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powering up laptop battery from mains
when i connect my power adaptor to laptop to charge battery it shows its charging then all of a sudden the power charger seems to cut off and i am just running on battery without the mains it says when plugged in battery charging:mad:
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Word with Friends/Scrabble crashing
Anyone having problems with Words with Friends crashing on the i-phone? My games have ground to a halt as the app crashes my phone or makes the games disapear completely
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I need to buy a printer, any suggestions please?
Hello, I'm not sure if this is in the correct place, if not I'm sure it will get moved! My Kodak printer recently died. Clearly, I have no idea what to buy when it comes to printers or I'd never have bought that! I really need a replacement, I've looked around and determined that I need an inkjet I'd like it to scan and…
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What are you favourite money saving apps (for android tablet)?
I'd be interested in hearing what are other MSE's favourite money saving apps for android tablet, I've seen lots of recommendations on various threads but it would be handy to have them all in one place. My favourite apps (all free, most already well known) are: Taptu: because it lets you create your own streams with a…
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TY upstairs - no aerial - wireless streaming?
I dont want to split the present aerial, Idon't want to run leads through walls/ceilings and any of that nonsense. We want to trial having a TV upstairs so borrowed a flat screen 32", nothing fancy and certainly not "smart". I also don't want to have my laptop and a 5m HDMI trailing across the bedroom. Is there a mechanism…
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New Dell Desktop (useful if you need to run XP programs)
If you're looking for a new desktop computer here's a good deal from Dell. https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-optiplex-3010-desktop-340-20-inc-vat-delivery-260-off-3rd-gen-i5-3470-quadcore-1453052 This is about £300 inc vat and delivery. You can order it with Windows8Pro(64-bit) or Windows7Pro(32-bit). The latter comes…
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Do homeplug adaptors work with extensions?
Due to my wi-fi enabled laptop being much slower than my ethernet wired pc,I was thinking of buying one of these, http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-PA411KIT-AV500-Powerline-Adapter/dp/B0084Y9N3O/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1358930702&sr=1-2 However,my modem is wired to an electrical extension,so the "sender" will be…
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sharing ebooks
I've been reading free ebooks using various devices, mobile, tablet, pc etc. There are some more expensive books (£5-6) that other family members are also interested in reading (DD, OH), but if we all buy a copy it's going to cost a fortune, (our local library has a tiny and uninteresting selection of ebooks). Is it…
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Ipad Vs android tablet advice please
My son's birthday is coming up in 2 weeks and i want to get him a pc tablet mainly for him to do school work and stop hogging the family pc and to play games occaisionally. He's 11, going to high school soon so something that will last. Whats better an ipad mini or an android tablet (not sure which ones are good) Alot of…
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Why do some words appear in red?
The two words "the" and "of" appear in red in all posts on this site. It is only on this site (MSE) and it happens whether or not I am logged in. I have not consciously done anything on the keyboard to cause this to happen. It started happening yesterday morning but it stopped after a while and was okay for the rest of the…
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Problem with BBC i-player
I used to be able to download programs to i-player desktop and also to series record programs. Then there was a problem with i-player. Since then, I have been unable to do the above, I can only download to Windows media player and it won't series record at all. I have tried deleting BBC i-player and re-installing it but…
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Laptop help please!
I'm looking for a new laptop and was wondering if I could get a bit of help. I'm having trouble making a decision as there's so may different ones and I want to get the best deal I can. At the moment I will be mainly using it for university work research/writing so I need to be able to multi-task without it slowing down…
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BBC I player
Only ever used it once before but tonight I missed Death in Paradise. I got to the Iplayer and it goes as far as Holby City and then nothing (Death in Paradies follows Holby City) Am I doing something wrong.
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TP-LINK Repeater Setup
Hi I bought a TL-WR702N to act as a repeater as the signal in the kitchen / dining room area can be weak. So, got it out of the box and plugged it in to the power and conneccted to it by wifi from my laptop ready to configure it as a repeater but..... after I have logged in to the admin screens I can click on a couple of…
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Printout Too Small!!
Epson SX130 Tried to print and the page printed about one sixth of the A4 Page. How do I adjust? Thank you.
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Gas Vent in lounge - COLD!!!
Hi, we have a gas fire place in our lounge. We also have a vent in a bottom corner of the lounge (guessing because of the gas vent). With the colder weather really cold air gets in through it. Of course i dont want to block the vent but is there a way of limiting the amount of cold air that gets in (but in a way that the…
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Shopping for a Waterproof Digital Camera
Hi I'm shopping for a new waterproof camera. Price range upto £150. Dont want it too flash (pardon the pun) but with a decent optical zoom and video facility. I am considering the Ricoh PX Digital Camera, any other recommended. Cheers!
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Twitter question
Ok here goes. try to explain best I can. I know the DM messages are private and if you tweet on their site others can see it, but what about when you do this. Next to the word following you have the little man and the drop down list and when you click it, it says, tweet to so @ so and so. I have done this and found my…
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Processor speed or cache?
Conceptually, if I Had a choice of an i5 2.9Ghz 3mb cache or an i5 2.3Ghz 6mb cache - which one should I go for? I'm thinking cache over speed but I may be wrong, Thoughts/views anyone? Update: i5 3570T 2.3Ghz 6GB Cache 4 cores i5 3470T 2.9Ghz 3GB Cache 2 cores
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Domain name hosting and email forwarding
Can anyone tell me of a good ,resonably priced company that does domain name hosting and email forwarding?
