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Skype type thing over LAN
Does anyone know of any android apps that work similar to Skype, but only over a LAN? My youngest has just bought himself an android tablet with his birthday money and wants to try Video-Chat - but we don't want to let him lose on the outside world! (he is only 7!)
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Tablet/e reader combo?
Hi, I am looking for a tablet for my 80 year old dad, who has no tech knowledge at all, and my own is limited. I think clarity of screen/fonts will be important and ease of use. He wants to browse the internet and read books really, including accessing library books. I know you can download individual free books from…
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Alternative to Sky router.
My Sky router (new one) shows download speeds via the cable of 16 but over the wireless we are getting 8. It often comes up with bandwidth error. I am thinking perhaps we buy a decent router ourselves, maybe even one that we can use for 5ghz as well as 2ghz? It would be worth it alone if I can get one that allows me to…
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Club Penguin on samsung tablet operation system 4.0.4
Hi - any advice - my knowledge limited !! My DS loves club penguin and although he has his own tablet he uses my laptop all the time as his tablet doesn't support this game. I have googled and installed an archived version of flash player thinking this would enable it to work but no joy. Any suggestions would be welcome as…
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Email Integration
Hi All, I always assumed email integration was something big companies used to automatically archive to the relevant file documents sent in via email by a customer. Is this completely wrong and is there anyway on a personal level I could test it out on my own Gmail account (Yes I'm a geek) :) Thanks a lot.
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Network printer setting up
How do you setup a network printer connected directly into network ? I setup a Panasonic network printer a while ago, just followed instructions, was quite easy & worked. I installed software on each Pc, then checked/changed IP settings on printer. This worked quite easily. Can't remember how this network printer shows in…
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E-Readers
I'm after a little bit of advice regarding e-readers. I currently own a nook, which i'm really pleased with. A feature that i'd really like though is the ability to organise my books on my laptop rather than on the tablet. Is this possible with any of them?
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BT Yahoo seriously compromised from16OCT13
As previously reported BT Yahoo email has been hacked into this week. BT posted a flag on their 08001114560 help line making a strong suggestion for clients to change their passwords. Clients have found that their contacts have been lifted, and removed from Yahoo; Subsequently the "Please send money" "hackneyed" emails…
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Excel help please!
Hi all, wondering if you can help me please... I used to work for a very large company in which their H&S dept that I worked in set up a excel sheet for accident reporting. the first excel sheet was a standard sheet to keep info on with details such as: column a1)accident reporting number b1)title (mr/mrs etc) c1) first…
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WYSE Terminals
Morning All, The company I work for is changing the current desktops to WYSE terminals in a move to upgrade the office. I'm unfamiliar with WYSE technology but I've done a little research and from what I can understand the units are much smaller than regular desktop terminals and I believe the way these access applications…
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Xbox
My son who is 9 would like an xbox for xmas...he has a wii at the moment..i have noticed that the new one due out next month is going to cost £420.00 ...way above our budjet...i have noticed that Game are doing the Xbox 360 250gb with a game for £170.00....never had one before is there going to be much between the 2…
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How to make Win8 more MIL friendly?
Hi Guys Firstly a little bit of background info: My MIL is not amazingly computer literate but used Windows XP on her laptop for a good few years to check emails, surf the net, open documents etc. A few months ago she tasked me with replacing her broken laptop. I should maybe add at this point that I used WIN7 and found it…
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Canon Printer
Update: Canon Pixma IP3000 printer - replaced the cartridges and it would only fire out BLANK paper. After cleaning, etc., started printing the colours -but not black. After lots of hassle and cleaning, print head alignment, it will print but the characters are "fuzzy" and slightly lined. Is this the print head? How can I…
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Advice re a Lenovo G700 laptop please
We have Argos gift vouchers to use and I was wondering if this laptop would be worth the money. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search/searchTerms/LENOVO+G700.htm It will be for a 14 year old, will be used for homework and watching YouTube gaming vids, Skype etc. I thought for the price difference it would be worth going for…
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skype older versions
Dear all, My tablet runs android 4.1.1, I had skype on it which was working but since I updated it, the skype does not work. I was told to install an older version of skype, don't know how to go about downloading it. Any one with knowledge or similar experience, please help. rgd sebastian
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Help with computer
Recently i seen a preview of a computer, i think it was an all-in-one where the screen can be brought down to hang just over the front of a desk, would anyoe know the computer i am talking about, soory for the lack of description.
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USB to HDMI Telly
Hi all, I am only here to ask which is the better cable for doing this - there appear to be far to many of them out there and also some little boxes that I got a bit confused so thought Id drop by and ask you lot. I only have USB ports on my PC but want to feed it into my HDMI slot on me telly. cheers EG
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How to change Desktop Shortcut Address
I've lifted a Netflix icon to create a shortcut to my Netflix account but while it does open Netflix the shortcut shows up as hhttp://www1.iconomize.com/redirect/netflix . I'm concerned that this is some kind of marketing/spy tool. I've tried to change the address by right clicking the icon going to 'shortcut' and…
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Windows 8.1 a hero or a zero
Just spent an hour or so upgrading. Never get the hour back. As far as Im concerned, its still schizoid and a total mess.
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how to make wirless mouse work with laptop?
I have a logitech wireless mouse which was used with my desk top. This is now no more and I'm using an HP laptop a friend sold me. I'd like to use my mouse with the laptop. How do I do that? (the instructions for the mouse cannot be found) Thanks to anyone who can give some tips or instructions (v simple please!)
