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Dodgy email problem.
I have recently been receiving emails in my junk box from my own email address. When I click on block sender, it is my email address that is showing as the sender. Not sure what is happening/what I can do about it. Should I just delete my email account & set up another?
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Edges of TV picture missing
I have a virgin plus box and a 32" TV. the edges of my TV picture are missing......I don't mean the black edging referred to in other threads, but for example when watching F1 I can see the timings on the left hand side of the picture, but not the names to the left of the timings. I have tried all the different 'shapes' of…
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UTube to DVD to TV
Can anyone tell me how to go about burning videos from UTube onto a DVD so that I can watch them on TV? I've got the basic edition of RealPlayer and can download stuff OK but after burning onto discs I can't get them to re-play in my CD/DVD players. What am I doing wrong and is there a programme that will do the whole…
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Dell Vostro 1500 not loading
My laptop which had Vista Pro on it when new but a couple of years ago I upgraded to Windows 7 Pro and Office 2010 has stopped. The set up screen can be accessed and it will load to the Dell screen then offer Windows Error Recovery screen. Whatever I choose here the system starts to run and starts to load drivers until it…
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Affiliate marketing
I am trying to understand affiliate marketing. I hope someone can correct me if I am wrong but, from what I understand, affiliate marketing is when you build an authority site on a niche topic and use that site to promote other's products. Can anyone tell me of any successful sites which do this?
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Printer thats cheap to run?
I'm probably after the holy grail here but I need to buy a new printer and I'm looking for something reasonably priced to run (consumable wise). It must be colour and I would like to be able to scan with it too. I would consider laser and inkjet. Does anyone have any recommendations?
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Mysearchdial
Hi, I seem to have inadvertently picked up mysearchdial as a homepage on my shiney new laptop :mad: All I tried to do was download Skype :( Any idea how I can get rid of it? I can find it as a program or anything, which a previous post suggested. Oh and to make matters worse I'm using Windows 8 (or trying to!). TIA
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need a new laptop
i had a mac and would prefer to get another.. a macbook pro.. which shops can i look in which will have discount or second hand? looked in cex, currys, cash converters/ generator i had a 13 inch last time, is 15 better for watching movies? also if i get parallel and windows can the laptop run all windows programs? thanks
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Pivot Table Function
Hi All, I have a simple table that has one team that has played 4 games, won 2 and lost 2. How can I insert into the pivot table a new field that works out the % of games won? Thanks
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Have to buy a tablet today for niece, mainly games which type? Allwinner CPU?
Hi everyone I've too buy a tablet today for my niece and not sure which type to buy her. She'll probably just use it mainly for playing games and not sure which type to get her. Have saw dual core, flytouch and was looking at a Megapad Allwinner CPU - would that be ok for her? sunni
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Ask toolbar
So many freeware programs these days include the Ask toolbar and other junkware that I'm always careful to deselect it from installs. Well obviously yesterday I either wasn't careful enough or it was installed without asking permission as when I started up chrome it was on view. I immediately uninstalled it. Why oh why do…
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KB26276562 and KB2813170 windows updates wont download
For about 4 or 5 months now I have tried downloading windows updates KB26276562 and KB2813170. Every day they download successfully and then come up again the following day as requiring dowloading again.We have tried all the miscrosoft fix tools. It comes up as failed. Someone mentions the only way to solve is to download…
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Installing Windows 7 on an old laptop?
Hi, DS1 was planning to build a PC and bought windows 7 64 bit for that purpose. However, he has now changed his mind and has decided to try to revamp his laptop. His laptop is an Acer Aspire 7730ZG and originally came with Windows Vista and a windows 7 32 bit upgrade. If he install the windows 7 64 bit on the laptop would…
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Panasonic Camera recordings
Hi I have a Panasonic Lumix fz38 Camera and when I record a video on it and try to then copy and paste it onto a usb stick I cannot watch/see it. I now find out it has been recorded in AVCHD. This is no good if I cannot see it say eg on telly. How can I convert to more watchable format pls. ps I am no techie Yoshii:(
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Java not working - why oh why?
Can anyone help me to get Java to work on my laptop? I have installed the online version and when it didn't work I went through what they recommended but it still didn't work. One of their recommendations was to download and install the offline version which I did but it does not work either. Jave has not worked on this…
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Smart, or not so smart
Hi all. Not been on the `techie` page before, so please be nice lol. Can anyone answer this question (in layman`s terms lol). Is it better to connect a home computer-big hard drive box-to a normal plasma tv, therefore having complete use of the computer on the big telly, or is a `smart` tv better with it`s built-in…
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Final Excel Query :)
Hi All, This is my final query and it's bugging me. I have two tabs on my spreadsheet and I want to input some values onto tab 2 from tab 1 (Data). I need to link two columns from the data tab (Column C which links to a team and column G which related to the achievement of targets (Yes/No). I want to count each of the…
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Spreadsheet help
I'm running OO and MS 2010 spreadsheets, I want to add a cell that is linked to the net to obtain a share price to complete some calculations, however after looking on youtube, I'm not getting this function to work. Any tips?
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bizcoaching virus?
Hi everyone I've come to this site as I know I can trust it. I tried the Firefox browser yesterday - and suddenly Avast was screaming at me that there was a virus. I've changed back to IE and it is still telling me there's a virus everytime I go to a new website.... The 'virus' is apparently 'bizcoaching.' I have gathered…
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Htc one disable start up sound
Does anyone know how to disable the start up sound when turning on the htc one? I've tried silent boot but that doesn't work. Any other ideas?
