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Problem with Macbook Pro Freezing on back up
Hi My OH has a Macbook Pro. He has bought a Seagate GoFlex external drive 2TB.He is using it solely for backing up with Time Machine. The problem is when he is using the Macbook Pro and the back up kicks in he keeps getting the "beach ball" and the whole system freezes. He has to power off at the button. It does not freeze…
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ipod probs plus what type do I need
My son gave me his old ipod. We only use it in the car. On it are loads of songs I do not want. I have made a playlist but when you plug it into our Kia it totally ignores the playlist and starts playing at record one so you have to go thru loads of stuff to get to music you want to hear. It is full of illigal downloads so…
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re-start up problems
Hi, I have suddenly had start up problems, today and yesterday. PC would not boot up, just a black screen. I switched it off using shut down button , and back on again, both times resulting in black and white screen of writing saying Startup repair, Recommended, which is what I chose , instead of start up normal. After a…
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Recommend video recording equip
Can anyone suggest a good HD video camcorder that can pickup low lux levels (or hell even a webcam / IP camera) I'm planning on recording my fireworks this year, so I can go back and enjoy the show and also recall the previous years to determine which ones I like I already know some I'm buying this year as I remember them…
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My Documents Duplication
A month or so ago my PC blue screened and couldn't do anything with it after trying all the usual stuff. I reinstalled XP SP3 and all updates. I had to recreate the user accounts. I gave my self a new Name "me +1" thinking a clean profile might help?? Luckily my data was OK and was located in C:/DocSettings/me+1/My…
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key board input advice needed for dell inspiron
I got delivery today of a refurbished dell inspiron 15R - N5110. This is my first dell laptop and the keyboard is a bit different from the other laptops i have used over the years and am having some problems, hope some one here who has used dell laptops can help me out. my old laptop had just 2 items per key, for eg the…
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Dell laptop not booting up properly
My oh has a Dell laptop ( about 5 years old) He rang me today ( we dont live together) and said he was having trouble getting his laptop to start up. Apparently he left it on standby last night and the battery ran out. He told me when it switches on he was just getting a grey screen. He left it on charge all day and when I…
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Best deal for imac - any interest free deals??
Does anyone know the best place to buy the imac 21.5" £999 at Apple shop, but interest free deal?? Thanks
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Acer Aspire 5542 shuts down suddenly
My Acer Aspire 5542 is just over one year.The problem started a few days ago.It has happened 3 times today.Was converting a youtube video into mp4 format.It just shut down unexpectedly.Turned it on again.Again in 5 minutes it shut down with no reasons. I am aware that if the laptop gets too hot, it can happen.But to me it…
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Broadband not working in bedroom but works everywhere else!
I've got a real annoying problem in which my internet never works on my acer laptop upstairs in my bedroom. It recognises my sky broadband on the list of wifi sources but doesn't connect. I've even got a 20meter ethernet cable running upstairs and that too doesn't work. But saying that, when I go downstairs the internet…
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Using my phone in Egypt..
Im going to Egypt and want to use my phone for texts back to the UK and occasional internet use. Im with T-mobile and they said Egypt is outside the Europe so therefore the cost is £7.50 per MB of data....Can someone tell me how much time/useage I would get for a MB??? As this seems expensive??
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N70 white screen, replacement options?
Hi all, My Nokia N70 has a white screen of death which looks fatal I think. I need to get a replacement phone. My current phone is out of contract, but I have quite a good monthly deal on it, so I would like to just buy another phone, and put the sim card into the new phone. Can this be done with any model or am I…
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Youtube account.Tech help required
I have had a youtube account for years.I use a webmail address and the same user name.Never had problems and even when i click on 'youtube' from my bookmark it 'remembers me' and i can go into my favourites/channel etc etc. BUT today it asked me to 'sign in'.So i entered email/username but it automatically showed my wifes…
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Cant uninstall firefox
I updated firefox a couple of days back and since then its been hell with lagging, freezing, not starting up, not closing down - driving me bananas. I tried to uninstall from control panel/programs/uninstall and the damn thing wont go. Ive tried downloading an older version over it but its just as bad, Ive tried a system…
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TuneUP Utilities 2010 FREE
http://www.tuneup-software.co.uk/promo/cs0411 I spotted this on Gadget detective. (thanks to them) This allows you to get the FULL 2010 version of TuneUp
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Sky Go ... Can Someone Please Explain?
Hopefully this is a simple question complete with a simple answer. As I understand it, Sky Go is free to Home Subscribers who are allowed to register two devices. So what is there to stop someone registering a laptop on a relatives/friends Sky account as long as the relative/friend has not registered two devices and is OK…
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Pop-up window disappears after few seconds
Hi all, I need some help. I have the trading platform Multicharts open and they have a few icons with a pop-up text box that explains the strategy but when I hover or click on the icon the text box apears for a few seconds not long enough to read the 15-20 lines of text. I asked the Multicharts live help but they think its…
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Please can somebody help me
Hi I have a Packard Bell I-Media S 1839, which was on Windows XP Media Centre 2005 I have had to do a full reinstall due to a VERY nasty malware that rendered the computer unusable. However, I have managed to format the computer, but when I go through setup I am greeted with a message saying "Setup did not find any hard…
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OKI v Lexmark Printers
We need a new office printer and would appreciate your thoughts (1)must be colour (2) must do duplex (both side) scanning/copying/printing. (3)Budget £500 max. (4)Reasonably priced consumables we have narrowed to the Lexmark X544dn or the OKI mc561dn any comments gratefully received :beer:
