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Backing up my DVDs - Best format etc
I am no expert in when it comes to ripping my DVDs to my hard drive, so I need some advice from those who know. I am basically looking to reduce my DVDs rips but keep the optimum picture quality and sound. I am using A Windows 7 operating system and I like to watch across different platforms such as my television and ipad…
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Help with Seagate External Drive
Hi, can anyone advise me about problems with external hard drive? It has divided itself into the following folders, named below. boot efi sources bootmgr bootmgr.efi reagent Have no idea how this happened. Can I rescue this hard drive? Thanks
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PS3 help!
Hi All :) So, I am NO gamer, thats for sure! My son (9yrs) however, very much IS a gamer! But he, bless him, up until now, has been restricted to his Wii or PS2 as I wasn't happy to fork out for latest consoles etc. So.. I am STILL not happy to fork out for the "latest" consoles (see XboxONE or PS4) - BUT as he came home…
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opens on wrong monitor
I have 2 monitors set so they have different windows on each. Normally all my windows open on the right hand side monitor when I click their icon but I sometimes move the window to the left hand side so I can view 2 different windows at the same time. I moved a firefox window to the left side and closed it and now it…
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Laptop ideas
Hi, OHs 8 year old Acer Vista machine no longer boots successfully, probably overheating and hard disk failing. It was just about fit for purpose but thinking a more up to date laptop would be better for the future, but have been out of the market for quite a while. As she does graphic design I was pondering an i7 with 8Gb…
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Avast update - IE not working
I've just updated Avast free AV, and IE is now not working. When I try to open it, I get a dialog box saying a problem caused it to close unexpectedly, and it closes. I think I'm on IE 10 (can't check for sure as IE won't open!). Any ideas? I like IE and would rather not swap browsers - tried that before, had problems with…
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Shockwave Player keeps crashing!
Hi everyone, I am running Firefox but I keep getting a message about Shockwave Player crashing. Afterwards I get freezeups then it's fine, then it freezes and the message pops up again. Now I cannot watch Youtube videos. I get a message saying a error has occured try again later. Can anyone give me a solution to this…
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A Tale of Two Wires
I don’t need help, I’m simply recounting this experience in case it helps someone else. Many years ago I ventured onto the internet with a dial-up modem and Virgin as my ISP over BT land line. Because my computer room was a couple of rooms away from my telephone socket, I purchased a ready-made 12 metre telephone extension…
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Destroying a hard drive?
I want to dump my old PC. But it has a lot of private (and financial) info on it - not just mine but also regarding the company I used to work for, years ago. How physically do I get rid of this information? Where exactly is the hard drive (if that's what I need) and what does it look like. Do I take a hammer to it? Help.
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Recycling computer and old laptop help
I have two old laptops, one doesn't work and is too expensive to fix and one has so many lines on the screen I can hardly read it. I also have inherited my dad's computer which is so slow and not really worth messing about with. Does anyone have advice for recycling them. I have used a well known search engine but to…
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Buying xbox one wireless controller
hi. I want to buy an additional xbox one wireless controller, does anyone know if they are cheaper in the duty free shops at airports, going to Australia via Singapore at xmas time. regards
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how to reset emails to come through on tablet
On a Samsung tablet, I lost my internet connection for a while so emails stopped. I could only get them by going to the website and logging in to check emails. How do I restart them to come through as normal. Abit like outlook express although I know its not called that?
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pure jongo
Hi, thinking about buying a pure jongo, unsure between a pair t4s or a pair of t6s, may add an s3 as well, any feedback positive or negative or should I go with sonos or bose??
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Cant get YOUVIEW to work using coaxial cable
Morning I am trying to move the TV outside for a garden party at the weekend , we have the latest HUMAX YV box with BT The HDMI cable between box and TV is obviously very short , so i was trying to unplug that , plug in an aerial coax cable into TV then into the antennea in plug on the YV box (cable is 10 meters long) ,…
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Budget PC (server) with plenty of RAM?
I must admit that I haven't looked at the market in any detail but I see a lot of very knowledgeable people here and I hope you don't mind me asking: What would be my options for buying a new or near new (second hand big brands off eBay) machine with the capability for plenty of memory? I don't have a specific budget in…
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Unlock iPad?
Is it possible to unlock an iPad? I believe mine is locked to T mobile, but I want to use O2 which has coverage in the area I want to operate. I have seen a few ads on the internet offering unlock codes, but do they work for an iPad?
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Andriod Tablet instead of Travel DVD
Hi All, I'm thinking of getting a cheap tablet off ebay to use instead of an in car DVD player. My thinking is that it will do so much more & won't be a problem to store a few films on there. does anyone know a way to get two android tablets to mirror each other? eg play a movie on one & it displays on both? Thanks
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BCC recipients.
I have added about 40 BCC recipients to the same contact under the heading 'undisclosed recipients' and when I wanted to send a document to all of them I pressed To> then highlighted and added ' undisclosed recipients'. Pressed BCC highlighted and added same but most have said they have recieved nothing. Please tell me…
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ClickFree automatic backup
Hi Does the click free backup documents that's on the desktop? Ta
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What is the best value laser printer long term?
Can anyone recommend a good deal for a laser printer? I will use it a lot so want it to have a duplex function to save paper, and for replacement cartridges to be good value. I'd like to keep it in the office upstairs and print from laptops around the house, so it will need Wi-Fi (as my router is downstairs).
