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Printer ink - how much???
Hi all, I recently bought a multifunction Canon Printer - it's been great for scanning in documents, it will scan negatives, and the quality for printing is brilliant. I've had Canons before, and always found them really good. I've just noticed though, that after about 2 months usage (and very low printing, just documents…
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Remote Control a relatives PC
Im often asked to perform various tasks on a relatives computer. Which entails a drive in the car to do. But I could do it from the comfort of my own home if I could remote in to the other computer. I have 2 computers, one running Win XP Home and the other Windows 7 Home Premium. I'd be remoting into a Windows XP machine…
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Idiots guide to backing up please
Ive just been reading the back up your computer sticky, and if im being honest, its all gone over my head. Ive never backed up a computer before, realise i need to be able to but have no idea where to start. Do i need to buy something to use to back up the computer (laptop) - i have cd disks and dvd disks somewhere here,…
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Setting up a Belkin F5D7632-4 as a modem only?
I'd like to set up a Belkin F5D7632-4 as a modem only to use with an Apple AirPort Extreme. I tried to do this once before many months ago but got nowhere fast and gave up. Then I remembered that I had an old TalkTalk modem kicking about that I could use. I have now upgraded my AirPort Extreme to a 2TB Time Capsule and my…
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Laptop connecting to the internet but not web pages
Hi DH friend has asked me to look at his boys laptops. One is sorted but the other one will not allow me / them to surf the net. I have set up a new connection to my own home router. It shows that it is connected but I can't bring up any web pages. It's driving me mad! Are there any suggestions please how this could be…
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converting a digital camera (for better batteries)
I have a compact digital camera, using rechargable AA.. get 30-40 or so shots before need to recharge or put fresh ones in.. anyway to adapt the battery bay, to take a longer life battery (lithium? as used on SLR's..?) thinking of a dummy battery pod, with lead to external pack..
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Sansa Clip
Hello I have a Sansa Clip, and have downloaded some Flash videos that it will not play. So is there a simple solution to this? Thanks in advance:beer:
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Hijack this
Malwarebytes picked up an infected item: C:\Users\mynamehere\Downloads\PDFCreatorSetup.exe (PUP.Adware.InstallCore) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully Below is the log after removing the infected item - is there anything untoward here? Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4 Scan saved at 21:15:17, on 19/04/2012…
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External drive issue
My portable Imation 250gb external drive is inaccessible. When plugged into the usb port Windows tells me that the drive is not formatted and gives me the option to format it. But after formatting I get the message that the could not be formatted. I have tried both Quick and Normal formatting and also NTFS and exFAT but…
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Tablet suggestions please?
Hi there, My daughter is hoping for a tablet computer for her 11th birthday at the start of May. iPad is out of our price range but thinking about samsung galaxy or similar. Preferably looking for a new unit at around £200 - any suggestions? Many thanks, Chris.
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Help with home cinema
HI there, can somebody please help me with setting up a home cinema system? I have recently bought a LG 5.1 3D Blu ray disc home cinema system BDH9000 and although the speakers work fine whilst watching a DVD, I would like to be able to wire it up so that I can use the home cinema speakers whilst watching my normal TV /…
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Talk Talk gave me a Scammers number
OK, not me, by my mum, here's the story... 1. She was having some technical problems sending Email. I said this was probably a TT service issue and that she should raise a support ticket. Anyhow she couldnt find out how to, so she phone their sales number; 0870 444 1820. 2. The sales guy said call 0808 159 8763 and ask for…
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Help needed urgently - no laptop screen
My son has spilt a drink over his laptop keyboard resulting in blacking out of the entire screen. (He's nearly 19 and I really thought he would know better but there you go) Problem being his end of term work is on the laptop and he needs to access it to transfer it to another computer to continue working on it but he…
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Laptop recommendations
Hi, my ( retired) parents have decided to get a laptop. Now believe me when I say thy have NO clue about technology. Mum has just managed to master her kindle. So, I'm looking for a good laptop for them, budget of £250-400, that will be fast, and responsive with wifi. They don't need a lot of memory as won't store much on…
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Re-scanned PVR no guide on most channels
Having re-scanned my PVR yesterday for some reason half of the channels on the 'guide' are blank. For example ITV3 is listed but there is no channel info etc next to it. The channel itself is there when you click onto it but I cannot tape anything from any of these blank channels. I don't understand what has happened and…
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laptop password , help please.
Hi, DH friend has asked me to sort out his 2 boys laptops. One is sorted thanks to the help I received from the Techie forum, but one still needs sorting out. The friend gave me the password and naturally I have forgotten it. How many times can I put in the wrong password? Will it lock completely and become unusable? I…
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Sony Walkman E 107
Hi guys n gals I have a very old mp3 player the Sony Walkman E 107. The player has started to show that the "hold" button is constantly depressed,when the button is not in the hold position. So whenever I turn on the player the display flashes "hold" and then goes off again.Is the player knackered ??and if so can anyone…
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Anyone suggest what kind of graphics card would fit on this motherboard?
I've got this HP proliant ML110 which we've put xp on. Now, I don't think that there's an xp compatible driver for the on-board graphics card (there's none on the motherboard website, and the display is really jerky). It took me ages to get all the software on, so I thought it might be easier to just get a basic graphics…
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Umbuntu Open Office file problem - please help
DS1 uses Open Office with Umbuntu on a notebook. Last night the notebook froze whilst he was editing his final piece of A Level English coursework. When he turned it back on the document had zero bytes and the file name now has % in it :eek: This is such a disaster and you know what is coming next, no paper copy, no copy…
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iPad forum problem
Please, can anyone help. Tonight while browsing the MSe forums, my iPad 2screen has gone wonky. Text is now very small, smileys etc can't be seen and Thanks/Spam buttons can't be identified. Has anyone any idea how to fix this? Everything else looks normal, it's only the forums that are affected. TIA
