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Facetime - Android Alternatives
i have an android smartphone but would like to use a facetime alternative while i am away on holiday next month to keep in touch with family anyone used any on android , i generally use skype for voice calls , it will ideally be myself on a phone but family will be using the home PC any ideas or advice would be greatly…
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Wi-fi says "shared with other users". Normal?
First, I should warn you that I am not technologically savvy at all, so do excuse me if I don't give all the necessary information straight off! I have a Samsung Chromebook. Yesterday I noticed that under the wi-fi bit, the bit where it gives details of your connection it said "This network is shared with other users",…
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Privacy?
I found our household on this site britishphonebook.com , my word I thought I knew most things, whoops wake up son , now tomorrow I will be asking for a FOI request to find out where they got that from, they claim from a website we may have registered to ....really, both of us. :eek: If yours is there remove it...mind you…
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Wifi without a phone line - student problems
Hi there My daughter has just moved into her student accommodation. Unfortunately she and no one else has wi fi. Is there any way we can get wi fi without having a phone line? thanks
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Acer laptop has issues
Hi, I am posting on behalf of my sister. She lives in a different country and she's not very tech-minded so I have been trying to help her with her laptop via TeamViewer etc. The laptop is an Acer Ex2510-36s4NX.EEXET.020. It keeps freezing and the cursor goes crazy; windows open and close by themselves. You can't click on…
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Dell Optiplex, is it worth upgrading?
Hi My wife has just bought a laptop to replace her PC which was playing up and was very slow and crashing quite often. The PC is a Dell Optiplex 745 running Win xp, just wondering if it is worth keeping and using as a spare and upgrading to Win 7 and maybe upgrading the CPU and ram? chubb3g114
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Cinema at home - advice please
I'm thinking of buying a projector. It will be mainly to watch movies in the living room. The rooms not massive (about 5m x 5m) , but if I arrange it as a temporary set up, I reckon I can get a decent cinema feel at home. My 42" Tv is great but I'd like something more for movies. I've got a large blank wall which is very…
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Mobile broadband
Does anyone have experience of mobile broadband suddenly running away with bandwidth? I have a 2GB monthy allowance which is usually only used for 2 weeks in a month. Daily/nightly use usually runs at between 70 and 100mb, but suddenly gone through 1300mb in 5 nights. I don't know whether it makes sense, but I thought…
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Recommendations for budget handycam ?
Can anyone recommend a budget handycam, around £150 or £200? I need to film fashion events, some of them are in venue with low lighting. I got this one below but the last event I had to throw most footage away because it was all blurry and lacked focus thank you…
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Where's my windows 10?
Almost 2 months and I am still waiting for my Windows 8.1 Pro to be upgraded to Windows 10. I know it can be done another way but is there something with my computer blocking the download?
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Bluetooth Headphones Advice?
Hi, this is my first post, so please be gentle :) Id like to buy a pair of on ear headphones - bluetooth, but also have the ability to plug a 3.5mm cable into them, so i can use them for my pc when they have no charge (or on my phone if im unable to charger the headset). This will be my first pair of this type of headset,…
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Security Camera
We want to fit a security Camera up in our garden I have been looking at IP ones - to connect (wirelessly) to the router - a TalkTalk Huawei one, with a USB port (to which, I assume/hope) it is possible to plug in a USB hard drive - to save having to leave a PC running 24/7 ? We want to cover a fairly wide area - so are…
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Help! Media creation tool
Hello, I'm needing to do a clean install of windows 10 as the computer got stuck in an infinite blue screen loop trying to start up, after rolling back to 7. I'm currently downloading the Windows 10 ISO for my system. The guide online says to use the media creation tool to put the ISO onto a DVD or USB to use to boot the…
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Is PayPal site Down?
Anyone else having problems with PP site this morning?? Not allowing login, unknown error :(
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Tablet - back to basics
A time saving tip - if your converting recorded video/DVD etc to MP4 for your tablet don't waste your time. Download the free VLC app and play any video file on your tablet without the need to convert MP4.
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Photo bucket problem!
I use photobucket to edit my pics- mainly colour correction etc but the last week it has not been working properly. I can upload my pics o.k.but when I click on the edit button all I get is a black picture. It worked perfectly well before, can anyone tell me what is wrong?
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Cancel it
Cancel it. I've just done a reset of the tablet, and everything is back to normal. :cool:
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Just bought an iPad
Sorry as I'm sure I'm going to come across as being totally thick here, but I've just bought a refurbished iPad from an Ebay shop (they've got 100% positive reviews) to take on my hols. Firstly, was this a mistake??? Secondly, I'm a bit worried about using it for online banking as I haven't got any security/anti virus. Two…
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divx or mp4
Hi I am backing up a dvd film to my PC for later use on either my phone, or on to a USB stick or on to a dvd disc. I have been given the options of saving the film on to the pc as "divx or mp4 " Which is best and what is the difference please? I have Google it and don't understand that much. also what resolution should I…
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How to change password on user account?
Hello I set up a password on my Admin Windows 7 User account on my Dell Optiplex 3020. HOwever, now when I try to remove it by going to control panel, user accounts I get a message saying "Windows can not remove the password. Password and/or account policies require the account to have a password." Please can someone help.
