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Router
Hi, I have just moved ISPs and my new provider advises that routers be left on permanently. They say that if you keep switching them off the system thinks that your line is unstable and not able to handle higher speeds so it slows you down. Being a careful soul who turns off everything I am suprised, Wonder how much it…
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AOC monitors ?
I am looking for a replacement large screen monitor.... PC world have some bargain AOC monitors - are they any good ? ie a 24" for £120 !! led rather than lcd too !
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facebook account hacked-twice
on friday ( changed password so i could get in) and again just now (changed it again).i have no spyware on the pc,nobody has access to the pc and it's impossible to get in touch with anybody via FB.incidentally on friday the password was changed from enfield and i'm MILES away.never in all the years of owning a pc have i…
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Kodak esp1.2 printer
Can't now switch printer on - checked plug and socket and they are fine. Any clues please?
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Can't open pdf - Adobe installed
I'm suddenly unable to open pdf files whereas previously i could do so with no problem. Adobe is installed. I get the error: 'Invalid menu handle' Any ideas?
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Hook up TV to laptop to watch movies, iplayer etc
I'm stuck on this one. The TV has HDMI PORTS (2) but no VGA input ports. The laptop has monitor output port but no HDMI on my version. Toshiba L300/L300D. Apart from the scart sockets on the TV I can't see anything else except audio input and various colured ordinary round jacks which I have no idea what are there for.…
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Kindle Touch + Skype
Does anybody know if you can use the web-browser functions (via wifi) to use a Kindle TOUCH to Skype. Going on holiday soon and previously used to take netbook to "keep in touch". Now have Touch and this allows me to email etc but actually Skyping would be an advantage.
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Archos Arnova 9 help installing media player
Bought this new tablet but struggling to install the bbc media player app. Getting error message. Wifi and internet working fine but don,t have a clue about installing these apps.
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Diskeeper?
Does anyone use or recommend Diskeeper? Or is it an unnecessary expense? I have a 4 year old laptop which is getting slower but still OK I have recently invested in a cooling pad and that was good. I am debating wheter or not to get a new machine or tinker with this for another year or so.
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Desktop - Everything is huge, please help!
Hello! My computer did some kind of update this morning. Now my desk top icons and everything is MASSIVE! I have tried the obvious checking font size and zoom etc...but it doesn't appear to be that. Can anybody please tell me how to restore my computer to how it was before this update? Thanks so much
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MP4 Video - Need to increase audio volume
I have a couple of videos from a relative who filmed a special family event and am putting them onto a DVD to be played on DVD players. I've managed to do this using Cyberlink's Power Producer (free with my PC's bluray drive). The problem is that the audio track is extremely quiet. Does anybody know of a way to dub the…
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confusion over garmin sat nav
Spent hours yesterday looking at Sat Nav - had Tom Tom before and found go live 1000 Tesco £130 which seems a good deal - but I begrudge paying £45 year live traffic. Garmin offering free map updates and live traffic free lifetime on some models. This is were the fun starts - cant really make out what the free live traffic…
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panic?
Hello, I use a Windows 7 computer, protected with Norton software. Last night, I logged into my Gmail account and clicked on an email from a friend. Well I clicked on my friends name (which looked odd because the letters were funny but I assumed he was being "Quirky". Anyway, the email opened and instead of a message it…
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Problems accessing some websites
I have a Sony laptop, running Windows 7, Internet Explorer 9. Using Windows Essentials security anti-virus, ran a scan yesterday which picked up a Java threat, software stated cleared up successfully. Since yesterday I have been having difficulty accessing sites such as, for example, Currys, Dixons, In Style - sites which…
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Facebook images
Anyone know why it is that when I look at the Facebook news feed, many of the photo images are blank. Even when I click on the red x in the corner nothing happens. Sometimes people post 9 pics on a posting and I can see 7 but not the other 2, it's so annoying....
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Problems with sky
Hi I hope someone can help me please, I have just switched from Talk Talk broadband to BT Infinity and all is working fine and am very happy with the broadband, the only problem is my Sky TV I am not able to use the interactive t v or order films from box office. We have Sky+HD upstairs and Sky multiroom downsrtairs. there…
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Music on phone - comes with pictures!!
Hoping someone can shed some light on this for me I bluetoothed some of the songs I have on my laptop to my phone and when I have played them they have picked up one of my pictures as the background and I don't want it there, I did 6 songs and got 2 different pics I have deleted one of the pictures and ALL the songs and…
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What has happened to my laptop screen??
Please help!!! Pretty please!! It looks like its gone into some weird emergency mode or looks like it's on a projector or something with everything slightly whitewashed and bigger?? I'm trying to add an image of the screen but it's not having it....
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Download Stops Halfway Through!
I'm with Sky BB. For the last couple of weeks, every time I download a file like a music file from Soundcloud, the download just stops half way through, and then finishes off as if it's finished. Also when watching Youtube, I get about half way through a video and it just buffers and buffers, and I can never watch the…
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PC factory reset without losing iTunes library
Hi, how do I save my iTunes library without losing it all if I changed to a new laptop or had to factory reset my PC? Thanks
