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Combined laptop/tablet?
Hello I work for a small charity and need a laptop or similar to use in the office and also at home while working for them. They are happy for me also to use it for personal use at home. I've been wondering a bit about what to buy. Work stuff would be the usual documents etc, they love publisher so would need to be able to…
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Clickfree problem
Hi All, I've just set up my clickfree C2 and I have received an message: "we have looked over your computer and found a problem, but we are unable to fix it. please click on the link to contact customer support" I've contacted customer support which is basically a forum but no-one has answered. Can anyone here help???
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Scamming phone call - PC
Just had a phone call from an idiot informing me that my pc was infected. Yes I know a scam of some sort but went along with the conversation to see if I could get any info to warn others, The guy hung up on me when I told him there was smoke coming from the tower. Anyway, instructions he gave me was. press and hold the…
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Server busy?
I intermittently get the message "server busy" when firing up the laptop. Has anyone got any suggestions why this happens? It only occurred when we moved to BT:(
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Driving me nuts
http://rvzr-a.akamaihd.net/ This site is making my life a misery, it seems to have taken over the edit page on my blog and pops up if I click on an address. How can I get rid of the blessed thing please.
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re-new laptop
Hi Guys, Want to buy daughter a new Laptop for Xmas. I,ve got Acer Aspire, served me well, but never had any other type of laptop. Couple questions. 1: Is AMD as good as Intel? 2: Of all the manufactures on the market, which ones to avoid? Asus seems to be popular, and Sony Viao, but, just want to know other opinions,…
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Do I Need to Root my Mobile
I have a Samsung S4 which was purchases through 3mobile, I have now had it unlocked and would like to remove a number of apps which were perin stalled by three and do not allow removal only update or back date. To remove these apps would I need to root the phone, if so what is meant to root, how would I do it and are there…
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Multiple Face Book Religous and Royalty messages
Since the Christening of Prince George I have been inundated with FaceBook Princess Diana as well as a lot listed Harry Prince of Hearts and huge a lot of followers on these issues For the past 4-5 days ago I am now getting huge amount of FB on religous theme. The religous ones are all related to Mary Mother of Jesus. I…
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.xlsm in Libre Office
I'm doing an OFGEM RHI application but they need me to fill in their HLA 1.4.xlsm (heat loss assessment) https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/heat-loss-assessment-questionnaire but, although I can open it in Libre Office Calc I am unable to enter data into some of the boxes. Help!!
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Micro SD cards
Is there any difference in cards that are specified for particular devices and cards that don't have any specification? I have an android tablet, it states that the memory can be expanded with a 32gb card. Looking on Amazon there are loads of different brands ( some have dodgy reviews, like they are fake ones) so I,m…
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Windows 8.1
Windows 8.1 is it worth downloading it?
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Tablet for someone with arthritic hands?
I want to get my mum a tablet as a present. She's pretty competent on PC stuff but suffers from arthritis and would not be able to do touch screen stuff, swiping with finger etc. So, she needs to have keyboard functionality too. Are there any tablets which can have keyboards plugged in? Any other hints? Many thanks Maureen
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4TH Generation Ipod faulty after about 9 weeks but cant find receipt
Hi My teenage daughter used her birthday money to buy a 4th generation ipod from Argos early sept. Not sure of exact date and now it wont charge. Some people say its a common fault with 4th gen. We didn't take out extra insurance but surely it should come with a manufacturers guarantee? The only thing is we have hunted…
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Problems with PVR recording of Channel 4 programmes
Is any one else having problems with their PVR and recording of Channel 4 programmes? I have a Panasonic Freeview PVR and up until the last month or so, have not experienced any problems recording. But now, it's infuriating! I set a programme on Channel 4 series link to record, e.g. Grand Designs, and the PVR later changes…
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MSE Blog: It didn't want my books – so what's the future for my local library?
Hi all, this is a thread to discuss the MSE blog: It didn't want my books – so what's the future for my local library? "My wife and I are currently going through a clean out of what some refer to as "treasured memories", and I refer to as "a load of old clutter", to create space for our first child..." Click reply below to…
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Microsoft account in W8
Curious, used a Hotmail e mail address to set up a Microsoft Account in Windows 8...now....NO JUNK MAIL for more than a week. Has anyone else experienced this ?
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where to buy a laptop
I'm looking for a laptop for an 11 year old but don't know where to look for a bargain,it doesn't need to be the latest model and I want it to have windows 7 as OS it,could anyone advise were to look please
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Secure Boot isn't configured correctly, windows 8.1 update
For anyone having this problem. When you update from Windows 8 to 8.1 "Secureboot isn't configured correctly" watermark appears on your desktop. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/secure-boot-watermark http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2902864
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Replacement ink cartridges
Wow! I’ve just been looking for replacement ink cartridges for my EpsonSX525WD printer. It’s quite amazing the difference in prices ranging between £13.90 to £45.00 for the complete set T1291 (black) T1292/3/4 (cyan/magenta/yellow). As this is my first look for replacements I can only assume that the cheaper cartridges are…
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Recovering/Restoring Thunderbird Emails
I am trying to recover my SENT emails from a dead laptop - hard drive removed and plugged in to my desktop using a USB caddy. The path is %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\XXXXXXXX.default\Mail\ Which gives access to the LOCAL folder With sub folder SENT.SBD and a SENT file The SENT.SBD folder also…
