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Just trialed Unthink.com - Very keen, until...
Just wondered if aanyone else was trying the Beta of Unthink.com (The anti-Facebook social networking site)? I've just given it a small go. It looks great and makes the right noises about privacy but upon looking at adding details to my profile, when I decided to not share my age I received this message:- "Please keep in…
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New printer down to 3 choices
Hi I`ve been reading all about printers for the last couple of days. My Hp is now on its last legs and I don`t want to buy any more ink for it. I print a lot of stuff for work (photos occasionally but this isn`t priority) My choices are: Epson SX525WD in Argos £109`ish I`ve read that ink is really cheap which is great. But…
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Replacement for Google Power Meter? For E-on Power fit
I have an E-on power fit, but I'm not an E-on customer - Google Power Meter used to be a really handy gadget to record our useage, but they have suspended it. Is there any other free software I can use?
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Epson printer ink
Hi Have just replaced all my cartridges with non epson ones and the printer is saying cartridges not recognised. I was looking on ebay for some cheap but real Epson ones and the alternatives are listed as *chipped*. What does this mean? Can I adapt the ones I have in any way? Thanks in advance
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Playstation network account hacked
Please be gentle this is my first thread On Saturday I noticed 3 £5 debits have been taken from Sony through my bank account. It wasn't something I have purchased so I rang playstation who advised me a to remove card details as they store automatically change my password etc and they would look into it. On Monday 6 more…
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Powerpoint presentation wont open.
Daughter put her Powerpoint project onto a usb drive and brought it home to finish. It wont open and throws up a box that says 'Powerpoint found a problem' and then gives the option to repair or cancel. Clicking repair makes no difference. The original file was created under an older version of PP 97-03, I have 2010, would…
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webcam and skype not working
I have a Bush DC-8115 webcam. It switches on when skype calls and then tells me another programe is using it and won't work with skype. I can't find another programme using it so what else can I try? I've gone through the help on skype and that's not worked. I've tried uninstalling it and re-installing it and thought that…
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Need Manual
For a Medion dc505 camcorder--can anyone help? I bought this camcorder off e-bay for my niece for christmas and was sent a manual in pft format but deleted it by accident before i printed it and the seller does,nt have it anymore. I,m rubbish at finding things and just cannot find this anywhere--was hoping someone on here…
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New netbook - recovery partition help/advice.
I got a HP DM1 netbook yesterday. Set it up today and the drive is in three partitions. C:Windows partition D:Recovery partition E: HP tools. I assumed the recovery partition would be hidden and I'd have the option to decide how large the Windows partition would be on setup. I didn't. Plus, it has 4gig of ram and a 32bit…
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epson sx130 printer. urgent help please
Hi all Purchased a black epson sx 130 printer last week. All connected up to laptop. but, yes always a but. The paper keeps feeding through the printer with no print on at all. Trying to print from my documents on wordpad. Epson information also shows up stating, paper jam. NO Paper jam. the information that came with the…
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Printer for photos and docs
I need a printer for printing photos on glossy paper and for printing out text documents, I do a quite a bit of both, I have read through some of the threads on here and am now even more confused:o The printer needs to be Inkjet Wireless (preferable but not essential) Cheap on ink Around £50 - flexible So far Kodak would…
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New iPhone 4S
Friend of mine has just upgraded from a 3GS to the 4S, and upon setting up its asking to whether set up as new iPhone or restore from icloud (which he doesn't have yet) or restore from backup from iTunes? Should it be setup as new or restored as we're not sure which is best!
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Windows 7 - Microsoft flight simulator and Cyborg fly 5 joystick
Just bought a new computer with Windows 7, we’re having a problem with trying to get a new Cyborg fly 5 joystick to work with Microsoft 2000 flight simulator, the flight simulator works fine with the keyboard and mouse and the joystick is working fine too but the two won’t work together. Does anyone know how to fix this…
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Audio driver needed
Hi, we have upgraded from XP to 7 and everything works fine except for the sound - I have done several checks and diagnostics and I have no device driver installed, I have tried all kinds of searches and using miccrosoft support but have had no luck, the machine is an Elonex and although we've only bought it 18 months new,…
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Windows 7 problems
My HP laptop came with back up DVD copies of Windows 7 Premium 64 bit - but on trying to reinstall this - I found that it had gone corrupt and would not fully install..... (before anyone asks - the back up on the HDD partition has also gone astray) So I borrowed a copy of 32 bit Windows 7 Professional N from a colleague to…
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Safari iOS5 Issues
Hi, I've got a couple of issues using Safari with iOS5 and wondering if it's just me or if it's an issue with iOS5..... The first thing is it keeps crashing out of Sarafi and when I open it back up it takes me to the page I was reading, but iOS4 never crashed out.... Secondly on certain web site (this one and Mail Online)…
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Help with Outlook, updates and retrieving info please
I've done a search here, but not being techie, I am a bit lost. I did the SP3 and IE8 updates yesterday, and when I restarted, the new version of Outlook (orange icon) had dumped all my saved emails, folders and my address book. Any ideas how I can get it all back? I assume the info is still on my hardrive somewhere.
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Networking...
Hi, I've recently signed up for WiMAX with this company and am very happy with the speeds I receive. The setup means a box placed outside and an ethernet cable running from box into house which then can plug into laptop directly for internet access. I want to make this a wireless setup, so purchased this as the walls in…
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Phone line- can ring out but not in?
unsure if this is the correct forum but assume they will move me if not so sorry! Been having a problem wwith my phone line for a few months where occassionally no one can ring in, it usually happens for a few hrs and then gets back to normal. I thought it was just the telephone because my broadband is always fine! So i…
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Blue screen on computer
When I logged onto the internet this morning I'd barely been logged on 2 mins before a blue screen suddenly appeared with a big long message, the start of which said 'PFN List Corrupt'. After restarting the computer it now seems ok but I'm worried in case it happens again. Can anyone give me any advice please?
