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Possible BT Engineer charges
After a great spell with no computer problems I lost access to my email this evening, my computer speed dropped and searches 'timed out' before they were found. Plusnet think there may be an intermittent connection problem and they are going to give me some checks to run. My download speed is 3000 kbytes and they think it…
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Question for the techies
this is just a question that I hope someone can answer. Here goes... I have a Dlink DIR 655 router..... wired to main computer then 1 laptop with dlink network adapter(n), 1 laptop wifi enabled(n) 1 iphone which is n compatible, another desk top with belkin g adapter, and daughter has htc wildfire which is g enabled, so...…
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Demonoid
Anyone got an invite code please?
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PDF won't open but gives save prompt instead
As title. Today my laptop is not opening pdf docs and asks me to save them instead. I don't want to have to do this for every document I look at so are there any low tech simple solutions to reset this?
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Emachines netbook m350
Half the screens gone black :mad: ( but can see very dim). and runs very slow, says there something wrong with the hard drive on the taskbar. ran fine but now the hard drive failing, meaning it takes ages to load things up. just wondering wheres the cheapest i could. :mad: a. get a charger b. fix the screen c. buy a new…
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creating 'highlights' footage from film?
I'm not sure whether anyone will be able to help, as I suspect what I want to do will fall foul of copyright legislation even though it is for educational use :cool: For the oral assessment of their A Level exam, my students study the Welsh language film Hedd Wyn. Due to the length of the film, we have to watch it over…
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Dell Support - Help
I bought a Dell Laptop last December and the display now goes blank on occasions when I swivel the display so there must be a hardware fault. The trouble is that although I know it should still be covered, I cannot make out from the Dell website how to contact them to arrange the repair / fix. I don't want to get caught…
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Help, my email account has been hacked
My Hotmail (Live) account has today been sending out spam messages (sort of viagra selling) to all my contacts. The second one has just gone out so it seems it will continue. Is there anything I can do? I have Kaspersky which hasn't flagged anything up, although I did notice a couple of surprise pop-ups last week that I…
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rubber feet for laptop
I have a hp laptop and 1 of the rubber feet from underneath has fallen off and i cant find it.Is there anywhere to buy replacement ones.?thanks
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Connecting PCs
Please please help me! I have two PCs at the moment. I have a new Acer, which is working like a dream. It's running on windows 7. I also have an old PC which is a whole other story. It turns on intermittently, and now I can't get a monitor to work with it. This is the first time it's turned on today, and I think it's…
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Need a battery for Toshiba satellite l300
My old Toshiba satellite l300 laptop needs a new battery, its hardly holding any charge now. I called into the local computer shop and they want £40 for a new toshiba one. I've just had a look on ebay and there are some that fit a toshiba l300 but arent made by toshiba. Will one of these damage my laptop? Are they any…
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Photographs on camera's internal memory
I've been out today celebrating my grandaughters birthday and have been taking photo's and just realised when I got back home I did not have an XD picture card in...so the photographs are on the camera's internal memory. How can I get them onto my computer so I can print some off for friends ......I would be grateful for…
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transfer xp to win7
Just bought a dell 5030 laptop and need to shift all my pc stuff over :D It's XP to Windows 7. What's the best way to do it? ;) I want my pictures, antivirus, passwords and programs etc. :rotfl: Any advice please? Nice and simple for a nearly silver surfer :eek:
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How do you put software on a netbook?
I have been thinking of getting a netbook and suddently though there is no CD/DVD drive so how do I get my software loaded on? Puzzled?
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Problem with Microsoft Security Essentials
Hi, I have a desktop computer and a netbook which both use Microsoft Security Essentials. It is regularly updated. Just recently I am experience some problems with the antivirus software. Everytime I use the computers, the green MSE icon goes to amber, saying that I haven't run a scan for a while. I run a full scan and…
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Password on Excel workbook
I want to try and unlock an Excel spreadsheet and want to ask if there is any reliable software available that would help. The spreadsheet concerned was on Windows format but I use it on my Mac at the moment. I need to get the formula on 1 column and also reveal some hidden columns Thanks in advance
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awol tool bar !
oh has tried to solve a computer issue and not only not solved the 1st problem but has managed to lose the bloody tool bar , Ive rescued it once before but for the life of me i cant remember how to find it again. any help gratefully received !
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Internet keeps disconnecting
I'm accessing the internet on an iPad 2 via wifi via cable modem/router (the same device is both the modem and the router). The iPad is happily staying connected to the wifi (or so it says). But every so often (every 10 mins or so) it appears to disconnect from the internet (I get 'server could not be found' for every…
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Do I need security for my laptop?
Sorry about the preamble but don't know how else to explain! Before I moved to retirement flat I had o2 broadband with free McAfee for my laptop. Now that I've moved I no longer have broadband (a) because this is a BT Wholesale area and (b) there is b/band available for the use of tenants in the flats. The broadband…
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How to view .gif files in Windows 7? Anyone recommend 3rd party software?
I have windows 7 on my new PC. It will not let me view .gif files, either directly from the folder or via Windows Live Photo Gallery. I have both still and animated .gifs on my pc and all worked fine in XP but for some reason, MS has decided not to support the .gif format for images in Win7. I have looked up fixes and MS…
