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My wife's laptop is getting old and its LAN socket has worn to the extent that no matter what cable she uses the fit is poor and when she's online she has to hold the cable as a certain angle to keep the connection . . . which is frustrating. …

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Sorry, but my question requires a long-winded explanation. Because of where we live, my wife and I cannot get decent broadband except through a satellite package which recently went down for two days. It leaves us totally isolated since the phone is also satellite and we get no mobile reception …

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I'm running VirtualBox on Sierra with a Windows 7 Guest VM. How can I increase the space available to the VM? I started with 20GB but I realise now it wasn't nearly enough.

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I run Sierra unsupported on a late 2009 Mac Mini and have had no problems with it until now after trying to uninstall and re-install (unsuccessfully) Skype. The Finder is not working properly. I can't open the Finder window from the Dock nor will Finder - Go work on the …

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I've just bought a stand/sit desk 70cm x 120cm which because of lack of space has to fit almost up against a wall. I need to buy a monitor arm for my 17" monitor and there's room enough for any clamp but not for overhanging arms. So I will need …

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My wife and I live in an area where Satellite Internet and Phone are the only option unfortunately. So our complex setup involves a modem, router and telephone adapter. My wife's health is such that she would like to remove the presence of WiFi signals in the house if possible. …

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I'm wanting to upgrade my Acer V173 TN 17" monitor to something larger and clearer (maybe 24") to go with my Mac Mini. I use my computer mainly for novel writing, e-mailing and browsing. I play no games, watch very little in the way of video and don't do anything …

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On my wife's laptop I'm trying to stop it using Windows Update by switching on metered connection. But there doesn't appear to be that option. When I go to Settings - Network & Internet - Wi-Fi, there is no advanced settings to click on and find metered connection. Here is …

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While trying to log in to my BBC Store account on my wife's PC, somehow I ended up replacing my wife's name as User at login (the only account and therefore admin) with my own name and Hotmail address. The named Documents folder has also changed to my name. I …

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How to I go about changing the key used to type a particular character in a privately created font please? I'm working in Mac El Capitan.

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Does anyone know how I can convert an .ismv file to a DVD compatible format like MP4 on a Mac without buying expensive software?

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I run El Capitan but had the same problem with prior operating systems. I can't use the single quote key to type a straight quote mark in the apps that I want, in particular an abc notation app called EasyABC. Having just stated that I notice the word can't does …

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My desktop computer and my wife's laptop both connect to the internet via homeplugs from different parts of the home to the homeplug connected to the router. I'm having no problems with my computer but my wife can no longer connect to the internet since we changed her mains plug …

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I'm in the process of upgrading my BT Broadband to Fibre Optic and ahead of the actual switchover I received a BT Hub 5. I live in a part of the house where Wireless is not great and there use Powerline plugs to connect to the internet. With my 2009 …

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I have created a small (40GB) BootCamp partition on my Mac to run certain necessary PC programs but decided also tp put on a PC game I've missed since being on Mac, QuickSnooker, the snooker game with by far the best graphics IMHO. However since using the game NVIDIA drivers …

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I run Mavericks (fully up to date) on a Mac Mini and have never had freezing problems until last night when I believe Google Chrome was updating itself. Since then opening Chrome has resulted in further freezes and the same happened with Firefox - the jury is out on Safari …

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I run Mavericks up to date and whatever browser I use, the Internet cuts out to it despite the fact that Network Preferences show WiFi and Ethernet (via HomePlugs) connected. If I reboot the computer it is working again for a while. Cutouts can be several times a day and …

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Since I upgraded to Mavericks, my Ethernet Internet connection via HomePlugs keeps dropping randomly. What is strange is that Network Preferences shows Ethernet as connected with a green light.There appears to be nothing wrong. I've tried rebooting the router without effect and all that seems to work is rebooting my …

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I turned on my wife's laptop and Windows 7 wouldn't load. The loading bar came up at the bottom but then the screen went black. When I switched off the computer it rebooted itself to the same place again. Safe mode would work either. I ran the disk check(?) at …

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After problems with my wife's laptop that wouldn't boot into Vista, I decided to use the System Recovery disk to restore it to factory settings but I get so far then the error message crops up "Windows could not complete the installation. To install Windows on this computer, restart the …

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I run Office 2003 successfully through CrossOver Mac on my Mac Mini but have encountered a problem when wishing to use Grammar checking with Word. If I open Word with a blank page then I can access and set-up all Grammar and Spelling options but when I open a document …

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I run Snow Leopard and am wanting a free pdf print driver/editor that will turn a collection of images/files into a single pdf file as simply as possible. A friend running Windows and Prima PDF says all he has to do is select a bunch of images, right click and …

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My wife's new laptop with Vista basic comes with an integral webcam and Cyberlink Youcam software but when she has tried to use it with Skype, a black screen with the software name on it pops up and almost covers the video screen blocking out the picture of the person …

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My wife and I have just moved into the annex of a friend's house. Since our phone/broadband hasn't been installed yet because of complications we are using our friend's Internet through home plugs and LAN cables which has worked fine for me and my Mac Mini and obviously because of …

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When clicking on a pdf link in my Chrome browser, a separate tab opens and the pdf image flashes on the screen briefly before disappearing and leaving an empty page. Chrome is up to date as is my Mac with Snow Leopard. What's happening here?

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I'm getting fed up with Firefox issues and want to gradually move to Chrome and see if that's better. I have a huge number of bookmarks in Firefox and tried to import them into Chrome using Chrome's procedure for importing from other browsers but the results aren't right to begin …

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My wife complains of her Laptop with Vista "crashing" now and then when she is in the middle of something e.g. writing an e-mail on Gmail. The laptop appears to swicth off she says, in so far as the "on" button has no light around it. When she presses it …

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There's a web-site I used to access regularly but now when I try i come up with the message "version.php PHP script text." I don't even know what PHP is but is there any way that I can still get into the web-site or read it?

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I have an old heavy analog tube TV that we can't watch TV on but I would like to be able to connect my laptop to it to watch internet LoveFilm movies. The TV only has scart sockets. Is this possible please?

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I've just moved over to Mac in particular for their writing software but now find that I cannot use my favourite font, Papyrus because there is no Italic version offered. Can anyone tell me how to obtain the Papyrus Italic font or better still e-mail me with a file that …

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