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Disabling SmartScreen
I bought a new laptop, Acer Aspire 1 with windows 10 S.. but when I try to install a program etc , I keep getting a message saying . SmartScreen Defender cannot be reached and cannot decide if this program is safe to run Ive googled and it says you need to disable SmartScreen by going to Control Panel System and Security…
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which printer?
Need a modestly priced printer than is not too expensive to run and can print nice photos.
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External blue ray writer
Suggestions as external blue ray drives seem rather expensive. Plan to purchase some blue ray movies from amazon. Burn them via i3 laptop to writer.disx and transfer them to Apple 4k t.v. Usb3 preferably -choice seems limited. Maybe I could avoid the higher cost drive from £80 etc.
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camera advise please newbie
Hi i'm looking to buy a 'proper' camera which i believe to be a DSLR, i want to photograph horse racing, horses close ups around paddock and maybe some action shots. Been using iphone and not really getting results i want. Would a DSLR be the way to go or should i go for a bridge camera? i imaging the ultra zoom 50/60x…
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Upload document to read only
Where can I upload a document to read only & not download, so I have option it cannot be downloaded ? Can you do this on Google Docs ? Prefer that I can just upload Word document and not allow downloads.
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McAfee or Norton
McAfee total protection or norton deluxe what one is best?
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HELP.....Mobile Hacked
A friend is currently on holiday in Tenerife, and has just messaged me to say her phone made 10 calls during the night, and her phone needs recharging. She reckons it might be linked to a Leone Lewis music track she downloaded. What should she do? Thanks in advance.....PP
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Which AA batteries
I need 8 AA batteries for a radio control transmitter and have always used Duracell up until now 7dayshop have always been cheapest - but at the moment are out of stock of many options They have free delivery on most batteries Are the Duracell industrial going to last as long as power plus Duracell ? They are roughly half…
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I3 6006u
Hi I've done some searching but wanted to ask people who may know what they are doing - is there a big difference between an Intel 6006u and a 7200u and a 8250u? I've found a laptop with 6006, 8gb ram and 256gb for a little over £350, whereas to get the other 2 processors I'm looking at an extra £100-200. Is it worth…
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Refurbished desktop
My friend has decided he would like a desktop pc and has decided to go the refurbished route,he would like it to be windows 10,he wouldn't be using it for much apart from surfing the web banking,and he loves youtube videos,I have no idea about desktops so wouldn't know which ones to ask him to avoid or which ones to…
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Two printer questions - remaining ink and cartridge detection.
I'm having printer ink problems again. I have a Brother DCP-J4120DW printer and yesterday I checked the ink status. I was just curious - no problems with printing recently and there were no messages about low ink. The little display showed the Magenta and Cyan empty. When I pulled out each one, they were both half full.…
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AA App
Hi All Wasn't sure if this is one for motoring or tech, but here goes - please feel free to move if necessary. I have the AA App on iPhone, but it is for my mothers account. I've recently joined and would like to get my own account showing, but it is appears to be quite difficult. I have deleted history and cookies,…
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Excel Formula Help
I want to create a spreadsheet which just adds up monthly amounts with no particular dates inputted justs by months so each amount I input is inputted as September and an amount of say 100 but its a continuous spreadsheet for my data inputting and then each month on the top with the totals for those months (if that makes…
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Micro Card Advice Required Please
I have a Sony Xperia Z3 compact phone which I wish to use to try and take some videos. OK, it's quite an old phone now .. I think I've had it for about 4 years, but it works fine, so why change it? Anyway, I have been told that I should get a memory card to store the videos on, which I do know the phone will accept. I've…
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Email and using a VPN.
Hi folks, I use Hotpoint Shield VPN sometimes and I find it creates all sort of security alerts when using Outlook as they think I am signing in from somewhere else. I suppose there is no way around this, other than to use the right IP address when signing in to Outlook and other email.
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Upgrade laptop or replace?
I have an Asus X555L Intel Core i7-4510U Processor @ 2.00 Ghz, 8 GB RAM 1 TB HDD The battery is about shot Do I replace the battery and the HDD with an SDD, or just get a new machine? A quick google suggests it needs a little precise work to do the replacement work, which I'm not comfortable with really, but know a decent…
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Sending Emails
Hi When I click on an email address on a web page, the link takes me to Yahoo mail (as it should) but doesn't copy over the email address into the "to" box. I've checked "mail to" in settings and that's set okay, I'm not sure how I can resolve this. Has anyone else experienced similar. I've tried a few different web page…
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LOST YAHOO MAIL p/word......advice pls??!
Hi! Cut to the chase, g/f has a regularly used Yahoo mail. I'm also using same for some accounts/a couple of credit cards. No e mail received since 21 September. Recovery mobile is obsolete/old & recovery mail has an error (my fault!) & I put in 'Goolemail' at end & not ' googlemail'. The Yahoo e mail is an automatic log…
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Facebook "Data Breach"
Another day another Data Breach... If you were asked to log back in to your Facebook account today it was due to a breach in Facebook's security Which could give hackers access to users accounts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45686890
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How can I re-set Acer Aspire password
I have no removable disk and I have tried all the advice online such as power on and press alt and f10 There is no option to switch user I haven't used it for a long time and the password reminder must be wrong as I have tried what I think it should be and variations of.,,,, Can anyone help?
