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Block ads
I have used adblock for some time with no problem today the ads are back with a vengeance even my email oulook inbox is getting ads every minute, anyone help.
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Free search electoral roll sites
Can anyone recommend a site where you can search for someone for free?. I cannot find the site I always used and I was a member of I think k it was called freesearchelectoral roll and it gave mobile and landlines numbers too.
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Need WindowsXP Pro recovery disks for Compaq nx7400
Product Name: HP Compaq nx7400 Notebook PC Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP (64-bit) Hello to anyone reading. I'm in a lot of pain searching for the recovery disks for a clients laptop which is a Compaq nx7400 that runs (or used to run) a preinstalled Windows XP Professional preinstalled by HP. Windows product code…
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"Script Error" pop up, do I need an ad-blocker?
I have two browsers, (Chrome and Internet Explorer) this problem only occurs on Internet Explorer but I am as a result unable to use IE and would like to. The issue is getting repeated "Script Error" pop ups which look as if they come from either Microsoft of my PC itself (I don't know how to check this!) they're asking…
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Is this a new scam?
Hello Folks Hope I've put this in the correct board. Is there a new scam purporting to be from HMRC doing the rounds. The text below has appeared in my in box. The 1st link brings me the outlook login screen and the 2nd link to gov.uk I suspect the 1st link is to harvest my email login details possibly. The 2nd link on the…
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Lenovo laptop with Windows 10 wont boot up
OH has a Lenovo laptop and it suddenly wont boot up. The screen comes up with the Lenovo logo and says its trying a repair. Have managed to get into the advanced repair screen and it still wont do anything. Have tried to get into Safe Mode but cant get there. Any ideas anyone??
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Having to sign in every time!
Hi, can someone help a numptie? Before Christmas all my favourites on my Favourites Bar worked fine, I didn't have to sign in to facebook, ebay, gmail etc... I just clicked on the icon and the page would open up. Since New Year I have to sign in to everything, every day, why would this change? I have tried resetting the…
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Cloning a Hard Disk to a smaller one
I've just bought a new HP laptop with a 500GB conventional drive, with the intention of replacing that with a smaller (250GB) SSD that I had in a previous laptop. The plan was to retain Win10 (which comes pre-installed on the 500GB HDD) and install my preferred OS (Linux Mint) alongside it to dual-boot. Problem is that…
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files in winsxs
Win 7 C:\Windows\winsxs A file caught my eye in this directory it was mahjong game application but when i click the application the game does not run It is in subdirectory \amd64_microsoft-windows-s..inboxgames-shanghai_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_1c98ed5d08db04ce created 14/07/2009 - I got computer 2nd hand a…
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Do I need a TV ariel?
Hi all, I have recently bought a smart TV, with Freeview Play installed on the TV, however it hasn't arrived yet. The property I am in at the moment has some old Sky cables and a tv ariel point that has been tested by a tv ariel installer who said was not 'live', so I am not sure why it was there. It is in the wrong place…
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Android Camera app that can record to USB OTG
I'd like to get an alternative camera app to use on my Android phone that supports recording to a USB On The Go (OTG) device as well as internal storage. I've got a Meenova Dash Micro USB OTG card reader that I use as additional storage for my phone, but when I plug it in and open the camera app, I can't find an option to…
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Blocked 3d printer!
I am new to 3d printing having only recieved it for christmas. The filament is jammed somewhere in the extruder of my Wanhao Duplicator i3 Plus. I have tried removing it with the included hook but was unsuccessful. Is there anything else I should try before I before I dismantle the extruder, which I very much want to…
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Google Photos
These pesky New Years Resolutions - to tidy up my accumulated photos. I think my two qustions are, is Google Photo safe & how do I start? I really do not want my family snaps being hijacked for an advertising campagin, nor to loose rights over them & I gather GP is pure (free) storage with bonus search & edit features -…
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All Intel CPU from last 10 years may have a security flaw
Huge Intel CPU Bug Allegedly Causes Kernel Memory Vulnerability With Up To 30% Performance Hit to fix It appears that Intel might have a pretty severe chip-level security bug on its hands that cannot be simply swatted away; the bug affects all modern Intel processors dating back at least a decade Fixing this vulnerability…
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iMac Pro
There has been a lot of interest in the new iMac Pro that Apple have just released. A sizeable amount of it has been that it is both over-priced and lacks upgradability. To some extent I agree, however, the main source of unrest appears to be from people who are looking upon it as a machine to BUY. And many of those appear…
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disconnecting / reconnecting external hard drive
I have recently installed a new external hard drive (Adata HV620) via a USB 3.1 cable (there is no power lead) and am using Windows 7. I would prefer to have the drive unplugged and stored safely in case my PC ever got compromised and just reconnect it in when I need to transfer files to it. My questions are therefore: 1.…
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Getting Gmail notifications on my desktop?
Hope somebody can help/advise I have googled how to get email notifications onto my desktop and it can be done by going to the settings in gmail But The email notification pop up vanishes after a few seconds and there is no noise/bleep with the notification when i get an new email. What i need it to do it is make a noise…
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Which TV to go for advice
Hi, happy new year! I've got around £500-£600 for a new TV. Currently have a 43" LG 1080p and want to upgrade to a 4k HDR TV for some Xbox gaming and mostly TV, Netflix, Amazon, DVDs, Blu-ray etc. I've looked at a lot of models, reviews, and visited Curry's. The Sony Bravia has mixed reviews, likewise similar LG models, so…
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Adding a wifi access point help!
At work we have a switch box in our server room, it says on it it's a Netgear ProSAFE JGS524PE. This currently connects to 6 wifi access points around the building. We want to add two more in more or less the same place (either side of a thick wall). They have about 50 metres to run. Do we have to run two separate cables…
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Re battery life on new kindle fire7
Hi Guys, happy new year. Just had a new kindle fire 7 , 7th generation. Gobsmacked at how it loses battery life. Even , unused, it will lose 100% of the power, in 24 hours, and reading, or surfing, only up to 8 hours, which I think is about right? Has anyone else got one, and having similar times? Especially when not in…
