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Acer aspire Key pad
My Acer Touchpad has stopped working have tried to download drivers and so on and followed guides online but Nothing works I have a usb Mouse which I use but I would like the keypad to work any idea? TIA;)
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BBC iplayer / ipad
This may sound mad, but I'm nit the most technical person.. Apparently it's a common fault at the mo, that iplayer will,let you play but not download programmes. Been in touch with iplayer forum on f/b they suggested.. Turning off wifi Take off the iplayer app Re turning on wifi Downloading iplayer Should work. ""........…
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Windows 10 Creators Update
Beware of this! It takes an eternity! So if you have some important work to do, do not let your computer begin this update until you can leave it to do its thing for hours. I am fuming. I needed to use my computer this morning and switched it on before breakfast to give it time to do its little updates etc before I needed…
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Gmail help
I have linked 2 e mail accounts, one is a gmail and the other a company e mail address. When I open gmail on my phone, I see a dropdown box offering me the option of which account I want. However, I can't see this when on the PC, which I thought would have been more user friendly! Am I missing something? TIA
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PC keeps crashing - sysdata.xml problem Win 7 pro
OH's pc has started crashing regularly ie several times a day. It generates a mini dump and an error in AppData\local\temp\WER..... sysdata.xml. I cannot open the minidump and the usual diagnostics do not work - for example sfc /scannow does nothing when invoked. It displays the "just crashed" screen each time and this…
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Samsung TV - Removing Features, Still Under Warranty
Hi All, I wonder if anyone can help. I bought a Smart Samsung TV from Marks and Spencer about 4.5 years ago. It came with a 5 year warranty and has been really great. However recently Samsung has started removing many of the 'Smart' features. For example I can no longer access Youtube, Skype or Euro-sports with it. As I…
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o2 - can not add member to family bolt on
can have 10 , currently have 8 so 2 spare numbers friday 7th, tried it online didnt work phoned them ,w as told it would be on in 24 hours sunday came, nothing on so phoned them again was told needed to go to escalations, and would take 5 working days friday 14th, still not on at 2.30pm, so phone again was told on in 3…
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Excel problem XLSX files
I have recently reinstalled Windows 10 and Office 2007, and find that a couple of backed up XLSX files refuse to be saved. Never had a problem saving Excel files before and not sure how the problem occurred. The files will open in Office 2007, but unable to save and edit as necessary. Have looked on the net but become…
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Can't connect to wifi in hotels
Whenever I use my phone to connect to wi-fi In Holiday Inn, Travel Lodge, or a Premier Inn, Google Chrome blocks it which means I can't use the internet. Same for other browsers on my phone. Any way to resolve the issue?
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Regular or solid state hard drive?
I'm looking for a pc for a small office to do the basics. I've had good experience with Dell's before. They have a Vostro 3268 with a 500GB hard drive, and the same model for £10 more with a 128GB 2.5inch solid state drive (class 20). Any recommendations as to which would be better? Never had a pc with a SSD before but…
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Laptop and two external screens
Hi all, Please would someone help me configure my set up. I have a laptop (screen 1) and two additional monitors (Screen 2 and 3). One of the additional monitors is connected to the laptops VGA port (Screen 2) and the other (screen 3) is on the HDMI port (using converter to VGA but I dont think this effects anything) (I…
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Basic black & white printer?
Can anyone recommend a basic printer that will do decent documents, with out the need for colour. One, where the cost of replacement inks, isn't horrendous. I have a Canon MX 310 which is great, but even supermarket own brand cartridges to me are expensive.
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Easy cheap tablet for pensioner new to internet
My neighbour, in her 80s, wants to use a tablet to -Skype -listen to the radio -email -general browsing Can anyone suggest which one to get, that is not expensive. She has organised herself BT Broadband (which I am currently trying to help her set up) and needs something cheap, easy to read and straightforward to use…
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Windows 7 taking forever to load
For a week or so now when i turn the PC on it gets caught up at this screen. Not all the time but often. This morning after probably about 3-5 minutes at this screen i went downstairs & had a coffee, came back upstairs once i'd done that & it had finally opened up Windows 7. I've not installed anything new that i can think…
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cant see my intenet connection
Hi My husband cleaned my keyboard on my desktop whilst comp on. Now I can't see my network on the available networks. I have got internet connection but not on desktop. I seem to have lost list of available networks. I am not sure whether he has managed to hide them or what. If he has I cant find out how to unhide them to…
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Iphone 6 Call Failed
Have a problem suddenly occur on my phone. I try to make a call and it cuts straight away to Call Failed and it keeps on doing this until I turn the phone off and then on again. Once I have done this I am then free to make calls again for a short while and then it happens again. During this time I can't accept calls either…
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Computer has dropped wireless 300 times in three days
For a few months my laptop has repeatedly dropped the wireless network suddenly. I have multiple devices that use the wifi, and only my laptop has this issue. If I click connect again it won't, unless I unplug the router and wait for it to find it again, then it will reconnect. It used to do it once every 4-5 days. Now…
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getting ads on Google ?
For a week now , when searching for anything on Google,, ( using Google Chrome) it first comes up with the sort of list of things i expect .....but within a second or two page reloads and then shows about a dozen fairly irrelevant listings ... but i notice " Ads x " click on top right .. which then reloads the page getting…
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VHS to digital
Hello :) I would like to put some old videos onto YouTube and would appreciate some advice. I've done a fair bit of googling, but happy for suggestions. Background: I had six old VHS tapes of home videos that I wanted to keep / future proof. I thought if I put them on YouTube and if I make them public I would always be…
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Amazon Echo- how do you use yours/advice
Just bought an Amazon Echo on Prime day. Have used it for Prime music, weather/news etc. Just wondering if you have one what you use yours for and any ideas/hints/tips for it.
