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Screen overlay problem on mobile.
This is the second time it happened. This time I downloaded Call Recorder on my LG G5 and it asked me for permission to record audio. Next thing, it said "screen overlay detected. To change this permission setting, you first have to turn off the screen overlay from Settings>Apps. At the bottom of the screen it says "…
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Email spoofing...
Just looking for a wee bit of advice as over the last 3 months or so both my mum and my mother-in-law's emails appear to have been hacked and are sending out viruses to their contacts with their names/email addresses in the subject but the email isn't actually coming from their addresses. We have changed passwords, ran…
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Updating BIOS
My previous thread is about Windows 10 upgrade. While preparing for this I noticed there is an upgrade to my PC BIOS (which is suitable for windows 10) Should I upgrade the BIOS before or after the upgrade?
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Win 10 clean install to new ssd
I've decided to do the deed and upgrade to Windows 10. Because I have a lot of stuff that may not work on windows 10 what I want to do is. Have my new ssd drive with a clean install of W10 Keep the old Hard drive with Windows 7 on it so I can boot to it when I need to, although the default will be Windows 10 on ssd I can…
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Avast Remote Assistance - suggestions for alternative
In the latest version of Avast the ability to remote assist has been discontinued. I used this on an occasional basis to help relatives when something (basic!) had gone wrong with their computers. Can the Forum suggest an alternative source which I could use? There seems to be several web based platforms out there but am…
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Windows 10 Update
I have just updated my laptop to Windows 10 using a link supplied on here a couple of months ago so I can burn an Windows 10 disk. So far there has not been a prompt to download the instalation to cd how do I start to burn a disk of Win 10?
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whatsapp on iphone5/password?
I am trying to access my WhatsApp, but its telling me 'this version of WhatsApp has expired. when I select update its asking me to enter password for apple id, however, I must have forgotten it , because I have tried about 6 passwords but none of them are correct. is there anyway I can reset password without losing all my…
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Apps for Amazon Fire tablet
Hi all I am due a baby any day now and have treated myself to an Amazon Kindle Fire 8gb tablet to keep me occupied whilst in hospital and whilst feeding baby etc. But I am at a bit of a loss now about what apps etc to download/use on it :rotfl:. I'm a bit behind the times with tablets and have baby brain right now! I have…
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Linking conundrum
How do you link to a specific point on a webpage? Anyone know the answer? Is there an app that does it for you?
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Transferring photos between computers
I've got a large number of photos which I want to copy from my desktop to my laptop. Probably over 20 Gb but I was trying to use Drop box, maybe doing it in two or more batches, but I see that Drop box will 'move' the photos not copy them. I could do it all with the use of my mobile HDD but I've used Picasa to file the…
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internet browser slow - poor performance
This just started a few days ago. Download and upload speeds are fine but my browser is often not loading websites or it takes ages to load them. I'm wondering if I got some sort of virus or trojan from a download? How can I sort it?
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New laptop stopped connecting to wifi- can anybody help
I had a new Lenovo laptop for my birthday last week. Been using it all week without issue, now wont connect to wifi, keeps asking for security key, but ipad and phones still connected fine. Does anybody have any ideas, i am pretty clueless tbh so any help is much appreciated.
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laptop switching itself off
My laptop has started switching itself off with no warning. All of a sudden there is a click and its off, its not overheating, I've even raised it higher from the table to get more air to the vents, makes no difference. Any ideas what might be causing it? The time taken for it to do it varies from half an hour to an hour,…
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Latest Outlook App Questions
I have changed over my Outlook emails as Windows suggested but I don't really like it (on laptop ). Two things I can't work out: 1) How to get an email up to fullscreen 2) How to update the list. Am I missing something ?
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New Mobile Needed
Right, so my well used and well battered Galaxy S5 has come end of life, one drop too many and the internal Gyro has now given up the ghost (Along with a dodgy camera lens and a cracked screen, repairs are just not worth the effort now) I'm looking for a replacement in the £300 (Or less) range. I require a decent sized…
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Not getting MSE emails
Thread tools > subscribe to this thread > instant notification by email. About two weeks ago this stopped working for me, I don't get the emails. Any advice for a technophobe!!
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Kodi firestick problem
Hope someone can help I've had my firestick for a couple of months and have Kodi downloaded. Been working fine, but today noticed that the powerlead had come out ( maybe when I turned the TV to one side), and when plugged back in I can't get it to work. I am getting the 'No signal' screen. Have tried changing to a…
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New sky q hub
I got a new sky q hub from sky but the dsl cable is too short. I am wondering whether I could use the existing and will it make a difference in the connection. Thanks
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MSE technical problems
In the last few days I've had problems connecting to a few sites but mainly mse. Today I get dns could not be found messages when searching my posts and long delays when moving between some boards on mse. Is this happening to others? Edited to add I got an error code 4 message the first time I tried to post this.
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The Parameter Is Incorrect
Yesterday on starting my computer I got this message 'application starter the parameter is incorrect' I pressed ok and my computer behaved as usual. Nevertheless I did a systems restore and used CCleaner and Malwarebytes and for the rest of the day the message didn't reappear when starting my computer but this morning it…
