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Digital Transcription Kit
My office is stuck in the dark ages and we still use little tapes in a dicta machine that I then put into my transcription system and type out. My bosses dicta machine has broken and I am trying to get him to move to digital and he is agreeing as to buy a new dictamachine appears to be as much as a whole digital…
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Lots of port forwarding messages in router log
Hi, Strange behaviour on my laptop since this morning - noticed the wifi drop out briefly, and happened to check my router (bt homehub 5) logs and noticed that port forwarding was being applied about every 30 seconds - see sample below. I restarted my PC, and ran malwarebytes scan, which reported no threats. This seemed to…
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PC can't see external hdd anymore - help please
I have a WD My Passport Ultra 1tb drve which I connect to my ( windows10) PC. For some reason, the PC doesn't displayt it anymore in the This PC Devices and Drives section. However if I go to Device Manager, it shows up under Disc Drives. I don't know how to access the drive to save stuff to it. If I attach the drive to my…
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Quicken and HSBC
I have been using Quicken XG without any problems since 2004 and downloading .ofx files from HSBC since 2007. Since June this year, downloading .ofx files has been a problem. HSBC seem to have changed something but will not admit it. I can download transactions in .ofx for one bank account. When downloading transactions…
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Mobile phone power banks
Morning team I want to extend the battery life on my mobile phone so I can dump my rubbish garmin gps thingy. Have been reading reviews that say 'super quick charge time' etc but I don't want to stop to charge my phone, I want to plug a power bank into my phone and leave it plugged in. I'm sure this is a daft question but…
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Kindle gone haywire downloading books I already bought
I went on line with my Kindle last night to download a book I just bought and it went crazy downloading books I already bought some time ago. I tried again today and same thing happened. but I do not seem to have duplicate copies so it must be overwriting them We are talking books I bought 2 years ago and more. Anyone else…
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Windows 10 Creators Edition - automatic repair endless reboot
This CE went wrong all too quickly.... It seemed to be working but said a driver failed to install and so offered an automatic repair. When it offered to reboot it now is in a constant loop that cannot be broken out of except to turn off the PC. But on restarting the whole loop re-engages again. The Advanced Options…
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Printer only prints blank pages but good ink
Hi, hope someone can help as I'm at the end of my tether. I have a nearly new HP Deskjet 1050 J410 series all in one printer and it has nearly full original HP ink cartridges in. I cannot for the life of me get it to print anything - the paper just comes out blank. Have tried realingment, cleaning nozzles, test page,…
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Adobe Acrobat Licence
As the title says really I foolishly clicked out a message box without reading it but to late realized it was the Adobe Acrobat Licence prompt ? Can I just uninstall and then reinstall the program teach me not to be impatient and read the prompt message first x
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NOW RESOLVED ...... HUMAX HDR1100S - no power
Hi I wonder if anybody can help with this issue? I have had the freesat box sat unused and to my knowledge unplugged for about six months. I have just the past few days decided I wanted to start using it, so plugged it back in and went to attach the power cable to the back of the receiver; but I am getting no power at all.…
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Epson printer XP640 connection to PC?
Hi all, I have on order an XP640 printer. My PC is not WIFI enabled however it is connected to a BT Hub via Ethernet. My BT Hub is WIFI enabled - will the PC talk to the XP640 via the BT hub.? The printer will be more than 5m away from the PC so I cannot use a USB2 link. Mike.
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Strange format suddenly happening on forum
Can't understand what's happening since yesterday when I log onto the forum. I'm now seeing the unpleasant "white" format rather than the regular green & white format I usually see and the threads all seem to be old ones. Can anybody suggest what's happened on my computer and how I can get back to seeing my normal format…
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Convert gpx file to a map so that I can print it
as above, does anyone know of a program that I can use to save my tracker watch gpx file as a map? I have a Tomtom Runner watch and although a map is produced on the cloud using the file from the watch, it is not very detailed and it doesn't print out very well either. Free program would be best (obviously) but I am…
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auto login to the forum
I'm using a new windows 10 laptop, and cannot get it to log in auttomaically to the forum. * have ticked the 'remember' when entering my password * using Firefox, and have saved the forum address under security/logins/saved logins what am I doing wrong? Never had this issue with windows 7 or 8!
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VOB to MOV converter
Anyone know of a free video converter to take .vob files and convert to Quicktime (.mov)? I have tried several so called 'free' ones on the net but they all seem to convert only the first few minutes, converting the whole 20 or so mins requires a paid version...
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Weak/no signal with new TV
I've bought a Samsung Serif TV for the bedroom. I was setting it up this afternoon and but having some issues. God knows what arieal cable they've given me but it doesn't fit the bedroom socket. Anyway I got the cable from the main TV in the living room and set the TV up. Thing is it keeps saying "weak/no signal" when…
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how do i change Forum back to "old format" ?
come to look at forum posts and see everything on mse main , and forum sites is in the "new format" launched a while ago . I seem to recall at the time i was able to choose to revert to old .?
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Amazon Echo - Music
Hi guys, So just after a bit of advice. I got given an echo as a present, which in fairness isn't a bad gift as I do like gadgets but it's not something I'd have bought myself. I can't see what it can do that my phone can't but with the benefit of a visual display. I think being used to Google on my phone I actually find…
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Humax Box & Freeview Query
I have the 'normal' standard Freeview on my TV. If I got a Humax box would I get anymore or any different Freeview channels ?? Thanks in advance................
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Enough's enough, I want air con!
Hi everyone I can't take anymore heat in my flat, as I mainly work from home and the flat is hotter than anywhere else I've lived. I wasn't able to stay in it during the recent heatwave in the 30's and we've got it predicted for the next 3 months. That's a lot of missed work. Decided I want to get a portable air con unit…