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How to tell if I have been scammed
I had a problem with my printer on a go slow since getting a new pc running windows 8.1. I googled 'Epson Support' and a website came up with phone numbers which I believed were Epson. The man took remote control of my pc using the logmein123.com and proceeded to show me that I had downloaded some bad viruses onto my new…
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Pioneer Dv 340 DVD Player
Region 2 on the back. Can it be hacked to play a region 1 dvd?
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Interactive Services Detection
The above keeps coming up in my taskbar and when I click on it after clicking another window I get the message, "The version of the player you are trying to install is lower than what is currently installed" bearing in mind I am a complete numptie in anything computer based could anyone explain why I am getting this and…
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which is the correct blank disk?
Hi i want to burn some movie files from my pc to dvd disk But i went to the shop and there are so many different types?! DVD - R DVD + R DVD + RW DVD - RW Which one do i need, i just want to burn it once really, don't need the disk to be used again. Thanks.
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Domain Name question
Hi everyone! Can anyone offer me some advice on this? I just got told that my domain name has been cancelled as the credit card that I paid with had expired. Not sure how because my renewed credit card (well actually a debit card) was given to me a couple of years back. Anyway it's not on a yearly recurring fee and has…
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Is Now TV box for me?
My OH likes to watch various things on catch-up tv. This usually involves watching on our desktop computer in the bedroom. Is the Now TV box worth getting at £9.99 to facilitate watching on our tv downstairs? One problem I foresee is that we cannot access the ITV catch-up as we live in Scotland and are redirected to the…
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Avastui exe-system error
Can someone help please I haven't a clue what this means MFC 11OU.DILL is missing from your computer ??.
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white screen of death mac book air
folks. this evening my macbook air started showing the white screen of death. On start up the white screen comes on and the "bonging" start up noise and the load up get no further however the "bonging" keeps going off every few seconds Having trawled around the net i have tried cmd+r for recovery pressing and holding down…
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Computer desks & cheap ones
I'm in the process of looking for a computer desk. Corner ones are out of the question. I don't have a budget as such in mind but i wont be paying £500 on one. I've the usual things you'd fit in & around a desk as well as a sub which i'd prefer not to be on the floor. Some of the ones i'm looking at are around £150-£200…
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Can't USB-tether XP to Android
For reasons probably only known to Bill Gates, Windows only started having this facility built-in with Vista. XP users had to install and try and configure a small file called tetherxp.inf, which I have found impossible to do. If you go to android.com/tether#usb and expand the 'USB tethering' option you'll find the point…
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Laptop for a 10 year old
Hi I'm looking for a little advice here, I am looking for a laptop for my daughter, it would be used for homework, surfing the Internet, games and particularly Sims4 My budget is under £300 Am a bit confused by the amount of choice Can anyone help
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Internet Live TV, TVs.
Most Smart TVs have catch up player apps built in, however as far as I know they are only for streaming archived programmes. PC/Tablet implementations of the apps mostly have a Live TV facility. So has anyone come across a TV that has a fully implemented iPlyer etc, for those who cant be bothered to run an aerial through…
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NOW TV box
Is it possible to record films using a dvd recorder that are watched / coming through this box? Thanks
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Does Facetime for Windows really exist?
Tried to download it, after I gave personal details to allow Primark to spam me nothing happened. The site said an email would arrive, to verify my details which would start the download - nothing! Anyone actually got Facetime on a Windows laptop?
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Transferring contacts from Moto G to the sim card
Hi Wasnt sure wether to post this in mobiles or this forum....? Anyhow , i have a moto g , and i am swopping to a nokia lumia 520 , i know what a pain it can be not having all contacts on the sim and only realising when the swops done , how do i ensure all contacts are copied over to my sim from the moto g , ready for when…
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Nexus 10 Camera
The camera app appears to have 'disappeared on my tablet. I get a message 'cannot connect to camera' & when I look in apps there is no camera app. Can I download a new free app from somewhere ??
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Samsung TVs and Headphones.
For years I have listened to TV much of the time with a set of Sennheiser remote headphones. I have both the older analogue HDR110 and newer digital HDR170. They have superb stereo sound, and the great advantage is that I can have the volume set to the level I require, and my wife can listen to the TV speakers at the…
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Help with trojans please.
I need help determining the severity of this malware. I was asked to repair a noisy fan on a laptop, and also clear some of its clutter, to try to speed it up. Laptop is an Advent 6411 running Vista Home Premium. While waiting for the fan to be delivered, I connected up the laptop hard drive to a desktop and ran a…
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Assistant app on Play Store
I am after an app that will allow me to tell my android phone to do stuff while driving, and saw https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speaktoit.assistant . Has anyone got any experience of this app, especially on the battery consumption, and effectiveness?
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AOMEI backupper, anyone help?
i've had to do a system restore this afternoon for the 1st time using backupper. i've obviously mis-understood the info on their website as i thought it wouldn't affect my documents/files, but everything after the restore date was missing. fortunately i'd done a file backup yesterday, so i've restored that & i've obviously…
