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MyMail
Is anyone using mymail? I have a problem changing a password on the app, after changing my hotmail password on the hotmail web site. A routine event , but cant find out how to change it. Help desk at mymail no help!
emails
Hi Can you please advise why I am able to send and receive email on my smart phone on g mail via free WiFi but not able to send on my Hotmail account or Clara as it is frustrating
Win10 update-usb drive
Is there any help trying to update pre installed win10 to anniversary update. Asus laptop 32g ssp 32 g usb drive. Ive read various Microsoft forums etc though win10 anniversary update insists in trying to update from internal drive rather than my usb drive. Think maybe cause Asus laptop was purchased with win10 installed…
Free MP3 to CD burner-HELP!
Hi! trying to burn some files to playable CD disc for oldish portable CD player for G/F who is in hospital. Files are downloaded in 'VLC forma-MP3' or 'flac'. I tried a couple of 'free' (??!) burners but they put unwanted malware on-anti virus trials that were hard to remove etc (all cleaned perfectly now & gone) OR only…
Family Trees and GEDCOM software
I've produced our family tree on Ancestry.com but want to save it to my devices by exporting it as a GEDCOM file. This will allow me to keep the details after I cancel my subscription to Ancestry. I will need to install genealogy software on my devices so I can import the GEDCOM files into it. My question is can anyone…
Large icons on Desktop
The icon on my HP Laptop Have suddenly gone very large. How do I reduce the size of them?
I wish I'd know this at the weekend.
Last weekend, I signed up for a 20GB per month, 4G Mobile BB Service, and received an immediate 20GB to play with. Just noticed that my service officially starts on Friday, and I then get a nice new 20GB, to last until the 3rd April. Checking my allowance, I find I still have over 11GB from my current allowance. If I'd…
Looking for a large computer monitor
I have just treated myself to a new Windows 10 desktop computer and fancy a new, larger monitor My current one is a Samsung 18" which has been good. I'll probably keep the old computer, so need the new monitor Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I don't do any gaming, just normal internet (Ebay) stuff. maybe I'll…
Windows system disk and Sony Vaio
Back in the day, whenever you bought a new computer you received with it a set of CDs holding the operating system, so that you could recover from disaster. Then this was replaced by a message urging you to burn your own as soon as you started using your new machine. The problem is that it seems impossible to do this with…
Anybody have Powershell/IIS experience?
Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help Recently I applied for the job role of an IT Support Engineer (Junior Graduate) I have tech experience but it's not really related to Powershell and IIS troubleshooting. My experience is more command line Unix based and Oracle/Excel based so I was surprised when I got the call for the…
New Digital Spy Format
Anyone out there with an android device? can you "Zoom in" to a page? Cause I cant (4 different devices). Ta.
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