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UK power lead plug in Japan
Could anyone please tell me, can I plug in a UK electric plug through an adapter in Japan? I am going there on holiday and want to know what adapter I need or transformer or something?
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Someone on my skype account and bought credit
..... Found out the problem
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Apple TV
I'm wanting to get this or something similar so my son can play his apps etc on his tv. He has sky muliroom( free btw) so won't really need it to watch tv through.just thought he would like his games on a big screen.. Is Apple TV my only option or is there something else I could use.TIA
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getting a picture out of a word doc
I just realised I can use a screengrab which will save to a jpeg. But I was going to ask if there was anyway of getting a picture out of a word doc and saving it as a jpeg, a sort of more direct approach than using a screen grab. ? And I just realised my screengrabber is a firefox grabber and only works for internet pages.
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PC for games and family use
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What speakers to buy for a laptop?
Hi Would like to buy some speakers for a laptop as a gift for Christmas. Haven't a clue were to start. Apparently I need a sub woofer! I have a budget of around £100 but could push it to £120 for the right ones. Any advice/thoughts would be much appreciated.
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(Another) tablet question please
Hello After a bit of advice from people who have these devices. I am after a tablet for my daughter who will use it for playing games, watching you tube and downloading movies - she is 8. My budget is £175 at the maximum. I could get : Hudl - £119 (no tesco vouchers to use) Samsung Tab 3 7 inch 8 gb - £122 at John Lewis…
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hole in my nexus 7 home screen
After loading up the new android version 4.4 I was fiddling about with the icons on my main home screen. No particular reason, just moving them around. However at one point I had 2 items sort of linked together (layered?) Not sure if this is a fault or feature. Anyway cleared away one of the items which left 1 sort of…
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Anti Virus & Firewalls
I have used Nortons 360 for years costing me a lot of money. Are the free anti virus programs around just as good, am I wasting my money. Its due for renewal next week. If I do use one of the free ones do I need a firewall program as well or does the router do that for you these days.
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Changing Printer Cartridges
I have an EPSON SX130 Is there any way I can replace a cartridge when the ink light is not flashing so is not moving to correct space ?
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Anyone very familiar with winrar?
Hi folks, I have been using WinRAR for a while now to unpack compressed files, but now want to learn how to compress them, and have run into a few little niggles. 1 Basically what I want to do is compress a file or folder but keep all the compressed files or folders that I do in a particular names folder so as to organise…
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Roberts MP-43 docking station repairs?
Hi, tried to switch my Roberts docking station on this morning & it is not working. Absolutely no response, nothing lights up. Thought it could be the lead so tried a different one & still no joy.:( Anybody any ideas or know of any repair companies? Thanks in advance.
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cannot access USB drive from other computer
I have a dual booting computer using 2 hard drives, I press F12 and select whichever drive I want to boot from. One hard drive has Windows 7 and the other Windows 8.1. I added the second hard drive so I could try windows 8 without disturbing windows 7. Also there are 2 people accessing the 2 computers and use whatever OS…
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laptop advise for pensioner please
Hi can anybody please advice me as I really haven't a clue ,my nan has just about got used to her p.c and even managed to do her Xmas shopping on line ,she can only use p.c couple of times per week though as she says it all needs setting up and its in her hallway so not pleasant ,I was going to buy her a tablet but really…
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wireless router
hi all, hope someone can help, i am thinking of getting rid of my desktop pc, and replacing with a tablet, i was in Tesco's yesterday and the salesman told me as long as i set up my router with my computer, i should then be able to run, a TP-Link TD-W8968 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ Modem Router with a phoneline connection,…
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Can anyone help..please ?
My PC has been doing some strange things lately and has been running very slowly. After reading some pointers, I installed Malwarebytes and ran it, only to find I had several unwanted items. After clearing it all and also running ccleaner, I thought it might be back to normal..but it isn't. Anyway, I then tried to do a…
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Making a website......
Hi, I am looking at making a website for my dads family run business as a present for christmas. I do not have any experience in making websites or even what hosting company to use. It will only be for a year to see if it helps his business and if it is successful then we will keep it going indefinitely. We will be looking…
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Refurb laptop from PC World?
I've been looking to get a new laptop, and came across one that I liked in PC World. The only thing is, it's a refurb. How risky is this for me? Should it technically be in full working order, with maybe just some cosmetic blemishes? Or am I risking getting sent an absolute lemon? Has anyone bought a refurb from PC World…
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anyway of getting decent imac tutorials free?
as above cheers
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VPN recommendations
As the title says. Looking for a decent VPN With virgin media and they block just about everything these days. I'm not talking torrent sites but I do stream some shows as they're shown stateside. Before anyone says, I don't download them and do buy the DVD's when they're available. I'm just impatient and don't want to wait…
