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Windows 8 - only 2 weeks left to upgrade for £25
Windows 8 has had ...erm... mixed reviews. After installing it on more than one PC, my personal impression is that it's a largely good product under the skin, albeit with some occasional flakiness, but the user interface needs a little work. However it's worth pointing out that the current upgrade price of £25 (from XP/…
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Windows Live Messenger retiring update to Skype, bit confused
I've had an email from [EMAIL="servicenotification@email.microsoft.com"]servicenotification@email.microsoft.com[/EMAIL] saying I have to download skype now as they are retiring windows live messenger but I'm a bit confused. I only use windows live messenger and access my hotmail through that. I don't use facebook or…
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IS this a monitor or a TV
Hello Lookng for new smallish TV and have seen this one at richer sounds: http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/samsung/t23b550ew/sams-t23b550ew it is available for £199.00. Obviously Richer Sounds have it as a TV but the Samsung website has it listed under computer monitors rather than TV. There equivalent sze TVs…
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Telephone socket adapter that I can wire existing extension to?
Hi folks,, A good number of years ago a sky guy did an extension from my bt phone socket to hook into my sky box, think he did a custom job i.e wired the cable up to the socket adapters at both ends of cable. The adapter that hooks into the bt socket is now usless, probably wear and tear and the odd shoe kicking it by…
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Upgrading/Replacing Acer Aspire AX3400
Hi all :) I've registered hoping you guys can help me with a dilemma I'm having. I would like to upgrade my desktop pc, which I mainly use for watching tv shows and movies. Its connected to my TV via an HDMI cable. I have separate external HDs, one for TV shows and one for Movies. I just want the PC to either have a step…
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Laptop Slowing Up - Hijack This log
Hi, Laptop seems to be slowing up again, hijack this log below if anyone can help at all? Thanks... Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 18:16:34, on 10/11/2009 Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906) MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18828) Boot mode: Normal Running processes:…
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itunes for Android - Is there one?
I was hoping to upload all my music onto the net and listen to them on my phone and/or tablet. Google Play will allow me to do that but they want me to open an account using my credit/debit card. That's something I don't want to do. Is there an alternative free version someone could recommend please. Thank you
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MS Update and old version of Office
I should have asked this question a long time ago but never quite got round to it. I've finally decided enough is enough, so I hope someone can help. When I bought my laptop 3 years ago I installed Office 2007. About a year after that I became a student again and took the opportunity to buy a full version of Office 2010,…
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Need help re gmail and my samsung
Can anyone help? My son set up googlemail on my Samsung galaxy europa a year ago (gift for my 60th).Never actually used googlemail itself apart from of course to use apps etc.Well today in my wisdom I decided to sign up with several pubs and restaurants to get free offers. I thought I might aswell use my google account…
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Any good Sat Nav apps for iphone 4??
Hello Is there any good sat nav app's for the iphone 4? I don't mind maybe paying for a decent one - any recommendations? sunni
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Problem with Safari after update on Iphone 4
Hi, I have an iPhone 4 with the iOS version 6.0.1 which I updated a few days ago. Since the update, Safari will not work. When I click on Safari it shows but then the homepage does not load. It won't allow me to enter web address or anything. Does this happen to anyone else, and if so how do I fix it? Thanks
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For Financial Advisers/ Users of Avelo 1st software
Good evening, not sure if i've posted this in the right place but I know a lot of financial advisers/paraplanners and general financial services employees use the forums. I'm a paraplanner for a small financial adviser firm who uses the Avelo 1st software, version 10, and am the main person in charge of running commission…
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converting 3gpp to dvd
hi i'm trying to put my blackberry videos onto dvds but i need to convert the 3gpp movies. can anyone recommend something easy and free :) thanks :D
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printer ink costs
ok so i have a lexmark x5650 printer/scanner/fax but the ink cartridges are so expensive, is there a cheaper copy of this i could buy? or a way of getting it refilled? i only want to use the printer to print coupons and vouchers so it doesn't seem very money saving printing out a 20p off coupon and it costing me more for…
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suction cups
OK, not strictly 'techie' but this forum is probably the most appropriate. I'm looking for some replacement suction cups for my tv/entertainment stand. They basically act as feet/supports for the glass where it meets the metal frame. They were damaged/lost during our house move and despite googling I haven't been able to…
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Google Chrome Spell Check
I think the answer is no, but can anyone fine an English (not american) spell checker for Chrome? :cool:
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Cursed keyboards
Hey all. Returned one HP laptop due to the horrific keyboard flex and loose surrounding panel. Bought a new Dell from their website. Delivered no problem. But one of the keys isn't seated right (the one between the right CTRL key and the left arrow (think it's the application key (box with three lines in it)). The key…
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Laptop for non-online use only.
I'm looking for laptop recommendations for a friend. They want to view and edit photographs. It will not be connected to the internet. Any ideas?
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How to remove McAfee completely
I have a new laptop and need to remove McAfee before installing a free antivirus, but I've read that it's not easy to remove. I'm not even slightly techie, so please if you can help I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Pink
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Right. I'm ready to buy a desktop pc.
I've had great advice from some of you last month but I wasn't quite ready to buy then. I was hoping for some great deals in the January sales - but no such luck. I ideally only want to spend £400 (this amount does NOT include the monitor, keyboard & mouse). My kids must be able to play MINECRAFT on it without problems -…
