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Virgin TV Boxes for sale-Will they work?
I have been a virgin customer for years, and am trying to cut out various features to reduce my monthly bill. I am being charged extra for having their V+ box (for recording/pausing etc). Have noticed that these boxes are on EBAY (Not quite sure how, because the equipment belongs to Virgin) anyway, I was thinking about…
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Is this a virus
Is this a virus or is this for real - Can a company charge you nearly £10 a day for not delivering a package? Edit - by the way it's impossible for me to pick it up in London! Notification Our company� courier couldn� make the delivery of package. REASON: Postal code contains an error. LOCATION OF YOUR PARCEL: London…
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How to change to widescreen monitor
My 19" monitor has given up so have the computer plugged into a 22" wide screen TV/monitor as a temporary measure. OK so far but the screen is sort of squashed sideways. I've lost the tool bar from the top and the back button also the sideways scroll at the bottom. Any idea how I can remedy this please?
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Chrome - search google for
One feature I often use in Chrome is highlighting text and selecting the right click option "search google for"... What I find strange is the resulting search... Why is the search key repeated 3 times? Copy/paste to notepad only gives it once. I've tried a cursory search and don't see this mentioned elsewhere so I'm…
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Creating graphs in Excel?
Hi Is anyone any good with creating graphs in Excel that could help me? I think I have too much data! I would like to have a line graph to show the correlation between amount of samples sent out per month, per store, per range against amount of sales per month, per store, per range. I was hoping to cut and paste part of…
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Gmail indeting replied emails
OK, so not the most brilliant of thread titles, but here goes..... When I'm reply to an email on the GMail webclient, any emails below it are indented and have a | marker (sometmes a lot of them) to show the original content. Is it possible to turn it off (I can't see anything in options)? If it is, what does it come under?
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Windows not configured last download?
the problem I have now got is, 'Please Wait' going round and round in circles, tried ctrl,alt and delete...nothing! In my frustration I just closed it down and switched it off, wrong I know but I needed to use it this morning. GRRRR
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Blue screen. Is it dead?
Hi I've got a blue screen and the following message on my PC. It is Windows XP. Is it dead or can it be revived? STOP: c0000221 Unknown Hard Error/SystemRoot\System32\ntd11.d11 I have googled it but don't understand the replies. Is it worth taking to be repaired or is it dead? Any advice welcome.
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Making my PC wireless
Hi all I'm moving house soon and I don't want cables trailing all over the place between router and PC. I've been looking at either homeplugs or adding a wireless card to my PC. This is the spec (it's a self-build):- Gigabyte GA-H67M-D2 H67 Socket 1155 GB LAN 8 Channel Audio MATX Motherboard Samsung SH-S223 22x DVD±RW DL &…
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internet explorer 9- where?
Just had new motherboard in laptop. want to use IE9 as my browser. it tells me it is installed but i cant see the icon to use to access it. Please help as i dont like Chrome. Thanks for your help
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AppleCare?
My laptop died so am looking to purchase a Macbook Pro - was going to order it from Apple when I noticed that John Lewis currently offers a 3 year warranty at no cost. What's the difference? :huh: Many thanks in advance!:o
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Laptop fast processor?
Hi I'm looking to buy my husband a laptop for Christmas and my budget is £400. How do I tell if the laptop has a decent speed - hubby surfs the internet quite a bit, so I don't want a slow one. Grateful for any ideas. Also, should I buy now or wait till beginning/mid of December. Many thanks Terrysdelight
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Backing up Dell Laptop questions
I have only backed up my laptop once when it was new and even though my system keeps asking me to back up again I have just clicked remind me later. Now I want to be prepared if anything goes wrong. What I want to know is will it confuse things if other files are stored on the same external usb hardrive? if so do I have to…
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Airprint via an access point??
Problem in accessing with airprint to HP photosmart 7520 from an Ipad. Please advise what we are doing wrong. Setup is as follows: Main system is XP connected via USB cable to printer, and connected via ethernet cable to Belkin router. All works well to both Internet and printer. Belkin router also has a wpa/wpa2 wireless…
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Can't download play store.
Dear all, My tablet does every thing apart from any new app. Firstly I cannot even go to the website, google play store. It just does not open, it has worked before. keep getting message 'unfortunately play store has stopped working'. Any one with any iedeas please help. seb
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Disinfection
I get this pop up from kas regarding disinfection detected: not a virus Adware,Win32.BrainInst.t location c/programmeData/IBU daterService/ibsvc.exe. with delete recommended and every time I delete my computer freeze and I cannot use with another pop saying they cannot locate a programme. Pl can anybody advise what should…
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second hand mobile phones - check if stolen?
I am currently looking at a nearly new iPhone. Is there any way I can check if the handset is stolen? I guess there is a facility to register a stolen handset but how long does that take to propoagare through the system? Ideally i'll take a sim and check it works but I don't want to spend decent money and then find its…
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Clock slowing down ?????why ?
Because the task bar clock has suddenly started to go slow, it has been suggested I may need a new battery. Two things, 1) I never use my laptop via the battery, it's always via a power lead, and 2), the laptop is about 6 yrs old (I think), how can I find via My Computer or anywhere else, when it first was used (by me from…
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Windows 7 memory full!!!!
Sorry to ask but I usually use my Macbook so know little about this. My wife recently got a Dell mini laptop with Windows 7 Starter. It is now slow and I looked at performance and the memory goes up and down from 62% to 97% without anything running! I have installed and run Ccleaner. What can I do to see what is in the…
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TVs likely to go down in January sales?
I would like to buy a new TV, but am wondering whether it's best to wait for the January sales? I don't *need* a new TV at present, would be nice but can wait if there would be significant savings in the sales. I am looking at the £369 Sony 32W653, or the bigger 42W which I think is £499 at present. If the 3D 42W805…
