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Alternitives to microsoft
With microsoft's increasingly aggressive behaviour I am seeking alternitive operating systems to microsoft. Any ideas?
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Aggressive Windows 10 upgrade
It would appear microsoft are getting very aggressive with Windows 10 upgrades. On boot up this morning a message appeared saying upgrade now or later I pressed later but it still proceeded to download - I then pressed stop download and it still would not stop and even using task manager - then it also said cleaning up…
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How do I......
I have a program on my PC which has a diary element that popped up a reminder as appropriate. Unfortunately, since a system restore it's not 'popping up' The program is still there but I'd like to know please how I can get it to work again? I have had this problem before but can't remember the solution. I'm using Windows7…
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Anybody know about hacked routers?
Just been to a small charity office whose broadband usage has recently gone off the scale (capped fortunately). Usage this month has averaged 0.75GB per day. Normal usage is a few MB per day. Usage graphs show that this has occurred at all times of day (computer switched off at night). (wifi password recently changed;…
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laptop to tv by hdmi
hi if i connect a laptop to an HD tv for streaming purposes by hdmi lead, would the laptop's resolution be a factor on the resulting tv picture. in other words would a higher resolution laptop produce a better quality definition on the tv screen than a lower definition laptop or is it all down to the tv's quality? thank you
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Tablet
I am a Software Developer who wants to buy a Tablet. I was thinking about a Windows Surface Pro. Is this a good tablet for a developer? I have heard that some mobile phone providers offer a free tablet if you renew your contract (my contract is due for renewal in a few weeks). Where is the best place to buy a Tablet? The…
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Downgrade OEM Windows 10
Hi, Is it possible to get a laptop bought with pre-installed Windows 10 downgraded to Windows 7? Thanks
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Free upgrade to Win10
Hi, I was thinking about upgrading my old XP machine to Windows 10 - it meets required specs. I found this website selling Win7 licences for £20 and claiming a free upgrade to Win10. Is this right? ...or mostlikely... too good to be true! http://itrevive.co.uk/windows-7-professional-license-key-64bit.html
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Installing wired network cable with walls being replastered?
Basically my living room is getting damp work done on it. It's taken back to brick & then it'll have that K11 tanking slurry brushed on it & then plastered on top. This applies to both hall & living room. Hall is where the router is. What i want to do is have the living room wired for when we get a smart TV. I guess the…
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HDMI problems
I have an LG 42LF7700 TV. It's about 5 years old, and has been trouble free until now. It has 3 HDMI slots on the back, and for the past couple of years these have been connected to a Blu-Ray player, a Chromecast and a PC which we use to watch Netflix and stuff. Everything was working perfectly until last night. I tried to…
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cannot seem to run my laptop as administrator anymore
since rolling back from windows 10 to 8.1 i wanted to uninstall the windows 10 updates from my acer aspire E15 - 571 laptop but i keep being asked to type an administrator password (that i have no idea of). so that the 'yes' key to uninstall the update is greyed out. when going into control panel > users i appear to be…
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Help needed for Internet Explorer 11
Hi all, I am on windows 8.1. I have a problem with Internet Explorer 11. It is continually giving me 'Internet Page can't be opened'; irrespective on where I am going to; for example google.co.uk, bbc.co.uk, etc. It is very annoying. I can fix it by going to advanced tab in IE11 and selecting option 'to restore advance…
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Can't send email with 7.75MB movie attachment
Hi all, Just tried to send an email with an attachment (video 7.75MB) get an error message - not enough memory. My internet connection upload speed is 1MB/sec. Had no probs. receiving the attachment. Windows7, live mail where is the problem? My ISP is BTinternet who use yahoo Mail. Help please. Mike.
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hp
Mornin, I need to get into the back of my HP PAVILION G6, as the fan is not working/ needs replacing and is it easy for a novice to replace fan, where would I get a new fan, maybe Maplins? Thanks Smudger
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Deleting photos from Samsung Galaxy S4
I am trying to no avail to delete photos from my Samsung Galaxy S4. When I go into Gallery and click on camera I see that I have about 40 photos in there but I cannot see an option to delete any of them. Can anyone help? Thanks
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Viber now unable to send videos more than 10 second? why?
Hello all Hoping someone might be able to help. I have viber and for some reason I can no longer send videos on it that are more than 10 seconds, this has not been a problem before, I have sent videos 2-3 mins long but now I keep getting a message saying "File is larger than 24 MG" I've videos before that were larger than…
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Smartphone portable power
Does anyone here use these portable charging devices which can fit in a pocket or handbag? If so, any recommendations/warnings?
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Help with choosing laptop spec
Hello and thanks for reading. Our daughter has asked for a laptop for Christmas, primarily to do her secondary school homework, use Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc, backup photos and videos from her iphone and ipad, use youtube, surf the internet. I have researched and ruled out a chromebook due to lack of storage, therefore…
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Basic IT for Parish Council
Dear all In common with all other Parish Councils in this England, ours is required to provide their info on a website as well as other IT related stuff. Government funding is available. Ours already has a basic website (free Wordpress, only cost was domain name) but want to be able to provide internet access at the…
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Help please re wii internet connection
Firstly I hope I'm posting this in the right place - could somebody tell me if not! I have a wii through which I receive Amazon Love Film and Now TV. This morning when trying to connect to Amazon all I keep getting is the message that an access point (internet connection I presume) cannot be found. I followed the help…
