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facebook timing out - other sites fine
Hello- recently started having a problem when trying to connect to facebook with Internet Explorer, although have firefox and chrome and cannot connect with these either. All other websites that I have tried appear to be OK. Operating system is Windows 7 and using IE9 Flash Player and Java upto date, and running very few…
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Update Office 2007
I have tried to update my office 2007. Everytime i do i get an error message 80070641. Other windows updates seem to work fine. I have googled and tried just about everything i can think of to no avail. I am running Vista home basic. Any help please.
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Trojan Horse Patched_c.lyt
So I have had this Trojan Horse Patched_c.lyt virus for a while and my laptop has been through some problems lately so it is time I did something about this virus. How can I remove this trojan virus!?!?!?!?
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Recommend me a decent netbook/notebook up to £240
Am after a netbook/notebook (whats the difference?) up to about £240 to use with Word please? What ones are worth a look at the moment? And can i load my MS Office straight onto it? Thanks
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Broadband help
We are about to move and one house on the possible list is in a small village. Samknows says a maximum speed of 1.5mbps and it is not on the obvious list for upgrade anytime soon. So are there ways in which an improvement can be effected(the area does not have cable) even if one has to throw some money at it. It's a nice…
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Broadband Problems
Having problems with my home broadband! Having so many problems with my home broadband at the moment. After spending over an hour on the phone, they have told me their is a fault on the line and it will take 2/3 for an engineer to come out. Well, this isn't any good for me. I work from home and this is going to cause me a…
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Virus
I think there may be a virus in the following link. www freedebate.co.uk/blog deleted the link so no one clicks by accident, but it goes to a website about lincolnshire. Can someone have a look and tell me what it is, and if it came from there? It was flagged by microsft security essentials as an exploit virus, which…
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Advice on negative scanners
I have heard of a negative scanner recently and was thinking of buying one. Has anyone got experience of them and what would be a good make and what you need to consider? TIA.
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Needing help with Windows CE 6.0 please!!
Hi hoping someone can help please. My 78 year old mum bought a cheap netbook with Windows CE 6.0 purely so she can get her bank and utility statements online. I have followed the instructions to set up wifi and it states that she is connected with a strong signal. BUT whenever we type in an address it comes up as "This…
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Samsung SCX 3405W Printer
Just bought new printer, but it is a pain in the arris. Its default is duplex mode "for your convenience", but it is not convenient at all when said duplex mode actually means sticking the paper back in manually every sheet. :( Ive sussed how to change to single sided mode for each print job, but how do I set it to single…
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Backup Software: Alternatives to WD Smartware?
I've recently fitted a couple of external drives to their 2 PC's for some friends after nagging them for ages to keep a proper backup of their data. Because I knew that a manual backup method simply wouldn't ever get done, I went for Westerm Digital drives fitted with 'SmartWare' on the basis that it runs continuous…
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Rasberry Pi ????
Thinking of getting one for 14year old. There seems to be a lot of hype but little real information on someone with no experience learning from it. Has anyone got one? What do you think of it?
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Facebook hacked into!
My daughter has had her facebook account hacked into and some very unpleasant photos (not of her!) put on her profile. She was so upset last night (3am!) that she forgot her password and then got locked out for 24 hours. Certain friends have messaged her to tell her what has happened although the photos have not appeared…
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Sky box keeps jumping to menu page
I was visiting an elderly friend yesterday. She has Freesat from Sky. The TV was on in the background & while we were talking the Sky menu page opened/popped-up. She put it back to the TV programme, presumably with the backup button. Five minutes later the same thing happened, and then for a third time before she'd even…
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video picture stops and starts on laptop
hi if I'm watching something on my laptop, say youtube or bbc iplayer the picture stops and starts but the sound carries on as normal...when the picture restarts it catches up with the sound....does anyone know what is causing this? I use windows 7 and firefox. thanks
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Dictation to text tool
Hi Folks Is there a decent, free dictation to text tool out there ? I've got a couple of recorded telephone conversations that I need to get transcribed, and wondered if there was an easier, quicker way of getting it done compared to me listening and typing. Thanks for looking in :j
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Installsheild
I keep getting Installshield update messages. PC running very slow, never know if I should click on install updates or not. Can anyone give me any idea what I should do. Thank You.
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Looking for a Macbook case to go travelling
Hi there! I have a Macbook Air 11-inch and i'm looking for a really good, sturdy, tough, water-resistent, non-stitch laptop sleeve/case that can protect my tech from those odd liquid spills, minor falls from a table (perhaps) and one that is quite slim and easy to carry and slip-on. I'm also looking for a skin (made of…
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Porting static IP
Anyone ever got anywhere with trying to port their external IP to another ISP? For reasons I will go into if anyone is bothered, I would like to change ISP but keep the same address. Seems like this is completely impossible. Rob
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how do i get laptop webcam to work ?
on an HP Pavilion laptop with the webcam incorporated above the screen .... how do i get it to work ?
