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New house build - CAT6 cables
Hi, We are having a new house built by a national builder. They can install CAT6 network cables as part of this build. I have Sky Q and a Mac, so am just wandering whether it is worth spending £300 for 2 data points or save the money and use wireless or an wifi extender? Any thoughts? Thanks Mark
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Win 10 Creators Update
Update 1709............ Emachines E525 laptop fairly old. First time this massive update knocked the sound from my laptop. Got it back by doing a restore. Second time it knocked out the wifi from the laptop. Got it back by doing a restore. The flaming update has again downloaded & knocked out the sound again. Got it back…
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Hudl SD Card
I have a Tesco hudl, which I sometimes use at work. I have another tablet, but the hudl is handy at 7", and has always been faithful. Recently, I couldn't read some files that were on the micro sd card I had in it. I thought I had another corrupt sd card. I took it out, and put it in another device, and it can read,…
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Help please - lost desktop!
Hello. Our other laptop is a Lenovo machine running Windows 10, and The Curse of Lenovo seems to have hit it. I have no idea what I did, but I obviously accidentally clicked on something on the desktop, and it's gone. In its place I have a dimmed desktop background picture, and three large (3cm square) icons in the middle:…
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Online abuse
Without giving too much detail, I'd be very grateful if anyone could advise regarding online abuse that has been an ongoing problem. It is something the police are aware of but in the words of the PC who is dealing with it hes 'not very tech savvy'. Amongst other things this person purports to be me and signs me up to…
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Start menu problem
Anyone suggest why the cursor has suddenly disappeared from the run/search box of my start menu? Can't get one to appear by clicking there, so basically I've lost the ability to use it. I'm using Windows 7 Pro.
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Minecraft help for mum please!
Hi, bought Minecraft download from Amazon for PC, and son says it's not the same as his friends. Apparently he wants version 1.9.1. If I've purchased the latest Minecraft, should I be able to download any version I like and how do I get version 1.9.1 anyway? Also if I have bought the latest version, should it not have…
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Refreshing posts on different Facebook sites
I understand when I sell an item on different Fb pages,there is an option to press a button and all the listings for that item,over the different pages,are automatically marked as "sold",so I don't have to re-visit every page individually,look for my listing,and remove it. I am wondering,can I do the same with a…
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Amazon Fire TV Stick
can you get radio stations on the Fire Stick? and if I were to use it as my main source of receiving TV would I need to unplug the aerial?
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Help replacing PC PSU
Hi It looks like the PSU has failed on my old Gladiator PC. I tried a different power cable, tested the surge protector extension, etc, but nothing happening. The PSU that comes with it is an ATX-500B, I have looked around and they are sold on ebay for around £20. Am I best to buy a direct replacement or is there something…
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Cannot access bbc radio on my new smart tv
We have a Virgin cable package and until recently we had an older tv. Sometimes I listened to BBC radio on my tv, via VM cable feed. Our VM STB is under the tv in our downstairs living room. My PC is in our home office together with our VM router. The home office is upstairs on the room immediately above the downstairs…
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RSS Feed Broken?
My news reader is no longer picking up the RSS feed from these forums. My other subscribed feeds to other sites do. Stopped about 4 days ago. Anyone else having problems? Using FeeddlerPro On iOS 11
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PDF editing apps - Samsung Galaxy Tab S3
For work i have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 and U used to be able to edit PDF files easily, I think it was using the Samsung app Write On PDF. However in the last few weeks this app does not seem to be working. I cannot find it when I do an app search but when i go to the Play store it says it is installed. Can anyone help me…
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Printer offline ??
Recently had reason to disconnect printer (Canon MX 310), later reconnected it. Days later tried to print - printer offline it said. Checked the USB cable - made sure both ends were firmly in their sockets/ports - still no luck. Extra info - use Windows 10. Who should I try - Canon help, the PC supplier (2012), or windows…
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Microsoft Word Auto Recovery
One thing I have never understood about Microsoft Word is the Autorecovery feature. I closed a document tonight and I go back into it and you can't see the autosaved documents. I know it says when you don't save the document it is available temporarily but where is it? It's okay because I have saved what I have done but…
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Currys Appalling customer service
Took my laptop for repair at Currys Chorley on 3rd February, was told that the repair would take 7 days. Went back to the shop on 10th February was told that the laptop would be back 10th February. Nothing happened. Received a text on the 13th February informing me that the laptop had been received at the repair centre.…
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PC Question?
Sorry if this isn't in the right topic, just want to know something, if I watch too much gay !!!!!!, will it causes issues with my PC? like virus, slow down performance. I heard it can cause problems if you download videos, but I am not downloading on to my pc, I am downloading them on my USB stick. I just bought a new PC…
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Circuit breaker problem
Today, Sunday 18th February, I tried to replace a failed led outside floodlight. I wired in the replacement with care and checked the wiring for mistakes - the circuit was, of course, turned off at the time. Went to switch on - nothing. The circuit group (blue) trip had tripped and won!!!8217;t reset. The switch to the…
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Cheap TV Adapter with Google Play
Hi All, I have a HUMAX Freeview box (FVP-4000T) that lets me stream recorded TV programs onto my mobile phone and it works really well. I was under the impression that the HUMAX H3, which is a streaming box, would allow me to extend the main box's functionality into another room. But it's crap. It only lets you play…
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Windows 7 - Blank Windows Features window
Hi folks, I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (64-bit) on my desktop and for a while I've had an issue where the Windows Features program (optionalfeatures.exe) produces a blank list when I run it. I've found a blog article via a Google search that is meant to help in the majority of cases but unfortunately it…
