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Aldi water heater
This morning I noticed that they were selling some kind of kettle which boasted hot water in 3 seconds. It resembled some form of water dispenser rather than a kettle. I recall that it was 2.2kw and claimed to use 20% less leccy than a normal kettle. Some time ago I recall another product which boasted super fast boiling…
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Any excel experts able to help please?
Hi, I would really appreciate some help with conditional formatting and pulling through data (where rows are added/removed periodically) from one sheet to other sheets if there are any excel experts here? I've anonymised the data here but it's basically a spreadsheet for monitoring appraisals and training for approx 100…
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Budget Digital Camera.
Hi all, Eventually need to replace old digital camera, birthday on Sunday so missus is going to buy me one. I'm not a serious snapper, (holidays/ functions/ etc), so dont particularly need to spend a lot of money or need a camera that's too high spec. As I want to get the best value for my money thoug, I thought I'd seek…
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Wireless printer that saves on ink
Hi there! I am currently looking for a good wireless coloured printer that is economical on ink. my budget is £100 (or less) and must be Airprint-enabled as well. i will mainly use it for basic Office documents, .pdf files (like say a plane ticket or a document from College) and the photos i took during holidays (max. size…
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Compaq Evo power blown - try hard drive in caddy with another computer?
Everything I touch is breaking down lately so I have fired up the most primitive computer and hope it stays working long enough to post this query! In addition to this ancient Deskpro EN, I have two Compaq Evo D510 SFF computers. One is redundant now DDs have bought themselves laptops, the other is MY computer, both pretty…
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Advise on Tablet PC's for a child
Hi all, It's my daughters birthday coming up soon, and just thinking of things to get her. She'll be 9 - and I found that a difficult age with my son too - they don't want toys, but don't covert anything grown up particularly. Anyway, that's my prob. She spends more time on my Samsung Galaxy phone than me, playing the…
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Can someone help a dimwit!
I was wondering if any of you kind people could help me. I was wanting to start a blog or some sort of website - free of course. I want to add info on to it but for it to be google searchable? I would like also to have a section for others to be able to post info. Any ideas? Is a standard blog's details returned via a…
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How to set up a home network
We've got three laptops and a couple of desktop PC's with a variety of operating systems and a wireless router. How do I go about setting up a home network ? Any help gratefully accepted :)
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Usb help please!!!!
recently bought a new pc when put anything other than mouse and keyboard in usb eg external hard drive and memeroy card reader having to leave overnight before will open them up have been in bios and checked plug and play is enabled have reinstalled all drivers have reinstalled windows have checked all usb ports doing it…
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Direct3D 11
Could someone explain where I can get direct3D for win7 64b My computer keeps asking me to install it Thanks anyone!
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Firefox 12 Problem?
Hi just wondered if anyone could help pls all the websites when using 'Firefox 12', the text & pictures seem jumbled? Using explorer at the moment. Actually just tried again & some sites OK, some not, this one isn't either? Appreciate any help Thx
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Hijack this log help please
Can someone have a look at this log please. Teenage son got onto the computer whilst parents were away and it's not been the same since :mad: I've done a full scan with malwarebytes which came back clear but it's sluggish, the DVD drive won't work (control panel says its working fine and I have reupdated the drivers) Light…
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Apple Magic Track Pad
Hi Just ordered an magic track pad,does anyone own one ,whats your experience with them,any good? Thanks
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Ubuntu help - changing external HDD permissions
I'm a set-in-my-ways windows user (currently XP) and this is my first attempt at using Ubuntu and I'm struggling, The reason for using Ubuntu is to copy data from one external HDD to another. The source HDD in question has been used to store PVR TV programs using a Samsung SMART TV and I've got a new HDD but I want to copy…
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Sky remote code for unbranded Dreams TV
Hi all We got a tv bed from Dreams recently, it was at the cheaper end of the tv bed market and as such it comes with an unbranded 26" tv. The TV is good and works well, but I have tried numerous sky remote codes to try and programme my sky remote to it, but to no avail. I have rang Dreams and they cant tell me who made…
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Defragmenter - help, please!
Hi. I am running Vista basic on a Dell Inspiron 531 desktop PC. Can anyone please tell me how to access the defragmentation programme as it seems to be nowhere obvious and googling provides little by way of pointers.
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No Signal To Monitor
I am having trouble with a Packard Bell Istart 1360 Apparently the trouble started when it was unable to load XP but when I got it the power supply has gone. I have now fitted a new PSU but have no signal to the monitor.The motherboard light comes on,the fan works as does the DVD drive and USB ports are working. I have…
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arial for a mobile dongle
Hi, i was wondering if anyone could recommend me a cheap arial for my mobile broadband dongle. Its the E353 modle from 3, and has a CRC9 Connector, I am only looking to spend abouy £7, i have tried looking myself but im not sure which frequency range i need to be in. I also need the antenna pretty quickly so im not willing…
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Help transferring photos from phone to PC
Hi, I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and have used the camera for the first time to take some holiday snaps. But I can't work out how to download them from the phone to my PC. I tried loading KIES to my PC and succeeded in linking the phone to the PC, but when I selected all the pics and chose "download" it either wouldn't work…
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PC Specs Thread
Hey everyone. I don't know how this is going to go down, still a newbie here :3 I haven't seen a specs thread, so I thought I'd make one for fun :D I'll get the ball rolling: My custom build: Looking forward to your responses! :) - David
