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Microsoft Office
Im not that well up on Office we have a computer with windows 7 on it and office 2007 installed but needs a product key buying which to me seems expensive. My child is at college and we have been looking on the software for students website. on there it says we can purchase Office 2010 Pro for £37.89 or Office Professional…
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Widescreen a bit disapointing
I have just set up my new desktop with a HD widescreen monitor. The picture is fantastic, but most web pages seem stuck in the middle of the screen with large unusued space either side. MSE formats to widrscreen, but BBC and many other sites don't Is this just because they are not widescreen? Or do I need to change some…
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Wanted 9v PP3 battery for smoke alarm.
I am looking for a 9v PP3 battery (rectangle profile) for my smoke alarm. Have been looking through amazon etc websites and came across Duracell Procell range. Are they any good? What are the difference between procell and the normal range? Could not find any info on duracell website. Is there any offers out there? Don't…
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Can 2 Kindles be linked to the same account?
Evening All I have a kindle already and have bought one for my husband but we generally use the same laptop (due to the dog having eaten the cable for DH's!), can I load books onto his Kindle ready for Christmas by linking it to my account or will the same books that I have be added to his Kindle? Mine is called Mrs Kindle…
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Recovery partitions - can i?
I know its fairly easy to make a recovery partition from a windows disk. But how about making a disk from your recovery partition? I know its possible, but anyone know how to do it?
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17 inch laptops - overheat?
I am thinking of buying a 17.3inch screen laptop. However, I have been told they tend to overheat. Is this right? Also what brands would people recommend. I've been told to go for Dell or Compaq. Does anyone have any advice. I would welcome any advice and help. Thanks
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Keyboard keys not working correctly
When I installed windows recently I chose an american keyboard. Now i cannot get an @ or hash. To get an @ i have to key in ". How do I correct this without uninstalling adn re installing. Thanks
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Help with a few iPad problems pls...
Hi All, Basically I need to clear off 2 icons (my dd7 has downloaded them)from the pad and clear the history. I am totally a technophobe and wouldn't know where to start! Sorry just to say that it's a borrowed one and I need to clear all evidence of usage! Many many thanx in advance Lisa
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iPad 3 release date
Does anyone know when apple releases iPad 3, is it worth waiting for that.
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Cheap Laptop Help
Hi All, Im looking to buy 2 cheap laptops (one for mum and dad) all they will use it for is internet, word processing and watching the odd video/movie and maybe picture editing but nothing major. I know you can get good laptops for cheap and i didnt want to spend anymore really then £280 each. Anyway i found this on DABS…
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Amazon Order Problem
I tried to order an item on Amazon but as my Daughter had ordered books when she was home from Uni, it would not allow me to register as they thought there was an existing account. Can anyone solve this problem?
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O2 Sim Swap problems
I purchased a new phone which arrived yesterday with an O2 sim card charged with £10 credit. As I wanted to transfer my own O2 mobile number to the new phone My son filled in the sim swap form at O2 yesterday lunchtime. Gave a code which he typed in. Information came through that the number would be tranferred by lunchtime…
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New hp laptop - cmos error
Can anyone shine a light on this please? Just got a new hp pavilion g6 and when powering up I get "cmos reset 502". It refers you to the hp customer support but there's nothing there. I'm wondering as its new does it use a rechargable cmos battery and thats causing the problem? It's a xmas present, so want to make sure its…
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iPad/tablet vs laptop?
This might seem like a silly question but what is the difference between a laptop and a tablet? Do tablets have USB ports or card readers? And what about printers, is it only wireless ones or can I connect corded printer? I'm sorry if these questions are really stupid and obvious but I had to ask :)
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New Budget Desktop Pc
Hi I am looking to change from a laptop to a desktop pc but i want a budget desktop as i dont have loads of money to buy a top end one. I would like one thats got a half decent processor for games etc but nothing too powerful limit of games will prob be pogo or football manager etc I dont really know whats good or where to…
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My windows 98 saga now ended
I discovered, with a bit of lateral thinking that I did not have to actually install Windows 98, I just booted from the Windows 98 CD and didn't pick install Windows 98 just install the CD drivers. And low and behold I got a DOS prompt. So I can run my program from a USB drive, as of course MSDOS does not recognise NTFS…
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Tips on Bath Sealant Tape
Hello all. I'm hoping for some advice and tips on using Bath Sealant Tape. It's being dropped off today, so I intend to use it later on.... I have been told that a good quality household glue can and should be used to make use the tape bonds with the tiles. Is this correct? I've cut away the excess original silicon and…
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Desktop Ram
Apologies if it sounds a daft question - My Daughter has a desktop Pc given to her by my SIL. It only has 496mb of Ram, so runs quite slowly and the processor is pentium3 1.00ghz. Other than taking the cover off, is there any way of checking what type of memory I would need to buy to upgrade?
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HELP! Backing up BLU RAY to USB stick..!
Hello all. My G/F has bought all three Take That concerts on BLU RAY. I also have some superb Depeche Mode concerts on BLU RAY. W'ere wanting to back them up to a USB stick (we don't have a BLU RAY burner) if we go away for a few days (plug to laptop/friends HD tv/blu-ray player). I've recently viewed some fantastic…
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Cancelling preset windows shutdown
Basically my boyfriends friend is a bit on the childish side and if we ever leave him alone in our house he messes with our computers. Last week he set some sort of automatic shut down on my computer which keeps activating. The message is something along the lines of 'your computer will be logged off in 10 minutes' if I…
