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I got £700 for Mac repairs & got it fixed free. Should I give it back?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... I bought an iMac computer from a large retailer. After 20 months it!stopped working. I took it to the Apple Store, where I was told by a 'genius' that it required £860 of repairs - £240 less than the price of the computer. I was redirected to the retailer and told…
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Which low cost tablet
Advise about low cost tablet Have looked at reviews and they all seem to have good and maybe some not so good Wondered about either Amazon Firefox Tesco Hudl or the Nexus which is a best buy with Which All seem to be comparible Any advice please Sue
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iPad Mini 2 - is there a 64Gb?
I am looking at iPad Mini 2 cellular and have found a 64Gb model in various places. But when I look on the Apple website it isn't listed. Have they stopped selling it? Then again if I look under refurbished models on the Apple website they are listing a 128Gb model which I didn't think was released by them. I'm now very…
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CPU high usage
I have had on and off a message coming up saying CPU usage I have clicked on this but I am not sure what this means It is saying may be due to other programmes running or some sort of malware I have run my security all seems well I did have a problem with with jerky scrolling and running slowly I downloaded a malware as…
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Phone Apps are running my battery down, what can I do?
Hello all, I have a nokia Lumas 520, and recently having my phone has been hell. I go to bed with half a battery, and find in the morning the battery is dead. I have looked online and discovered my data usage has sored quite alot. I have thought about deleating all the apps which I have down loaded. is there an option I…
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My laptop charger blew up while in my laptop, laptop still works?
Hi guys, Recently (about 30 mins ago) a plug blew in my home, in this plug was my laptop charger. The laptop charger no longer works, and there is a slight peice of blackening on the insertable end into the laptop. I've ordered a new charger, but the laptop is still functioning perfectly on battery, and I have inspected…
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Blocking Ad.doubleclick.net from Windows PCs
I'm trying to minimize the amount of data disappearing from my allowance, and am attempting to prevent the Google-owned Ad.doubleclick.net from accessing Opera, which I am using on XP (my allowance is near end-month and is dwindling, so I'm utilising Opera's compression service in Turbo mode.) I don't think I have any…
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family safety on PS vita
We have Microsoft family safety on the kids computers with time restrictions and I can block web sites. But they have now started using their PS vita and playstation 3 to access it. Anyone know how I can put the same restrictions on when they use their games machines?
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Is all hope lost?
Hi I was having a stupid problem with the clock in my PC taskbar, and a friend suggested that I used the chkdsk /r command to correct the problem. I SO wish I hadn't listened to my friend! The chkdsk /r thing completed but now my pc won't start properly. I'm stuck in a loop with the message "A disk read error occurred.…
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Samsung tablets
Good evening all I'm after a Samsung tablet, mainly for use at home, specifically so that I can access Samsung Showbox, but am overwhelmed by the options available. I have fibre optic broadband being installed next week and have purchased a Now TV box and Google Chromecast (to try with bedroom and living room TVs),…
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Remote controlled car for boy, which is the best one.
I have a ten year old who's into racing. I'd like to get him a radio controlled car, have looked in Smyths. I am looking for something that runs on rechargeable battery pack. Can you recommend a model please suitable for a kiddie of ten soon to be eleven? Thanks.
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Internet on Sony Vaio being very slow
hello I bought a new Sony Vaio earlier this year (Windows 8). Recently, the internet has been very slow. The Openreach engineer came out yesterday and said there was no fault with the line or the exchange and OH's laptop works well. Can someone help me with my laptop please. And if you need info, please let me know and…
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Where else can I buy this laptop?
I've been looking at this on Amazon: Apple ME865B/A 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display (Intel Dual Core i5 2.4GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB HDD, Iris Pro Graphics, Mac OS X). It costs £1068.99. I wonder if I can get it cheaper elsewhere, but if I search for it only Amazon comes up? Help please!
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cheap tablet
hi guys looking at buying someone a tablet for Christmas as they said they look good when seeing on an advert but couldn't think which one it was, it was like a laptop but then they moved the screen off it to turn in into just a screen(tablet), while just browsing I noticed there is one at currys which is lenova yoga 10.1"…
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ADSL / Router Setup - Some Guidance Pls..
Hi Was hoping some techie people may be able to help / advise... Problem: I'm having to re-boot my current router (Netgear DG834PN) quite often now as the wifi often ceases to function. Hardwired connections continue ok. I've checked and I have the latest firmware (no further updates for this oldish model) Option: I was…
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Sipgate Voip UK Basic - RIP
Found this on ThinkBroadBand forum, http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/voip/4375510-sipgate-closing-31122014.html?vc=1 email received from Sipgate . I have not had this email and neither have any of my friends who are on Sipgate. Short notice to say the least, especially at this time of year. Though it looks as though they…
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indows 8.1.....1. Updates!!!
Anyone else out their noticing that their is updates nearly every week, they take ages to download / install and quite often fail, and need re-doing. Is it my pc, or is anyone else getting this? Thanks.
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free basic photo editing software
im after something free to use to add effects to a holiday photo to get printed for a present on a canvas, just a basic program to maybe change ot sepia, and play around with brightness and contrast etc What would you advise?
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LG Tv doesnt have bluetooth, how connect soundbar?
we bought a LG 42LB5500 LED tv (cheap 42") and want to get a soundbar but the 3 we are looking at all say wireless connectivity, i dont think our TV has that option (Im away from home at present), so how would i connect a sound bar if i got one? am looking at the following: LG NB2430A Samsung HW-H355 Sony HT-CT60BT Thanks…
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Black screen due to switching off graphics
Now before I get jumped on, it isn't me! My nephew has just bought himself a bespoke gaming pc. Firstly, I am surprised to be told it has TWO graphics cards - is this normal? Now what he did was went into the device manager and switched off the 'internal' graphics card - he apparently believes that there is also an nVidia…
