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Help! I have a worm!!
I just found something had sent a "click on this" email to everyone in my address book. It happened at 3.30pm today when I had clicked on a link a friend (who had presumably been hijacked also) had sent me a hotmail email which landed in my gmail account. It seemed that despite me clicking on the link from my gmail account…
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Can you connect a external DVD player to a TV DVD Combo?
HI I wonder if anyone can advise. I have a TV DVD combo, which started being erratic, it would not always read a DVD, it would try but then say no disk, but other times it would work. Now it wont read DVDs at all, saying no disk when there is one in. I wondered rather than buying a new TV (as there is nothing wrong with…
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Crazy Laptop
I have an Asus X58L series. It works fine until I disconnect the mains cable (battery shows full), when my desktop photo and all icons disappear. The taskbar disappears and I have to put the cursor at the bottom of the screen to reveal the taskbar and if I move the cursor it goes again. When I plug the mains back in the…
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Help me buy a laptop/netbook with Linux?
Hi all, I wish to puchase a new laptop or netbook which has Linux pre installed. Dont fancy buying a new one and then installing it as feel I would have then already paid for an operating system if that makes sense. I have used Linux multiple times in the past over the last 10 years on various desktops etc. I want my…
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Cd writer gave up the ghost!
HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GWA4164B. From reading online this morning, there are 2 laser beams. One reads and one burns. Im gonna buy a lens cleaner and see if that helps. Failing that a new writer to do dvd and cds. As i know so little about what to look for or indeed where, tesco, asda, pc world etc can anyone give suggestions? Not…
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TV Viewing Distance
I've searched through recent threads on advice on buying a new TV and recommended viewing distance. What is often quoted is that the viewing distance is twice that of the screen size - therefore, for a 42" this is about 7ft. But I've seen other sites recommend larger minimum viewing distances for a 42". Given that the…
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How to download a broken pc's harddrive?
My old laptop has a broken screen, so I have a new one but was wondering how I can get my old docs onto this new one? TIA Ems2
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Acer X3900 good PC??
http://www.very.co.uk/acer-x3900-core-i3-215-inch-display-4gb-ram-500gb-hard-drive-desktop/1034253663.prd?browseToken=%2fb%2f4294958013%2fq%2fdesktop+pc&trail=4294958013 I am looking for a day to day computer, for emails, shopping, banking, word doc's, Not for gaming This look's to meet my needs . And I can get it over 12…
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Nokia N8 - upgrade lost contacts
Hi, my husband did a software upgrade on his nokia n8 through nokia suite on the pc and has lost all his contacts that were on the phone not the sim, there was no warning of this during the upgrade. Is there anyway he can get them back, or is there a backup anywhere to take it back to previous settings maybe or has he lost…
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How do i take my laptop back to factory settings ?
I have a compaq CQ61 laptop that i want to sell, i have had it over 2 years now but in that time i have done internet banking and bought a lot of stuff online...when i sell the laptop i want to be sure that everything is taken off...can anyone please tell me how to do this......:beer:
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Help with semi/middle gaming laptop wanted
Hi, I'm looking for a laptop to play games on, that doesn't cost over a grand, and isn't horrendously overpriced for what you get (pretty lights etc!) Basically I want to do skyrim on it first off and that is probably the most intensive game I'd want to run on it (would also revert to some Java based games, but…
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Just a quickie
A thought before I begin: shouldn't here be a sticky thread for people to ask questions that are only likely to get one or two responses? Basically I need to get a PC together to act as a file & print server; my current PC is good, but the case is too full, the temperarure doesn't stay as low as I would like (although it…
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Kindle via a dongle help please
Hi I've recently purchased an amazon kindle, I use a 3 dongle pay as you go, as I'm not connected to a wi-fi, so I believe that I have to download my ebooks from my computer to my kindle via a usb cable( I don't have a password or anything like that) I don't mind doing it this way but am I right in thinking that I will…
