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Which lap top?
I am looking for a laptop in the January sales on which I can do my photography. I will be putting Lightroom or photoshop elements on it, and would use a flash stick to transfer the finished project to my pc. I have looked at HP, Lenovo and Samsung, can you tell me which is the best one please? I am looking for something…
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BT Parental Controls Pop-up nuisance - anyone else had this?
Not sure if this should be in Consumer Rights(?) but here goes: I am using an iPad, and since yesterday a BT Parental Controls pop-up has appeared out of the blue, nagging me to activate the service. I'm a big girl now, the sole user of my device and have no need for parental controls! The pop-up ostensibly gives an option…
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New Printer
Hi. I have a Dell Dimension 5150 pc and a Dell Photo AIO Printer 922. The printer has been playing up for ages and now needs new cartridges (which are quite expensive) and I feel it is time to buy a new printer. Can anyone advise of a suitable printer which is compatible with this pc. I only use the printer for low volumes…
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Computer woes.
Someone I know sold me a pc processor they had finished with. I had to buy a monitor and keyboard and it was going ok for a year. Then the person asked me if they could swap the soundcard I think it was as they are into gaming and they said that the one I had was not necessary for my use but would be very useful for him.…
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Can't turn telly on !
Help! I'm struggling to turn the tv on. I have a LG tv, sky + box and remote and a panasonic dvd. The green light is on the tv and the green light on sky box but I cant turn it on. The screen is fuzzy. I know its about finding right channel but can't seem to get the options, or anything, up on screen.
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Windows 7 PC - how to monitor broadband usage?
I am on a limited tariff (Plusnet) and my daily usage suddenly jumped from ~1Gb to 6Gb (yesterday) and 7Gb today. Are there any built-in tools to monitor the usage? Are there any free and trustworthy programs available? I tried Speccy that I had installed on my PCs. On my PC with dozens of tabs opened in two browsers it…
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New Camera for a friend
Hello - I'm hoping for some advice as I don't know anything about cameras. I would like to find a camera for a friend with an upper budget of about £350. This means nothing to me but: 16 or more megapixels, with a viewfinder, compact, with wifi and if possible rechargeable batteries. If anyone can point me in the right…
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finlux 42 Inch Smart TV Freeview HD (42FME242S-T)
hi ive bought got of these ive ive got sky working through hdmi2 how do i get the youtube and brower and email to work ive got wifi so my tablet and latptop work in the house thanks j
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Please help me with connection error on internwt
I cannot connect to internet. error showing says windows cannot find c/programme files (x86) search ectensions\client.exe. really appreciate any help thanks
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Programming a simple game... how?
I've got a great idea for a simple, educational computer game that I'd like to create. I'm under no illusions that it'll be my ticket to millions of pounds (or even a sparkling penny) -- I just want to create a demo for my niece and nephew to play. Just for fun, I'd like to eventually make it available (probably free) for…
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Latest Opera version invites you to download even later one
Clicking on help > check for updates in Opera directed me to the latest version, which I duly downloaded and installed. This closed the version I was browsing on, but when the new one appeared I was greeted with this: (I've no idea why Paint 5.1 has suddenly started leaving a huge white area underneath my screenshots!) I…
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Family tree sowftware, Apple & Windows...
Built a family tree with "Latter-day-saints" PAF which is no longer supported. I can & have exported the files as .ged. Any suggestions of a free package to use?? I'd need both Windoze & Apple Mac (for 2 sons) - unless anyone can recommend a Linux package Regards & thanks in advance...
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Transferring files from XP to Windows 8
I've just bitten the bullet and plumped for a new PC. After doing some research it seems the best way of transferring files for someone like myself from xp to windows 8 is with the windows easy transfer tool. However when I go on the microsoft website and click on the links I always end up with the windows 7 operating…
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iPod - album not playing in correct order. Why?
I know it's not an iPhone but i had a look where to put this & couldn't find anywhere. I put an album on my iPod. For some reason track 9 is first, then track 1, then 2 & then it runs in order like that i think. Track 9 is also the same title as the album if that matters. So i go in to iTunes with my iPod plugged in & edit…
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copying DVD to pc
Hi I have a recordable dvd that I must of put on a film on sometime in the past. I would like to put this film back on to the pc as a back up How do I do it? Thanks
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KB915517 definition update for windows defender
Looked at my windows updates today and noticed the above had failed to update,on looking further down the list I noticed it had installed on one occasion but failed on several more dates to install,why is this can anyone tell me please.
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Advice regarding laptop
Hi, Can someone please recommend a good and cheap laptop that is worth purchasing? I'd prefer not to spend a lot over £200. Thanks
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FM switch off!!
Can anyone tell me when FM will be 'turned off' and what can we do about inbuilt car radios that may need to change to DAB. Thanks.
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Windows won't update automatically?
Have had an important message pop up that Windows won't update automatically - no idea why, it looks like it last updated on 15 Dec. Certainly haven't changed anything knowingly on computer since then. Have tried Microsofts website for answers, but no help. Any guidance much appreciated! (Using Windows 7)
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Dreadful colour when I print out from windows gallery
PLEASE can someone help me, I am being driven out of my mind. I use windows 7. I recently bought a new printer, its a CANON PIXMA MX470. I bought it especially to do colour printing for craft work, and it has excellent reviews. It took ages to set up, but when I print out from Windows gallery I get washed out colour pics.…
