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Google Books & Kindle price match
Want a cheap book? OK bit late but just noticed this myself!! Google has just relaunched it's Android Market (now called google PLAY.) it's moving it's apps,music,books and movies under one title http://play.google.com And they are offering a different app, movie (to rent!) & book for 20p every day. Now Amazon Kindle does…
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Countdown code
Hi I am trying to find some code to display on a webpage of countdown for number of days till an event. I would like to have the number of days displayed in a box. Can anyone help? Thanks
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Win 8 , turn off
Quick question to those of us 'playing' with Win 8 , is there a quicker way to power down ? Takes me four clicks .
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computer problem, can't remove disc drive
I have a problem with my PC it seems like one of the drives is on it's last legs and I want to remove it. I have 2 ide drives and 2 SATA drives on a plug in raid card. The problem is the OS is installed on the raid drive and when I takeout the drive the pc can no longer see the OS. I put the drive back and the system will…
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windows update on windows 7
My laptop keeps installing the optional updates even though I told it to ask me as I only want important and recommended updates. I have gone so far as to turn the updates of all together by selecting never check for updates 3 days ago and I have just checked and it is still downloading optional updates which I do not…
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MP3 Player
Can anyone reccomend an mp3 player for a friend who has very poor site and just wants it to play audio books.dont mind paying about £80.We tried a really cheap one from aldi £8.99 does the job but when you turn it off it never starts play back from the previous position so its a pain to get the book back to where you…
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Anyone with experience of returns to Dabs.com?
Hi, my daughter's Christmas laptop will not power on - tried all the obvious things. Have just logged on the Dabs for an RMA authority but it says item must be resaleable which sounds like they'll just replace rather than repair. I don't think there is anything desperately important on it but there is personal info like…
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Nas drives
So.. i'm looking for a NAS device that I can: Store & Backup my family photos (now approaching 40gb) Stream movies to my iPad / TV (dlna compatible) - don't have many but i want to rip my kid's DVDs to it Not mind if it isn't plugged in all the time Not break the bank Any ideas? I guess i'd need 1TB of storage max
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Wiring and Sky Magic Eye
Hello, I'm hoping one of you knowledgable people might be able to point me in the right direction in solving a magic eye issue. Here are the clues 1. New build home with Sky plug and play pre-installed, all aerial sockets routed to amp/splitter thingy in loft 2. Sky HD box piping sky signal up to splitter via RF2 with RF2…
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blackberry voice notes recorder
hi does anyone know what is the maximum run time per recording on a BB Curve? thanks
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No upstairs wireless connection
We are using a sky Sangem router for our wireless connection. Notoriously bad from all I've read. Anyway all is fine downstairs but we get an unreliable if any signal at all upstairs. What do I need to boost the signal for the laptop upstairs? No phone connection upstairs by the way. Specifics please and avoiding replacing…
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Deleting a sytem file that is not needed,help
Hi,I wonder if anyone can help.I recently had a few issues with my PC so reinstalled Windows 7. It appears to have saved a mirror image of the old system.This is not now needed & is hogging my disc space .When I try to delete it I get the following : Any ideas as to how I give permission for the files to be deleted.I have…
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Google Play and LG Optimus One
I had to do a factory reset, all is good with the phone, except.....I cannot see my installed apps. When I try to download the free apps I have already done, it will not let me do them again. It appears that I seem to have done it the same day Google changes to Play. In the list of compatable phone the Optimus One is…
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E-mail program wanted
Anyone know of a good PC mail program? I use aol for my server and Windows mail. But to be honest the Windows mail never seems to collect all my mail. keeps giving me error messages and is generally annoying. I loved Mac Mail, but I don't have a Mac anymore. Any suggestions welcome?
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IE and avast problems
All was fine yesterday, then i turned laptop back on and got a message avast wasnt not switched on, and it wouldn't allow me to turn it back on. I saw on here that avast was causing similar problems for someone else, so downloaded the removal tool and delted avast. Putting MS security essentials on instead. IE is working…
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Phone/mobile wireless headset?
Hi all, will try to keep it simple? Need to use my hands to fix things (mainly power tools, diy items) all day and spending to much time talking on phones and not enough hands on. Is there a bluetooth/wireless headset on sale that can answer my problem. Is it even possible to get the landline+email phone and the mobile to…
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Flash player trouble
My son has been experiencing troubles viewing youtube clips with flash player. He has the latest version and runs Windows 7. He gets very distressed, as he's autistic and he really enjoys watching videos of his favorite subjects. Your help is appreciated even if it's just the prognosis.
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Help/advice please
Can't decide whether to buy an ipad (or other brand tablet), macbook pro or air or new phone. Want to be able to access net when overseas but don't want to be tied into a phone contract. (Also as a member of the "life begins" brigade, eyesight is a bit dodgy on small screens)! Have thought about macbook air and a mobile 3g…
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Help! Macbook Pro Lion OS crashing
My MBP crashes quite a lot since upgrading to Lion and the iCloud, is there any particular reason for this, it drives me mad. That 500GB hard drive is very full and I have tried to weed out unwanted stuff, should just change it maybe to a solid state drive. I keep regular backups to a remote HD and online so I feel fairly…
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Windows Old Folder (post crash).
Came home to find my laptop had suffered some kind of crash during the day. Windows could not restart and there was a message about Hardware Failure. I used my windows system disc (7 64 bit) to reinstall windows, all seems fine now though all my iTunes and pictures etc now reside in a huge folder called Windows Old. ANy…
