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Windows updates
Got notification that 18 of these were ready to be installed so started to do so, half hour later and the first one as not installed can it be that some updates take this amount of time to install. TIA
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Relocating TV..
I currently have satellite TV which is hooked up to the feed from the dish; cabling and TV are both on the same wall. I want to relocate the TV to an adjacent wall but don't want to run cable. Given that all the kit will be in the same room, I was wondering about wireless transmission. The solution needs to cope with HD…
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Home/office printer
Hi everyone, We need a new printer for home with a little office work and would welcome any suggestions as to what to buy-what to avoid if possible? Obviously print quality is very important but as always with printers, it's the cost of the ink later which makes a difference? We are happy to pay a good price for the right…
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Emails from myself
Help!!! I am getting emails from my email address but they are not in my sent box. I have, as advised on the internet, changed my password three times now (I must say my passwords are always classed as very secure) but after a few days of it being changed I again have another email. I don't open them. How can this be…
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2 x Wireless access points
A small office requires 2 wireless access points to provide good coverage for lap tops, phones etc. At the moment its set up with the same SSID and password for each but I was wondering if that was the best thing. This does seem to work but would there be any benefit in changing the setup so that the SSIDs have different…
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what is a good printer that does not have
expensive cartridges to fill. we have a x543 lexmark but the cartridges have been very expensive in the past and no longer need to really print off loads of ads . thanks for any help.
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New yahoo mail
Has anyone else noticed the improvement visually with yahoo mail?. It is clearer, sharper and easier to read. Thumbs up from me.
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Cheap mobile phone with WiFi (card free)
I have no great interest in mobile phones. For the last four or so years I have had a Blackberry 8520 or 9520 (not sure -with a keyboard). Now it seems to eat battery and various friends have looked at it and seem to agree it is past it's Best By Date. So I'm looking for a new (fairly basic, no fancy features) phone into…
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Computer issue - can anyone help?
Any computer clever that can advise with this message: "the GETMACHINE_GCC.EXE file is linked to missing export WINSPOOL.DRV:XcvDataW." Basically we are trying to connect our new cutline machine to the computer and this is the message we get trying to open the software we have been emailed as unfortunately it did not come…
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Freeview "data service" channels
I am thinking of leaving Virgin and just using Freeview. However, when I look at the channel list on Freeview there are some channels listed as Data service. Can anyone enlighten me as to what this means and what is required to see these channels on Freeview. Or is it not possible.
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Desktop help advice please....
Hi All, Really stuck as we are looking to buy a new desktop for family use as our 7 year old 63gb Packard Bell is giving up the ghost... Not being all that techie I don't want to blow our budget (£500) on something unsuitable/unreliable/noisy etc etc. The one I am currently looking at is the HP 500-081EA from PC World -…
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Google Chrome - RSS Feeds?
I am struggling with IE 8 and need to do something about it very soon. Can someone tell me whether or not RSS Feeds work on Chrome? Sometime ago, I downloaded Chrome and RSS Feeds did not work so I uninstalled it. I am hoping that Google has fixed this problem. I have tried to look at the Chrome site but the pages will not…
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What does this mean please.
Since AVG2104 was introduced, I am getting a box with a message "avgui.exe failed to start because mfc110u.dll was not found" I remove it and proceed, so seemingly it can't mean much, or does it?
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Cant get sound on Youtube - have I pressed something by mistake?
I can't get any sound on Youtube at present. My sound card and speakers still work, as I can get sound on downloaded games and on cds and I just tried streaming skynews live and that works ok. I have checked nothing is mute and plugged and unplugged everything checked all the sound settings (including play websounds on…
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British Telecom
Delete - duplicate
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British Telecom
My telephone line at home has been broken since last Friday and when reported on Saturday they said they would fix up to Thursday 10th October ie 3 working days. Is this normal as no line an no internet this being sent on btwifi. As this is still not fixed they obviously mean 'on' not 'up to' Repairs on lines previously…
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Norton Internet Security renewal.
In past years its always been cheaper to renew Norton by buying a fresh copy, as the online renewal was overpriced. This year however the online renewal is £19.99, for1 year 3 PCs. Beware though, they sign you up for automatic renewal, so take care to cancel this if you want. Don't know whether this is a limited offer.…
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the operating system is ...(fixed now)
I'm getting this error message when trying to use word. Having a bad day. Main computer won't connect to the internet and laptop is randomly saying this when worked fine last time I used. I have googled the error message but all the answer are too technical for me really. I think I maybe have to try and uninstall MS Office…
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Think Avast may be stopping my wi-fi dongle linking old computer to home wifi
I have been using an edimax wireless high-gain usb adapton to connect old computer to my home wifi. Out of the blue this morning it stopped connecting to the internet. Had a look and I can't see the dongle thing on the desktop and think it was there so went to reinstall it and and at the point where it installs and scans…
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TopCashBack - tech problem
Thanks to MSE I've been using TCB for several years and I used to click through to sites without any problem. Recently I've just been getting error messages saying that "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at ..." (and I can't connect using IE10 either). I can get through to any website if I go there…
