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Yahoo Mail spam
Has anyone heard of any recent issues with an infection of Yahoo mail, ymail and BT ymail? My local Freegle group has been getting quite a lot of spam mail from members, all basically the same thing and all from Yahoo connected mail. It is obviously an infection as all the mail is CC'd to 8 addresses from their address…
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Laptop takes ages to start
I have an acer 5536 laptop, with Windows 7 & IE 11 installed. For the last few day's it can take up to an hour to boot the laptop up, i.e. I'm constantly pressing the start button, once booted it runs OK. Anyone have an idea what's causing the laptop so long to boot up?
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Search Protect how to uninstall
Sick as a parrot at the moment, its 9pm and have far more important things to do than worry about some !!!!!!! malware thats taken over my toolbar. I installed some video splitter however on install it installed many other things which this Search Protect is amongst. Ive uninstalled other things and currently doing a…
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Windows 8 Update Problem
80071A30 Anyone recognise that error code and how to fix it? I keep getting this at the moment when i'm installing updates that Windows tells me to download. When I look it up I don't find anything helpful. Thanks.
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Do I have a problem and if so...............
Looking at "My Computer" on laptop, it shows that:- "C" drive has 0% free "D" drive has 90% free The bar in "C" drive is RED The bar in "D" drive is BLUE (what little there is of it). So, is someone going to suggest I move stuff from "C" to "D" ? and if so, how?. Whilst I don't look at My Computer more than about 3/4 times…
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Stopping ads appearing on other sites after a google search?
Hi folks, I have noticed that this has become more common recently. If I do a google search for something, then later on browsing other sites similar items that I searched for on google appear on the ad section of that site. Other than to stop searching with google is there any way to stop this? Example I searched for…
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Free Music download?
Where can I download and keep songs for FREE? I have been told of this site Mp3 rocket 6.4 but I thought I would ask on here first as I don't want virus's and would rather pay. Even something like filmous.com but for music that has offers on would do Thank you
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Which programs can I safely remove?
the family computer has loads of programs on it, most of which I don't know what they do or if they are important. Which of the ones listed can I remove safely? 1. Compatibility pack for the Microsoft 2007 Office System - Microsoft 2. Microsoft Silverlight - Microsoft 3. Aimersoft DRM Media Coverter - Aimersoft Software 4.…
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Wiping an XP laptop
I am disposing of my old laptop that runs XP. I can't find the command prompt so I can reformat the c drive before disposal, any ideas its running XP. Is there anything else I should do as well before binning it?
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Laptop Cooling Pads
Are these devices worthwhile or even necessary? If so does anyone have any solid and reasonably priced recommendations? Thanks
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Picasa or My Pictures or Google +
Am I right in thinking that all photo's saved, go to My Pictures (on my laptop) automatically?. That being so, because I have Picasa also, they tend to duplicate themselves and go there too. Clearly this means with over 1000 photo's duplicated, a lot of unnecessary space on the hard drive is used. I installed Picasa years…
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Connecting laptop with no wi-fi
Am really not techie minded so hope someone can help me out. I'd like to connect an old laptop to my Sky wi-fi. It's running XP and is not wi-fi enabled. I've tried to connect via an ethernet cable from the router to the laptop with no luck. I've read about using a USB wi-fi adaptor - would this do the job? It's only to…
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DSLR v Compact Camera
Hi guys, I currently have a NIKON 3300 DSLR. I am pretty new to photography, and tbh I don't really use it. I think it's just too big and a pain to take out sometimes. I am going around Europe this month and it will be a pain to carry it around all the time. I am going to sell it and buy a compact camera. I want one that…
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Acer laptop
Hi i have a Acer laptop which will not switch on. I did briefly get it up in safe mode but i think the battery charge went then!, since then i cannot get nothing to come on. The power light comes on when switched on and the fan comes on. I have tried taking out battery and doing a reset by holding power button down but to…
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iPhone5 - internet connection
My daughter has a holiday cottage in the remote Scottish Highlands. There is no mobile phone coverage or landline. In the cottage they have the internet – a very slow wi-fi connection beamed from a transmitter on a distant moutaintop, to a receiver and fed into the cottage to a modem. (a system set up by the Scottish…
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Phone with easy auto dial???
My MIL is due home from hospital soon, she is partially sighted and following a stroke her memory is not good. I would like to get her a phone with simple auto dial, to use the one she has you have to scroll through names displayed in a small window which she cannot see. So is there a phone where she can press the book…
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Letter of destruction for software
Hi, I have recently had a refund for some software and also signed a letter of destruction. They did not ask for the dvd back so I destroyed that too. I have or (thought I had) removed the program from my PC. Last night I opened a film clip that opened up in the software that I thought I had deleted. Not being to techie…
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cannot access Internet on phone
I have a Sony xperia and keep getting 'this page cannot be loaded via the chrome data compression proxy. Try reloading the page. Does anyone know what this means and what I need to do? Thanks in advance. Happy Easter.
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CAT 5 question
does anyone make the small wall mounted sockets , that allow a pre wired cat 5 lead to plug in from the rear , and allow a cat 5 patch lead to be plugged into the front. I have a customer , and one of there staff has "kicked off " about loose wires , and extension leads , so they now require hard wired (surface) 13amp…
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simplest video editor
Im currently playing with my new DVD recorder, getting all my VHs onto DVD. Once I have done this I want to rip the dvd to my computer so I can edit the content, basically just chop and choose whicch bits I want, I am not bothered about joining up the chopped bits. Basically I am putting a 3 hour tape to DVd, on this tape…
