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BT Hub 4 offer - worth upgrading?
BT currently have a special offer on the home hub 4 for £35 (previously £109). I'm tempted to upgrade from my current router which is a Netgear DG834D 54Mbps Wireless G router which works perfectly well but is starting to look a bit tatty cosmetically. Would I expect the signal from the Hub to be significantly stronger…
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Samsung Galaxy Mini Replacement Battery
After two years use I need to replace the battery in my Samsung Galaxy Mini. I am aware that there are many fakes around. Anyone know where I can buy a battery which is the genuine Samsung version at a competitive price? Many thanks.
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Computer running slow, cpu @ 100%
My computer has started to run slow and when I looked at the task manager it said cpu was 100%. I've freed up some space by ending some processes that were active so that I can get on to the internet and ask your advice. It seems to keep filling up to 100% without me storing anything. Any ideas as to why. Many thanks janey
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XLS Files
Can anyone please advise? I use wincalendars as holiday planners and I've found them very useful in the past. Now when I try to open them I can't open Xls files. I've tried various programmes that claim to fix the registry etc but no joy. Can anyone recommend anything I can download? Thanks
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Can't copy a large file to USB stick - Help?
I am trying to copy a back up .tib Maxblast file to a brand new Lexar 64GB USB Stick. But it's not happening.... I know that things always hold less than stated and it says on the properties 58.4GB free space the file I'm copying is 49.3GB but when I paste I just keep getting the message "The disk in the destination drive…
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1TB portable hard drive
Hi ya, I want to buy an easy to use portable hard drive, to store music, magazines etc on it as well as general back up for my laptop. Ideally I would like it to be a 1TB What is a good value, I have been looking at a Samsung for £48.66 on Amazon. Can I do better? Thanks Susanna
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Acer Extensa 5235 parts
Hi all It looks like I need part for the above laptop. The battery is now doorstop (the laptop won't boot with it in but runs fine on mains only so I'm thinking the battery is goosed). One of the keys on the keyboard has packed in (it's the right arrow key. I've blasted it with a can of compressed air but still not…
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Nikon or Polaroid
I am looking at investing in a bridge camera. The 2 that I like are the Polaroid IS2132 or the Nikon L820. THe Nikon has really good reviews, but I cant seem to find much about the Polaroid. Thanks x
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Starting an Online Forum
Could anyone advise me of the best way to start an online forum please? It's intended to be an online community for people in the same line of work, to share experiences, contacts, etc. Thank you!
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Wireless mini camera
Hello I'm looking for a small wireless camera to attach near my bird table, so that I'm able to watch the activity of the birds feeding. My living room is about 12 - 15m away. I would like something to connect to my TV or iPad, without too many cables. I don't mind spending a bit to get the right thing. Can you advise of…
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OS X Mail - images in preview panel
In short, how do you stop images being loaded in the preview panel of Mail in OS X Mavericks?
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The Cloud
Hi This cloud thing is all new to me. This is what I think it is: An area 'somewhere' not a clue where - that keeps your data safe and then you can log into it from anywhere? If the above is correct - does this mean that if I back my work up to the cloud and then my pc crashes - I don't ever have to worry about losing my…
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HDMI to old TV (take 2)
Hi, Is there a way to connect an HDMI DVD player to an old TV? Philips have offered to replace faulty DVD player with a new DVD player with blu-ray, but it needs HDMI. (I put a link in a similar post and the whole post was deleted. Thanks MSE - you could just have deleted the link! I am dyslexic and it takes me ages to…
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Help - PC Won't Connect to Router (BT) SOLVED
Hi, hope somebody can help .... else I'll have to find out how to contact BT :) I have upgraded my internet service with BT from 10GB/month to 20GB/month. This involved being connected to fibre optic I think - and required a new router. System/everything working well, engineer turned up this morning and fitted it all up -…
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c:-drive V d:-drive
An easy one hopefully. Wife's 6 month old laptop came up with message disk full last night. I downloaded WinDirStat and her c:-drive in total came to only 75Gb, with the rest (500gb whatever) stored on d:-drive. My 6 year old Dell has never needed me to specifiy where to save stuff, it has always defaulted to c: end of…
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Restore Dell Inspirion 1750 to original setting
after some advice please folks I'm in the process of trying to restore my Dell Inspirion 1750 to its original factory settings now I tried a few options, tried F8 and restore etc, however this would not left me restore to its original factory setting I then tried F12, and using original dell restore discs supplied, again…
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Dell Inspirion 1750 wifi connection problem
After some advice please folks I'm in the process of trying to restore my Dell Inspirion 1750 To its original factory settings, now I hace ran my del restore disc however I can not connect/pick up any wireless connection I have tried installing several drivers, none of which seem to make any difference any one help me out…
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CouponPrinter problems
During a repair to my computer, I lost CouponPrinter. I have tried to reinstall it, but when I search for it I get the message - "The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable". Without this I am unable to make use of Supermarket coupons. Is there any way of…
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wireless usb adapter
i have a dynamode usb adapter which i can not get to run on windows 8.1, does anyone have any idea how i can solve this problem
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Connecting printer to 2 PCs via USB cables
Can you connect a printer to 2 PCs via USB cables ? How do you do it ?
