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Morning all Read up all over place to find out why my disk /dvd etc cant be recognised by my pc I have only found this out since I tried to play a disk I have with loads of family photos. There is nothing wrong with the disk as it playes on my mates laptop Bob No disks play at all
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Hi everyone, Recently I installed a free VPN app in my android phone named RageVPN. Its a Cyprus based team that provides, surprisingly, a truly free VPN service that brings privacy safety for online surfing and allow me to watch and surf content that would usually be restricted in my country. I personally consider it as one the best free VPN apps for android since it doesn’t require credit card or any payment. It’s a completely free service that give you a lot of counties to choose from. It doesn’t even require a registration or sign-in. Its been online for about 2 weeks and already falls into the category of 10,000 - 50,000 installs all over the world – so I guess I’m…
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On logging in this morning this message appeared at bottom of my desktop 'My display touch smart OSL stopped working' I have Googled this but the explanation is both unclear and somewhat worrying! Everything appears to be normal with this desktop PC some will leave alone unless advised otherwise. Can anyone help please? Ray
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I have a HP laptop. Windows 10 home came pre installed and so did McAfee Virus scan and Firewall for 12 months. I have never used McAfee before, always used Windows Defender or security essentials. SAS and MWB free version. I do have the option to use Windows Defender. Which one would you use?
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Any ideas what the fault could be: HP 15-ac151sa When turned on you can hear the fan spin etc but it does not appear to boot, screen stays blank and the caps lock key continually flashes.
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Hi Pete - or any other of you folk who can advise! I just tried to back up my files to an external hard drive and am shocked to say I last did this a full year ago which only took me minutes! However I don't know how it's happening a full system image is now being saved to the external hard drive which is taking a considerable time which leads me to fear that my ex hard drive will be full before the complete image is installed! So in anticipation of that happening should I clean the hard drive and just download my files a previously last year/ Hope you can help ray
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Afternoon everyone, It's been a while since I've been here and I would very much appreciate your help and advice once again please. Currently my broadband cabling enters the house into the lounge on the ground floor and it used to connect laptop, mobiles and tablets to the network wirelessly. We are on the finishing straight of converting our loft space into a dedicated pc/hobby space to be shared by wife and I. We have a Netgear (Virgin branded vmdg 490) router and a Sky SR101 router sitting here gathering dust. Would it possible to connect either router to the EE wi-fi and then connect pc's to either router using ethernet cables to obtain internet access for a pair o…
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I have an HP Deskjet 2130 all in one printer that was set up on my old laptop, the laptop no longer works. The printer is still set up on my PC and I have the installation disk and would like to be able to use the printer on my new new HP laptop, but it does not have a DVD/CD tray. Is there anyway I can set the printer up to work on my new laptop?
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Hello, I have a Packard Bell Easynote TM 89 that I purchased in 2010. When I turn it on I get the screen shown on the below webpage. I was attempting method 1 but My Laptop did not come with a genuine Windows bootable DVD/USBas it was pre installed. https://appuals.com/how-to-fix-boot-error-0xc000000f/ I attempted to make one by clicking on the link Windows 7 / Windows 8 : https://appuals.com/create-windows-bootable-usb-or-dvd/ I do meet the system requirements and downloaded the Windows 7 bootable USB/DVD download tool successfully. It asks me to chose an ISO file. I do not understand where I should get the ISO file from. Any help would be appreciate…
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I have just purchased a bluetooth dongle for my desktop PC, Windows 7. I inserted the dongle in a spare usb port. My PC recognises the dongle and shows it is connected to my Samsung Galaxy j3 (2016), and my Hudl 2 android tablet. My phone and tablet are both showing connected to User PC. I have managed to send a file from my PC to phone. When I try to send a file from phone to PC, it says "Sending file", and then says "File not sent".
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I have a Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) phone, and I have transferred photos to my PC Windows 7 without any problem. When I try now, I cannot copy and paste to my PC. After coupling the phone to my PC with the USB cable, photos showing on the PC are all wrongly rotated, and my PC will not allow me to rotate. The same photos on the phone are correctly rotated. I choose a photo from the phone, press copy, but when I go to My Pictures, it will not paste.
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Hi to all, I am having a problem with system restore, I don't have any restore points ,so I had to do one and it is all I have. I used to have the PC make a restore point every time it restarted and if I would do a system restore I could pick from different dates. Now there is only the one I made 11-11-17 . Any help on how to restore the old way ,thanks. I am running Windows 8.1
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I have a CreativeSound Blaster Zx sound card . I Get fuzzy sound from earphones when listening to online audio(ie speech from a tutorial) even though sound from the speakers on the desktop is ok when listening to the same audio.(Earphones work ok on laptop- can hear on line audio ok.)Earphones work oK when connected to creative labs gigaworks progamer g500 power touch wired controller on desktop when listening to “on board” music like recorded CDs. I Disconnected mic + earphone cables of Creative Labs Sound Blaster Zx sound card audio control module from soundcard sockets. This module had facility for plugging in a mic or earphones with a volume control . Conne…
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Hi, I have installed Epson XP - 332 Printer on my PC. It is working fine. I have been trying it uninstall my old Epson SX 210 Series Printer. I opened Control panel > Programmes and Features > Uninstall Epson SX 210 Series. It asks do I want to Uninstall Epson SX 210 Series.I press Yes. It goes so far and then says " Printer Driver cannot be deleted ". I have tried going to Start > Devices and Printers. Both Printers are showing with the Epson XP - 332 Printer as the default one. A drop down menu on the Epson SX 210 Series Printer has the option to Remove Device. I select this, and it is removed. When I go back to Devices and Printers, the Printer is showing ba…
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Hi All, I need help please. I have a Quad Core computer with windows 7 installed onto it and I use Google Chrome as my internet interface thingy..... Just recently every time I click on the Google Chrome icon to open a webpage as it opens up a box appears on the top right hand corner saying "Restore pages" OR, "open start up pages" I click on either one and then my homepage (Yahoo) then opens up but it isn't very long until the yahoo email page of mine starts running very slowly and doesn't allow me to click on anything and the blue circle is rotating and sometimes starts to disappear! I then have to press Ctrl, Alt and Del to open task manager to end the progra…
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