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advice needed please
Hello I hope that somebody will be kind and explain to me what I need as I am not very good with these things and don't want to get ripped off !! I have a sky wireless router in one room but my tv is 2 rooms away but on the same floor - old house so the signal doesn't reach. I have an internet tv now so i would like to get…
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Nokia E72 -> Blackberry 9360 HELP!
Hi everyone! I've just got a Blackberry Curve 9360 on an upgrade - hurrah! Now comes the painful task of trying to move over my data (contacts, texts etc.) from my Nokia E72 over to the Blackberry. It does sound rather daunting and I would appreciate some guidance on how to do it. Please note my contacts are a mixture of…
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HELP>Page won't load
Hi, can anyone help ? I have been using Shareprice.co.uk on my laptop for a couple of years, all ok. On the main page you can click on a link for.. Advanced..where you get live streaming for a number of different shares, suddenly today this page will not load, it's just blank but there is a yellow triangle with a warning…
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Do USB flash drives wear out..?
I've had a 64Gb flash drive for a couple of years now which just has audio files on it, and I've started plugging it in to my Teac iPod dock - it plays all 8500 tracks fine using folder browsing. I'd rather do this than risk wearing out the connectors of my iPod Touch 64Gb - previously I was just charging it every third…
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Advice on which laptop spec to pick
I'm looking to get a new laptop. We currently have a Dell Inspiron 1545 and I'm looking at a Dell Inspiron 15. What's confusing me though is the varying technical specifications as follows:* Price / Processor / Memory / Hard Drive * £299 / Intel® Celeron® B815 processor (1.60GHz,1333,2M cache) / 3GB2 Dual Channel DDR3…
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Need help with VPN (Solved)
I spend some time in France each year and my neighbour kindly lets me have access to his wifi network in exchange for helping out doing a few odd jobs around the house. Unfortunately he's returning to the UK permanently and I am going to have to start using public wifi hotspots or bite the bullet and get a phoneline and…
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wired mouse with a round connection where to buy?
The wired mouse socket on my machine is circular but the only type of mouse now commonly available have USB connection. If I am unable to find one with a round connector will a USB one work on my machine? Thanks for any replies. h
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Dell laptop lid
Hi I bought a Dell n5030 from PC world last may and now the lid is very loose and everytime i lift it it pull the keyboard up and its forcing down the off button. If i take this back to PCW, will they repair as its still in the 1 year warantee?
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Go to first new post
When I look into the forums, I can see the 'go to first new post' button on the first page of messages, but as soon as I go to the next page, it reckons that I've viewed them already and that nothing is 'new'. Is there a way of stopping this? :(
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Freeview problems...and Sky dish
Husband has bought a new tv for the bedroom and it has built in freeview. The Sky lead is now connected to the new tv and Sky channel is now on 902. The problem is ITV1 , Channel4 and a number of others keep breaking up. Are the freeview pictures coming from the built in freeview or via the Sky lead ? Should we get an…
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New website re Office Live Closing problems
We have had our website with Office Live for quite a while, been very happy with it. As this is no longer going to be available from the end of April I have been trying to create a new website for the last couple of months to no avail. We have our domain name and our business telephone/broadband provider will host our new…
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Belkin router issues
Hi, I have a belkin router and have on the advice of good people here downloaded inSSIDer and changed channel to 1. However it often defaults to Auto and interferes with other networks making browsing nigh impossible. Could anyone tell me how to prevent it from defaulting to auto, please? Thanks
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What do I replace dead desktop with...desktop, laptop or even a Mac ????
Had a fabulous miniature Asus desktop that sadly died yesterday. Here is where I need your help...... Now everyone I speak to says replace it with a laptop but I had a laptop five years ago and it was just not up to the job (as in it wasn't tough enough). I am typing this on DW's laptop which I find ok.... I've looked at…
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Just one website is blocked - MSE forums - why? and how do i fix it?
For some reason I cannot get access to money saving expert forums from my home address. It’s the only website that I cant get onto and has been like this since Sunday. I can get access to the forums from my work computer no problem.Im on my work computer now. Anyone know why I cant get access to the forums ( the normal…
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Phone/fax machine question
Hi guys. Am being offered a phone/fax machine combo on Freecycle. Will this generally be usable with any phone point in the house or are there restrictions as to the kind of connection?
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sky anytime plus
Hi folks. I have signed up for sky anytime plus but i need to connect remotely (i think). My modem is in another room to the tv and sky box. I dont have a telephone line next to my sky box and tv. My question is does my modem have to be plugged into a telephone line for it to work ? if not can i just place my modem next to…
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recomendations for a bullitproof laptop
any recomendations for a realy robust well built laptop? my acer aspire has lasted about 18 months,everythings still working but it's falling to bits. no budget.or do you think i'd be better off going for a ipad? only realy used to browse the web and printing thanks all
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itunes security questions problem - can I reset them?
Hi, We have itunes loaded onto a laptop, and it syncs to DD's ipod touch. We have just bought an ipad2, and when we try to download from itunes directly on the ipad, it won't let me past the security questions (ie name of childhood friend, city parents met). Now I have no recollection at all of answering those particular…
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Mp3 players- is this one of the best for under £50?
I've been looking for an mp3 player, and after a bit of research, have more or less narrowed it down to this SanDisk Sansa Clip+ 8GB on Amazon for £33.10. http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Sansa-Player-Expandable-MicroSD/dp/B002NX0ME6/ Don't want to spend much more than this. It's mostly for audiobooks, podcasts and some…
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Any risk to opening spam?
Maybe I'm ultra cautious but I never even open spam. You know - those notifications about tax refunds, bank security warnings, offers of meds or ways to enlarge parts of ones anatomy :rotfl:. Plus if it purports to be from a friend but I have the slightest doubt, I check with the friend first. But I'm sometimes tempted to…
