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BT Home Hub 3 and new iPad Air 2
Our BT Home Hub 3 has performed ok over the past 2 years and our devices connected without issue to the wifi, although there are "dead" areas in the house for which I set up an extender. We connected with iPad 2 and iPhone 4s and 5 without issues, very stable. Now have a new iPad Air 2 (wifi only 64GB ) and the wifi…
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Iphone Broken
My daughter has broken her phone but, would she be able to use her sim card from the iphone 5c in any other phone until her phone gets repaired? Thanks
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ITV player app - shows cut out before end when viewed on on tablet
I have a new tablet (a Hudl) and downloaded the ITVplayer app for it. (ITV Player cannot be accessed direct via google, on the tablet, something to do with flash.) Twice recently I have been trying to watch a catch up tv show and it just cuts out after around half an hour with an automated error message - something along…
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Handbrake not responding on Windows 8.1
After doing a complete reinstall of Windows 8 onto a new SSD, I downloaded handbrake to compress some videos and it worked well. After upgrading to Windows 8.1, Handbrake has stopped working. When I try to open Handbrake, it says that 'Handbrake has stopped working' and asks me to close program. Can anyone offer any…
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Wifi to 120 feet away
Have a friend that wants to connect two buildings cheaply. The buildings are opposite one another, but about 120 feet apart across a road. They want a really cheap and easy solution. The only thing i can think of is a wall wifi extender perched on the upstairs using a 4-way adapter on the window that points to the computer…
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Which Ipad mini?
With Retina or without........replacing my sons old Nexus 7 for xmas...... Didn't really want to pay the price for the ipad. Was looking at the Samsung galaxys 10 I think but the price! Son will be 15 if that matters so "needs" it for music chatting etc any advice welcome.
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New Mobile Phone
Hi all I am looking to get a new mobile phone and I'm really unsure of what to get! I previously had an HTC Wildfire S which suited me just fine so want something similar (it is dead, no chance of resurrecting it). I'd like a touchscreen but most of them seem to be pretty pricey. I'm not really interested in all the…
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Can I buy original Hudl with my Tesco vouchers?
I have quite a lot of Tesco vouchers and was thinking of taking advantage of the boost campaign (doubles their value) to swap them for an original Hudl as I have enough to pretty well cover it. (Plan to give it to grandchildren for Christmas). However on the promotion leaflet which arrived today, it seems to suggest that…
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Firefox bookmarks & system restore
I appear to have lost most of my bookmarks in Firefox, these are the ones that are in folders, and when I hover on the folder it says ”empty”. It is not all of them, but most, I have just swapped BB supplier, (EE), could this have anything to do with it? I am still running XP, I do have Foxmarks, (Xmarks), but they are…
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Business GMail account not receiving emails
I have a couple of email accounts with GMail one of which I use for business. I haven't been receiving emails for the past few days and decided to send a text email from other account.....which hasn't appeared. The message I am getting in the settings on my business account is Connection Error. Mail from this account has…
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Email Alias
I have a Hotmail account fbloggs@hotmail.com with a display name Fred Bloggs. I've just set up an alias joesoap@outlook.com, but when I send an email from that alias it's listed in the inbox as from Fred Bloggs, thereby defeating the whole point of the alias! Can I set a different display name for each alias, or set it to…
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Dreamweaver 8 again
I am trying to alter a web page I made in dreamweaver 8. I cannot for the life of me remember how to put a hyperlink onto a flash button so when I press the button it of course goes to a web page. Or should I give up and find another way to make my web page with all my favourite links on it?
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Cant Access competition time on mobile devices
Hi i can't seem to connect to the Competition Time Board using various Mobile Devices but fine on Desktop or Laptops.......Help
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Wiping hard drive TOTALLY
I've just broken up my old pc for parts and a friend has asked if he can have the hard drive. Thing is, it's full of personal information like photos and emails that I would never want him to see. He is a computer geek/engineer and if there is a way to retrieve he will know it. I've erased everything, and then I used Glary…
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itunes error code, anyone any idea what to do?
I've been getting an error code on my iTunes account. The code is 8268 and explains itself as an "unknown error" with no other explanation other than the tune it is to do with. For some reason I have two of the same error code on the one tune. I've tried Googling for answers and looking on the Apple community. The only…
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Radio hell
Hi guys, I wonder if anyone can help me I want to get the OH a radio for Christmas.. Not just any radio though. It needs to be a DAB but I also need it to play Medium Wave as his football team games are only broadcast on medium wave apparently. I'd also like to be able to connect my iPhone to it so it can play my music…
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Best (and cheapest) Internet Security?
Im having to change from Norton Internet Security at the end of the month as it seems as far as I know that you have to update to the Norton Security rather than the Norton Internet Security program. The only problem is I dont want to pay over £30 for the privelege. In previous years I have bought a package from 2010 etc…
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dreamweaver 8 download
Anyone know where I can get a copy of dreamweaver 8? I lost it when I had a hard drive fail. I do have the serial number for it. I downloaded the trial of the latest dreamweaver but I cannot get it to work with my old web pages, to modern for me.
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Help needed with camera programme please.
I have an old Fuji Finepix F455 camera that works fine even though its about eight or nine years old. Trouble is my desk top computer had to be cleared and then everything re-installed. It works fine now but I've realised that now when I plug the camera into the system (It's Vista) it doesn't pick it up anymore. There used…
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Using tablet as a streaming TV set?
I am thinking of getting a Tesco Hudl/Hudl 2 tablet. The sole use for it would be to to be used as a streaming device. Basically the plan is: To buy a very big PC Dispay, powerful speakers and a remote to control the tablet. Which would be laying underneath the TV(Display) and have the speakers connected to it. I am…
