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I hate apple!
Rant warning.... Why do they insist on making everything so totally over complicated just to make themselves look clever? Im spending ages just trying to find how to synch a ipod shuffle with some podcasts. Argggggggggghhh At this rate I want to get my sony Walkman back out the cupboard so I can listen to some music.…
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remove/ disable calcularor from windows 7?
Hello. I was just wondering how you can remove or disable the calculator from windows 7. This is so my son can do his homework without cheating. Thank you
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Sony Vaio keeps looking for Windows product key
My laptop keeps bringing up the following message although I have not entered a product key and I have this laptop since Christmas 2008, "The WindowsVista Home Premium product key you typed is invalid for activation Buy a new product key online Type a different product key Contact Sony Corporation to help resolve this…
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BBC homepage -technical problems
Are other people getting simplified homepage with following message ? "Due to technical problems, we are displaying a simplified version of the BBC Homepage. We are working to restore normal service. Visit BBC News or you can try the other links below." Am a bit surprised they haven't sorted problem by now, as saw this at…
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WPS Offcie 2014, how to increase UI
can anyone advise how to increase the size of the user interface (ie toolbars) in WPS Kingston 14, as they are to small
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Microsoft office 2000 not recognizing printer
Im having a problem with Microsoft office 2000 (yes its old) on my new computer It’s a hp dx2420 on xp With WPS Kingston 14, the Internet and everything is printing fine, yet this program does not want to play ball When I press print its says: check printer by printing a test page make sure the printer is on an online…
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Question about wireless hard drive
I'm looking to buy a wireless hard drive, specifically a WD My Cloud 2TB one. Simple question really but I want to have my own private part of the drive for my use and the rest open to anybody else in the house who want to stream media from it. Obviously I want the open access facility without compromising the privacy of…
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Facebook messaging
hi on FB messaging app there is a picture of a phone so u can phone the friend thru FB messaging App. Is there a charge for making the call to your friend using this app? Thanks
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Computer Issue - Any Idea's
It's a laptop - HP655 (15.6inch) Notebook. Problem - keeps switching itself off, switches on, gets to 'preparing automatic repair' once got to the 'restore to previous period/pre-problem settings' but switches off again ... and the whole cycle restarts. Clicks on, clicks off .... I switched it off completely, switched on…
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lycos mail
Morning All, Having trouble with my Lycos e mail account, which I have had for fifteen + years. OK yesterday AM, PM couldn't and still cant sign in to the account, sent a ticket to Lycos about problem this, so far haven't heard anything. When I sign in to e mail I get a message saying sign in failed. Any ideas? Smudger
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How do you insert a photo into thread
I am not great at this sort of thing, but in the past I could insert a photo into a thread. I can't seem to do this now. It must have been fairly easy in the past for me to do it, but no joy now. Can someone throw some light on this please
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Best free software for photo enhancement
Can anyone suggest the best free way of enhancing a photo please. I downloaded and tried Blurity and it improved the photo but had watermarks on it, which could only be removed if I registered the software at $79! Ta. PS. I am using Windows XP on an old laptop so don't have any recent software packages.
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Toshiba Portege charging issue
Hi all. A few months ago I came to this Forum asking for help with the same Laptop battery. A kind forum member gave me a link to an Ebay product that I did purchase. All was well ....until yesterday. When I plug my laptop for a battery recharge, the charging icon comes on and the battery level goes up and down for a few…
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Printer not being recognised now
I'm sorry if there's a glaringly obvious solution to this but I am totally use,ess with computers technology etc I have a canon pixma wireless air printer and an iPad. When the printer was bought, my daughter was at home and set it up. She has MacBook but don't know if she used that to set up I installed a new router a few…
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Help left my mobile out in the rain
Sorry if this is the wrong are to post but wondered if anyone can help please I left my mobile outside in the garden last night in all that heavy rain. It will ring but will not let me accept calls Any ideas how I can dry it out please
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Has Whatsapp been uninstalled?
Anyone know if a whatsapp contact has uninstalled it from their phone or not? Their last seen date is showing 5 weeks ago, so I think I haven't been blocked. Of course they could of been too busy to bother with it. But if uninstalled would the contact be blank with no last seen time/date or would it still show up? I've…
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Spotify -playing & keeping music offline?
Hi I am a fairly recent convert to the free version of Spotify and have been loving it, despite the ads which aren't too instrusive. Spotify have just offered me a 30 day free trial of Premium, so I am converting my playlists/saved albums to make them available offline. I just wondered what this means in practice - are…
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Ipod Touch in car
I have an ipod touch 4th gen rinning iOs6, it plays fine via bluetooth in the car, but only for one album or playlist. I would like to connect it to the USB lead and have full track ,album etc control from the car, (VW) the headunit does not recognise the unit via USB (I don't have MDI on this car). Does anyone know of a…
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Budget laptop for child
Not very technically gifted so looking for some advice on which cheap laptop to buy Lenovo g500 The great value Lenovo G500 laptop gives you a host of top-class features, including a massive 1Tb hard drive, a built-in DVD drive and Windows 8.1. Combining a solid look and feel with good all-round features and performance,…
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Mac Book mouse jumping around
Anyone know why the trackpad and mouse on my Mac jumps around without me touching it. Also screens keeps switching between each other without me touching it. Been doing it for a week.
