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Firefox Spell checker issue.
Can anyone explain why, no matter how many times I reset my spell checker in FF to English UK, it keeps reverting back to English US? It is frustrating having to constantly change the settings back when it tries to tell me its not colour but color, tyre - tire, authorize - authorise.:mad::mad:
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Strange pop-up from trusteer rapport doing online banking?
Hi folks, I bank with one of the banks in RBS group and use Trusteer Rapport as recommended by them. I always have a separate windows installation for that bit extra security that I use for online banking only, no browsing. Today when I went to login to the RBS bank as usual Rapport was activated at top of ie11 turns…
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Wifi Virgin Hub query
My dad has a desktop pc running on Windows 7. He has a Virgin media hub. He has used the internet via a cable to the hub for a few years now. Although the hub has a password on it's rear, we have never been able to use his wifi. He has now brought himself a tablet and would like to use it wirelessly but obviously can't…
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Freemium games
Just wondered who is playing what on their mobile. I don't pay for games, so at the moment I have downloaded; Tapped out ( a Simpson's game) Brain dots (a puzzle game) Boom beach (a multiplayer battle game) Adventure capitalist (a idle 'business' game ) One thing I have yet to find, is a decent time waster that can be used…
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Getting Amazon prime video onto my TV
So i've got Amazon Prime video; i'd like it on my TV now... I've got a 'smart' TV which has the worlds slowest amazon prime tv app ever. It just isn't suitable. Does anyone know a vaguely cheap way to get it on my TV? Gadget wise, I have: Google Chromecast Raspberry Pi B and 2 Apple TV Ipad 2, Android Phone So can I get it…
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Windows 10 -Wifi Sense - TURN IT OFF !
This is potentially a very serious security issue with W10. Oh one thing to watch out for folks is turning off Wifi Sense unless you want all your mates and his dog war driving your precious bandwidth or worse, getting you a visit from operation Yew Tree.…
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I am thick(!). How to use my Tenda w150 as main wifi receiver for Amazon Fire Stick?t
:beer: Hi guys/gals, Thanks so much for advice given so far. I've got an Amazon Fire Stick (£19 in the 'prime' sale)...best money I've ever spent with sideloaded apps etc! I have a pants internet connection with Sky (5.9mps-& that's WITH a brand new sky 2 hub-no fibre providers in my area i'm afraid). It used to be 5.1 mps…
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New Hard drive for my laptop.... please help!
Hi I have a brand new laptop hard drive to replace my broken one. I have a very recent back up on an externat hard drive. What do I need to do next? The old hard drive has a silver foil type cover over the working bits, held on by 4 screws, does this need to be put on the new drive? The laptop case has grooves for the…
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untrusted connection?
i cannot log into some of my accounts and keep getting following messages This Connection is Untrusted You have asked Firefox to connect securely to secure.tesco.com, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure. Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you…
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Win 10, minor hiccups
Can't find the wifi/network to untick the password boxes and edge and apps only do a quick flash on the screen and disappear without downloading.
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Reluctant to download W10
Am I being over cautious? I have a fairly old laptop (about 6 years) with W7. It is currently working OK and I am not very technically minded/confident. I am tempted to ignore W10 until I need to replace my current one. I am going to back up my documents again today (done reasonably regularly) and try to create W7 back up…
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Scam Windows 10 Downloads
I suppose it was inevitable with the lemming-like race by early adopters to download W10 that the Phishing Brigade would seize on this golden opportunity. It seems that there are already a number of very realistic looking but fake emails and popups doing the rounds claiming to be from reputable companies like Dell and HP…
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DoubleTwist - Importing problems from Galaxy S4
Hi all Am trying to download all my songs/playlists from my mobile phone onto my laptop using DoubleTwist. The playlists download fine, but for some reason there are 637 songs which won't import and I get the error saying it "Can't Access File". This is extremely frustrating as I want to update my iPod before I go on…
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Cant get into windows 10 kmode_exception_not_handled
Hi folks, Just tried to upgrade my windows 8.1 pro to windows 10 pro. Everything seemed to be going well but when booting into windows 10 for first time I get as far as the sign in screen sometimes and then get the error Kmode_exception_not_handled. Anyone got an idea what is going wrong here, I can boot into windows 10 in…
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deezer - MP3
does anyone know/have tried a reliable way of getting the deezer files off your phone and putting into MP3's I only ask as Orange/EE are not supporting Deezer in their new packages and I am due an upgrade and I don't want to lose the music I already have :-( thanks
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I'm such a luddite - lived with a broken camera on my phone for 1 year
Dropped an iPad on to my phone. iPad's corner landed directly on the cameras front facing camera area. Smashing the whole screen in the process. I replaced the screen, but the camera won't work. Neither the front camera or rear camera. Then I replaced the front camera thinking it took the impact so it must be the culprit…
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laptop driving me nuts!!!!
Hi Folks, hope someone can give me some advice. I have a sony vaio which I have had a few years now but it had started to go really slow, jump etc. I decided to back everything up and reformat it as it had never been done, expecting it to be a wizz when it was all finished............Wrong!!! It is still as bad as ever,…
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' waiting for valid gps signal'
Is what my tom tom start 20 has been saying god the last couple weeks. It was bought a few months ago from argos and all was well tik recently. Sometimes it detects a signal after 10 minutes. Sometimes 40 or 50 minutes. I now get lost as I work all over and it's not fun .. These are big towns and cities where I've uses it…
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Going back to windows 7 OEM aftern 30 days with windows 10 question.
Hi folks, I know that there is a windows 10 thread on here but its rather long so forgive me for starting this thread. I have a question as regards someone who upgrades to windows 10 from windows 7 OEM and for various reasons doesn't like 10 because software doesn't work etc and decides to go back to windows 7 OEM. I know…
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New SSD confusion!
I'm thinking about getting an SSD for my PC. I've seen some amazingly fast SSDs that connect via PCIe, but I'm a bit confused as to whether I'd be able to boot from one, and what speeds I'd be able to achieve. I want something really fast, but there's no point buying something faster than the PC can cope with! (Although,…
