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Virginmedia Superhub, Opendns and timed access
Has anyone mastered virginmedia's superhub? Due to my external router packing up, I have been forced into using the wireless facility of the superhub but although I can get all my devices to connect to the Internet through it, half the things I have tried simply appear not to work. The main two are: 1. No matter what I do…
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PC won't boot up
This has happened for a while. I turn the power on and hear the psi start up and the hard drive whirling. I look at the screen and it is not registering a signal. As time has gone on I have had to power on with a few attempts before it goes through the boot up process. I know when it has found the boot up process because…
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Acer Aspire 522 RAM Upgrade removing keyboard
I'm wanting upgrade the RAM on my wife's netbook from 1GB to 2 GB. I have watched the various videos on You Tube about removing the keyboard via the 4 clips. Can I as hell get that keyboard off!!! Does anyone know of another way to get to the RAM Thanks
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hp dx2250 won't boot even to bios
My dx2250 is not quite dead but good as. The front green led is flashing very slowly. Website suggests this means suspend to ram. Pressing or holding the front power switch does nothing. Removing mains power for more than 30 secs the led goes off plug it back in and press power on the fans whir for two secs then back to…
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win 7 installation and product keys.
I have 2 PC’c PC 1 runs 32 bit Win 7 Home premium. I can’t find the paperwork or disk for it but have identified the product key in the registry by using Belarc Advisor. This PC has developed a problem (which I’ve asked about on another thread here) and I was given a Win 7 home premium disc to help sort it out. Alas it…
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suspected malware problem
My PC has developed a problem after either myself or my daughter used it yesterday. It’s an intel core duo, 2.4, 4meg ram and running 32 bit Win 7 Home premium and IE 8 Problems are: 1. Hard drive running constantly 2. Noticed this in google. When you klick a link after a search it often opens a random page or it opens a…
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Home Hub 3
The last 3 days at 1330 the wireless on my home hub is "unavailable" Cable connection is fine so the broadband is ok which I presume eliminates the filter on the main socket.. This is on multiple computers so its not the lappy's problem. Power saving is turned off on the hub so its not that. To get it restarted the reset…
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Video Editing Software for Win 7 Help/advice needed
Hi all, I have a number of home movies I have recorded with my sony camcorder and woudl like to undertake basi editing and then burn to dvd. Unfortunately he Sony software is not proving to be very good with this. I use to use a package called Pinnacle Studio 9 se which was great, but seems to have compatibility issues…
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Amazon
ok so i love a good bargain, and use kindle software from amazon i have subscriptions to some American sites that give great advice on preserving and pickling etc, which i have tried and can't find on uk amazon, but with an account with ,com amazon i can get. BUT (you still with me) with my American account - which i only…
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I pad or laptop
A friend of mine is thinking about buying an i pad and asked me for my advice, as he knows I have had a pc for years, I haven't owned an i pad before but said I would enquire on the net for a few opinions, he would only be using it for watching video clips and sending e mail and surfing the web. I'm used to having a large…
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Printer Help Please
Hi I have a Epsom SX435W printer and its drving me :eek: I have been trying to print dd college work and it is continually saying load paper even though there is paper in the printer :eek: I have taken the paper out and re loaded several times I have even opened a brand new pack it makes a noise as if it is trying to feed…
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Ssl
Hi , i brought a SSL for my site 21 days ago but due to bills i need to get money and i was wondering if there is anyway to get my money refunded from a SSL.( i am also selling my unused domains if anyone knows a good place to sell them) I am not keeping my hopes up but it always worth a ask Thanks Novak
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How to transfer photo's on to CD when it says too many ?
I have a sony digital camera and I am wondering how to transfer some photo's I put on a couple of years ago. The problem is that there are multiple photo's on that one folder. When I try to burn them to a CD it tells me that there are too many and it is not possible. Tells me to try something else but I don't know how to.…
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Please suggest a project.
PC specs, AMD Athlon 64 4000+, 4x1GB ram 500GB, 200Gb and 160GB HDs available. It has been running Win 8 preview, bored now, I need to find another use for it. Please don't suggest a media server, because I've got no use for anything like that. I've already got an old Celeron running NAS4Free with a large HD for backup. I…
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Libre Office Writer question
I am writing my CV in Libre Office, and saving it as .doc, so that I can be assured that everyone will be able to open it. Normally, I would save it as PDF, as I would be assured that nobody would tinker with it, but I read somewhere that these days, prospective employers spend less time trawling through Cv's and the…
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Malwarebytes is it free?
I had a virus on my laptop and was advised to download Malwarebytes which I did and it cleared it. I am now getting a pop up saying my free period is coming to an end. I was impressed since it cleared the virus but do I need an ongoing subscription. I have no idea what it costs? Any help would be appreciated.
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What do I need to make this gadget work?
Hi I bought a coco phone handset for DH to use on skype. It claims that it will work with skype but it only has 1 jack pin. What do I need so that it can be connected to the laptop and be used like a 'proper' phone? tia dx
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Burn DVD In Windows 8
How can I burn a DVD in W8 so that it is finalised & playable on DVD players? I used Movie Maker in W7 but that option has gone. When I insert a blank DVD, I chose the option to use it for CDs/DVDs rather than as a pen drive. I can burn files to it by right clicking (I think I can do the same by saving it to the DVD drive…
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Help with Humax Freesat & wifi
(I have posted this in TV section but 121 views but sadly no responses) Due to the location of hub and television, I am reluctant to run a cable through the house to access the iplayer/youview functions of the Humax box. Can anyone recommend a wireless dongle that can do this for me? I see Humax have one but they seem…
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cannot connect to my wireless network
i am having trouble with connecting my daughters laptop to our wireless home network, there is no problem with the network as other devices can connect to it no problem. the laptop is running xp pro, and has been working fine up until this morning, i have tried to repair the connection, disable the adapter and enabe again,…
