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improving sound
I recently purchased a Packard bell laptop,the sound is woefull.is there any settings I can change to improve this? or will I need speakers?.thanks for any advice.
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'Smart' TV - benefits ??
Thinking of buying a new TV, Samsung seems the best picture quality - but undecided between 39" at £379 or 40" Smart TV at £399 . What are the benefits of spending the extra £20.00 ? That is what does 'Smart' TV give me. And, if its relevant - I'm on Virgin Media Cable TV. LFttC
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Fresh install windows from upgrade only disc
Hi My son has swapped his motherboard on his PC this week and for some reason then formatted his hard drive. He now needs to re-install windows 7 onto the machine - but we only have the windows 7 upgrade disc rather than the full copy (it was originally set up on Vista and then upgraded to 7 - but we don't have the Vista…
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PC vs Mac vs Chromebook...which one?!
Hi. Been a Windows user for almost all my life. Then had the Macbook (Air) for the past 2 years and i found it very quick, smooth, user-freindly, excellent build quality but as time went by the battery life went down and support seems very expensive after a certain time i.e. when warranty stopped you have to pay a certain…
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Help me watch laptop content on TV please?
Slightly complicated by the fact that the TV is older so doesn't have a USB port,but the DVD player I use does have one. I would like to be able to watch stored mp4 files on TV rather than go through the conversion to .avi process. Had looked at the Chromecast but understand that I would have to run files through another…
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Scart to phono
Help! The cable that connects from my av sender to the kitchen tv has got damaged and not for love nor money can i find a replacement. It is scart to 3.5 jack plug with all 3 leads going into one plug.....have spent hours searching and cant find a match anywhere....loads with audio and visual seperate but no good to me…
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Touch Screen Problems
We have got a Medion Akoya Notebook and a few times the touch screen seemed to get disabled (not sure if its something we are pressing without realising!). It would come back on after a restart. Yesterday the touch screen stopped working but now we can't get it to work again. Is there a shortcut key that enables/disables…
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Starting from new, what anti virus, malware etc
do i need to protect my computer It's got norton already installed. I've already downloaded malwarebytes & ccleaner. What else should i have?
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Password Managers
With all the recent online security scares (Heartbleed, eBay, iPhone) I have been looking into getting a password manager application for my laptop at home. From what I have read Last Pass seems to be pretty good and popular. Does anyone have any experience or recommendations for a password manager?
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On or Off ?
Is it right or wrong to charge galaxy tab 3 when it is on or off. Clearly with it on, you are able to see the lightening strike accros the battery icon in the on position
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Asus A88XM-Plus network adapter loses speed after reboot..stumped!
Hi all, sorry for long post but wanted to [STRIKE]waffle[/STRIKE] - give as much info as possible to show what I've tried so far. Recently built myself a budget desktop pc in Feb, and got it set up just how I want it and everything seems to run fine, but just recently noticed that my network download speed drops…
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ipad mini wont charge
hi,ive got a 16gb ipad mini,it ran out of charge a while ago,when i went to charge it up i cant get it to do anything,tried pc and wall charging,nothing happening any ideas? thanks
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Sky+ to DVD?
I was wondering if theres a way to get the recordings off your Sky+ onto DVD, for keeps? Theres some things I would like to keep and my % spare in my planner is getting smaller.
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Latest Linux Mint 17
I am sure a lot of people will be interested to know that the latest very popular Linux Mint operating system is now finally available. It is an LTS (long term support) release supported until 2019 and is free to download. Linux Mint 17 in its various versions is now finally available as a stable release . One of the links…
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No Sound Mac - Help Please!
I've had this problem for the past month and you can imagine the frustration of not being able to hear any music etc.:(:( In Settings, the Mute button is ticked and greyed-out, so I don't know how to release this. I've looked on google but the instructions seem too techy for my small lil' brain. Can someone care to help,…
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Powerline Adapters
I am thinking of getting BT Vision but will need Powerline Adapters to connect to my router which is upstairs to send broadband downstairs to vision box. Can anyone tell me if i can plug the adapters into a multi gang extension or do they have to be connected to a wall power socket.:beer:
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whatsapp on Hudl?
Sorry if this has been covered before but is there a guide on how to install whatsapp on the Hudl? Ta. Roy
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Changing the Order of the Rules For Sorting New Messages in Outlook
I have several email accounts in Microsoft Outlook, and use the rules feature to sort new messages into specific folders. The Manage Rules option allows putting the rules into name order, using the up and down arrows shown against each rule, but in one of the Outlook accounts, the Manage Rules page does not show the up and…
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iPhone update has wiped notes
Can anyone help me retrieve my notes on my iPad and iPhone please? I updated my phone to ios7 earlier and have just noticed all my notes going back to January have disappeared off my iPad and iPhone.
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hs err pid5788
I noticed yesterday that there was a new icon on my desktop, hs err pid5788. I have looked it up and it seems fairly common. I ran ESET security scan and 2 infiltrations were found and cleaned. Today the icon is still there, I ran the scan again and it found nothing. What does this icon mean and can I just delete it?