubby an Android Tablet for his bday. Can anyone advise me on a good one to get? Are they better / worse than an Ipad? He loves playing on his work Ipad but he is an Android lover and his phone is android so I thought it best to go for that instead.
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Shareazaweb.com
NOW SORTED WE THINK Hi Having a problem I hope someone can help with. Over the last few days the above has suddenly appeared as the home page and we can't get rid of it. My OH runs all the clean-up progs regularly as advised by AlienRik and we've tried a system restore but it won't get rid of it. Also IE won't work at all…
