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Laptop charge problems
Hi all. Having issues with my 2 year old Toshiba L500 Satellite laptop. It is charging on an intermittent basis. It's fine when it does but other times it's just dead. I've tried a different battery (from another machine) and checked the charger and they are fine. Wiggling the cable (near where it plugs to the laptop)…
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Web hosting for free
I'm looking for a free web hosting site for a small website I'm setting up Does anyone know anything about Wix? or have any other suggestions?
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Microsoft Paint Question
This is the only picture/photo editing software I have! Is there a way to sample some colour within a photo and use that as paint to edit other parts of the photo? Or should I be using an alternative software system? Thanks!
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Broadband monitoring
Is there any software or gadgets that I could use for monitoring my broadband connection, speed, etc on an ongoing, 24/7 basis? There's times when it slows to a crawl, and whilst I'd love to do a speedtest from speedtest.org or similar, when it goes slow, I can't even open their site, never mind carry out a test. By the…
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Thunderbird problem
I am trying to restore backed up, thunderbird emails, from one PC to another - the one that I am trying to restore to - has different emails on it...... My problem is that rather than overwrite the emails - I am trying to ensure that both PC's end up with the same on each - but when I try to restore them - they get…
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Blackberry Phone
Can someone tell me why i cant get notifications on my facebook ! Topped up yesterday but cant seem to get on facebook properly and get notifications !
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Remote access dropbox
Hello guys, I need a remote access dropbox where different people can upload their files but cant view/download or edit each others. I hope that makes sense. Does anyone have any any ideas or solutions for this. Thank you.
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Syncing outlook calendar/android phone
Hi, I am sure it is easy but I am absolutely failing in being able to sync my calendar on my android phone and outlook calendar on the laptop. Can someone please help me out? I am terrified that if I lose my phone I will lose all of my diary/calendar stuff and I need a back up copy of it somewhere else. Thanks from an…
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My Sky BB speed
My BB download speed is consistently at around 1.77mbps; I think this is very slow, although adequate for my current needs. I don't do a lot of downloads - mostly general browsing. However, I would like to use 'On demand', and I need a min of 2mbps. B4 calling sky, can anyone please advise.
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Tablet help please!
I'm looking for a tablet for my 12 year old, however i'm a little lost. I dont want to pay out a mega amount ie ipad, but want one that he can play games on, watch You Tube, Facebook etc. I was thinking about a samsung or a nexus? Just seen this for £70 on KGB deals, any use?…
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How do I / Can I watch Freeview TV on my laptop?
I have a SAMSUNG RV520 CORE i3 2.2GHz 4GB 500GB 15.6" Windows 7 HDMI WEBCAM RV520-A07 laptop and would love to be able to watch tv on it. Is it at all possible?
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Can I edit a pdf that was emailed to me?
The sender was unsure and although I can highlight text, I can't seem to delete or edit it so I don't know either. Is there a way to do this?
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gadget insurance for singletrip
does anyone know if it's possible to get cover for gadgets whilst abroad, trying to figure out if it will be worth taking/insuring them for an upcoming trip, Got: compact digi camera dslr mobile phone kindle nexus 7 laptop (but will probably leave that at home tbh) going to vietnam, so imagine the cost of insurance might…
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Recommendations for a good dslr starter camera
Hi All, My dad used to be right into photography had several expensive lenses and his own dark room. He has since given this us and now only uses a 'typical' point and shoot cheap digital. I was hoping for christmas I could get him into dslr and was hoping for reasonable recommendations. Having looked around on google I…
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BBC Iplayer on sky on demand
BBC IPLAYER is finally on SKY On Demand/catch up/ anytime + whatever it's called it is actually very good, got my wireless adapter for £9.99 after seeing it mentioned on here and one of the best tenners i've spent, not sure if offers still on though.
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font size
how do i change the size of the words on my computer ? the dog sat on my keyboard and somehow made everything smaller
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How do i change my pc password
Last week the lady that lives above me knocked on my door and said that her sky network was down and could she borrow my password so she could send some documents to her place of work...i gave her my password but i am not sure if she may carry on using it......i am not sure how to now change my password, would i need to…
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Explorer update & google
Having (inadvertantly!) updated Internet Explorer, I've been sorting out the inevitable consequential glitches: lost settings etc. One strange phenomenon relates to Google. Whenever I run a search on google, up pops page one of the search results. But as soon as I click to view page two, page one just fades and freezes.…
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Crash Course In Excel 07
Hi, Are there any resources available online that could give me a good refresher on Excel 07? I've just been told at the last minute that I've an assessment at work tomorrow on it and I'm not that well versed on the application. Thanks
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DVD hacking
If I try to hack my Toshiba RD-XS24 could it be damaged in any way?