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Archives for January 2019
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Decent web host?
Hello For the last year I've been using GoDaddy (my web page is still a work in process as I've been struggling with certain things) and it just came up for renewal. I purchased my domain through them so have kept that but the renewal for hosting is more than I can currently afford at this time of year. I got the first…
Mouse problem
As the title says. I keep closing tabs using the left click button on the mouse and it more often than not will close more than one open tab. I just wonder if it's a dud mouse and I need to purchase a new one or is there some setting I may be able to change to rectify this? I haven't been able to find the solution as yet.…
Idiots guide or Dummies guide or ?
I can remember around the year 2000 I was learning some Microsoft applications and I was using one of the above guide books I believe. Anyway, at the end of each chapter they had a task which they took you through step by step. Then the next chapter built upon the task in the previous chapter. I thought it was an excellent…
Laptops with Optical Drive!
Wanted to bag a spare laptop in the sales however, struggling to get what i want, call me old fashioned but i always buy them with an optical drive which seems to be a lot more difficult these days. My other Laptop 8GB of memory and 1TB HDD i wanted around the same or better along with the Optical Drive, last one i got…
SSD vs CPU
I use a 10 year old CPU with a benchmark of 1700 with an SSD for general internet browsing, word processing etc. It's fine. No delays. Very quick boot times. I made a PC as a christmas present with an i3 processor. CPU benchmark 4800. The SSD was a bit late so I loaded the OS onto a mechanical hard drive. It was really…
google play services stopped
This morning I switched on my mobile phone, samsung galaxy mini S4 and two messages keep coming up that I have never seen before. 1.Unfortunately Google Play services stopped 2.Unfortunately the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped Looking online one possible solution is: Go to Settings > Apps. Scroll to All apps…
Screen grab on tablet
Since using my Samsung A6 tablet, it's been slightly difficult holding it and pressing the power and home button simultaneously to grab a screen shot. Huh, just realised that pressing the power & volume, which are together, achieve the result wanted.
Vinyl records . Keep ...or sell
New year etc. I'm doing loads of tidying / organising . Having issues with space in small flat . Love my music ,and have done for many years . I always buy CDs and rip onto iTunes and external hard drive . I did offload lots of records when CDs took off . Yes I know about Spotify etc, but prefer to keep a physical copy .…
Best 4tb portable drive if there is one?
Hi folks, I am on the lookout for a 4TB portable drive similar to the 2TB My passport one that I have used now for a number of years, but is becoming full of data that I don't want to delete, hence the reason for a new drive. Should I just stick with a WD My Passport 4TB or you can think of a better drive that maybe has a…
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