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LapTop Booting
Good evening I have a Toshiba laptop Satellite, running on Vista. Quite recently when booting up I have been faced with a blank screen, with the Windows theme audible. After 2 or 3 boot up attempts I finally get the normal boot up graphics and everything is fine. I recently updated drivers using SlimDrivers programme. Any…
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Advice on spotify please
I'm hoping someone on here can help, I've tried looking up the answers online but either I can't find what I want, or its too techie for me!! Basically, I want to know if spotify is right for what we want, if it'll do what I think it'll do. We are a family of 4, hubby has an iphone that he'd want to play music on, kids…
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Predictive text on my phone
Hi, I have an Sony Ericisson V630i mobile that i am using as a backup phone but have forgotton if I can set for predictive txt or not. Can anyone help, please ?
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Confusing Internet Speed
Hi there My friend has a problem and I have tried to research the answer but can not solve the problem. Basically several speed tests report he gets between 12 and 13 Mbps but logging into the router always reports only 2 Mbps? Any ideas? Thanks so much. :D
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wireless router set up
Hi experts....I want to upgrade my Netgear DG834G router to a dual band N600 Do I need a modem with it or just plug it in and go :)
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padlock icon on video file
I downloaded a Youtube video on my computer and transferred it to my phone recently. I've just tried to play it on my phone and it's working but there's a padlock icon in the top right hand corner and i can't stop the video - when i tap the screen or press any of the buttons, nothing happens!! Anyone know what's going on?
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Parcel delivery firms - myparceldelivery, parcel2go, , rapidparcel etc
I need to send a package to my girlfriend who's travelling in Australia at the moment so shopping around for packages. Its quite a big box - i've put it on the scales and it weights about 7kilos. All the names I've heard of like parcel force and city link are either mega expensive or don't have prices on their sites.…
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PS4 Release date?
Does anyone know when the PS4 will be released? Will it be a worldwide release or will Europe as usual have to wait a long time?
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Freezer only going to -5
We have an Electrolux fridge freezer that we have had for over 14 years. The last 2 years we have noticed the freezer temp becoming unstable and fluctuating between -5 oc to the ideal -10 oc. Sometimes inside the fridge feels very cold (always been good at keeping salad fresh) but sometimes it has felt like it wasn't even…
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Dead or Dying Laptop
I am not sure if my laptop is on its last legs or if it has already died but when I switch it on, after a few seconds, there is a continuous whirring noise like the fan and nothing else, the screen is black – no lettering comes up at all. Since the battery died a couple of years ago, we have been using the laptop plugged…
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does anyone else have a problem downloading insurance docs from website
This has happened a two years running now with 2 different insurance companies whereby they send me a link in an e mail to retrieve my insurance docs but it doesnt work. I eventually have to phone them to get the docs mailed , where am I going wrong? Id be grateful for any advice . Shrewdalx
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Dying mouse!!
Hi, I'm having great difficulty with my mouse, it is only working intermittently, and the rest of the time, it freezes. (as you can see it's working at the moment!). What I need to know is, if it is a problem with the mouse, in which case I'll buy another one. Or could it be a pc problem? I'm on a pretty ancient desktop pc…
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Laptop switching off
I have a friend who has asked me about the following problem she is having. Her laptop works no problem with the power lead connected to the mains and laptop with battery still in place but when he removes the mains cable the laptop will only last around 30 mins approx. She has replaced the power lead about 1 yet ago so I…
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Searchya??? Is it harmful?
After all the problems I've had with new laptop winds 8 and Norton, did a system refresh yesterday, after advice to get rid of Norton, all ok, went out came home o find this Searchya had attached itself to IE. Has anyone heard of this, googling it brings up differing opinions on if it's harmful, I hope I got rid of it,…
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Media storage
I've set up a home network to run my Media Centre off. My main worry now is that the media that I have is only safe for as long as the hard drives are safe. I understand that I can back everything up but this means have twice as much data round the house. What alternatives are there for storing my media whilst not having…
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Panasonic Washing Machine
Sorry if this posting is in the wrong place. We have had our Panasonic washing machine for 2 years and 2 months. Just after Christmas it stopped working with a code on the display saying `internal water leak H43`. An engineer came out on 7th Jan (earliest appointment). He pressed some buttons etc and got it working. It…
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Swopping Hard Drives
I have a new PC tower and to avoid having to reinstall everything. If I was to just take my Hard Drive out of my current PC and put it in the new one, will it all still work fine?? Will it automatically discard any old hardware setting and reconfigure to the new ones??
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No sound through inbuilt speakers
Hello hope someone can help for some reason i don't have any sound through speakers but can get sound through headphones . Have checked it isn't muted etc, any ideas please
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How to removed this from Laptop
A message comes up on my laptop saying I have got a virus on my laptop Win32/Small.CA and to remove it, does anyone how I can removed it from my laptop please.:T
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Sky Go when abroad?? (on iPhone)
Can anyone please advise how I can watch Sky Go (or iPlayer, TV Catchup etc) when abroad please? Looking on google says stuff about VPN's but it kinda goes over my head to be honest! Would need help to set it up. Can someone please recommend one, obviously either free or low cost(!), and how to go about using it. Thanks,…
