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Replacing LG Chromebase
My mum’s LG Chromebase has stopped getting updates, she’s had it for a while and loves it cause it’s so easy to use. The monitor is 21” so she can see it easily. Sadly no manufacturer makes a All In One Chrome computer any more but just chromebooks. Can anyone suggest a computer for her ? She only uses it for emails,…
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Deleting MSE Bookmarked Thread Notifications.
How do you delete an individual new post notification. If you mouse click on the bell icon, top right of a forum page, you get the first 6 thread/post notifications for your bookmarked threads, when they have a new post. How do you delete an individual notification? (Not the book marking). Thanks for all replys.
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How to select FULL image for an individuals contact picture (iPhone)?
So i'm trying to put images to names in my iPhone. Issue i have is that the annoying circle only takes a portion of the image and cuts out a chunk. I can zoom in and show even less of the image (not good) but i can't zoom out and include the entire image. I have tried resizing the image that was 200x200 pixels to 150x150…
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Norton autorenew £79.99
I had a card through the post yesterday, telling me that my Norton internet package had autorenewed, costing me £79.99!!!!Checked the bank account and the money was taken on 1st May.I am absolutely livid, is there anything I can do?I am sure when I purchased this, it was around £29.
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can you get thermal cut out safety plugs?
Does anyone know if you can get thermal cut out safety pugs that monitor the temperature in the plug, and if it gets too high the plug will stop conducting? This is different to a surge protector that has safety cut out for surges, but what I want to know is if anything exists specifically for temperature? Although not…
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Goodmans Soundbar keeps automatically turning off
I have a 60watt Goodmans soundbar, but it randomly shuts off for no apparent reason. I did Google the problem, and it seems a few people have complained about Goodman soundbars with the same problem. Some seem to think it turns off due to a long period of inactivity, but how can it be inactive if I was listening to it? I…
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Gaming Laptop - about £1k
Do you think I should go new or refurb? Any ideas I’ve always used a pc but I’m being relocated overseas and want something portable, but don’t have a massive budget. I’m not that techie but perfect world would be i7 17inch screen 8GB Ram a graphics card GTX1660Ti Does anyone have any good recommendations for models, or…
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Granny internet
HiWe have finally persuaded our 92 year old granny to have a go at the internet. She's 150 miles away. She has no internet in the house and no wi-fi she could piggy-back onto. Getting internet installed is going to be too problematical even if possible at the moment.I'm looking at getting one of these…
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How to see graph of Twitter followers over time?
I've not used twitter for a while but I seem to have some new followers. I used to be able to see a graph of number of followers over time but I can't find the option now. If I go to analytics there's a tiny graph at the top right but I'm sure there used to be a way of changing the timescale and seeing more detail. Can…
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Windows 10 Pro license
I bought my PC about 18 months ago from a supplier who is no longer in business and every hour or so I get a message pop up saying my license has expired. Do I have to buy a new one?
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Natwest free AV software
When I log in to my Natwest account they are offering free malwarebytes download to protect up to 10 devices, is it worth having?
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SSD's and defrag
I know you arent meant to run defrag on an SSD and instead Windows 10 will run TRIM as needed, but ive just looked in the defrag menu and its saying that my SSD defrag was last run 28 days ago and "needs optimisation". Should i just ignore that? Or is that telling me last time TRIM was run? Its down to run weekly…
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Wireless Headphones?
Hi, does anyone know what's the best headphones for my smart 43 Samsung TV? it has to be wireless though, any recommendations would be great thank you, do Amazon sell them? if so what is best headphones they sell?
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Updating Old Tablet OS
I've got a Gemini GEM7007 which runs slowly and I suspect updating the OS would improve it. Currently running android 4.1.1 from 2013, updated to V4 2014. The updater will install V4 as above. Kernel 3.0.8 from Nov 2013. Also says crown810@crown server.Found this online, no idea if its relevant…
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Scanning in Gimp
I'm trying to scan an image into Gimp, through create>Scanner/Camera, but the dialogue box to select my printer, doesn't appear. I tried updating my printer drivers, but I have the latest drivers installed. I've tried just scanning, from the printer settings in Control Panel, but in the preview, it's parts of the scan area…
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Confused with Anti Virus Software
Hi there, I am just looking for a bit of advice, I want to install a fairly decent anti virus program on my computer as I seem to be having various issues and pop up scams recently, e.g. TalkTalk Congratulations you have been selected for a prize etc etc.) I was wondering if anyone could give me advice on one to buy. I was…
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LG 55SM8050PLC or another TV?
Hi all I had a Samsung JU6800 which broke for the second time with the top third of the screen being very dark. John Lewis have told me it's not worth repairing so have offered the above TV as a direct swap or £600 credit towards any TV I want. Having lost my job the sensible option would be to accept the straight swap but…
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Power supply for this device
I have lost the charger for this - does anyone know what charger would work? Thanks a lot in advance.
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Number of connected devices
We have been having issues with BT broadband for a while now, the hub has to be reset constantly and now we are barely getting any wifi upstairs. My son has to carry his pc tower downstairs to plug directly into the hub to download anything. Can I ask what is the amount of connected devices people usually have in a…
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Should I buy a new laptop?
Hi all. I just need some advice but appreciate my issues could be a number of things. I have a pretty decent spec laptop - well, i5, 8GB ram (I've attached a screenshot of the spec) - and run a variety of programmes on it including some basic video editing software and Photoshop but don't do any gaming. My problem is that…
