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Acer Aspire One
I'm looking for suggestions from people who have actually installed and regularly use alternative Linux OSs on the Aspire One. It's not for me, I'd keep experimenting :) , but a 14yr old girl, to be the first pc of her own. It currently has Linpus Lite, but that isn't working correctly, e.g. the browser will not open,…
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Help please- hijack this log
Hi Last week I had a smart hdd virus that mimicked the hard drive failing and hid all my files. I managed to get rid of thsi( i think). Now I have the mywebsearch taking over as my home page and IE running slow and hanging. Ive scanned with MBAM and its found and tried to delete mywebserach files put on restart they were…
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ITUNES, Help!
Hi, hope you can help, ITUNES and Apple stuff drives me to distraction! I'm no means computer illiterate, and I've had Apple stuff for years, but sometimes I find it so difficult to use, especially ITUNES (On Windows anyway!)! My last PC died, with ITUNES on, and I need to transfer it all up to the new laptop. I have my…
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Suggest a USB-installable Linux distro to try on a 256MB RAM PC
I have been passed an old PC on which I want to try various Linux distros as I don't want to buy more RAM for it. I don't really want to install to the HDD just yet, so I was hoping to run them (one at a time!) from a USB drive. I need to be able to use a 3 Mobile broadband dongle on it and also install software for a…
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Tesco purchase
Few months back i bought a electric toothbrush for £17 in 50% off. Now it is not charging up any more. Can i return back to store and get a new one. I've a receipt.
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DVD to nokia phone
Hi i have a dvd of a video and my son wants to put it on his Nokia X6 but i am not sure on how to do it we have windows media player on the pc and also Roxio easy burnCd and DVD if this helps? Thank you
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Hijack this log
Hi Guys Need some help with my daughters computer is is so slow!! It went back to PC World to sort it out a while ago and since then its been so slow I dont want to send it back to them again! The Physical Memory Total = 3000 Cached = 2021 Available = 1990 Free = 60 ??? she is finding it is so slow opening up the home…
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jvc camcorder repairs
Hi all, Could some lovely point me in the right direction of a a jvc camcorder repair company please. I keep getting error message saying "please wait condensation" i have tried drying it out with a hair dryer,in airing cupboard and on a radiator but still no joy. I would love to get it working again as i have stuff on…
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How to get rid of pop up advert
Hi, My sons laptop keeps randomly displaying adverts and music even when the laptop is on but not being used, I am puzzled why this is happening, the advert display Bing in the right hand corner and to stop it playing I have pressed the escape key, it is so annoying if anyone can help I would be grateful. thanks
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Firefox defaulting it's searches with Babylon
Hi I have Firefox as my default web browser on my windows 7 laptop. Version 12.0 Whenever I open Firefox after turning the laptop on, it opens with the home page Babylon.co.uk. It looks a bit like a google search, but isn't. It also defaults to a Babylon search, if I type my search into the URL bar. Before it defaulted to…
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microsoft engineer scam
don't know if anyone can help but I'm having problems with those microsoft engineer calls - always an indian man and always telling me I've been sending malicious error reports from my computer but when I do 1471 the number is not recognised is there any way I can complain or stop these calls
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Laptop Not booting up
Hi All, I turned on my laptop on the weekend and nothing the screen is blank but i can get into bios and thats it nothing happens, I don't want to format it as it has lots of photo and documents. Anyone know away around?
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Mobile phone software
** I did put a similar message in the mobile phone section, but think the techie forum may get more replies** I've just got a HTC Sensation XE. I just wondered if you guys use security software on your phones, if so, which? Also, what software do you use to locate your phone in the event you lose it, or it gets stolen. I'm…
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Floppy Disks - what did you do with yours?
Having a clearout and have come across a box of floppy discs. Was wondering what did you do with yours if you had any?
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External Multi-Bay DVD Enclosure?
I'm looking at decommissioning my old PC but would like to utilize the 2 x DVD and floppy drives from it. I thought that there might be an multi-bay enclosure that I could buy to install them in to give me a shareable resource via a USB connection. I'm having trouble trying to locate something suitable. I don't really want…
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Word documents on an iPad help please
Hello Of a usually technophobic disposition, the sad demise of a laptop fondly known to be older than my daughter, I have ventured onto an iPad for communication. As I normally use ms word and attach docs to emails, I am struggling with it. Looking on the store bit, the reviews say that the ms word apps are just tutorials.…
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Is adthe.com safe?
Has anybody used the web site ATDHE.net or ADTHE.net for live football? somebody suggested it but I always like to be sure before going on suspicious web sites. Opinions please.
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How to get rid of ASK
I have asked if anyone can help me with this before but one method suggested just didn't work. Can anyone give me a foolproof method that works. Also, I am having problems with login details not being accepted. I have looked at the details in Control Panel re Cookies etc but I must be doing something wrong . Can anyone…
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Preyproject
Just a short story Eldest daughter left a Laptop on Birmingham railway station two weeks ago :cry: But because we had installed http://preyproject.com/ yesterday when the laptop was connected by the scumbag to the internet , we found out his name / address and ( via webcam) a picture of him using said laptop. Phone call to…
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Camera Help
Some help would be great. Im off to the US in a few weeks but going to buy a camera from amazon.com Nikon D5100 16.2MP CMOS Digital SLR Camera with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom Lens http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-16-2MP-Digital-18-55mm-3-5-5-6/dp/B004V4IWKG/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1335285575&sr=8-7 Can anyone tell…
