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What to do with old TVs?
What do people do with old TVs? I have one bulky one and one flat one but don't have a remote for it - do I just take them to the dump or is there a way to recycle them in some way?
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Samsung TV does not power up?? :(
Hello, My Samsung TV has decided it does not want to power up anymore and just stays on standby clicking every 2 seconds. It does not react to using the buttons either on the TV itself or the remote control, I am pretty much clueless when it comes to TV electrics so any advice would be very much appreciated! The…
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microsoft office 2013 ... best deal ?
bought or download .... needed for Word & Office . Have had 2010 home & student .. but just moved on to new windows8.1 laptop and on trying to install it tells me i've used up the number of times allowed . Best idea now ? thanks ps am bit confused .. after transferring all my old files via hard disc ... some files are…
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Help with Error Message 1234F:
I recently used TestDisk on my computer. I have an error message 1234F: can't reboot searching for CD rom. Can anyone explain how I could try to repair this problem. Many thanks
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New Printer Advice
I currently have a Canon Pixma MG3250. I only use it for printing letters and occasional scanning. I'm going to be doing a lot of exam marking soon. This is emailed to me, I print, mark and scan it back so I'm in need of a printer with an ADF scanner that does duplex. The papers are approx 20 pages each. I've seen the…
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Secunia
Got a message from the above saying I have a program that needs updating,Microsoft xml core,services (msxml)4x, I have looked at it and to be honest not got a clue what its on about you have to tick the files you want to update and I've no idea,anybody help me in simple terms please.
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Connecting to Panther Combo
Hi, hope somebody can assist me. I have a panther combo wireless card reader. I am.able to connect and read files on my android devices via ES file explorer. I am really struggling to access this via my iPad and iPod. I am finding it really hard to find an app that can help me to access these files. Can anyone assist me in…
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Weird Wifi windows 8
A friend has a laptop (Toshiba unknown model yet) Win 8 not 8.1 ...., but she works where there are 2 wlans, one which is Public(no security) and one which is WPA2 personal which is does not broadcast the SSID. Now her lappy is connected to the "hidden" network but her ip address will not change to the hidden network i.e…
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Mac running slow
I wonder if anyone can help (bear in mind, I'm not that technical and currently 29 weeks pregnant with serious baby brain!!) We have had our Mac for 3 years, and recently, I am having a nightmare when online. It is taking forever for pages to load. When I go onto a site I get the little clock spinning around for ages. I…
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Laptop getting hot, how to clean fan help needed please.
I have a HP Laptop and the fan is running constantly as the bottom is getting very hot. Im told that the fan needs cleaning. Is this something that can be easily done or would I need to take it in somewhere? I cant see any way to get at it. Could I use one of those spray things they use on keyboards or is that a no-no.
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Help with installing a new graphics card.
Can anyone help me out please? I have bought a GTX770 graphics card. I have never done any upgrading on my PC before so I naively thought that I could just unplug my old graphics card (a HD 5570) and plug the new one straight into the motherboard. However when I plugged it in I got an error message saying "Please power…
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new monitor,how do i change settings
Swapped a 19" for 23" but now writing is too small and this forum as an example is in the middle of the screen with blank space each side! help! the monitor is not new it was hubbys old one. I have enlarged the text in the "view " dropdown box but I just need pointing in the right direction in simple terms please!
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Windows Live Mail - Windows 8
I'm hoping someone can help me. My computer did something really strange the other day. When I opened Windows Live Mail, it started downloading about 500 mails dating back a few months, all of which had previously been downloaded. What also happened is a load of emails disappeared. I have serveral different email accounts…
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Laptop recommendations
My wife has decided she would like a personal laptop as at the moment she just has her work one, it is a fairly new hp and it's pants, I don't know it's spec details, I think the main issue is poor management by their IT department. I have seen a few things on the internet but I'm also interested in personal experience,…
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USB Charging or from mains?
With so many devices being USB charging now, and not all come with a external 240 mains charger. Is it ok to use a charger from another device with a device that hasn't come with a mains charger. Thoughts please.
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MS Word Query
Hi, I'm composing a standard Word doc, but when I've typed halfway across a line, the next text I type wraps down to the next line. I've tried control, shift, 8 but there's no clues there. Does anybody know why this is happening please and how I can use the whole line? Thanks. Tabs
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Facebook Hacked?
I think my facebook page has been hacked. Every time I change my Newsfeed to most recent someone changes it back to top stories.:(
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Brinkster website disappeared
In about 2004 I signed up with Brinkster to create my own free website. A couple of days ago I tried to update it but the website and all my files had disappeared! I contacted them and they said they would move my files to a new free site if I told them what free package I had, but I can't remember which one I had.
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How to put a cd on to mp3 player
Hi have new computer windows 8 and I am having problems putting a cd onto my mp3 player ...usually it is just drag and drop ...have tried ripping it to Media player then sync but wont play file on my mp3 ? Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong ...used to be able to do this on old computer really easy? :mad:
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DSL connection
I get this error message from time to time: Your DSL connection is down. Verify if your Technicolor Gateway is correctly connected to your DSL line. For more information consult your documentation. And internet goes down. It might go for weeks without happening but then will happen every 5 minutes and be really annoying…
