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Yet another microsoft update
Last night I had yet another microsoft masive update that wanted to update all three of my laptops on the same night. Previously unheard of, usually spread over several days. Does anyone know what could of been so important? I can not see any difference. Was this just another meaningless update by microsoft?
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Dare I venture into this? downloading a film.
I seem to be on a learning curve of late, and now for something else. When we fly, it seems that everyone on the aircraft is watching a movie from either phone,tablet or laptop. Yes, the word download comes to mind, but I do not have a clue how this is done. Dare anyone venture on explaining this please, in simple terms.
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Router keeps losing internet connection
We swapped from Plusnet to John Lewis about 3 months ago (this may be purely coincidental) Since then we keep losing the internet connection. Android phone has the wi-fi icon with an exclamation mark. Laptop has the wi-fi icon in the notification area but with the yellow mark saying 'connected to Sagemcom - no internet) A…
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Best quiet cpu fan replacement.
Hi folks, I have a pc eight years old, going fine though the cpu heatsink fan is starting to get noisy especially when it runs faster when I am doing something such as a game. I have taken it off and cleaned it, also taken as much dust as I can out of heatsink. Definitely the cpu fan as when I stop it, the hum goes away.…
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Can't paste files from desktop onto SD card
put an old SD card with plenty of music on it into my new phone. Tried to copy and paste and cut and paste more music onto it but I just get a little window saying 'copying' or 'moving' respectively but there is no progress along the bar. I deleted a few files from the SD card to create more space in case that was an issue…
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Telephone calls
This seems to happen everyday. I look at the phone to see if there have been any calls and there are usually several in the window. I'm at home most of the time and usually in a room with a phone in but the phone doesn't ring even though it says there has been a call. It does ring when a genuine call comes in. It's several…
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Would you recommend a android contacts app?
I'm looking for a contacts app for android. Ideally it will have photo I'D and besides being alphabetically will give me the opportunity to have my favourites at the top. Don't want adverts and if it looks good, would be prepared to pay.
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windows 7 activation tool, can someoen remember the name?
Hi folks, I have forgotten the name of software that I have used before, basically it is for use with a genuine copy of windows 7, doesn't work in 10. What it does is, it makes a backup of you activation without having to activate through Microsoft again, should you need to reinstall, checks bios or motherboard I believe,…
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Scratches on studio monitor speakers- what to do.
Hello everyone, I hope you are OK and can offer me some advice. I purchased a pair of JBL LSR305 studio monitors for my home studio, and when I unboxed them and placed them on my desk, noticed there was a few scratches near the tweeter on one monitor. Now, I wouldn't mind if I purchased these as B stock, but I bought them…
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Skype for business basic
Hi! I need to join a Skype for business meeting but I don't have Skype for business or an Office 365 account. I've successfully downloaded and installed the free Skype for Business Basic, but I can't log in. How do I create a log in for Skype for Business Basic?
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Free Antivirus Software for Chromebook
Does anyone know of decent free antivirus software, and where to download, for a Chromebook? Most of the free software I have come across and read about on this site seems to only be for MS Windows and Apple MAC users.
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World Cup Fever n Deals?
Hey guys, I usually used to find good deals around World cup but I am not seeing those deals or discounts this year. :(
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Talktalk
My talktalk contract ended May 11 informed them on chat and a phone call that I am changing provider and not renewing also canceled my direct debit now recived a bill for £89 they saying I did not inform them very difficult company to deal with
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Non Spam emails Going straight to Deleted box
:wave: My amazon emails when i order stuff seems to go straight to my deleted box (not inbox or spam) when i recieve them on my yahoo email. Anyone know how i can resolve this for them to be delivered to my inbox in the future please? I'm quite baffled by this as normally quite good with stuff like this. Thanks :)
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Floodlight
Hi, I am looking for floodlight without a sensor and connection to mains. I have lights but they are all with sensor. I have seen 1 in Wicked but it's too small for outdoor. Any recommendations? Thanks
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Disposing of(selling?) broken laptop?
(apologies if this is the wrong place for this thread!) I've been looking for a place to recycle my old laptop (10+ year old Sony Viao - no longer switches on at all) and trying to find somewhere cheap as possible - I've seen a lot of places offering to buy laptops but doubt I'd get anything for this! Don't want to just…
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Money Management Apps
Hello all! Apologies if this is in the wrong section (not quite sure where to put it) or if it's been asked before but I was wondering if you guys had any recommendations for money management/budgeting apps that integrate all your bank accounts and show each balance and spending etc. I've heard of Yolt and just discovered…
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How to block EE spam calls ????
I have started to receive calls from a robotic female voice telling me my internet connection has been compromised and to give them my IP address. Have hung up. Each call has come from 01264 360344 and 01225 37984 and 0191 5165054 Googled and these appear to be prolific. I am with EE who don't appear to have a blocking…
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Can't Play Facebook Videos
Hey guys. Running the latest version of Chrome and it's developed an issue where it will no longer play Facebook videos. I press play and then the video will reload with the play button still in the middle of the video and won't play at all. It's the same in incognito mode too. I've cleared cache and cookies, made sure…
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Excel 2016; Unnecessarily recovered files
Hi I am hoping you can help either with a solution or on how to phrase the question for Google. About half the time when I open Excel 2016 (on Windows 10), it is saying I have recovered files and that I need to check them. One of the files is not one I opened in the previous session. The other file I will have opened but…
