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Moving website from VistaPrint
Is it even possible? Pay £24 a month and its a bit steep. Noticed that domain is registered with VistaPrint not me. Bit naughty. They want £11 to transfer it. But what about the actual content? Can I copy it and host it somewhere else too?
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Windows 7 Short Cuts
Window Shortcuts windowsshot These shortcuts allow you to manage and manipulate the window(s) currently open on your computer. Keyboard Shortcuts Win & Home: Minimise all but the current active window Win & Space: Make all open windows transparent so you can see the desktop Win & Up arrow: Maximise the currently active…
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temp files win 10
(bottom right) settings/system/storage/this PC/tempory files / shows over a gig of files that want deleting , but nothing happens when you click remove ,the h/disk flashes for about 30 secs those files don't seem to be see able when you use explorer/disk cleanup (inc system files) the files are in a folder windows/windows…
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MS Community Forums
Has anyone else noticed that MS community forums appear to be "broken" this morning ? ie) Not working.... Could this be due to so many Win 10 problems ??
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Copy SMS from Android to PC ?
I'm wondering if there's a way of copying my text messages from my Android phone to my PC ? Google shows quite a few apps that seem to do this, but I'm very wary of downloading something that'll mess up either my phone or PC. Do any of you good folk have any recommendations for something that's free and simple to use ?…
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Can't Close Tabs In iPad Retina
I have an Apple iPad mini retina onto which I've loaded the Chrome browser A pop up message of the type 'you may have won....' has appeared twice now in a new tab but it won't let me close it down, go back to other open tabs, or open a new one. The tab In question shows the spinning circle. Is this some kind of malware?…
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Youtube and the vanishing progress bar.
Am I the only person in the world that wants the progress bar to not vanish when watching a youtube video? I can understand in full screen mode, someone maybe watching a movie and want the full screen visible to the video. But when it is in a window and have another window alongside it that I am working in its a PITA.…
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New SSD, clone drive and Windows 7 to 10
Hi all, I have just bought a SSD and intend to clone my existing hard drive with Windows 7 installed. I then plan to update to windows 10 on the new SSD. If I leave the old drive as was, would it be simply a matter of plugging in the old drive again and I would be back to Windows 7 (all none program files are on separate…
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Forgotten password
Relative has forgotten his password to log on to windows. Its a netbook running, I'm told, Win7. Upshot is, he can't do anything. There must be a way around this, but no-one seems able to help. I had the original receipt, but I shredded it, as it was well out of warranty. Does anyone know of a procedure for getting around…
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iTunes slow podcast downloads
I recently bought a new Asus DSL-AC68U modem router with current firmware. Since then, iTunes takes forever to download podcasts - about 5 hours each! I have tried on Windows 7 and on Windows 10 and both are the same. iTunes is the latest version. My wife's desktop computer (Win 8.1) is doing the same on her iTunes…
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Computers from Cash Converter or Cash Generator?
Hope I've posted this in the right place. I'm just wondering if anybody has ever bought a reconditioned computer from either Cash Converter or Cash Generator and if so, were you happy in an overall sense with your purchase? Thank you.
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photo viewer win 10
where the hell is the old one , that allowed you to flick between all piccis in the folder
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Updates changed my browser
I always use Mozilla Firefox as my browser. Today when I started up my laptop, a message came up saying that updates had been installed to my START menu. And then, when I opened my browser, Firefox had gone and now I have BING. I will revert to Firefox but what the hell ! How can an update do this without my permission ???…
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audio amplification
my audio centre uses a sumvision micro 4 http://sumvision.com/product/Cyclone-micro-4/micro4.html this feeds a display monitor , and outputs to a set of amplified speakers , microlab solo 15 , if I remember correctly. the audio from the sum micro is a bit low , I have to have the amplified speakers quite high , when I…
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Problems since downloading Windows 10
I downloaded Windows 10 Saturday and had nothing but problems. I use Firefox and IE and since downloading when I go on the internet all my graphics have disappeared. Like moneysaving forums is a grayish background with blue borders but since upgrading everything is pure white! No colours, no icons. It's the same on every…
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Choosing the correct fuse rating for various appliances
Hello, I have a number of various appliances that use kettle leads and until now it never occurred to me to actually check the fuse rating for each one. I have a big box of various cables and whenever I needed a kettle lead I would just plug one of them. I checked all the kettle leads I have and there are 3 amp, 5 amp, 10…
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win 10 ie , etc border colour
a rather bland white , anyway to add a nice border colour? ie 11 and file explorer mainly
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An electrical/ELCB issue..
Hi all, I have had a long standing an rare/intermittent issue with a main incomer that keeps flicking off. The house is 80's built and the consumer unit is an MK grey metal type. It has a main isolator switch over on the right which i think is an ELCB with a small yellow push to test button. The CU may have had rewireable…
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Looking for a value-priced tablet
Hi all Been looking for a value priced tablet for the little one & have settled on Tesco's Hudl2 @ £99 but wanted to gauge others' opinion. After one with a decent processor, camera, wi fi to do mainly homework & restricted internet access. The only thing that lets Hudl2 down is lack of microsoft office. Seen one with it…
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What causes "totalperformance.com" and "Google short survey" to enact?
I have tried a variety of tools to clean out spyware: Malwarebytes, ADWcleaner etc. What causes these sites to cut in when I have called for a bona fide web page? "Congratulations, you have been selected to take a short survey". What is "totalperformance.com"? Is it initiated by the website selected or by some code on…
