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Steam Games Halloween Sale
This may not be the best place... There are some cracking bargains on the Steam Halloween Sale for those who like to game. Im not a fan of Steam ( understatement ) or downloadable games but I just picked up some nice games for less than a tenner... Check around but these examples seem good to me... Fear 3 ..... £3.24 Think…
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saw this laptop on tv any good please
PACKARD BELL TE15.6" LAPTOPBrand: PACKARD BELL Colour: Black/Silver Screen Size: 15.6 inches Operating System: Windows 8 Processor: Intel Celeron Dual Core Processor Model: B830 Memory (RAM): 6 GB Storage (hard drive): 500 GB Dedicated Graphics: Shared Graphics: Intel HD128 MB Discrete-Class Graphics: Optical Drive Type:…
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Cheap SSD - What's the catch?
Hi, I have found the Samsung 830 128GB for £68.33 at WAE+. It says in the item description: See: http://www.waeplus.co.uk/product/1292415/SAMSUNG-830-Series-Internal-SSD---128-GB I don't have a problem with it being a European model but what (warranty) implications does that have? The Samsung 830 usually comes with a 3…
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Nexus 7
Hi all. Am in need of a little help.I purchased a 16gb Google Nexus 7 from Tesco today for my grandsons Christmas presant.I have not yet opened it. I am now reading that Google are going to announce a 32 gb version at the end of October and are going to sell the 16gb at the same price as the 8gb, I believe PC World are…
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Printer compatibility
I have an ASER laptop, which runs on windows 7, and an I-pad could anyone recommend a wifi printer compatible for both. Thank you
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How can I repair a Media Center Game that was uninstalled by mistake.
My wife has a ACER ASPIRE 5630 laptop and has mistakenly uninstalled one of the games contained within the Windows XP Media Center Operating System. She cannot find the CD that must have come with the machine from new, that may have helped. We do have Acer Recovery Disks 1 to 7 but not having experienced this laptop I…
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Will 'installing' via Virtual PC (or similar) balls up my PC? Virtual Private Network
Basically there's a US based radio station which i used to be able to stream via TuneIn Radio for the iPhone. At some point earlier this year anyone outside the US was unable to stream it. There is a way around this - Virtual Private Networks. Now i don't understand these fully. On the topic of not understanding - i don't…
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Broken Laptop Screen
Hi, I purchased a HP laptop from Argos in April of this year. The screen has recently stopped working so I took it back to Argos and they basically said they don't deal with laptop problems and to ring HP directly. After ringing them they said screen problems are not covered under warranty and I will have to pay for a new…
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My computer not getting on with Paddypower
When I'm on Paddypower website my computer goes incredibly slowly. Often I just give up as the page just does not load up, or it takes forever to scroll down the page. I admit it has been happening for ages and I've just put up with it. Sometimes a pop up window will appear saying 'script on this page will make your…
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Do I have a right to claim compensation for an employer?
When I was young I worked for Icelands supermarket for 2 weeks, which was a good 7 or 8 years ago. I know what I'm saying could be deemed as petty by some but to me its not. I used to stack frozen food in Icelands and I wasn't supplied with personal protective equipment (safety gloves) to this day my skin on my hand is so…
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Can someone advise me on a laptop to play the sims 3 on please?
I know this game takes a lot of guts in a machine to play properly as I had to upgrade the graphics card in my old pc to play it. My pc died on me and now I have decided Id like a laptop but I understand that the graphics in a laptop are integrated so cant be swapped and changed like in a pc. Ive spotted this one, HP G6…
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Ipad best deal?
Hi all! I am looking for a good deal on an Ipad (prob an Ipad 2 but not set on this), anyone know of any deals/offers at the mo? Cheers :)
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Win8 install
Hi. I've asked this on microsoft communities but no joy. Anyone here help? 'I've paid for windows 8 and started to install. I had to stop the install and reset my laptop to factory conditions. I now don't have windows 8 install file and can't seem to get it without paying again. Is the windows 8 download available for…
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copying my wedding dvd help
I got married abroad last year and I got a lovely dvd of our day. We are in the process of moving houses and I was upset yesterday when I could not find my dvd anywhere! (my only copy!) Anyway,after turning my flat upside down and a lot of crying ,I have finally found it!!!:j I now want to copy this dvd onto my computer…
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Desktop stuck on boot up
Our HP desktop got stuck yesterday on the 'welcome to windows screen'. The machine is about 9 months old, runs windows 7 and is fully update with updates etc. I turned machine off at plug and rebooted. It then offered 2 choices - a normal boot up or as it did not shut down properly it offered for Windows to try and detect…
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Can anyone please explain minecraft multiplayer to me??
Just bought my son the full version of minecraft, was expecting him to be able to go straight onto multiplayer game like other online games, but I am being confused by LANs and servers? What do I have to do to get him started on multiplayer?? Many thanks, DW :)
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Xbox scratching discs
My son has an Xbox 360 slim about 18 months old, he took it to his nannas over the weekend where his 2 year old cousin knocked it over and since then it's not playing games correctly. The 2 games he has tried to play, when he has taken them out of the machine there is a perfectly symmetrical scored line around the disc…
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Why wont my Laptop boot up properly
It will switch on fine but after the welcome page all I get is the whirring wheel, it won't go any further than that. Can anybody help please!!!
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Batch files
Morning all I've got a batch file which copies files to a separate folder on a hard drive for (dodgy) backup purposes. Here's the code:- f: rem Kill off the Grandfather archive f: cd\ cd Grandfather_Backups del symposiumbackup.bak del CCCbackup.bak del NOCReporting.bak del NPFS.bak del Sandpit.bak del Staging.bak del…
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Leap Pad / Innotab or real Tablet
Ok folks be and the wife are arguing over this most days Our daughter is 6, the wife wants to buy an Innotab/Leappad for xmas I want go get a cheap tablet The Innotab/Leapad games are expensive and you need to buy a charger, but its easy to use and child friendly, big and bulky A tablet includes a charger, easy to use…
