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XBox One Woes.........
Morning All Firstly Merry Christmas :beer: We upgraded our son today from XBox 360 to XBox One, he was very pleased so we plugged it in and hooked it up to the tv in the living room switched it on then, oh XBox needs to do an update, OK then 500mb surprisingly quick for Microsofts servers took about 20 minutes to download…
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Computer not booting up.
My computer is Fujitsu Scaleo L with following spec: CPU Type: AMD Athlon XP, 1913 MHz (11.5 x 166) 2600+ Motherboard Name: Asus A7N8X-VM (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN) DIMM1: Micron 16VDDT12864AY335F2 1 GB PC2700 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-3-3-6 @ 133 MHz) Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX…
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Thumbnail preview pics are black
The problem I'm having is in the last couple of days, picture thumbnails in explorer are not working, they're black rectangles instead. I've Google'd this and tried a couple things to no avail. My computer is Windows 8.1, fully updated. 1) I deleted the thumbnails file in /APPDATA/ and rebooted, to re-create it apparently…
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Merry christmas
I d just like to wish grumpy crab and nifty digits and everyone else a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.:xmastree:
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In car - HD GPS dash camera
Hello everyone, in this tread i want to discuss in car dash cameras.. It way too many of them on a market for sale, been reading a little bit here a little bit there..and i found myself banging my head on a wall.. my priorities on dash camera: 720/1080i HD camera Good night vision GPS Coordinations when driving or standing…
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the joys of an intel NUC
decided to treat myself to a new media player ,I own a "sum micro 4" which is ok , but wanted to get access to a few new films online. bought the later "cyclone x4" android "thingy" , not well made , very buggy no onboard RTC , so defaults back to the time in china and a chinease keyboard every time power is removed. the…
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IE11 - partially broken
Getting loads of random * this page can’t be displayed * oops! internet explorer could not connect * broken links and missing images Sometimes a site loads, sometimes it doesn't. When I load the same page on Chrome, its fine. This started about a week ago and its very annoying now. Any thoughts as to how I can resolve…
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Which New PC
Hi a neighbour is getting a new pc but is unsure on what to get she doesn't want to buy online unless it is the likes of Asda etc. or maybe Dell ( my thought) Her limit would be around £350 and the pc would be for general browsing stuff and her course work. I have XP pro word that she will be using on it hopefully if it…
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Samsung S4 - screen broken - how to wipe?
My son dropped his Samsung S4 and has broken the LCD screen. He is going to list it as "spares or repair" on ebay and just get a replacement phone. Is it possible to wipe the phone? If he connects it currently to a laptop its expecting the phone to be "unlocked" which he cant currently do because of the broken screen? :(
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PC gone very slow on opening.
My PC now takes over 5 minutes for the internet to become active and useful. When I switch it on i have time to play a game of free-cell before the internet works. It works well enough when its on its just a long wait. Any suggestions would be welcome. PC is a dell i3.With windows 7 Home premium. Internet is Virgin just…
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Mobile smashed, change glass or LCD too??
I am well annoyed, just dropped my brand new Galaxy S5 only about a month old, the glass screen is smashed to bits.. The LCD and touch screen is fine and it all works ok apart from the smashed front glass.. Took it to a few local side street mobile shops who said you 'can' change just the glass on them, but they all say…
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Inrenet Explorer changed from Google to MSN after loading Skype
Although we run Firefox for most things, somtimes it is quicker to use IE, and we have Google as the homepage on both, because we prefer it as a search engine. However, following the installation of Skype the other day, it seems that IE is now using MSN UK news (which I hate) as the homepage, and I cannot find out how to…
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Nook HD+ Tablet problems
I purchased a Nook HD+ in Sainsburys for £79 which I think was a bargain. I've had it 3 months and it has started to freeze, jump from emails to Firefox to Facebook etc. My question is, should I return it for a refund (Sainsburys have no stock) or do I Root it? I'm unlikely to get another tablet with the same superb screen…
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PS4 Games
Just treated myself to a PS4 for Xmas & wondered if anyone coulf recommend any decent games? GTA 5 & The Last Of Us came with the console & i've ordered Tomb Raider Definitive Edition from Amazon. Also, any decent places to buy games other than Amazon or Game.
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Is this laptop any good
I am looking for a laptop for my seven year old, he will use his Christmas money and I will top it up a bit, budget is as cheap as possible :o (I will also be using it as and when I can get my hands on it :rotfl:) Will this be any good http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-15-3531-laptop/pd?oc=cn53105 I realise for the price…
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HTML email Newsletter - what to use?
Hi all, I am looking for some advice on the best program/website to use for an email newsletter. I already have my subscribers list which are members of a club, so it is not a case of it being a marketing newsletter as such, more an information about services and offers. Any advice? Thanks
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Spider Solitaire
Can anyone recommend a Spider Solitaire game that is identical with the one included with Windows XP/Vista? Microsoft in their wisdom do not include the game in Windows 8, and all the ones I've tried to download are full of advertisements/useless/clunky, etc. Help will be appreciated. Thanks.
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Sony Video Unlimited films to Chromecast
I have recently received a Chromecast, and wondered if anyone had any experience of playing films purchased through the Sony Video Unlimited service on it? Films from the Sony service (which can be downloaded) are in the .mnv format, which seems to be a bespoke Sony format for purchased content. This is not a standard…
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Laptop hard drive usage query
hi all acer aspire 5536 laptop running windows 7 home edition 32 bit. (upgraded from vista soon after purchase in 2010). laptop has a 500GB hard drive and it is showing that i have used over 320GB of it. i started adding up the obvious and i could find the following: My documents - 23gb Music - 70gb Pictures - 53gb…
