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Search Engine in Firefox
I noticed that when I do a search in the URL address bar, the search is defaulting to Google instead of the default search engine shown in the search bar (with the lens icon). Can someone please tell me if this is what's supposed to happen and if I can do anything to stop FF using google as a default. It uses my preferred…
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router
Do routers sort of wear out? our netgear router must be 4 or 5 years old and our internet keeps dropping off and have to restart the router sometimes 3 or 4 times a day to get our laptops etc reconnected and I am thinking the router should be replaced. Regards Stanehyve
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ECS Motherboard back from the dead!
This is bugging me. Has been for a couple of days. I had an ECS motherboard that was non responsive. No POST nothing. I removed it from the case to replace it and left it on the side. Guess what? The new board was exactly the same. I gave up and left it there for a day and just went back to it. I bench tested the…
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Taking ages to start up and connect
This laptop has just started taking ages to get online. The wee icon for the wireless connection network just shows as a blue ball, and takes forever to show it's connected. Used to be fine.Any ideas?
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HP photosmart all-in-one printer woea
Hi Today, I couldn't print a letter via Open Office/Word pad or Note pad. (ink carts had ink showing) It printed an email, test page, screen print ok BUT only spat out a blank letter page:eek: As a last resort I put in 2 new ink carts and it worked, the letter printed! Anybody shed any light?
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Info - Dell Inspiron 1545 Power/Charging Problem
Not a question but I'm posting this should it be useful to anyone. I had a customer drop in a Dell Inspiron 1545 the other day. It showed no signs of powering up nor would it charge the battery. If I replaced the battery with a fully charged unit it would power up for a short while before swiftly dropping out (roughly 3…
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Printer ink not recognised all of a sudden
Hi Can anyone suggest what I can do with my Epson sx425w printer. Its saying that it does n t recognise the magenta ink and to replace. Well I ve done that and it still does n t recognise it. Yet these inks are the ones ive always used without a problem before. Funny thing is my printing comes out in black and magenta…
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old website
I believe there is a way to find archives of old websites which no longer exist. How does one do this?
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Service 503 unavailable help ?
Hi when I try to log into one of my favourite websites I get the message service 503 temporarily unavailable (it's been like this several days)too many ip addresses accessing one secure area. Also when I click on the small icon at the start of the browser bar that looks a folded back sheet of paper I get 2 messages one…
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House Phone
I'm looking for a new house phone that can block foreign calls , withheld numbers and numbers i want to block , getting sick of the indian microsoft technical dept and ppi helpline and recorded crap phoning every day , cheap nothing fancy just a home phone for receiving and making calls ??
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Clearing 'updates' on blackberry messenger
Hi,is there away to clear all the 'updates' from other users profiles on BBM service on my Blackberry Z10???They are mounting up,and I want to delete them!!!!Thanks very much.
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Ethernet vs telephone cable for a moderate user?
Is it physically possible to have Sky Broadbandvia phone line AND Virgin Broadband Fiber optic Broadband at the same time, but obviously only have one or the other connected and set up on my pc at a time? Why, you ask? Please read on... I am with Virgin Broadband Fiber optic. Sky are offering a 1 year free broadband which…
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Does anyone have the Toshiba 39L4353DB TV
Hi am thinking about buying the Toshiba 39L4353DB, from JL for the 5 yr warranty and price match, what are peoples view on this tv. thank you http://www.johnlewis.com/toshiba-39l4353db-led-hd-1080p-smart-tv-widi-39-with-freeview-hd/p583401
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Samsung s3, camera problem
Hi I bought a Samsung s3 phone 8 weeks ago, and so far I've been really happy with it. But over the past 2 weeks when I've got the camera on taking pictures there is a smallish blue line, near the top right hand of the corner. I 1st noticed this 2 weeks ago, as the line was on some photos I had taken, this then went away…
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Laptop won't connect to the internet.
Laptop running Win 7. Have cleared the cache in both firefox and chrome as they're the browsers I use. Run Windows Network Diagnostics. The message after trouble shooting is The remote device won't accept the connection. I've tried resetting the router and restarting the laptop. Though I'm able to connect to the internet…
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Sony Experia J - Memory full ?
I have a Sony experia J phone but when I try and download an app I keep getting the message that there is not enought space on it. I have installed a 32gb card and cleared out as much photos, music etc as I can. Is there any way to give more memory space for Apps ?
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pfw
Anyone offer any thoughts on a firewall called 'private'? Not finding much on the web. Thanks.:o
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Windows Media Player to ipod
I’ve just bought a language CD and I would like to transfer it to my ipod so that I can listen to it on the go. At the moment I can open the CD in Windows Media Player but I have no idea how to get it from the Media Player to my ipod. How do I do that? Is it simple?
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photo mosaic printed onto a cushion
as the title says really, I want to make a collage or mosaic of some trip photos and then print them onto transfer paper to be ironed onto a cushion or pillowcase cover, but I have no idea where to start with the photos and would like to use a free program rather than pay if possible . thanks in advance
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Anyone Know Of A Decent Wireless Mouse?
That will last longer than one year. I am now on my fourth wireless mouse, I don't do anything to kill them, they just stop working. It does get a lot of use every day I've had: One stuck on fast forward scroll (even after hoovering it out) One just not work any more after it needed a new battery One had all the rubber…
