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will my iTunes library work in France?
I'm taking my laptop (mac) to France for a month shortly. Will my iTunes library - and the radio channels - work while I am there as obviously the IP address will be different? The flat I am staying in has wifi. All my music is on the mac. Any simple (idiot proof :D ) suggestions to avoid frustration would be gratefully…
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help please with microsoft word
Hiya I bought one of the cheap little pink £100 laptops recommended on here earlier this year and it is great but whenever I use word it say enter the product key which I don't have. It says I can use it 25 times only then I have to enter the key. I have a student word on my other computer and tried using this on this…
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Need PAYG wifi dongle to take laptop on holiday in UK - suggestions?
We are shortly going on holiday in the UK - in a rented cottage in a village in Suffolk. The cottage does not have cable or wifi etc but it is a large village which does plenty of mobile phone signal (my friend lives there). I have a PAYG phone (Orange) which suits me fine as I work mainly from home. I do want to take my…
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Help cleaning up please.
Hello, I had some great help here a couple of weeks ago to get my PC working better. I have changed ISP and would like to get rid of any unneeded or unnecessary files please. I am so pleased with how my PC has been since the help last time I would like to keep it tidy. Thank you
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Replacement Laptop Batteries
Any top tips for sourcing reliable but cheap laptop batteries? Dell want £105.59 or £121.19. :eek: I've found another on-line retailer that want £50.39 or £65.99. Obviously the second one seems a lot more reasonable, but will I be getting a cheap battery that doesn't work as well? Thanks everyone!
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MS Outlook Pdf attachment
Anyone help please. I had an email with two 'Pdf' attachments - neither of which will open!? X message says: -"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options Control Panel" I assume that should read Control Panel Folder Options! But with-in…
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O2 3g Dongle problem
Hello, Moved into a new place and bought an o2 dongle cheap that I found on Argos ebay outlet. Everything is fine (well it is slow) apart from one thing that is really irritating me. When it is connected every 1-2 seconds the application you use to connect to the network will try and update the data usage. I can hear it…
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Vodafone broadband dongle
Long story short, my ex-husband cut off the phone and ADSL on Friday so to tide me over a couple of weeks until I get a new line it, I've had to buy a VF dongle. It came preloaded with £5 credit which I can see from the application and also from the account I set up on their website. All sounds good except I can't for the…
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X Box live ban whilst on holiday - please help
Last month I renewed our XBox Live account. We then went on holiday. When we returned my son and hubby went to log on and were advised that the account has been banned for violation of terms and conditions. I have spend ages looking into reasons for this. It would appear that people are banned as a result of chipping their…
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Hijack This Log. Would appreciate advice.
Hi Folks am sure you are completely fed up with the novices and these logs but would appreciate if you could have a look and advise me on what to do. The computer as always been slow on start-up. Did a full factory restore last year and it helped. at weekend was ripping c.ds and it took 1/2 hourish per c.d. :( AMD Athlon64…
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computer not booting up.
Sorry, not a techie, but so far amazingly have been able to fix problems with advice from this forum. As I close computer it shows..auto detect entering pwr save (not sure if that's right?) When I try to start takes me to windows error recovery..so run thro' this , then tells me unable to fix, no root cause, possible…
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Protect Memory stick/HDD
Hi guys I have a problem and hope you can help. I have a memory stick and HDD which I carry it all the time and some of the data are quite sensitive. Is there any way how to protect it so only me could access the data. I mean here such as like password to open the drive, folder, etc. I am working on several windows OS e.g.…
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Asus laptop problem
Hope somebody can help on this one. Got a 6 month old laptop which is still under warranty. Has been fine, but yesterday it was taking ages to start up, and then freezing randomly with programs not responding often. I decided to use my backup disks to restore system drive, something I've done before without a problem. It…
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iTunes Unknown Error 4450 - when burning disc?
Hi, I purchased some albums and now trying to burn them to a black Audio CD from iTunes but keep getting 'unknown error 4450' - what is this??? Typed into Google and they say download a 'registry cleaner' whatever that is and don't want to download something I don't know and end up downloading a virus. Any help appreciated
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Problem logging into sites
I have a strange problem with my new laptop in that on many sites including mse you have to log on numerous times before you can post, i will log in and then it doesn't show ive logged in or only does so after refershing but then it will make you log in again. Anyone know why this is?
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IE9 not saving my browsing history - anyone know why?
I recently got a new pc with windows 7 and IE9. I have just realised that IE9 is not saving my web browsing history. If I look at history all I get is the history of files I have looked up on my PC internally, not sites I have browsed on the web. The recommended fix seems to be to go to Internet Options/Content/Settings…
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Printer help
I bought a hp deskjet 3050 last week. Set it up, used it fine for a week. Now it keeps saying paper jam. Even when there is no paper. I turn it on and within seconds, paper jam appears on the lcd screen. Ive seen reviews from amazon and some report the same issue. Im going to take it back to tescos were i got it. But can…
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Times plus
I have an iPad and am currently using the Times app. It is almost at the end of the 30 day free period. I am now thinking of signing up to Times plus. Will I get the Times 6 days a week, and the Sunday Times and be able to read them offline? It seems a little too good to be true at £2 per week after the first thirty days,…
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Ipad WiFi connection problem
Had IPad 2 for 6 weeks, things going smoothly. This week, it keeps disconnecting from my SKy WiFi. My PC is OK and my phone. After a bit of googling, I've found that this seems to be a fault with this IPad & Apple is aware of it. Today, I've renewed the licence as Apple advised, butt there are a few other things on their…
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Free anti virus recommendations?
Hi - can anyone recommend a free anti virus? I have used avast in the past but my freebie has expired and i cant seem to find a new one anywhere - help much appreciated!!
