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buying a laptop help needed thanks
hi both my daughters laptops have died , eldest girl needs hers for university, youngest for GCSEs and the usual other stuff youtube facebook etc i know ZERO about computers, my husband bought those a few years ago theyre dell inspiron something or other and the hinges went on both of them and the warranties didnt cover…
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Best Calendar and todo list to share for Husband and Wife
Hi Looking for something to help us get organised. We have iphone and blackberry with laptop running office 2007. Would like to be able to keep a family calendar and then overall todo list, print this out and keep in the kitchen. Whilst at same time keep the information on our phones and laptop and be able to update and…
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New laptop - you decide!
Seen an Acer and a Samsung, not much between them http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy-ACER-ASP-5750G-BLK-Laptop/765686 £550 http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/samsung-np-rf511-s02uk-15-6-laptop-spiral-black-silver-10810427-pdt.html £500 I do have another thread where I've looked into Dell laptops too, Inspiron 15R and XPS 15,…
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problems with intelligent finance web site
is anyone else having problems with online banking?
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HELP! Angry Birds for the DS??
I am trying to find out if Angry Birds is out for the DS??? I've had a good ole look and googled about and although they say it is being released for the DS and other thingys (!) i can onlt find it for PC... can anyone shed light for me!! Ta x x :beer:
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looking for destop pc with monitor for under £300
anyone know where i can pick a decent desktop and monitor up for 300 quid max? just missing the pc world deal last night and really need to pick on up new for my daughters xmas. any help would be great, thanks in advance
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Xbox 360 widow needs advice please
It's not relationship advice I'm after as I've given up trying to compete with the xbox, it's memory advice I need. OH has asked for more memory for his xbox original (kept telling me 'NOT SLIM') for Chrimbo, is this the right sort of thing?…
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Canon Pixma IP 3000 - Banding
Hi, I've had a Canon PIXMA IP 3000 printer for six and a half years, during which it has performed reasonably reliably. However, it has recently started 'banding' very notably, despite several attempts to clean the printer head with the 'deep clean' maintenance option. I have also tried cleaning the printer head manually…
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re-signal strength
Hi, Can anyone explain to me please how I can get 3 varied signal strength ratings of 36;;48;;54;; Yet the ratings of all 3 are poor;;;fair;;;good ;;excellent? every time I hover over strength icon, it will show 36, poor/fair/good/excellent, and same with higher strengths. surely if I get excellent on 36mbs, how can I get…
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Help...Panasonic Lumix damage
I dropped my Lumix DMC-FP1. Now on the screen it says 'System Error (Zoom) Is it repairable or should I start looking for a new camera? Thanks in advance
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Wii remotes
we have just got the wii + sports and fit games. what i would like to know is how many can play at once and how many Wii remote Plus's & nuchucks do we need or will normal ones do the job? One remote plus and numchuck came with the console. Thank you
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Help with Blu-ray DVD formats!!
I'm not sure if this counts as a "techie" question or not but... I want to buy some DVDs for xmas and they seem to come in a bewildering variety of formats now. Btw, I have a Blu-ray player. Cars 2 apparently comes in: DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D. What on earth? Is it safe to assume that the 3D thing is something to be…
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hijack this log
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 14:08:01, on 26/11/2011 Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6002.18005) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE C:\Windows\RtHDVCpl.exe…
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Tablet PC
Firstly,please forgive my ignorance! My daughter wants a very portable computer, basically for university work, downloading texts and ebooks, word processing and possibly some internet browsing. She's not fussed about multi-media, gaming ,watching movies or even music playing on the machine. It struck me that a lower end…
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Processor help
As the motherboard in my Dad's computer has failed, I'm looking at the options for upgrading it. At the moment he has an AMD 2.41Ghz Dual Core processor and I'm thinking of changing it to an Intel in the region of 3ghz. My question is are the i3 processors better than the Intel Dual Core as the Dual Core's are a lot…
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CD Ripping
Had a new computer a few months ago and have been ripping my CD collection onto the HD via Windows Media and recently onto iTunes. But I have about 12 CD's that sound awful ! All my CD's are the real deal and in good condition. The operating system is Windows 7 64 bit. I have played the CD's in the car and they sound fine.…
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Phone call from Microsoft Service Centre
We've just received a phone call from someone saying they're are Microsoft service centre which has rung alarm bells with me, but maybe i'm just a cynic. They said that we had malicious software on our computer which they have discovered via our ip address, and via our service provider. When i said we didn't deal with…
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help with wireless surround sound please
Hello my husband wants a wireless surround system for xmas,i was looking at this http://www.bestbuy.co.uk/product/1000131415/rocketfish-wireless-hd-audio-starter-kit.aspx If i bought this what else would i need to buy ? Can i just buy any wireless speakers im very confused and not at all techie many thanks for any help
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Which RAM......confused
Hi. Am looking at buying my son some extra RAM (8gb) for his ASUS notebook (Asus K52F). Where do i start?? I have figured out what RAM is compatible with the laptop, but a few sites i have looked at vary in price. From cheap to very expensive! Does the performance show in the price? Any help would be much appreciated
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HijackThis log for laptop after Security Shield Virus
Another one for closed I think. Acer Aspire 3GB Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 12:58:09, on 26/11/2011 Platform: Windows 7 SP1 (WinNT 6.00.3505) MSIE: Internet Explorer v9.00 (9.00.8112.16421) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\Program Files (x86)\EgisTec MyWinLocker\x86\mwlDaemon.exe…