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As many people are using their microphones for the first time to use Microsoft Teams, Skype, Zoom etc during the pandemic, this may help some of you out there. First, before reading on - Backup Your Registry We have some clients who have Windows 10 have ran into issue where the microphone does not work. When they goto Control Panel > Setup Microphone – They get an error with the Wizard could not start. Simple Fix Navigate to Settings > Privacy > Microphone Allow apps to access your microphone > ON
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Hi all, I need a new desktop PC, but haven't been in the loop for a while so have no idea what's what. I need a PC capable of running Photoshop and other photo editing software, a bit of video editing using OpenShot, and some light gaming. I was going to buy a PC a few months ago but lockdown came along and the prices shot up. Just looking for advice, and I'd prefer a ready made, or configurable system, as previously when I tried building my own I ran into compatibility issues. Thanks in advance.
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When I reboot - just one icon keeps changing place on the desktop - its the shortcut to "My PC" I keep repositioning it but every time I reboot it reverts to a different place. I have tried: A - changing the options on view for the desktop B - Refreshing the changed positions on the desktop C - and even deleted the icon .DB file from my local app settings in the hope it would then remember the new positions D - deleted the shortcut and made a new one But whatever I do this one icon always changes place on reboot and seems to want to go towards a free space in the top left hand corner. Other icons can be moved just fine and stay where they are put! Any ide…
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Hi all. For some reason my spellcheck is, er! not checking, although it is whilst I'm writing this & make a deliberate mistake, to confirm it is working, & when I use Microsoft Works to compose. But it doesn't give me the option to correct on an email when I hover over the miss-pelt word. Another weird happening is, I sometimes get a correctly spelt word underlined with 2 blue lines! again on emails. Hovering over this, I get a grammar suggestion, I've checked the settings & spell check is activated, can't see anything for the underlining though. Any ideas. Thanks in anticipation.
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Hello, I use a redundant 1TB HDD drive L:\ in a USB caddy as a backup drive on computer //BB Second computer //AA sees the drive on the local net but no way will it allow access to either the whole drive or to shared folders on it. A flash drive, also on \\BB with the same settings, can be accessed as a whole drive by \\AA. File & Printer Sharing is on, network passwords are off. Why the difficulty with the HDD when the flash drive can be accessed, and how to get round the problem ? Both machines are Windows 10 64-bit. v10.0.18363 Build 18363 Regards Cheemag
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Hope i am in the correct thread. I play the free games on Facebook every now and again. Today i have noticed that the Game shortcuts on the left of my home page are missing. Searched the net and see its a problem for lots of people. Does anyone have the answer to reinstate them please?
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I have no idea what to do. Ok, old tech but I liked it. I have an ipod classic that had all of my enjoyable music on, appx 400 albums. I was happy with it, it was all I wanted. Recently the battery run out and instead of the grey screen prompting "connect to power", it said "you need to reconnect to your itunes". I was apprehnsive about doing this as I had not used itunes for 9 years, no need to. But after being unable to recharge, I took a leap of faith and reloaded itunes and connected my ipod. What a mistake. Everything deleted from ipod AND itunes. I have uploaded my backup of my music to my laptop but it seems impossible to upload any of it to itunes hence …
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My desk-top that uses W7 with a usb dongle as a network adapter will not open short-cuts to the internet. My W10 laptop seems to be ok though. Can I assume that it needs replacing? Thanks. Keep safe. Jim.
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Black screen. My Asus PC is turned on but has a black screen. Can not be turned off using the power button. Can not open screen.
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Hi folks, just bought a brand new 17inch Dell Inspiron 3000 laptop, (it's a whopper! :)) we are quite happy with it, but we have one or two small problems which we hope can be sorted out on this forum. It comes with a Antivirus thing .. which they are asking us to pay for, so can anybody here recommend a Free Antivirus programme for us? Also we seem to have no 'copy and paste' … ? we used to click on a box in top right hand corner and a list would come down, including copy and past, our last laptop we had Chrome... not sure what we got now, apart from it's windows 10.
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Hi Guys maybe this needs a new thread but I recently ( I know ) went to windows from 7. I also use yahoo mail and have a slightly different issue. mine would go to the page and when i clicked on mail would log in as usual. Then at random instances when i go to yahoo mail on my chrome browser and click mail it redirects me back to the same page ( i could this also be cookie related? ) the only way i can fix it is to close chrome down and open it up again, Even removed the cache and still it occurs..
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Hello, I've got a problem as the motherboard I was going to use doesn't boot despite trying many different fixes. My only conclusion is that it's a faulty onboard graphics chip. My plan was to use the following hardware to run a VST for eDrums with Superior Drummer 3: Asus M3A78-CM Motherboard with a Phenom II X6 1090T CPU, 4X2GB 8GB DDR2 PC2-8500U 1066MHz 240Pin DIMM RAM with a Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SATA 2.5" Internal SSD I'm faced with a dilemma now as I would like multiple USB 3 ports and need to decide whether I get an identical motherboard, upgrade the motherboard to the best spec that the CPU will fit in (potentially having to get more RAM that is…
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Multiple times a day mostly on Sky Email account I get the message 'Google Chrome did not shut down properly. Restore pages?' Can this message be ignored or do have to keep clicking on the 'restore pages' invitation? Thanks Ray. keep safe!
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When I do any search on Google Chrome it keeps a list of every search which is great if I want to go back to a search but can to records of every search I make be prevented? Thanks Ray
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Hi all, I could do with a bit of help please. Just recently my computer seems to struggle with uploading photo's from my mobile phone, I have a Samsung S8 and it has always done it in the past but just can't seem to do it anymore. Below is the sequence that takes place after connecting my S8 to the computer via the proper USB cable. On picture 6 you can see that the green line at the top of the page is going from left to right but it always seems to struggle at this stage and I can never copy any photo's from this file onto my computer. As said previously I have always been able to copy photo's from my phone to the computer but it just won't do it anymore for s…
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