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USB stick
Hi Can you insert a USB stick into your virgin media V+ box and watch content from the USB on your TV? That is the only USB sign i saw. saw none on my Sony TV Hope you can help
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YHS Delta Search
Hi, I tried to download google chrome a few days a go, and I think that it must have downloaded this toolbar called YHS Delta Search as well. How do I remove the toolbar, and how do I remove something called "Google Chrome Packages". Every time I click uninstall the google chrome packages, Avast starts up saying something,…
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Is Chome a nightmare for you when viewing Yahoo emails?
Has anyone else discovered that viewing yahoo emails via chrome can be a pain. By that I mean that almost every time I click on something ie delete, it fails. Yet using IE it works like a dream. Because Chrome is my preferred browser, if I open my emails and see there are a few, it is quicker to minimize and open IE and do…
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Yahoo e mails - blank
My partner has a Yahoo e mail account and uses their web based e mail only. Occasionally when I receive e mails from him (I use Outlook Express) the text of the messages is blank. If I click on 'Reply' then the original text becomes visible. If I open up the e mail to look at its properties I see that the Yahoo email…
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Remanufactured Laser Cartridges from Brittania Inks?
Has anyone any experience of the above company or products? I have long been a user of inkjet compatibles, but now need a replacement laser toner cartridge for a Samsung ML1865W. The remanufactured ones are £22, compared to £48 for the genuine Samsung article. But not much of a saving if they don't work or mess up the…
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Outlook & Hotmail Calendar Problems
Hi, since Outlook and Hotmail have been joined I cannot receive reminders which I set up in my calendar. It would seem that I'm not on my own with this problem but MSM have not resolved it and keep fobbing me of. I have checked my settings and can confirm the calendar report is switched ON, which is about the only thing…
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Problems Writing to CD
I'm trying to copy some photos to cd. Tried various different programmes including Nero and Canon's own. All I get is insert writable cd to "D" drive. I've tried lots of different CDR disks but it isn't recognising them. They are all new and CDR Thanks in advance
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Hard Drive size
Just bought a new laptop with 750 GB hard drive. When looking at the capacity of the hard drive in My Computer, I know the calcualtions used for a GB are different to the manufacturers calculations, so you end up with near as dammit 93% of the advertised space. This would equate to 698 GB. However, my hard drive shows as…
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Yahoo emails problem
I woke this morning to find 51 'failure notices' in my YAHOO inbox and some auto replies to emails I am supposed to have sent from my yahoo account. However there were none sent. there are no emails in my sent folder, but I apprently sent 75 emails between 23:22 and 23:29 last night. Anyone had this before? I've had no…
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Digihome 32914lcddvd sound problem
The sound keeps going off on this tv, sometimes after 10 - 15 minutes but will stay on for hours then starts again, it will come back when I switch it off & on again. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated
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My Brother MFC-845CW wont print!
My Brother MFC-845CW wont print! Here is what is happening: I send a job to the printer viva wireless and/or wired network and it chugs along nicely as if connected and printing, it expels the paper, but nothing is printed on the page. The only problem I can think of is that my nephew gave me the printer because I only…
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Disk partitions and Windows 7 SP1
Hi all Two questions in one post (saves space on the thread ;) ) First one:- I've partitioned my main drive into two (C: and D: ). I want to reduce the C: drive and expand D: I can reduce C: without any problems using the relevant Computer Management options but it leaves a gap between C: and D: as unallocated. I wanted to…
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New Laptop Lightweight and Long Battery Life
Thanks to all those who helped me get a laptop for my son I am now on the look out for a laptop for myself: Long battery life (as possible) I am looking at 14" maximum screen size Windows 7 As light as possible - I travel a fair bit Thinness would also be nice Back-lit keyboard Decent graphics/display for watching movies…
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uTorrent help!
I've done something to my uTorrent and it's now not showing the torrents I'm downloading/got queuing, it just has almost like a home page on the main screen about uTorrent and I can't for the life of me work out how to get rid of it. Can anyone help please? I can see the side bar where it says how many items I've got…
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Would an external HDD help?
Hi folks, I need your input. Firstly, I'm not as tech savvy as I'd like to imagine so please bear with me. Right now I'm using my laptop which is my primary computer in the house. I use it for all day to day entertainment purposes and it's the machine which I upload, store, edit, duplicate, reformat etc images and video…
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making 'subway' prints
how do you make these, is there a formula for getting the words to fit the page?
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Is Avast saying these are viruses?
Just done a full scan with Avast. I come up with the 2 false positives it found a while back. See here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4440181= It has come back with over 100 different things. An example is: google\chrome\user data\default\cache\f_000675>_host\jshelper.js or install flashplayer. The status…
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Recommend a good free photoshop programme.
Hi Can anyone recommend a good, free programme for photos. Just to airbrush items out. Idiot proof if possible :D TIA
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Web site development
I am looking for advice on developing a web site myself (I'm a complete novice, but I have a reasonable amount of time on my hands) One person suggested Dreamweaver, but another said it was outdated (but they didn't offer an alternative)? Any suggestions/advice welcome. Thanks in advance, D9
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Business Cards Software
Sorry if i've posted in wrong box, I have used vistaprint for my business cards, as i get free stationary (ink , card etc) I was wondering were i could get a template to turn an A4 and having about 8-12 cards on the one page. I hope that makes sense Cheers
