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Buying New Laptop Any Ideas?
Good afternoon and A Happy New Year to all you techie guys. I don't often get on this thread, only when I have a problem or need info lol Today I have a mission to buy a new laptop, DH has got his wallet out and I have a budget of up to £370. I use laptop for Family History research, surveys, email and photos. I don't use…
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Dell PA21 adaptor for Dell Inspiron 1545
Hi I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 [model PP41L] which is out of warranty but works well until suddenly get the well known message "AC adaptor not recognised" It then wont charge battery and runs on low speed. Changing to my sons brand new Dell charger supplied with his new PC works fine. From this I deduce that my old Dell…
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Techfriend
Hi, I hope that this is right forum for this post, apologies if not. I've been paying for Techguys Techfriend phone PC support at £6.99 per month for almost two years and I feel a bit of a muppet because I've only used it 10 times or so. Could anyone recommend a similar 24 hour service where you get straight through to an…
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Keyboard not working on Samsung Laptop
We have a Samsung laptop Model R519 using Windows 7. The keyboard has stopped working including all the Function buttons. The on screen keyboard will work and a keyboard attached by USB works it well! All the drivers seem to be OK and the device manager says the keyboard is working properly. But it isn't! The mouse pad…
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Cheap Tablet advice
Considering getting my soon to be 10 year old a tablet for his birthday for under £100. Just something he can browse the web and play apps on mainly. Have been researching on the web and wondered if any 'experts' out there had an opinion on either of these http://www.ebellking.com/android-tablet/novo7 OR…
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Is it possible to install Mac OS X via ethernet?
Is it possible to install either Snow Leopard or Lion via a network? I am having trouble booting a clean isntal of Lion via a USB pen drive where the install freezes, as so. Can Mac OS X be installed via ethernet?
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Security Warning ???
Keep getting a screen coming up with the words....... 'Security Warning' 'Do you want to display only the webpage content delivered securely ??' Its driving me nuts cos its popping up every time I go from one page to another when I am logged into my bank etc. How can I stop it ???
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sound low on panasonic dvd-S75
For quite a while the sound is really low and when turn it up real high you hear the interference this annoying buzzing sound-how can i make the sound higher?
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Broken Ipod
Hi, I wondered if some one could help? My partner dropped his Ipod last night. It didn't smash and everything seemed to be ok. However, it wont play. The Ipod says it's playing, but the timer clock is not counting and there is no sound. Also there is a small rattle which sounds like something's come loose. I know nothing…
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Is it possible to get a new screen for my tablet?
Hi, I bought my sons a Yarvik Tab250 each for christmas and one of them got dropped last night. Does anyone know of anywhere that sells replacement parts? It works perfectly fine apart from the broken screen, and seems like such a shame not to be able to use it :( Not to mention I have a distraught 9yr on my hands. Any…
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Netbook Suggestions around £200.00
just as the questions suggests, my daughter has saved up 200.00 to buy a netbook for school work. so needs to be able to surf the internet used word or similar (going for open office) wifi any suggestions please Thanks ntb1
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Updating game hub on Samsing Galaxy S2
Hi all, Not sure if this is the right forum page so feel free to move. Just bought a Galaxy S2 and the Game Hub feature says it needs an update before I can access it. The web page it tries to access to do this comes up as unavailable. Anyone had any experience of getting this update for the S2? Any pointers appreciated.
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Javascript Issue on IE
Hello, I have a website that has some javascript on it, this works fine in Chrome, Opera, Safari and Firefox but not IE (any version I've tried). I've installed Firebug to try to help debug it but that doesn't pick up any issues. I'm not very good when it comes to javascript so would appreciate any assistance. The page…
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Dell Charger
Got a dell charger for OH's laptop which is now faulty just where the plug fits into the socket of the lappy. Can you get the plug bit elsewhere as it seems stupid to throw away a good charger when its a cable fault?
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freesat recorder
where,s the cheapest place to buy a freesat recorder i already got a dish fixec so dont need one just the box thanks:)
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Can I connect a PS3 to an old TV set?
Any help much appreciated! DS got a PS3 for Xmas, and has been playing it on our main TV using the flat cable which came with the PS3, with red, yellow and white connectors which plug into the front of the TV. This is fine but nobody can watch TV at the same time.(we only have the one we can watch with SKY box, no working…
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Android Tablet stole my money!!!
OK not strictly true, but got your attention!! Got an Android tablet 4 days ago, it has a sim slot so had a spare Orange sim card with £6 and change credit on it, so stuck this in to my shiny new tablet. Made a few test calls to my home number and my mobile, these calls where unanswered. Today got a text from Orange saying…
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Defective DVD drawer
My DVD drawer decided to start playing up, wouldn't open close. You could hear it trying to but to no avail. Instead of buying a new one at around £18-00 just drop the drive belt into boiling water and replace. Mine works perfectly now. To do this open the drawer manually by inserting a straightened paper clip into the…
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help with hijack this
ok here we go again :o laptop probs i've been having are bios beeps that have no pattern (including over 200 beeps), having to re boot at least twice, changed memory several times, tried malware and different anti virus (not more than 1 at the same time) but still turns off randomly and just basically being a pain in the…
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Telly box (plasma) issues...
Just being hopeful really, but this morning I heard a pop and the TV in my bedroom decided to go all fuzzy and blurred. The picture looks as though it's been converted from video into an animated drawing, a bit like http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GA1nQEgmq44#t=324s Anybody had any experience with…
