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question about all in one PC
They are classed as a pc when you take paid surveys online aren't they? For example if I try and do a survey on tablet or smartphone it says survey not suitable for this please use a pc. Even though they are an all in one device they are still classed as a pc aren't they? Just checking? Thanks. Are they easy to connect to…
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Installing Vista OS
Hi my son has an old Lenovo R60 laptop which originally ran on XP pro but has had windows 7 pro put on it making it useless. ( My EX bought it him) I understand that I can put vista on it instead. Processor intel (R) core (TM)2 T5500 @ 1.66GHz 1 GB ram 74 GB HD 1, Now I have a Dell vista OS cd will this work on this…
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Can I use a USB external drive as a music server?
Hi all, Question about music streaming again I'm afraid :o I currently stream my music from a PC running Windows 7, connected wirelessly to the BT Home Hub that we have. I use it mainly with a DNLA compatible wifi internet radio set in the kitchen, but the folders from the PC take ages to load in order to select tracks. It…
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Printer for Macbook Air
I'm looking for a printer for my macbook air. It is for home use but as I run a small business I do have one that I use for business. So just small amounts of printing, mainly black and white but would quite like colour if it's not too expensive.
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Tablet reports website connection insecure won't connect
I tried last night to log on, via my android tablet and local wifi, to a new website set up by some US friends. Tablet reported it was an insecure connection and would not connect. Our wifi here is via our Virgin Superhub which I believe is WPA maybe even WPA2 security. So why is tablet saying connection is insecure?
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Grouping download folder by date
My download folder has been conveniently grouping files by the date they were downloaded. So I had most recent donwloads at the top, then downloads from yesterday below, from last week below that, and so on.Today, however, I turn on my computer to find that the folder has no grouping for some reason. How do I go back to…
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i-pad air new screen.?
Hi Guys, my OH has damaged my i-pad air screen, cracked it at left handside by the camera.can they be replaced, and if so, at what cost-ish? I can still use it.:beer:
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Removable disk E
Hi . I transfer photos from my camera via Removable disk E . I click Removable disk E , db click DCIM, db, click 101MSDCF which brings up whats in my camera. I can then drag the tiles across into picture files. Now Im getting a message that there isnt enough space on the removable disk and says I have 99.3MB free of…
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Shaver socket
I'm moving house shortly. Currently, I have a shaver socket in the bathroom where I charge my electric toothbrush. The new house does not have a shaver socket anywhere. Is there an adaptor I can get to turn a normal socket into one with 2 pins suitable for an electric toothbrush? Thanks for any advice on this.
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Photos on External HD. problem
Hi all I decided to change the hard drive in my Vaio laptop to an SSD drive. The existing drive had plenty of spare capacity and worked Ok apart from being a little slow, so I bought an external enclosure for it and intended to use it as a backup. The new SSD was fitted into the laptop and works well. The only problem I…
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Arrggh! Help me with a network problem before I tear my hair out.
Friend has a weird house, and no way of getting an ethernet cable to her study. Last year, we set up her BT infinity Home Hub 5 with a Netgear WRN2000 that I had lying around, so that the Netgear connected to her main computer and gave it internet access without the need for a cable between the Home Hub and the Netgear.…
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Help needed with a warfdale TV
We have a small warfdale TV in the bedroom which is sefrviced by a sky box which is not seviced by sky. When the TV is on we get the BBC London news programmes rather than the midlands programmes where we are situated, can someone tell me how to change the channel so we can get local news. My husband has to spend a fair…
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Skype vision/sound problem
There must be an obvious solution to this somewhere, but I'm damned if I can see it. Several members of family learning to skype. My daughter skyped me from abroad recently, she on a galaxy tab pro 10.1 holding the tablet, me holding my ipad, the picture/sound was great. (the reason I say this, is to establish we were…
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Norton error, Bios update, Ebay crash!!
Yesterday for no apparent reason Norton stopped working and it recommended I reinstalled it. I clicked the link and it reinstalled ok, as the computer restarted a HP Bios update appeared and installed itself. Everything seemed ok until I've just been on Ebay. I can get onto Ebay but can't sell as I get the verify your…
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What changed with my website ?
I've had a look at my webstats for the past 12 months and there's a significant decrease in daily average hits and overall hits. We're talking 2.9 million overall hits in march 2014, dropping to 400,000 for april 2014. I'm not sure exactly why this happened and its puzzled me. The only thing I can come up with is that in…
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Paper Shredder recommendations
Sorry if wrong place to ask but mum has completely jammed the shredder and after spending an hour to de-jam I think its completely given up on life so will need to be replaced. To be honest this was the third time that she has jammed it up, the first two I was able to clear the blades and get it working this time failure.…
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excel query for race heats
Hi all A work colleague has asked me how to do something on excel and i Am stumped A a race meet we have 24 riders and each rider has to race in 3 scoring heats. after the heats the top 12 then have a raceoff to decide the overall winner How do i out this into excel to it can plot the heats so each rider has 3, and the…
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Data usage on Nokia 635
Hi All, Please bear with me, I am technologically challenged. I have a new phone (Nokia Lumia 635) and it's a big step up from my old phone, on which I never used the data allowance as it didn't connect to t'internet. I've had my phone for two days and it's used 43 MB of data, despite my being connected to my own broadband…
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PC World - Make sure you check the shelf tickets!
Hi guys, I've come to you with a bit of advice/warning when buying a new computer. I'm an IT technician and I recently bought a new ASUS All-in-One PC. I needed a TV in my new flat, and my laptop had just died, so bought something that acts as both. Luckily I'd just sold my motorcycle, so I had a bit of cash. I bought the…
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streaming question
we have bt fiber inter net and router is in the front room,my pc is in the office,and is connected via tp link , streaming from pc to tv ,tablet ect works, in the bed room i have 20" modern but not smart tv and a tv-onics box,, is it possible to connect this to wifi and and stream pc to the bedroom tv ?
