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Thinking about buying a laptop from CEX
Good Evening All, I'm thinking about purchasing a laptop from CEX, I've seen some decent looking deals online and in store. They are all refurbished and have 2 year warranties, has anyone got experience of purchasing a laptop from CEX? I just want a laptop that can run open office/Microsoft office, windows 10, browse the…
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stuck on "access denied please login with administrator privileges and try again"
Hi All. My laptop died the other day and as my wife has said she is getting me a new one for Christmas I purchased an old windows 7 Toshiba satellite one today for just £65. I am trying to install and play two brand new games I got from Amazon (championship Manager 2006, and CM 2008) yes they are old gamed but purchased…
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Vista laptop to dispose of, how to reset it
Found an old Dell laptop from about 6 years ago, have moved the few items off it i want to keep, now its ready for the bin. (It will be smahed up with a hammer in a bag before being buried in the bin too), is there an easy (I'm a technophobe, as some of you well know) way to wipe it/clear everytihng from it/re-format it…
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TRUE minimum spec for Win 7
I have been asked to deal with an ancient Gateway Laptop (Semperon 3400+, 512Mb RAM) - Currently running Vista - being delivered to me, this afternoon - I had planned on updating to Win 7 / 32 - But now am unsure whether it has enough RAM ? I believe that I can add another 1Gb RAM (I has 512Mb hard wired) - but see that an…
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Avast or Malwarebytes?
My problem with Avast is that I've been unable to get a response from them when I've had an issue, I note on here that people always seem to mention Malwarebytes, opinions please, thank you.
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Is this a scam email
I'm suspicious of this email, it smells. Can anyone confirm if it is legitimate? Links removed apple at new.apple.com Log in to your Apple account as soon as possible Dear Customer Please update your informations promptly so that you can continue to enjoy all the benefits of your Apple account. If you don't update your…
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Android custom ROM with SuperSU
I have a Samsung Galaxy SII (i9100) running Cyanogenmod 13 (a custom ROM), which has root capabilities built-in. I also use Apps2SD. It allows the creation of a 2nd system partition on the SD card to which you can fully move apps. With default settings, due to inherent limitations, the 2nd partition on the SD card cannot…
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Resolution query
This https://www.theverge.com/2015/10/7/9467611/hp-curved-all-in-one-34-inch-ultra-wide-announced says "Its resolution is only 3440 by 1440, which is on the low side considering the display's size." I have a question about that... What do they think the resolution could be? It is a 21:9 monitor and AFAICS the highest…
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Problems turning on Kapersky Internet Security !
For Windows10. in Action Centre>Security and Maintenance, I am not able to select and start Kapersky Internet Security. Tried rebooting a few times without any success. Anyone any ideas please ? It has been running problem free for over 2 years until yesterday.
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windows 10 auto updates
Fed up with the incessant blue screen interrupting me to say windows needs to update. OK - it gives you some limited ability to schedule the update for the next day or so, but how can I turn this process off? I know updates are important, and will happily do a regular, manual update when it suits me as I used to with…
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Lost Red Button after re-tune ...
Hi all, We have an "old" Freeview HD Samsung TV. After the digital switch-over years back, we had to get someone in to retrieve Teletext as it had disappeared. I've recently (automatically) re-tuned the channels after being prompted on the TV screen and the Red Button facility has gone again. I can't remember what they did…
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Easy to use, free photo filter program
As above, the better half has just discovered filers on her phone for photos and is getting quite good, but she's not great on a computer. Are there any very basic, easy to use filter programs for a laptop? Nothing like photoshop with layers etc, just after a good selection of filters to use on existing images?
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Which PDF reader and why ?
I am fed up with NO (classic) MENU on MS products - this is making it more difficult to navigate around documents - I am now finding that Adobe is following MS lead and removing menus from Acrobat - I was looking for an alternative and have discovered that most PDF readers are the same - NO CLASSIC MENU !! I was wondering…
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Beware Avast Users
BEWARE AVAST USERS. If you have subscribed AND have auto renew set, they will bill you £39.99 on renewal without notifying you of the renewal. This product is available for £19.99 on manual renew. It’s simple to fix, just log into your account and disable auto renew, they'll let you know when it’s about to expire and…
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Urgent: Need laptop £300 and under
Hi all, I urgently need a laptop priced £300 and under (£250 and under ideally). I am open to refurbished laptops. I am a light business user and will require access to browsing and word processing. I also need to be able to download some light software. I appreciate any recommendations. Thank you :money:
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Using Wireshark to sniff Sky router login details
A friend and I both have the same SR102 Sky router. I recently saw this video, explaining how to sniff the router's login details using Wireshark Legacy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdcsmYX7eEQ Basically, you start a Wireshark capture, filter by udp.port==67, find a DHCP Discover line, and copy the printable bytes of…
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Clock radios
I could do with a new one and are looking for recommendations. The main requirements are, 1. A clock display that does not illuminate the whole room. A lot seem to these days. 2. Would love dab radio but would tolerate fm only. 3. Reliable and not likely to break after 6 months. 4. User friendly. 5. Not too pricey. 6. I…
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Latest scam
Hurrah, I'm getting a tax refund: HM Revenue & Customs. Issuing date - Thursday, August 03, 2017 12:39:55 Expiration date - Friday, August 04, 2017 23:59:59 Dear X, Your application with HMRC has been reviewed and recalculated. We have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax refund of 205.07 GBP directly to your…
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CCTV to use aborad
Hi can you advise which the best one to use abroad it must be night vision and be accessible from mobile phone as well as record on the property Await your kind responses
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Legal Rights when a computer being returned via warranty was lost
Hi there, Looking for some consumer advice, I had purchased a computer from a UK company which I then had to return because of a fault which was within there warranty period. The computer was returned using a UK Courier company, which then turned out to loose the computer. The computer company then had to wait for…
