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Chromebook
Looking to replace my mums ageing laptop and wondered what the more experienced out there thought about the new chromebook. All she really needs is access to mail, some light web browing and occasional word processing. Was going to check out the cheaper end of the market (sub £350) of windows based products, is this a real…
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Laptop Key pads/cursor slipping when I am typing
Wasn't sure how label title of this one as its a new to me. When I am typing like now, be it slowly or at speed the cursor moves to some random place in a sentence or somewhere else. It started to become quite a pain now as I cant type fast with it happening then having to do my sentence again. Not sure if this has…
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Amazon Kindle, wifi or 3g + warranty
Hello all Just a couple of questions about the Kindle. I am considering buying one and want to know.. 1. If I buy the Kindle from a store can I still buy the 3 year warranty available from the Amazon site (The SquareTrade one) 2. Am I correct...I have been reading that the 3g on the Touch is restricted to Wikipedia and…
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form filling into(automatic)
Hi, Im trying to use the automatic form filling in thing with internet explorer 9. Ive done everything it says, yet im still having to fill in the forms, any ideas what ive done wrong? Tools>internet options>content> form filling >clicking them all Thanks
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Camera advice
I was looking at the new Samsung smart camera in Currys the expert at the counter said this canon was a better camera Canon PowerShot SX260 HS Digital Camera (Green) and told me i could get a wifi card to fit camera so i can upload to facebook etc like the samsung , any thoughts and advice would be greatful. I also Was…
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Replaced my laptop keyboard - now laptop doesn't work!
Nightmare - tried my very best to save some pennies by replacing my laptop keyboard which all seemed to go to plan fine. However, my laptop will not now power up??? When I plug in the power lead the lights on the battery indicator are showing green, however when I press the power on button absolutely nothing!!! Can anyone…
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Windows vista restored now disc nearly full
Hi there. I have a windows vista pc which I had to do a full restore on recently. Now I can't tell you how full the disc was before I restored but now it is nearly full and showing in red, which it wasn't before. How can I see what is taking up all the space? I'm wondering if I've got lots of duplicates going on. I've got…
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Small solar charger.
Can anyone recommend a small solar charger? It would just be for the likes of phones/ipods. I have seen a few on the likes of ebay, but i'm always wary of the chinese/etc one's due to "unreliable" build quality. Any suggestions?
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old/Vintage hardware.
Is there any demand for old PC kit, I have 486 & socket 3 pentium/celerons also what about PS1 stuff. I really need to start clearing out, oldest stuff first if I can make a bit all well and good If there is a hobby demand that will be fine, I can try frecycle localy Else it's down the tip.
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Windows 8 Release Preview
So Windows 8 Release Preview is out if any one is interested. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/release-preview I tried the Consumer preview and I hated it, not liking the future of Windows personally.
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Laptop DVD/CD Given Up The Ghost
My laptops internal DVD/CD has given up the ghost: it won't read anything put into it. I've tried a few things to get it to work but to no avail. I'm now looking at buying an external DVD/CD drive. My question today is - What Do I Need? Before anyone says how long is a piece of string I should say that I seldom use the DVD…
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Tom Tom One v3- no device connected issue
Hope someone can help. I have a TT one v3 that I'd like to periodically update. When I plug it to my computer it registers as a removable (E)drive but the TT Home software does not recognise it as being connected. I'v updated Home to the lastest version,tried a hard reset,different USB leads/outputs etc but I still cant…
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Best way to improve my Excel knowledge?
Seems like I'm using Excel spreadsheets more at work these days.I would like to be able to become more proficient plus it would enhance my CV Would be great to do all that clever formula stuff etc. Whats the best way to do this?Anyone ecommend any online tuition etc...?Dummy books? I've asked work but they're unlikey to…
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Bush 19" tv - remote will not work
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions please, I have replaced the batteries in the tv remote control and whatever button I press on it, 8 comes up on the corner of the screen and nothing else happens. I am able to work the tv from the controls at the top of the screen but can`t work out why the remote won`t work. I…
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Kindle books on ereader
is it possible to read kindle books on a Sony ereader ? and if so, how?
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Best possible route
Well, I have finally moved onto Fibre Broadband after calculating that the cost-benefit is in my favour and there's no point sticking with o2, who have zero budget to introduce Fibre, despite what they personally say. Been given a poxy Netgear WNR1000 which is a cable router as opposed to an ADSL one, and as a result, I…
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Virgin Media change settings
When OH tries to access google home page on desktop (xp) we get a header 'changesettings.virginmedia.com/proxy' and no home page. Looking on the net I see VM have been having router problems but not sure if that is what applies to this (I posted on one of the threads in the Broadband forum to see). However I can access…
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Samsun SII stopped connecting to mobile internet
I hope someone can help, I have had a Galaxy SII for a few weeks now, set it up, all was fine, then in the last couple of weeks for some reason I cannot connect to mobile internet at all, the only place I can view the internet is at home when it searches and finds my home broadband, can anyone help?
