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Advice needed
I am heartily fed up with buying printers and finding the ink costs as much as the printer. I have just had to buy ink for my HP printer, the second lot in just a couple of weeks. I use quite a bit of ink, I run a quilting group and have to copy each assignment 10 times, the last one was 14 pages long and despite printing…
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Paring Bluetooth Keyboard?
My Hudl 2 and Bluetooth Keyboard have lost their paring. I'm trying to pair them again, and the Keyboard is showing, but when I tap it, it says "pairing", followed by "Can't communicate with Hudl 2 Bluetooth keyboard" Any suggestions?
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Anyway to connect xbox one to pic monitor?
Hi I want to play the xbox one on my pic monitor and connected the two by hdmi candle but it wouldn't work. I realised this is because the pc monitor hdmi extension is hdmi out only. I need an hdmi in port obviously. Is there any way I can still make this work?
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Ipad forum issues
Browsing this forum on an iPad 3, all software up to date etc. For ages now, when I click a link, it flashes red to acknowledge the click, but nothing happens. Sometimes I have to click on something up to 10 times for it to open the page I want. Alternatively I can hold the click for a bit longer which sometimes helps.…
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iPad mini with keyboard case/cover
Looking to buy a cover for an iPad mini 3. Wondering whether to get one with a keyboard, or would it be too small to be worth bothering about? Would appreciate opinions from anyone who uses a keyboard with an iPad mini, doesn't have to the the 3rd version. Unfortunately, I can't try any out, as there are none available…
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Can't get Channel 5 OD to play on Windows
This thread was originally entitled 'Channel 5 OD on Ubuntu? (needs Flash 15)' Channel 5 On Demand demands that you have Adobe Flash Player 15.0.0 or later installed, but Adobe haven't supported Linux since 11.2. So, is there any way round this? I only have Firefox and Chrome installed, so maybe it's incorporated in…
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child safety app for childs mobile
Hello. Can anyone recommend an app.forbacchilds phone. Have tried a few in the last few weeks and they're not very good so after a recommendation to keep my children safe. Thank you
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iOS 9
Problem on my iphone after upgrading to iOS 9. When I try to reply to a message the reply box is blocked by a thick grey line with a camera logo to the left of it. This obscures the message I'm trying to type and forces me to type a new message instead. Am I doing something stupid ?
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Windows Movie Maker - Segments going black
I'm editing a video on Movie Maker. All the videos show when I add them, and I can edit them and move them about. But over the couple of weeks I've been making them, some of them have been going black. So one segment will play normally, then suddenly it will go black, then the next segment will play fine. I don't think it…
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itvplayer shows;is there a way of ripping these off as you can BBC-iplayer progs?
I have get-iplayer installed on my Samsung Win8.1 notebook which is great for getting BBC-TV and radio shows off bbc-iplayer for my own personal pleasure BUT is there anything in software terms on the internet which can do the same for shows streamed online using itvplayer by ripping them to a file in their original HD…
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Mobile phone problem.
I have a Motorola mini mobile phone which, naturally, I have set up to receive e-mails from my business and personal accounts. I now find that deleting a mail on the phone deletes it on all my computers. I've checked that it is not in sync with the lappy using win10, (nor the other computers) however I can't see how to…
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Virgin Media email
It appears that Virgin Media have finally ditched their gmail based webmail system and gone with their own. Unlike their gmail platform, where you could not successfully add a forwarding rule, you can now. Too late for all their landline customers they [STRIKE]threw away[/STRIKE] sold to TalkTalk, but at least anyone with…
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Could you live without your desktop PC?
With the onset of more powerful tablets and phones these days I'm considering ditching my PC set up altogether as its a bit of an antique plus it all takes up heck of a lot of room Thing is I still find myself automatically sitting on it as I find it simply has everything I need stored on it, maybe I'm still old fashion…
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Google maps..? In the bin...
Am I the only one to find the new google maps all but unusable? If ever there were a prime example of fixing something that ain't broke, this is it. As far as I'm concerned, it's 'fixed' all right... ... back to the good old road atlas.
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ACER CB3 111 11.6 INCH CHROMEBOOK £179 any use
thinking f buying the acer chromebook above from john lewis as I have a voucher. is it any good does anyone know? just light browsing and some emails/typing
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Password request on startup
My Win 8 laptop has suddenly started to request a password startup even though previously it didn't. I have pressed win + R and entered 'netplwiz' and removed the tick from the box. There must be something else that has changed but what? How do I change so I don't have to put a passwoird in?
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How do I turn on / set up wifi on my desktop?
This is episode 2....I need more help please. I had a problem getting to websites which, in spite of a lot of help from generous people on here, I couldn't solve. So, I have now formatted the disc and re-installed Windows. (It's XP.) But when I try to follow the instructions from Orange (whose router I'm using) to set it…
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Amazon Fire TV Box Faulty - Returning
I got an Amazon Fire TV box a month or so a go. It started not recognising the remote or x box controller I had paired to it after about four weeks. I fiddled around changed batteries etc still it wouldn't recognise it. So I did a factory reset it then recognised them both again. When I put the original batteries back in a…
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Need laptop insurance help
What is the cheapest laptop insurance around, I am a student and I need theft/loss + accidental damage Note: Laptop made by PC specialist many companies including endsliegh dont cover it.
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The cost of a new ipod touch battery?
I've had my ipod touch for about 14 months and the battery doesn't last long at all. Anyone know what I can expect to pay for a new battery please?
