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How to connect TV to PC with ethernet cable?
Not sure if I'm trying to do the impossible, or just having another senior moment. Any suggestions welcome (to the connection problem, not so much the state of mind;)) For some time (few years) I've used a second router, I think because of the distance from the VM Superhub & Sam Knows white box, I didn't want to run multi…
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Cookies - (I think)
More of a rant but advice would be good how to prevent happening again.. Had a browse through a few sites on my laptop for ideas for Christmas presents for my family. DS went onto laptop and signed into his facebook and ad's for all the items have randomly appeared on his facebook feed. Now also appearing on his phones…
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Streaming PC Build
My son wants to build a streaming PC. He says he needs the following: Ryzen 3 2200g https://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-ryzen-3-2200g-w-radeon-rx-vega-8-graphics-s-am4-quad-core-4-thread-35ghz-37ghz-turbo-4mb-65w-cpu?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx_2EmpPS3gIVgeR3Ch3YCw1IEAQYAiABEgI_IPD_BwE and some decent ram around 5 or 6gb He's…
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Can the OP delete own post
How can I delete a post on here?
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Amazon Fire Stick Downloading Kodi
I am proposing shortly to purchase an Amazon Fire stick (probably on Black Friday as they might be cheaper). I understand that it might be advantageous to download on to it something called Kodi. Is it easy to do and what are the advantages.
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Ancestry or find my past
Any help please can anyone recommend an ancestry site iv been using find my past which is good when free but now wants my credit card number they want me to pay a yearly subscription which is to much for me I ned a site I can pay for monthly or weekly depending on usage can anyone recommend a site apart from find my past…
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Spotify music to ipod shuffle
New to Spotify, premium. I have Spotify on android A5 Phone, A6 android tablet and Windows laptop. Is it possible to transfer this or some of the music to my wife's ipod shuffle.
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Gmail.com personal email - read receipts?
Hi all just a quickie for you good folk. I am looking for any recommendations for add-ons (for FireFox) that will offer me the facility to request read / delivery receipts for emails. I know you can do it from a work / school email address, however, wanted a free option ideally. I also know there are programs / services…
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Checking what is stored on my sim card?
Hi, I have an Android phone. My phone recently got infected with !!!!!! and goodness what else when I downloaded an app. I can't sort this out and, not having anything else of importance on my phone, I want to remove the sim card, do a factory reset then put the sim card back in. I just want to make sure that all my…
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Vpn
Hi Technophobe here. I've had an alert from AVG saying my internet surfing is not encrypted and I can easily be hacked by anyone with a bit of no how and all my information, including banking etc is public. Feeling really concerned by this. How can I protect myself? AVG is offering VPN at £1.49 per month. Do I need this?…
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How to pinpoint my location on Google Maps with phone
Is there an easy way to pinpoint my location, on Google Maps using my phone. I take photographs with the phone and find it useful to record the exact location, or at least 'near enough' locations. I am in an urban environment, so just use street names etc at present, but I would be keen for an easier / quicker option.…
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Dongle/MIfi with multiple IP addresses
Hello guys I have heard there is a service that allows one to get multiple ip´s via a dongle/mifi, up to 25. How is this possible ? Any specific UK provider?
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Delete previous version of windows?
I keep getting notifications my computers running low on storage space to do this with the caveat"Warning: you won't be able to go back to it". I don'tsee how i'm short on storage space as I have 1.6 TB free nor do I think I had a 'previous' version of windows, I thought I had windows 10 when i got my laptop about 2 yrs…
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iPad/windows 7/iTunes help please
I need some help desperatel! Son has an iPad mini and we back it up to icloud every day over internet. I want to sync it to the computer so we have a back up there to restore. We use windows 7 so downloaded iTunes but when I plug iPad in it’s getting his account details but there’s no way to sync. I also want to delete…
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Cannot view Videos on facebook - blurred out
Quick one - when I log into facebook I cannot view any of the embedded videos in my feed. All I see is a blurred screen, it's like looking out of a car window on a foggy day. It started two or three days ago. Anyone else got the same problem? I am running windows 7 on a pc.
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Dell laptop is locked and i cant access using windows account
hi all, ive had a nightmare two weeks regarding some laptops that ive bought for my sons for christmas. I bought two new dell laptops from ebay that were sealed. Ive had them for a couple of weeks then i opened the boxes and thought id sign them all in to microsoft so they can just use them. i cant sign in using a windows…
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App for speech to type on forums & EASY big keyboard free app?
:beer: Morning kind people, can anyone reccomend 2 apps, hopefully free??? 1stly.....any apps that are EASY to understand/use that allow you to speak & this coverts to written texts on forums (such as this) or online for PDF /WORD etc?. My eyesight is not fab! Have looked myself but can't find any? 2ndly, I know there are…
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Not switching off mac charger
My son has a habit of leaving his mac charger switched on the wall and just remove the laptop when he comes home for the weekend. This is annoying me he just forgets or is lazy to switch off at the wall. Just wondering whether it still uses electricity when left overnight. Should not cost a lot but it is a bad habit. Thanks
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Licence has expired on Microsoft Office
Licence has expired on Microsoft Office on a package from a college I no longer attend. All files on my laptop are now 'read only' and cannot be copy and pasted. If I buy a new subscription will this data be assessible again even though it will not be the same account details ? I asked MS using 'chat' assistant facility,…
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Remote desktop question.
Hello folks, I was one of the ones affected by Microsoft activation bug, and the Microsoft techie was able to use remote desktop with my computer without getting my IP address. Is this possible because I was logged into my Microsoft account? Thanks
