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Advice about new components.
I'm after some advice about a new motherboard, cpu and ram for my desktop. It's really not my week as far as tech goes haha. Laptop went belly up now desktop has too. It's been messing up in one way or another for a while (won't restart, Ethernet won't work, keeps crashing or freezing etc) and today after a restart it just…
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Good freeware backup software?
Hi. I've just read a thread about someone who has had a ramsomeware attack and I really must arrange a backup on my new W10 laptop. Previously I was using a free backup software program on my old laptop, so it's really only a few files that I've created recently that are at risk. I don't want to use the old program (Allway…
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W10 - lost wi-fi
Friends 'upgraded' their W7 Sony Vaio laptop to W10 last Wednesday. All worked fine till Monday (?) when it wouldn't connect to wi-fi In Settings/network & internet, the first option on the list is 'airplane mode' whereas on my two W10 PC's it says wi-fi. Device manager reports the presence of an Qualcomm Atheros Adapter…
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Is this possible? (Excel)
I have a problem with Excel and I am not sure how to solve it. I have two tabs in tab one there is in column A "Staff Ids" and in column F there is a heading called "employee name". Tab one feeds in from a tab called "tab 2" that is not identical in layout, however I want to use the employee id in tab one and link this to…
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Best deals for MS Office suite?
I need to buy/load a very recent version of MS Office onto our Windows 10 PC, so where is the best place to buy it? I know that I can buy it yearly (around £49.99) or without having to renew it (around £119.99), but are there any better offers. I would load our MS Office 2000 on, but the OH cannot load many documents or…
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Trusteer with Android
I just want to ask a simple question which IBM cannot seem to answer. I would like to add ( before I get flamed) that I have been using Trusteer very successfully in conjunction with online banking. However as I have been using XP and IBM no longer support it, rather than go to the expense of buying a new laptop, I have…
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Excel Query
Hi All, I've got a quick query and I'm not sure if it's possible. On tab one I want to use an ID to link this to tab 2 and allocate a particular value, this is all fine and I use the following formula. However my problem is the value that is allocated links into a different value in tab 3 and it is this value I need to…
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Photoshop & Cheap Laptop Recommendations?
My partner is looking to purchase a new laptop but is on a tight budget. Sub £400 ideally. She'll be looking to use it for basic stuff like internet use but wants to use it occasionally for photo editing as well with Photoshop. I'm not too bad with desktop PC hardware but i don't have a clue on how intensive Photoshop is…
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Can only open one window at a time
I am hoping someone can help me.I am not [STRIKE]very technical[/STRIKE] technically-minded at all,so don't know what has happened. I am using Windows (8,maybe?).Normally,when I am browsing,I have several windows open at once: browsing a few threads on here at the same time,a couple of other sites,email is always open.Also…
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DSRL Lens / Mic Help
Hi guys, If I want to film pranks etc in the street. Which lens / wireless mic would you recommend? Sort of Videos BigDaws makes? see below video Here is the sort of filming I will be trying to make https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrgPSBaJwZ4 I have a Canon 700D. I want a wirelss mic where I can pick up sound from a…
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Windows 8.1 to 10 help please
I am backing up all important data prior to upgrading to Win 10. So far all has been simple but I can't find a way to save my Windows Live Mail Calendar. All mail and contacts have been exported but can't see a way to do save the calendar. Would appreciate help from anyone who has done it. Tried goggle but nothing. Many…
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Google play music. Can't sign up.
Hoping someone can help, I'm trying to sign up to google play music so I can upload my music library and listen on the go. But it keeps just looping back and I can't get passed the add card part. I click no thanks to subscribing to the £9.99 service, it asks me to add my card to verify my county, I've tried with my card…
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Infuriating sound
can someone please help, I am working away on my computer at work everday and every so often my computer makes a sound that I can only think is a notification of some kind, the only way I can describe it is the sound of someone saying 'pop pop pop' or if anyone did an impression of a goldfish doing it's open and close…
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Samsung phone - battery drain
I got a new phone a couple of weeks ago - a Samsung Galaxy Core Prime. Initially the battery would easily last 3-4 days after a full charge. Then a couple of days ago I was prompted to update the system and ever since the battery is drained in less than 24 hours, even with minimal use. The battery usage feature is pretty…
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SmartDNS V VPN
I have used a VPN before but I have now heard about SmartDNS and if it works as advertised then it should be a very simple effective way of avoiding geo-blocking. Does anyone have any experience of it?
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Excel Puzzle
I've got a little bit of headache with Excel and I am not sure if I am incorporating the best solution? I have a Excel template that needs to be populated by a source Excel spreadsheet that updates on a daily basis. My solution was to put the source template on tab two and formula drive the initial template matching up the…
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Router suggestions to work with Access Points
Hi everyone, Our Router (Netgear N900) has just died and after some research we purchased an Apple Airport Extreme. After spending two hours on the phone with Apple support, who were unable to get it working, they decided the Airport Extreme is not actually a router and wouldn't work in our set up. So.. what do we get?…
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Original or new format?
Why, when I open this site, do I see either the original or the new format. I prefer the original and do not think the new one is an improvement.
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Win 10 laptop - odd shortcuts appeared last update
Since the last update of my Windows 10 laptop, something called Toshiba Tempro has appeared on my desktop and two other shortcuts, each called 'desktop'. Tempro is obviously a Toshiba utilities thingy but why has it suddenly appeared? I've had the laptop for at least 6 months. I've disabled it 'cos it kept annoying me with…
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video transfer from ipad air to computer
Can someone help me out here as lve been trying to download videos from my ipad air to my computer windows7 for days and still got no where... i have itunes and that comes on every time l put the lead from ipad to computer but l dont want to go this way to download even though l dont know how to do it with itunes.. While…
