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security- stick with kaspersky or go elsewhere?
hi all quick question. i have just under 30 days in order to renew my internet security, i have kaspersky 2011 at the moment, bought a 3 license version for about £18 nearly a year ago as my computer had avg free and a virus got in. thinking about buying the new version, its £21 for the disk on amazon for 3 pcs, someone on…
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Reducing energy use and extending battery life of laptops
Normally I keep my laptop plugged in all the time. However, this article suggests we should unplug laptops from the adaptor (or adaptor from the mains) when not using them? http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2081609/Householders-waste-134m-electricity-year-overcharging-mobile-phones-laptops.html However, this…
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Which one of these laptops offer better value?
Out of these laptops which one is best value and why? I would use a laptop for surfing, writting letters, watching DVD's and streaming plus copying DVD's. Probably some low/mid range games as well. http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy-ASUS-X54H-SX270V-Laptop/774944…
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sony vaio has purple screen then shuts down
My dd got a sony viao VPCEE3V0E for xmas but twice today it has shown a purple screen and shuts down automatically, she also says theres a jigsaw piece in the middle of the screen with some writing but its not there long enough to read what it says. I have run a malwerebyte scan and a spybot but they found nothing. has…
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Printer not working with Windows 7
Hi Can anyone help? My dell 725 printer will not work with my new PC. I guess its not compatible with Windows 7. Its just a basic but suits me fine. Would prefer not to buy a new one if possible. Thanks
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DOA Product Help Please
Hi Sorry if I ahve posted on the wrong board but did not know which one to post on ;) I have bought my son a pmp for zmas from a seller on Amazon it worked fine for two days then needed charging. The only way you can charge it is yo use a usb cable so charged it on my laptop, when it was cahrged I dsiconnected it and it…
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Anyone good with Microsoft 2007 Forms?
I've been grappling with creating a form in Microsoft 2007; some of it has been easy and some is driving me nuts. Basically, I'm creating a questionnaire to send to clients. It has lots of check boxes, which all work fine. It has one drop-down list, which works fine. The problem is the apparent inconsistency of the text…
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Ebooks on DVD+R
Hi I've recently bought myself an amazon kindle and am waiting for it to arrive through the post. I also decided to buy some ebooks so I went on ebay and bought 3 discs which apparently contain 15,000 ebooks , I put in the first disc and went into my computer and found that it had filled most of my data up-will this slow…
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Logik TV Problem!
Not sure if this should strictly be in this section but it's do with our Logik TV.:o We've just moved into our own property after living with my husband's parents. We had our TV on our wall with a wall bracket. However, now we're going to be putting it in the lounge but the screws that connect it to the base that it came…
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Microsoft office query
Pretty please don't yell at me OH just bought a laptop, cheap/new it does have some Microsoft stuff on it but not word we need word on it long story far too long for here and now. so to buy microsoft office 2011 is rather steep and unnecessary as an older version would do just fine my problem is which one to buy that will…
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How do you put links to webpages
Just popped over to the competition section. My question is when you look on the competition thread obviously it tells you the answer to the current competition question to enter. there is then a link such as the company name and when you click it, it takes you to the website. eg. 'Competition Time' section thread, 'Win…
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Surge protection - what do you use/recommend?
Hi all, with the recent news of the entire street who's electrical items were fried (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-15883647), I thought it would be a good idea to protect my stuff. There are a few old threads however some of the links are now out of date so I thought it best to just start afresh. So, do…
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IPAD 2 wifi with 3G or not?
I am looking at buying an IPAD and was wondering whether it was worth it to buy one with 3G or not. what are the benefits for 3G? and has anyone got one with or without 3G who can tell me the pros and cons for it
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Zonealarm problem
I have used Zonealarm firewall for a couple of years, recently updated to version 10. Since then I have had troubles with my PC. It definitely runs slower, but the main problem is that I cannot open ‘File Explorer’ or ‘Control Panel’ without the PC freezing. On reboot if I turn Zonealarm off both will open ok, and then…
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Replacing Norton 360
Can I replace Norton 360 with just Kaspersky Internet Security (which I can get free through Barclays) or do I need some other anti-virus program too? Thanks for any help.
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laptop for sims 3 and all expansion packs
Im on a mission to find a really good bargain buy on a laptop that will play sims 3 and all the expansion packs at the same time - budget is no more than £400......... can anyone suggest any for me and what do i need to be looking at in regards of hard drive and gb? thanks...x can anyone help please?
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Fujistu Laptops - Any Good?
Does anyone have any experience of using Fujitsu Laptops? Are they any good? I'm looking for comments on build quality and how well they run etc. What are Fujitsu like to deal with when requiring assistance i.e. under warranty or requesting parts? How cheap are the parts too? The reason I ask is that there's a Fujitsu…
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Forum view has shrunk - what do I do?
I've been playing around in this forum, and for some reason / combination of keystrokes, the view has shrunk by about 75% (the window is the same size., but all it contains is much smaller, therefore more on the page. It's almost unreadable.). Nothing has happened to other tabs which I have open, or to the MSE Homepage,…
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New Laptop
Looking for a new Laptop. Thinking this maybe the right time to buy but seems so many different varieties and makes and boggles the mind trying to choose the correct one. I have about 350 i am willing to really go up to but anything cheaper i dont mind. All we really use it for are casual web browsing and also i stream tv…
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hijack this log
Hi my pc started to go slow and firefox wouldnt open (kept getting crash report) i think i may have a virus of somesort, so i downloaded and ran malwarebytes (it found and removed 85 viruses etc) then i downloaded and ran hitman pro (it found 40 odd things and deleted them) then i ran ccleaner which found some stuff and…
