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WIFI connection on mobile phones
I have a large house and for the last few years I have had my main router set up in my office, which is at one end of the house and a secondary router connected to it with smartplugs. Until this week both my phones have connected to whichever router signal was the strongest, I have an iPhone 5s and Samsung galaxy 4s.…
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Anything to worry about?
I'm constantly getting this when logging on to Google Chrome.... http://www.openadserving.com/ad/window.php?k=540ffaa0ef82a1590477.2438373&h=a05718c23bbaff1a87924b052f7265d1a32a2365&id=0&ban=1590477&r=316087&ref=h&data=&subid=&dx=%3D%3DgJ&pkr=%3D%3DQKgxSLgxCJ&psr=%3DsCJsoSLvIDb&mdl=o1&exp=ppt1 I've tested it on.....…
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Faulty Sony USB wireless adapter
In September 2011 I purchased a TV deal from Richer sounds (32” TV, free wireless dongle and a half price Blu-ray player all Sony) The TV & Blu-ray both detect the dongle (Sony UWA-BR100) (so does the router), but the dongle does not detect a signal. Any idea if it’s totally fubar or is there anything that could fix it? If…
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QuickBooks Question (SOLVED)
Any QuickBooks experts around? I've been helping someone reorganise the office setup of their small business. He has always used Windows 7 and QuickBooks Simple Start 2008 for his accounts. Surprisingly, he has also made fairly regular backups to a flash drive, (better than nothing), from within the program. The accounting…
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VTech InnoTab Customizer (video thumbnail editor)
Hello, For all InnoTab owners (1, 2, 2S, 3 and 3S), I've created a Facebook group for my free InnoTab Customizer (video thumbnail editor) program here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/InnoTabCustomizer/ Work on version 3.0 of the Customizer is under way and will be released first on that page. So far new features include:…
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Help with Malware & Popups
Any ideas what to next. Somehow laptop has got badly infected with some kind of malware. No matter what I press some ads pop up. Have ran Malwarebytes and it hasnt managed to get rid. I run microsoft security essentials and it didnt detect anything. Tried to uninstall from control panel but a load of stuff still there and…
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DAB Radio advice.
My son has a birthday coming up and for the first time I can remember has actually asked for something specific. He wants a DAB radio with WiFi access to internet stations and he also wants to be able pause and/or record. They have a baby and when they need feeding or changing they need feeding or changing so he'd like to…
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hp all in one printer
I bought a hp 2544 printer on Saturday from Tesco I am using office 2007 with windows7 When I try to print a spread sheet with the cells in grid lines not all the grid lines are printing it is missing every other horizontal line. I have been in touch with HP and they tell me its a Microsoft problem even though my previous…
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Is there a post length restriction now?
Hi folks I tried to post with a Hijack log last night, as is am cleaning up a laptop for my late 70's year old neighbour. Done the usual sorting out two virus copies (neither of which working properly), cleaned with malwarebytes (over 2k potentials), done what I could with CCleaner. It is better and not giving the errors…
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Help! Chrome running at 100% of CPU most of the time.....any experts care to advise?
Hi guys/gals. Run windows XP. 1.5gb RAM, 38 Gig physical disk space (old I know!)-9 free. Never have more than 6 tabs on in chrome. Have de-ticked a lot of plug ins (in fact most of them) & have followed a tutorial online & unticked quite a few features in chrome. I run ccleaner every morning at boot up. Have virus scanned…
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Another *please advise* laptop thread!
Hi folks, I've come to the trusted board in search of advice. Below are the details of my current HP laptop, which I bought three or four years ago (I think, I can't remember exactly when the laptop before that died). System (Windows 7 Home Premium) Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard Model: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC Total…
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Samsung Galaxy SII - in original form - how to upgrade software?
Hi After a lot of false starts with meaning to get this sorted out, I am now hoping to get underway. Please can anyone give me some updated advice on how to safely do this and which operating system should I be updating to e.g. Ice Cream Sandwich or KitKat etc.? At the moment it is in its original state with Android 2.3.3.…
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Ipod touch 4 how to recover deleted photos
I am really upset to discover I have deleted my daughters photos she will be devasted. I was trying to transfer some music from her Ipod on itunes had no idea what to do i thought sync would be the way although i have no idea by mistake i pressed restore and now all her photos have gone her music and apps are still there…
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WD Passport ext drive very iffy under Windows 8?
Morning good people, Can someone tell if I'm missing something here, or is W8 really a backward step from w7? I have 2 1tb WD Passport drives that I've had for a year so so. I've just upgraded my laptop to an Alienware 17 running W8 pro. One of the WD drive is almost impossible to get read on the new machine, but works…
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Excel Query - Copying Formula
Hi All, I have two identical tables on different spreadsheets. The formula in table one has become corrupted and I want to copy the formula only from table two to table one. I have attempted to do this by copying the cells in table two and pasting special values/formula into table one, however this also seems to copy the…
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deleted my daughters photo from ipod touch
Please help I accidently pressed restore on my daughters ipod when connected to itunes now her photos have dissapeared is there anyway of getting them back I am new to using ipods and have no idea if they were backed up
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Sony Repair Centre
I purchased a Sony Vaio in January, the laptop was very well looked after & was in immaculate condition. Last month it developed a screen fault, and was returned to Sony for repair. When I received the laptop back again, it was absolutely covered in scratches - it actually looked as though they must have replaced the lid…
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3d drawing software
I posted in a previous thread, our need to open various types of 2D/3D drawings and models. We have gone down the line of downloading demos etc, and although some where quite good, they only dealt with one file format. It's been decided now, that we have no option but to pay for some decent software, that will allow us to…
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PDF to Jpeg?
I am involved with the local parish council. To save money the county council no longer sends copies of planning applications, to the parish council, in paper form only Pdf. We now have to connect a computer to the projector in the hall we use and scroll through from there. Not the most convenient way. Is there any way of…
