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Dodgy site?
My OH was using computer this morning and suddenly got one of those things where it starts flashing that every bit of your computer is infected etc etc. He thinks he clicked on a thing that said enable protection, but said that nothing happened. He then came straight offline and ran a virus scan, but it didn't show…
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Attach Numerous Email Conversations to an Email
Hi All My system: OS Win7 IE9 & Firefox 9.0.1 Eset Antivirus I have/use gmail email account and I would like to send an email and attach a number of previous conversations (from different people), either by saving conversations to seperate documents and attaching or by attaching the conversations themselves if possible. I…
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New Laptop Battery
Hi All Just had battery delivered from fleebay, impressed as i ordered yesterday with free del. My question is do I just pop it in and go, or should I charge it for a while like a mobile? Thanks
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New SSD help please
Hello everyone, Just last week I did a fresh Windows 7 ultimate install on a new OCZ 60GB Agility 3 SSD and it's running OK, but that's just it..it's only OK, not the blistering lightning speed I was expecting. Definitely faster than my previous OS sata hard drive (Samsung 1TB F3) but not the giant leap I was hoping for.…
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Anyone using Quicken Starter Edition 2012 on mac?
Thinking of getting this and wondered if anyone had used or was using it already. Cheers
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Cannot format USB drive
Seems no matter what I try I cannot seem to format my 8GB usb drive. When I plug in the drive it says "Windows needs to format the disk to use it." I click yes. When I try it this way it will "run" and then say "Windows was unable to complete the format." Only other way I know would be to go through Administrative>Manage…
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Is it possible to see entire Golden Globes 2012 Awards free?
I missed watching the Golden Globes live on Sunday night but I can't see that it was broadcast on UK TV so I can't view it on iplayer etc. Does anyone know of a website that allows you to watch it again or is there a site where I can download to watch it for free that is safe to watch because I know some sites make you…
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Anyone bought from novatech - new £2000 build
So im looking to buy a new rig and spend quite a bit to get a beast of a machine. However, some parts are not available anywhere else but Novatech. I've known about them for years but never bought from them, anyone ever bought anything from them?
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BSOD on XP boot up
Hi need to try and fix my mum's laptop. It's showing a BSOD on every start up so never makes it to the Windows desktop. Running Windows XD, which was pre installed so no disk. Message on BSOD is ***x stop 0X000000ED C0X853DAB58 0XC000006 0X00000000 0X00000000 Any ideas, already tried resore to last good session or…
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Looking for personal finance software
I'm on the lookout for some personal finance software which automatically updates your transactions from your bank accounts. I've seen the likes of Mint and Quicken but Mint is only available for the US and Quicken got some dodgy reviews for the Mac (I would be needing mac based software by the way), any suggestions? Cheers
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Fasthosts rip off
/RANT If you are thinking of using Fasthosts don't!! They have just forced me to take out another 12 month contract with them for hosting I don't want! Why do they force their customers into this? /RANT
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Possible scam alert!
Watch out I think there is a scam about.... just had a phone call from windows (international number withheld) saying that there is a report that my computer is storing viruses! when I challenged her (Angel) she put the phone down on me - OH what a surprise! Anyone think its a scam?
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Compaq PC
Hi, my old PB Ixtreme pc has just died on me so need to replace it on a budget of £300. Can anyone tell me if the compaq cq1130uk is any good? I am totally useless at anything 'computer' but have managed to work out that the memory is a lot bigger than my old one which is a good thing! Any advice gratefully revieved :D…
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Thunderbird Problems
I am having problems returning my Thunderbird layout to it's original view ie) Left hand side - all folders I am stuck with my inbox only any suggestions
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upgrade?
I have managed to get my other desk top pc working . now i need to wipe it clean as wont to have it just as myn and no one elses , i lots the original recovery disk can i put the windows vista on me old pc as it is windows xp home or do i need to get new windows recovery disc Im wiping old one clean as stuff not needed and…
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samsung battery help
Hi all and happy new year!! first of all i'd like to say sorry if in wrong area wasn't sure if to post here or the techie forum. ok here goes, my son has the samsung galaxy min phone which as many might know it rubbish with the battery, i have been looking to see if there are better batteries you can buy to replace the one…
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Please help as I can no longer get bittorent to select files to download
Bittorrent used to allow me to select files within a torrent before I started to download. It has suddenly stopped doing this. Everytime I now select a torrent to download, it just automatically downloads the whole torrent without prompting me for the files selection option before I start to download. Any help would be…
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Web hosting
Hi, does anyone know of any good free or cheap Windows web hosting providers? I dont need that much space (maximum 1GB) and it needs access to SQL database. Thanks in advance
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Recycling electronics and other stuff what really happens?
There have been a series of adverts on tv recently banging on about the need to recycle household small electrical and electronic goods. Don't take it to the dump for landfill, take it to your recycling centre, that sort of thing. So today we did just that. We have been having a post Christmas clearout and turned out a…
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HijackThis log
Hi, My Dad has fallen for the "Microsoft" phone call scam. He visited to the logmein site, but thinks the call was cut off before he did anything on that site. A Malware Bytes full scan detected no malicious items. I've pasted a HijackThis log below. Is there anything wrong, or has he got away with it? Thanks, Rob Logfile…
