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Wifi Security
I will be going to Tenerife for a few months and will need to access my bank accounts, as I will not have broadband I will have to use local wifi. Is there any way to ensure a secure connection. Will connecting through VPN encrypt my information or is there any other way to be secure.
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Leap Pad Ultra
I'm in two minds as to whether to get one of these for my daughters aged 5 and 3 for Xmas. I could buy it from Tesco using my Clubcard vouchers, so the cost isn't too much of a factor for me. But I don't have knowledge on how good they are. At the moment, my girls don't have anything else like this that they play with,…
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Philips ES 9W dimmable LED causing problems
Philips ES 9W dimmable LED half cause inteference in the 'REIN' band, 612 KHz I think. LEDs seem a good move but, in my experience, you can be unlucky with unexpected side effects combined with your house wiring such as losing FM and DAB radio and causing issues with ADSL.
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START Qone8 - PLEASE HELP REMOVE IT
This appeared instead of google when I opened my computer just now. Perhaps it followed on bt email changes. Everything is now operating very slowly, but a recent big[and costly]clean-up had resolved this. I therefore blame the invader. I find this: http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-start-qone8-virus/ Is it safe to…
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Will these specs play most new pc games?
My daughter doesn't normally play pc games as our netbook isn't powerful enough (only have an Acer Aspire One, so 1.6 Ghz, 533 MHz, 1GB, 160 GB HDD). Hence we haven't bought new pc games in years! The specs of the laptop I am thinking of buying are: Intel® Pentium® 2020M (2.4GHz) Memory: 8GB (4096x2) DDR3 1600 MHz Hard…
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API Query
Morning All, I've a quick query in relation to APIs, these relate to how some software components should interact with each other. Can this relate to two spreadsheets feeding information from each other or is it more complex than this? Thanks you.
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PPT file?
Morning all, My friend sends some email with a PPT file attached, I cant open as it always wants to open file with Microsoft Office, as I only have Open office, is there any other way to open a PPT file, what ever that maybe? Thanks Smudge
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Android tablet seller website - anyone used this site?
Considering purchasing a quad core tablet or two from lightinthebox dot com for Christmas. Has anyone any experience of using this site please in terms of customer service, delivery times, etc Many thanks :D
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old version of flash player safe (ish)?
(W7 AMD PC) Last week flash prompted my to update to the latest version which I did, but since then youtube and any browser videos in firefox became unwatchable due to stuttering and stopping constantly. (They work fine in IE but dont want to use this) I tried everything to solve the issue, disabling extensions, hardware…
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Laptop charging problem
I have an Asus its only 14 months old. It wont charge unless I plug the adaptor in on a certain angle, stand it on its side (so the adaptor is on the floor) and put a heavy book on the other end of the laptop ti weigh it down. Does it sound like a problem with the laptop or the charger? I don't want to buy a new charger if…
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closing safari on ipad 2?
hi, I have an ipad 2 which I am having problems closing down safari . when I close the browser down it shows a page with options to go to apple, Disney, espn, and yahoo homepages , and no other options. how do I move to the homepage and the settings pages? thanks for your help,
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Cost-per-click or paid search engines
Asking on behalf of a new charity setting up a paid search engine (charity funds generated from members searching) a la https://www.easysearch.org.uk So far there is about £7 from 1500 searches - not a great return... Does anyone know what will pay the most? What can we search for and click to that might boost the funds?…
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I/O Error on laptop (Windows 7)
I have got the above error on my laptop and cannot get it fixed at all. I switch it on and cannot even get to the log in screen either, tried to get to 'safe mode' but that doesn't work either. The error states there is a problem with a CD/DVD rom and USB port. Please someone help me as I'm at a loss and helpless without…
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Problems Installing Windows 8
I have installed Windows 8 on my 5 year old Toshiba Equium laptop which had Vista installed from new. Although I selected the option which was not to save anything a “clean install” Vista is still there. I tried using Disc Clean up which when using it said it was deleting previous versions of windows but Vista is still…
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Windows Old file
Can anyone advise me on this? Some months ago, I had a failure, which appears to have been a hard drive connection fault. Managed to get all going again, but now have a file on the C drive, which is "windows old". File is 49Gb. Question is whether it is safe to delete totaly, or am I risking another computer crash. I have…
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Recommend a small smartphone?
Hi all, I am definitely sold on smart phones now, after using a Wildfire for the last 2 years. However the battery is getting worse, it is a bit slow generally and keeps running out of storage. What I am looking for is a new smart phone on the smaller side of the market. I think the wildfire is 3.2" screen so I would be…
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Music Apps - Nexus 7
Does anyone know of a music app that will show album cover pictures on a Nexus 7?
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Cheap camera advice, with specific features
Hi, I need to buy some cameras, I'm looking for decent quality but cheap prices. The cameras MUST have the ability to charge internally, by plugging in to a computer's USB port, so cannot use standard or rechargeable AA batteries or the like. Any bundle that includes a memory card and case would be good. I've had a look on…
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RunDLL error
Since installing windows 8.1 I am getting a RunDLL message on startup. There was a problem starting C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Conduit\BackgroundContainer\BackgroundContainer.dll The specified module could not be found. Anyone any ideas as to what this is? I think it may be something to do with the Swagbucks toolbar as…
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Pocket projector for laptop
Hi, My Aiptek T20 has just died and I need a new small projector to use on my Sony Vaio, I only use it for still images and am looking for the best price for a projector that can replace the above. All suggestions would be much appreciated :)
