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Time for me to join 21st Century?
Apologies for long post :o My PC is almost 7 years old: Dell Inspiron 3000 Intel Celeron CPU 2.66GHz. 2.66GHz 512MB of RAM. Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 SP3 I use it mainly for online shopping, banking, holiday research, MSE Forum etc and for fairly simple documents & spreadsheets. Also store photos, which could be…
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Can't get rid of ASK
Can someone tell me how toget rid of ASK? I use Firefox but this ASK -Jeeves is taking up part of the toolbar. In Programmes & it is listed with other browsers etc and when I clickit the full name appears but when I click Uninstall I get the following: "Error opening the installation log file Verify that the specified log…
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BSOD - Bad Pool Header
Hello, A few times now I have had this BSOD that says Bad_Pool_Header on my laptop. Laptop is Acer Aspire, 4 gig memory, 320 gig HD Windows 7 with pentium p6200 I havent done anything new, no new programmes installed and it is the third time this has happened to me now. Please any help would be good. I have two of those…
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My acer wont shut down
My acer aspire one netbook will not shut down, can anyone help me please.:beer:
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Remote Disc on MacBook Air
Hi Guys, Trying to set up Remote Disc to allow a new MBA to 'borrow' the DVD drive of a desktop PC. DVD or CD sharing is installed and enabled on the Windows PC, but it does not show in Finder on the MBA. I also installed DVD or CD sharing on a laptop and it shows up in Finder instantly when enabled. Both are running the…
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Quick Reminder - Quick vs Full Formatting
I'm going to reinstall Win7 just now, but can't remember what the catch is with a quick format - would it still get rid of malware in the proper way? I know a full format would be one of the best things to do but of course that would take more time. Let me know, thanks in advance :) I want all the downloading of service…
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Rapport is interfering even when working offline
I have Rapport as security for online banking, but when I'm not even connected to the internet it sometimes stops me from doing things. Furthermore, Task Manager can't disable it. For example, I had to remove Adobe from my C drive as I had a warning that memory was critically low. I have now cleaned up the drive, but the…
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Taking Smartphone abroad - stop data charges/hefty bills?
Hi, We're going on hols shortly (Europe) and want to take smart phone with us just for emergency use and to possibly receive calls. It's on contract with 3 All you can eat plan. The hotel has free wi-fi - so does this mean if we only use the phone to access the hotel's wi-fi we can still get online to check emails and the…
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Hotmail email account Blocked - help
hello, my hotmail got blocked after it was hacked into and unfortunately I can't unblock it as the email code they are sending to, is for an email address I haven't used in years :( :( Anyone know any solutions? Or will it be impossible to unblock without the code.
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help me find a camera
Now folks, Im after a camera, needs to be able to record hd movies, to be used to take pictures of my kids when out and about. Ie on holiday, days out Been using my phone (htc sensation )and a cheap Sony camera that was 12mega pixels, Any one recommend a good one? Will have up to £200 to spend.
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LED v LASER Printer
Has anyone used an LED printer. Looking to buy a new colour printer, Laser or Led. Mainly for text output, but will do some some small images, ie logo's.
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google email
anyone know how to clear all unwanted email with 1/2 clicks ,used to be item om page to clear , having to click over 30+ boxes is a pest.
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Whats the best place to upload photos from a party?
Hi Loads of friends went out last night and got loads of photos. Mainly from phones and looking for a place that we can all upload them and view them too. Most of if not all are smartphone and a mix of iphone and android. So if one of these sites have an app which can upload directly from your phone that be great. A few of…
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PrtSc (Print Screen) not working on my PC
The PrtSc is not working on my pc. Anyone know why? I have Win7 (64 bit version) and IE9. Nothing happens when I press it and no image is saved - do I need to change the settings? On a related note, tried to do a "Save Picture As" of an item for sale on ebay recently and when I pressed right click, the option to do this…
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Battery back up for a Desktop PC?
Ive been suffereing from a series of micro powercuts, where the power goes off briefly for a few seconds, or just flickers then comes back on. on the odd ocaision however its been off for a couple of minutes. This ususaly seems to happen when im doing somehting on my P.C has any one got any expeirience of those battery…
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body scuplture elipitical cross trainer help
Hi all I've been given a Body Sculpture elipitcal cross trainer machine (model no - BE-6710G-H). It has an electrical plug and a computer monitor, but for the life of me I cannot work out where to plug the the lead to the machine!!! I've taken the monitor off the machine and still can't see where it goes. The person who…
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T5000(T5525) + FreeNAS
Hi Guys! I have got an HP E-PC S10 at home with FreeNAS 7 and it works perfectly. So I have decided to buy a HP T5525 and try the same. But I have stucked at the installing. Can someone help me with this, how can I install FreeNAS 7 on it?
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Copying a website to work offline
Hi, I'm trying to copy a specific website from the rightmove website to work offline. The trouble is it doesn't save the numerous pictures of the property just the one that is showing when I save the page. I think this is because the pictures are inserted in something like a java window (or something like that) and dont…
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Powering a 12v fridge in my van using a car battery?
Hi, I have a 12v fridge and it runs for about 4 days from my leisure battery in my caravan, I am wanting a similar set up for my van, I can get a fridge cheap enough, I have a spare battery, my question is, can i get a battery charger that plugs in to the van cigarette socket to recharge the battery for the fridge? I drive…
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What Router with a NAS hard drive ?
I currently have the standard Wireless sky router. Now I am getting the QNAP TS-110 Turbo kit to act as a file server and for video streaming. Not sure if the router is going to be able handle the demand so wondered if folks on here had any suggestions for a better alternative ? Many thanks:)
