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Laptop Fan
For some reason my laptop fan is on continually and checking what's running in the background there doesn't appear to be that many programmes just the anti-virus and a few other programmes, nothing CPU heavy as far as I can see. Is the laptop on the way out? Thanks
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Bitdefender
It's not something I need but there are three available deals for anybody who's interested. http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/media/html/blackfriday2012/?pid=UK_BlackFriday&et_cid=UK_BlackFriday_EXP_Trial&rp_mid=BlackFriday_UK_EXP_Trial&rp_rid=10865320
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Can anyone recommend a cheap budget tablet for child?
Hi Am toying with the idea of buying a cheap tablet for my 9 year old son for Christmas. He is constantly on my Iphone or his old IPod (which doesn't always support the newer games). He will really just be playing games like Angry Birds, Temple Run, looking on YouTube. There seem to lots of £55-90 tablets on Amazon and…
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Firefox page has changed - bookmarks have gone
I was looking at this forum earlier, and the page moved up and down suddenly, and the bookmarks tag at the top seems to have gone (the homepage tag is still there. If I hover the cursor at the top of the page, the toolbar appears again, but then goes if I move it. I am now browsing the MSE forum with a full page view, with…
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can anyone explain how i can promote an
event on facebook and get people to come? any tips. i hope i have posted in the right area. thanks everso.
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Best tablet for family use?
Hi all, My daughter will be 6 shortly and is finding her innotab quite boring, in fact our 2 year old gets more use out of it. She is quite bright (obviously I am biased lol) and loves to use the apps on my HTC phone, she even plays solitaire on it. We are looking into getting a tablet at Christmas for her use but also for…
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dvd+r and hard drive help
Ok. I have some important files that I put onto dvd-r from a previous computer. The next pc I had I put the dvd-r into the drive but I got a message regarding formatting the disc. I cannot remember exactly what happened but I guess I pressed a 'yes' to the formatting option the pressed cancel. The disc is just a regular…
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Help for friend - 2nd hand laptop
Friend has just bought Dell laptop 2nd hand from ebay and is now worried it might not be 'clean'. Is there any way of checking this - should he erase the hard drive and reinstall Windows? I do not think he will be getting discs with this laptop. Thanks for your help/diolch yn fawr.
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Private Messages
Private Mesages MSE. I can receive messages on MSE but for some reason people don't seem to be getting mine. Even the sent folder is empty,my settings seem ok. Any ideas anybody ?
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Sending a fax to the UK
Hi, Am in need of some advice on sending a fax from Hong Kong to the UK. I have been given a number to have the fax sent to, and it's written as +44 (0) 123-456-7890. So when I'm in HK, do I just dial 4401234567890 or 441234567890? Do I include the "0" or not, and what does the "+" sign mean? I understand the 44 is the…
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Dropbox question...
Hi everyone Hope it's ok to post this question - it's not exactly about saving money, though it is techie (for me anyway!) Someone has said they've sent me a dropbox request....I've signed up to dropbox but can't find anything from this person - and it's too late to contact them.....i'd really like to find that stuff and…
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Help - folders missing from drive
Hi all I would like to pick your computer brains if I can. We run a small local network at home connecting our desktop PC and laptops to each other. Last night I saved a document to one one the shared folders and went to access it this morning - and the folder has gone. It's not showing in the recycle bin and not in…
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How do I upload music to a Samsung Tab2 10.1
Thought it would be plug n play but it doesnt seem to be!!!!! There is a music player on the unit and i assumed (wrongly) that i would simply be able to plug it into my desktop PC and copy / paste the music across into the relevant folder on the unit...... When i plug the tablet in it recognises it as a camera GT-P5110…
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Very Slow New Pc, Hi Jack Log
Hello, I have a new machine that's only 6 months old and last 3 days really really slowed down. Have tried Ccleaner both registry edit and normal clean. Super Antispyware, Spybot search and destroy. Malware Antimalware bytes also running avast anti virus. Everything is coming back clean. PC is i3, with 8gb Ram and SSD hard…
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Win 8 LAN problems
Hi. I can't definitely pin this down to the time I installed win 8 but...My ADSL internet connection works fine but I really struggle to connect to the router admin pages (Belkin, 192.168.2.1). The browser just times out, both IE & ffox. Also, I can't see my NAS drive (Iomega) though the odd time I manage to get into the…
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Viewing card number is showing on screen
Im watching Sky sports 2 and for some reason my viewing card number is showing about the Sky sports logo. whats that all about? never seen that before.
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Laptop help - Community use
I'd appreciate some knowledge in helping me select a laptop which I'm buying for a community group. WE have funding of £400 to purchase a laptop and MS Office software but wondered if the Microsoft Surface would do the job we need, which is write up minutes, email etc. Any help appreciated, I'm desperate!…
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Xbox Fifa 13 Auto Switching
Hello, I'm trying to work out how you set it up so that you automatically control whoever is currently in possession of the ball? I've tried various settings in Auto Switch to no avail. Anyone know?
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Help please! Paid for scanning and disk can't be read
I've just paid £145 to have some personal stuff scanned onto a disk. I've put the disk into my laptop and it will only read one page, then it goes onto a blank page to tell me there may not be enough memory on my hard drive to read the disk. There is plenty of memory on my hard drive but just to be sure I copied one of the…
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Tablets!! No idea are they suitable for school work????
Hi All, I'm really stumped and not at all technical so would appreciate any advise. I have been to Tesco today with the intention of buying my daughter a laptop. Hers is about 7 years old and has finally given up the ghost.While I was there I spotted a particularly good deal on a Samsung Galaxy note (£318 with £50 cash…
