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PC Help
I'm getting a weird error on my laptop. When i type an address into the address bar it does a search on it rather than just gong to the page. This is happening on all 3 browsers - Firefox, IE and Chrome. I've googled it but that just seems to be browser specific - I refreshed Firefox but no joy. tried restoring to the last…
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Samsung mobile phone batteries - where to buy?
Where is the best place to buy a genuine Samsung battery? The phone it's to be used in is a Samsung E1270 - a very basic, dumb flip-top phone (I don't need anything flashy). This one: http://www.samsung.com/uk/mobile-phones/samsung-e1270/ I can't see any on Samsung's online store, and other online listings are probably for…
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5 lost years of progress, will components now wear out instead of becoming obsolete?
More than 5 years ago I upgraded my computer This is unheard of because usually it was every other year. The CPU I bought was this: Intel Core i5 2500K Unlocked, S1155 1 £135.99 I've just had a look around and you can not get a better CPU for the same money :eek: Replacing components because they have worn out just seems…
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Help setting up Outlook on new laptop - weird error message
Hello everyone Just bought a new Acer Aspire laptop & bought Office 365 subscription which includes Outlook which I wanted for email. All going great & loaded up Office by putting in code on subscription card. (Word, Excel etc all work ok) Tried to set up email. (Currently use Outlook Express on my old laptop which appears…
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Backups on Linux
I have set up a home webserver on Ubuntu. I had already done so on a Pi 2 but that was way too slow for anything beyond anything pretty basic so I got a pretty ancient I3 desktop and a small SSD and went ahead. I've got it working well now but the setup took quite a while so I looked around for an image backup solution…
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Laptop recommendations for Lightroom
Evening all, I'm after a laptop for my wife to run Lightroom 6. She is looking to start-up her own photography business and while she knows everything there is to know about cameras (or so it seems), she knows very little about computer hardware. I used to be very good with all this stuff but having moved away from PC…
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Google search history
Just lately, every time I do a google search on my iphone7 the search history appears on my laptop, I realise I must have done something for this to happen but not sure what....anyone know how to stop this? Cheers
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Aftermarket OEM Windows activation key
Hello... I recently purchased a digital activation key for Windows 10, in order to activate the program on my new-build PC. It was from a retailer called NextKeys and was purchased through the online marketplace Kinguin. It was £24.99. I've done this before, so I'm not a novice. One of the risks you take is that it's…
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PCSPECIALIST is a complete scam - stay away
I recently bought a laptop through HITACHI Finance from PCSPECIALIST. After waiting more than a month to receive a laptop that was communicated to me it would be built and delivered in maximum 20 days, I already had an issue. This only became worse after realising the laptop was delivered broken. Screen randomly going…
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'Flat' view across several folders (Win10)
I want to have a view of the sub-folders from several parent folders, but presented as-if they were all in the same folder. Is this possible? When they introduced Libraries in Windows, I was hopeful that Libraries would do it but it doesn't - it only presents everything in the original hierarchy. I don't want to move or…
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Could a VPN confuse Amazons ordering systems?
Bit of a strange one this, Was using a VPN on my tablet and happened to view an item on amazon uk as well. I then noticed today that even though VPN was off on tablet, that it was showing on the amazon site on both my tablet and pc that the particular item couldn't be delivered to my location in uk, location was correct on…
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Internet Explorer back button returns to blank screen and not search results
Would anyone know what's wrong with my computer. I use internet explorer 11 and if I type money saving expert in google I get all the results so I click on money saving expert forum then once I finished searching I click on the back button in internet explorer and it takes me back to a blank screen and not the search…
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Windows update.
A couple of days ago (19th) my Windows 10 64bit laptop installed a large Windows "critical" update. It took over an hour yesterday morning to install and full boot up! Since then, on start up, I get the following message on my screen "There was a problem starting C:\Windows\System32\LogiLDA.dll". I've tried a system…
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HP Pavilion dv7 2110sa
The laptop keeps shutting down and the fan is noisy so suspect cpu may be overheating but not sure. I installed win10 and wben I ran a hard drive test it passed the quick test but failed the long test so i replaced the hard drive with a second hand SSD but am still having the same problem. I have also blasted the vents…
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Setting up Thunderbird
Sorted, but unable to remove this thread.
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New Scam Tactics
Hi All, I received the following email today, see below what they claim to be doing! Always beware of emails of this nature, even if they claim to be doing the right thing. FROM THE UNITED NATIONS POLICE (UNPOL) REGARDING RECOVERY OF YOUR LOST MONEY. Attention:Beneficiary, We hereby inform you that the Scotland Yard…
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MicroSoft phishing scam
New one going out tonight, report it as a phishing email, delete it, do not ever reply to it, take care folks.
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My laptop has totally lost all connection to wifi
Hi hope someone can help my laptop has lost all connection to the wifi for some reason it turns the wifi off automatically in the setting
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Message from E Bay
I have received the following email supposedly from E bay, how can I tell if its genuine? Hello We have reason to believe that your eBay account has been used fraudulently without your permission. We’ve reset your eBay password. If you had your PayPal account linked to your eBay account, we've disabled your PayPal link to…
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Roku or Firestick?
Have a HD TV in guest room that has no aerial connection, so looking at these streaming devices. I can't see a major differnce between them to be honest. My only concernd abouth the Roku is that I've read you have to input your credit card details? Is that something to be paranoid about? It is after all just a guest room…
