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Norton
I update Norton when i turn on my laptop yet when i click on my account open office opens up and a load of gibberish writing appears,not good but why?
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Please can you advise on which is best?
I am looking to buy either a desktop of laptop I have a few choices, it would mainly be for playing The Sims 3 here are the system requirements FOR WINDOWS VISTA (Service Pack 1) * Pentium IV 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2400+ or equivalent * 1.5 GB RAM of Memory * At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional…
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Hiding wires in plaster board
hi i have a tv on the wall about 1.2m above the floor. I have a power socket and the aerial socket about 1,5 m away from the tv about 50cm from the floor. What is the easiest way to hide the wires please? Thank you
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Ipad, swapping sims, any known issues
Wondered if anyone knows if its possible to swap sims between ipads. Have googled but not really getting any direct answers One ipad is via '3' so has the 15gb sim with it. I'm looking at purchasing another ipad with wifi and cellular however this would not be via '3' so it wouldn't have the sim included. Would using the…
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Windows 8 can't find my DVD drive
My DVD drive will not show up on my laptop. I have tried to apply the fix below, but cannot get into reg.exe. Any ideas how I do it from the cmd prompt. 1. Run Command Prompt as an Administrator. Type cmd in Windows 8 Metro UI and press cltr+shift+enter 2. Type following and say enter reg.exe add…
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Best budget compact camera
Hope one of you can help me. My mum is after a digital camera for Xmas and have no idea where to start. She is a complete novice and will only use it to take pictures of the grand kids and on holidays etc. she will print pics in boots so will need memory card and would prefer it to be rechargeable rather than batteries.…
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Windows 7 phone
Hi, I have a HTC Radar and cannot find a way to backup my sms messagies. Any idea how can I backup my sms? Thanks MS
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Pdf to jpg
Hopefully someone can help with this. I've been sent a pdf containing a load of images that I'd like to save as individual jpgs. Is there an easy way to do them all at once? I've tried a couple of freebies from the internet, but they put text across the images saying the name of the programme, which isn't much good. Thanks
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How do you password protect a folder or external hard drive
Hi, I am struggling with this and would like some advice. I want to know how to put a password on an external hard drive or memory stick or at least a folder. I know there is software you can download like Truecrypt but this seems to only protect the computer. I have some personal documents I want to keep on my external…
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Facebook for Android... Lengthy comment lost
Hi all, I've just spent the best part of an hour composing a comment on Facebook (lots of references in it etc) and posted it, but the comment didn't appear. Does anyone know if there's a way of restoring this text from any sort of cache or has my time intensive post slipped into the binary ether?
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Face book bloat
My wife has a face book account which is loaded onto our I pad 2, whilst checking the usage tab I noticed that it is up to 4.5 Gig. How can I reduce this.
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I need a new printer!!
Hi Peeps, Well my printer has given up the ghost, I would like one that scans also and CHEAP INK!!!!!!! Any ideas would be much appreiciated as I dont know where to start!!!! thanks sam
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Galaxy Ace - running services
Hi, Just got my first 'smartphone' - Samsung Galaxy Ace and am getting to know it. If I go into Settings - Applications - Running Services, several things are shown as 'running' and I'm wondering if they're eating my data allowance. There's an option to turn each off but it seems a lot of mither as message comes up saying…
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Do I really need a new battery??
Hi there, I have a Dell XPS L701x - 500.00Gb HD - 4096.00Mb Mem and it will not work unless the charger is plugged in. I am happy doing this but a box keeps coming up saying I need to replace the battery. Is it trying it on or will it stop working by plugging it in to the charger eventually? Also if the charger comes out I…
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GPS for Android
Which is the best free GPS App for android. I have GPS as a task but have not been able to activate it, I have Data on the phone switched off as I don't want excessive usage. When i try to activate GPS, it does not seem to know my location. In location services i have, 1-google location services 2-GPS satellites 3-GPS EPO…
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Jelly Bean for Samsung Tab2 10.1
Is it available anywhere is it any good?
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black ops 2
where is the cheapest place to buy black ops 2 on the 360?
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Anyone tried jolicloud (ubuntu based)? Got a problem...
Last time I tried a linux distribution about 5 year ago, I gave up. Poor out of the box driver support, messing about just to get something simple, poor performance and naff UI. Just tried installing jolicloud OS on my atom based samsung n150 to see if things have moved on, and I'm pleased to report they have (a bit).…
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unwanted emails
I have recently been getting lots of emails, mainly financial ones and ppi claims. I usually just delete them, but is there a way of not receiving any more without changing my email address?? Don't know if it's safe to reply 'stop' to them, have heard stories of this generating more emails as they know this is an active…
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McAfee Wanted for Murder
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