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I want to buy a tablet
Seems as though the deal for the Samsung Galaxy @HMV may not be happening. So...... does anyone have any idea of a similiar tablet in the same (ish) price range. I see on Amazon they have a Kindle Fire & HD. Are these the same type of thing.? I am still in the technological dark ages! Any help would be great Maureen
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Child Internet Safety
My 11 y/o is hoping to get her dad to buy her a tablet for Christmas (he doesn't live with us anymore) I need to make sure she is safe on the internet as at the moment when she goes on the computer in the dining room I sometimes find her on You Tube looking a pop videos which are not always suitable Can anyone help me with…
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Saving contents of entire website
I currently subscribe to a well known consumer organisation, which provide reviews of things, then publishes this stuff in a members' magazine and website. ;) I intend to cancel the subscription in the name of cutting down. I will of course have all the magazines to return to, but I'll lose access to the website. Is there…
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Wireless Printer/Scanner to Use with MacBook Pro & iPad
Hi, there are a fair few posts already about wireless printers on this forum which I've read through. I was wondering if there are any particular recommendations for a printer/scanner that will work with a MacBook Pro and iPad please. I quite like the idea of a paper tray rather than the paper feed. Many Thanks.
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Advice needed re virus protection pls
Forgive me if I haven't quite understood this but I need some advice re virus protection. I have had McAfee total protection since buying our laptop (was free for first year), it auto renewed in March for £64.99. Last week my bank rang me to say they had identified five viruses on my computer when I last logged on to…
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Excel Query
Hi All, I want to perform a county function on Excel 07 but it doesn't seem to work. I have a list of week numbers, along with a list of results, What I want is to be able to filter by each week number and count the accourances for results. So for example if for week 37 there are 10 results, I want the figure 10 returned,…
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Weird Windows Explorer Issue
This is a slightly lengthy problem to describe. I have a 2 year old Acer 8935g P8700 laptop with 500gb disk and 4gb (2.9gb usable) memory running 32 bit Windows 7 Home Premium. I have three disk partitions: C: 35gb for Win7 and other software D: 20gb for my data files E: 412gb for my video files. There is plenty of free…
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Recommendations for headphones around £30
Hi as title suggests, I am looking for recommendations for some headphones for around the £30 mark. I have rather eclectic music tastes, not so much hip hop and bass stuff though ! Usually listen to music on I pad or galaxy s2 through power amp . I had a pair of sienheisser (sp) in ear which I though were pretty good, but…
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LibreOffice password?
Is it possible to put a password on a LibreOffice Writer document? I can't find an option for it in settings ...
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Broken Iphone
Hey Tech Gods! Today my phone fell out of my coat pocket out the car and hit the floor and smashed the entirety of the screen now ive rung apple technical support and they say it will cost me £129 to replace :mad: which i can not avoid in the slightest, Could i get better luck in the Apple Stores themselves? Neil
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Trying to install SQL to write & run queries
I'm trying to learn SQL and have just attempted a download from mySQL. However, when I try to download the workbench, I get an error message which says something about needing Windows XP with SP3 and .Net 4.0 Client Profile. So I duly installed .Net 4.0 which then gave a 'blockage error'. Turned out this was nothing to do…
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Stuck In Boot Menu on laptop
Hi My laptop froze, so I pressed control alt delete. Now it's taken me to the Boot Menu, and I don't know what to press to get me out of it. I'm not v techie as you can prob guess, any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
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Can someone give me a link to download installation drivers for printer
hi i have lost the installation disk for my epsom stylus sx425w printer. i have a new laptop and want to use my printer with it i have been trying for a week to find drivers without success i went on the epsom site but when i click download it says this all the time The connection was reset The connection to the server was…
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Please help me with remote access to my pc
I would like to fully operate my pc from my laptop ( both win7). Both are part of a homegroup if relevant. I have enabled remote access on pc I think ( just a single tick? nothing more?) When I go to the laptop and open Remote Desktop Connection. i tried typing the pc's name ( can it be that simple?)and connect. I just get…
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Delete FB message
I know that I can edit or delete something when I first made the post. Is it possible to delete a message I wrote yesterday? It is not something nasty but I would like to delete and reword the message? Many thanks any response Sue
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Deleting content and resetting desktop pc to factory settings
I have an old desktop pc that I never use and want to get rid of. Before I do, I want to erase all of my old files and reset the pc to it's original settings - but I don't know how to do that! Can anyone help?
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Blu-ray burner for XPS M1530?
Hi, Since buying a camera that records in HD I'm looking for a internal blu-ray burner for my Dell XPS M1530 laptop as the hard drive is filling fast and I want to be able to replay the recordings with my PS3. Problem I'm having is the existing DVD burner is a slot loader with no buttons on it. You eject disks via a button…
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New Laptop.. is this one OK?
Hello, please could someone hold my hand :o I've been tasked to buy my parents a new laptop (their's has been going more and more wrong over the last year and they don't want to rebuild). Budget around £400. Basic use - i'net, word, skype.…
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bought new router netgear n300 cant connect
yet works when set up old router with aohell , with new router on windows7 laptop get error 651. got a horrible feelling aol dont support it, anyone else had this problem? will ring support tomorrow
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Missing megabytes
I have two ext HDDs on my desktop. One of them has started "losing" storage space - so to speak ! If the disk has, say, 331GB of data on it, it should show 600GB as being free - it is a 1TB disk. On two occasions, the space "occupied" and the free space do not add up to 931GB - the difference being several hundred GB. If I…
