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re-avast
Hi Guys, Has anyone had trouble today with avast being turned off. I ,ve just booted mine up, and been told Avast was turned off, .I clicked to turn on, and got an Error sign, no number,. Re-downloaded it on top of the other, straight away, same thing. Put MSE on as a standby, and that,s running ok, but my sidebar, vista…
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finding my virgin media broadband password
I currently connect via a modem and my desktop pc. turn it on and its there. I have some visitors to stay and they want to connect to my broadband wirelessly via there laptops. whats the easiest way to find my password to allow this?
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Laptop turns off after Windows update
Is this an error with my laptop? I have a new Lenovo laptop and Windows 7. Every time I have an update, my laptop turns off and restarts. I then have to go back to what ever I was doing. Can I stop laptop from turning off and the loss of all that I was working on?
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Help! Need to make a DVD for Under 5s
Hi, I am trying to produce a DVD for siblings aged 3 and 4 featuring our family so it can be played as part of adoption preparation. So, I have produced a 7 minute long video in MS Movie Maker on XP sp 3 (with 4 Gb RAM and plenty of HDD). It consists of less than 5 minutes of actual video (less than 60Mb total), 9 jpg…
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HP remanufactured cartridge problem
A strange problem with my cartridge and printer i have a HP f390 all in one printer and i purchased a remanufactured cartridge, placed in it worked fine for a week printing super quality but tonight the printer showed E on the small lcd display, it took me 4 hours of messing around but i have found as soon as i put my old…
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Roboform issues with Firefox
Quote: Originally Posted by weeowens Any techies out there :-) For some reason my copy of Roboform has ceased to work on Firefox.I restarted the Pc earlier & found that the RF toolbar was missing in Firefox & the fill form function is missing via the mouse. It functions ok in IE but I'm not too keen on IE for comping plus…
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Computer repairs and data privacy
A local computer repair shop in Colchester recently helped jail a !!!!!phile after finding images of children on the guy's PC that he had brought-in for repairs. Question - Would you trust a company that allows it's staff to route around the contents of your hard drive to fix your PC?.
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Want to insert an image
I cannot insert a photo in the thread. Can someone help please. It say enter your ULR I don't know what that is
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sky + box files transfer to pc
Dear all, The box stopped working and am trying to transfer files from the hard drive to pc. It detects that there are files but does not show any. Any thing I can do? sebastian
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Has OH's xbox live account been hacked?
Son has just told me that OH's gamertag is showing up in his friends list as having been online 2 hours ago and that there is a Fifa 12 game icon showing. OH is at work right now and he couldn't have got online 2 hours ago if his life depended on it and he also doesn't even have Fifa 12. Am I right in assuming he has been…
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Cheapest Terabyte Drive
Hi I am looking for a cheap Terabyte drive or a 1.5 terabyte the cheapest I have found it on Amazon or comet for about 69.99. Does anyone know of any where cheaper? Or even ordering one from the US?
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ps3 remote controller query
Which is a good controller for the ps3 to use for bluray movies etc? Seen various types on ebay and amazon from official remotes from £13 to small controllers from £6. I note the official remote gets mixed reviews as apparently pressing any button switches on the console. anyone suggest which is a good remote from…
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Sony E Reader
Hi all Had a waterstones voucher for christmas so decided to download some books, however although i can read them on the ereader on my PC once I disconnect the device it comes up as basically copy protected and so I cant read it on the fly Any idea what I am doing wrong?? Normally I get free books from Guttenberg and have…
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TomTom Sat Nav completely broken after just 18 months!!
Hello Hope someone can offer me some advice My grandmother bought a TomTom Sat Nav system around 2 years ago, but she tried to use it 6 months ago and it wouldnt turn on at all, and would not recharge. We tried contacting Currys, the retailer, adn the manufacturer and all are saying it is out of warranty so there is…
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Sky magic eye to serve 2 tv's?
Hi folks, I have an old sky pace box in my living room and have a tv in another room which is hooked up with the sky maigc eye setup (rif 2 in sky box I believe) its quite a long cable run so I have hooked up 2 of the magic eye cables (proper connection one fits into the other) and everything runs perfectly. Now I want to…
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GimpShop - any good for making a logo?
I want a logo for my new business, but as I'm at the start-up stage (i.e. no spare cash), I want to see if I can do it myself before spending money on it. I found a helpful tutorial here, but it is written for Photoshop CS2. http://www.garysimon.net/logotutorial/ Does anyone know if (free) GimpShop would be up to the job?…
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hidden ssid broadcast problem.
be grateful for any help please.i have a belgin g router and windows 7 on laptop. to improve security on my router i have hidden the broadcast.big mistake, i now cannot connect to internet via the router. i have tried manual connecting with passwords etc it still wont connect. i have installed an older router which worked…
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Photobucket and iphone Popups
I have been sharing recent photos on Photobucket with some friends and family. They are having trouble with all the popups which prevent viewing of the photographs. I too revisited Photobucket today and the popups were awful - I do have a popup blocker but this does not seem to sort the problem. Any advice please? Any…
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Pc tools spyware?
Has anyone had the misfortune of having to deal with the fairly dreadful 'PC Tools' spyware/virus software? Their Facebook page appears to be full of complaints about them, with little action made by PC Tools. My complaint is that having downloaded their updated software, from their site, my pc was infected and eventually…
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Attempted Indian phone PC hacking scam
Just called by a man obviously in some kind of boiler room in India. 'I am calling from the PC support centre. We have been receiving a lot of error messages from your PC' Obvious scam, but I played along He got me to press win+r (run), then 'inf junks'. This opens the Windows inf directory, quite normal. 'These are all…
