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Computers can be cheap!
Hello everyone, I'm here for a bit of support. I'm starting up a business in the North-East, and in order to do so I need funding. One of the conditions of my funding is proof of a demand for my product, so here goes: Many of you will have heard of the OEM market, and many more will have, at some point, built their own PC.…
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online A4 printing?
Really didn't know where to put this so thought I would chuck it in here. Can anyone recommend a company which prints pdf pages onto a4 paper in colour. Allow me to explain Im attending a leaving do in a few weeks and sadly one of my regular drinking buddies cant make it so I have downloaded a full size body, 16 A4 sheets…
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Acoustical / Sound Science - Mystery Noise
Hi, I am being kept awake by a mystery sound that lasts all night long and sounds like a TV or radio. The weird thing is; I can only hear it from my bedroom which is furthest away from the next door house which is attached (I live in a first floor flat in a semi-detached house. The ground floor flat is empty, and there's…
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Printer problems Help please.........
I recently installed an HP Photosmart C4480 printer which worked OK after a little advice on here. This evening I copied selected text from an email to Word but couldn't get it to print. The printer icon says it is 'spooling'. The document is only two A4 pages of text so I can't really see why it needs to 'spool'. I tried…
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Downloading videos of youtube etc
I have realplayer installed and I have always used this to download videos but I find it doesn't seem to work with google chrome. As I'm using chrome more these days this is a real pain as I have to keep going back to Explorer each time I find a video I want to download.
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Does Microsoft charge for windows activation support?
Hi folks, I have an OEM copy of windows 7 (that came with my computer) activated for a number of years now. Just wondering if I ever had to contact microsoft for anything regarding product key not being recognised or in this sort of instance probably have to get a new windows 7 key, does microsoft charge for this type of…
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Hardware Advice/Help
I will admit i am totally confused and need simple advice. I have Virgin BB 20meg, the cable coming into the house is in a spare bedroom, it is plugged into a small black box with one Ethernet connection which goes to the desktop via cable. I have bought a net book from my grandson (Aser Aspire One), i do not want to go…
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Suitable office Desktop PC
I am in need of replacing my work desktop PC. I have been looking at the zoostorms but to be honest I am unsure what sort of spec I should be looking for. It is for a small company, we use quick-books accounting package. I require use of a PDF plus the usual office software, and the internet. I would prefer one with an…
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Humax PVR9300T320 or 500
Humax PVR9300T320 or 500 Hopefully a simple question, we are struggling to fit a TV recorder in our lounge, the one option is to put it in place vertically - will this work? Moved from Techie section.
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Orange mobile....
Hi, Had a replacement phone delivered today (On orange) I had my contacts backed up on their free app. Tried to restore them and keep getting faults. Called orange, apparently although I can back up my contacts I can’t restore them. Contacts are backed up on the orange website. Any idea how to get them off the website and…
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Spam spam spam!
Does anyone else get really p|ssed off at the amount of email spam we have to deal with nowadays? I get about 300 per day! :mad::mad::mad:
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Can I delete anythig please? Hijack this thread thing
Hi my laptop has gone really slow. I've gone through some of the steps in the "slow pc" thread, but to be honest, I don't really know what I'm doing. I've put on the malwarbytes and that is currently running, I also have cc cleaner and have cleaned up what I think I can, but I really need some expert help. Can someone…
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Xbox live auto renewal refund?
Hi, I recently noticed on my bank statement that i was paying for a monthly xbox live subscription (£5.99 pm) that i did not know i had. I did some investigation and found out that in Jan 2010 I foolishly paid for a month of xbox live for my friends xbox with my card details. It has since auto renewed every month for the…
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do i need a kindle
Hi I've currently started to read more, i've got the kindle app on my galaxy tab 2, my computer and my phone. All are synced so any books i download go straight to all three. I'm enjoying getting back into reading and have during the day been using the tab2, and sometimes my mobile, but i find the back light very harsh on…
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PDF to Word?
Anyone point me in the direction of a free PDF to word converter that actually works? Tried 2 or 3 free ones last night and spent an hour uninstalling a mountain of junk afterwards. There must be one out there somewhere Cheers
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MP£/WMA volume control
Just swapped phones to a new (to me) android. I use it as an MP3/music player. The new phone seems more sensitive to volume, some tracks needing adjustment that weren't apparent on the old phone. Most are encoded at 128k but a few are at 192k but that doesn't have any bearing on the high or low volume. Is relative volume…
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Nexus 7 damaged screen
Hi have managed to drop my N7 and broken the screen. Has anyone else done the same thing and managed to find someone to repair it for less than buying a replacement?
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e-mail hosting services
I have been using mail2web for a number of years to pick up e-mails from an account I had linked to my self employed business but over the last week I can't get access to it. the email address is an ali@ali.co.uk type address and I can't get past the login screen despite trying on a number of different computers. There…
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kaspersky internet security or pure
is there a difference between the ordinary kaspersky internet security and pure? if so what is the difference and which is best? thanks scott
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Which tablet would you recommend?
Hi, I'm looking to buy a tablet/iPad to use mainly at home to browse the internet and watch iPlayer etc. I would be using it occasionally on the road too but I could use my iPhone as a hotspot. Any recommendations as to which tablet I should get? Main apps that I would need are Email, Dropbox, app to edit word documents,…
