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zebo

Windows 8 Chimes

How can I disable these horrors or stop them appearing randomly? I've had to have a new hard drive and I've lost my free W10, forgotten how much I hated the chimes!

rsvp

Have just opened 'games' from the start menu to have a quick go at solataire etc and the whole format has altered! There's a huge banner across the bottom with icons on (games I presume), the sound is...

Coppit

Recliaming Google As Search Engine

Following an upgrade, Norton comes up as my search engine but I want Google back. How, please?...

Alicat58

Dell Touchpad

I have just bought a Dell Inspiron 15 3000 series laptop. I generally prefer to use a mouse but have left it at a friend's house and the touchpad is driving me crazy! Whenever I go near it, it seems...

stwstrz123

Windows Xp Optimisation

I recently installed the free version of Avast anti virus and the results show there are issues with "optimisation", To deal with this I have to download the pay-for variety of Avast, my question...

beegeebee

Windows 10

I am continually getting a box with the words P:\ And underneath that is a message 'The Directory name is Invalid' I have 4 Hard Drives split into various but not of them is P! In fact the last drive...

Khandro

Playing Dvds In Windows 10

I changed to W10 some time ago, I have played lots of audio CDs but I am now trying to play a DVD movie and nothing happens. Looking around on the net it appears that I'm supposed to buy a Windows...

joe.s-b

Adobe Flash Player.

What does it It keeps appearing as a message every time I open Internet explorer and will no go away or be changed or uninstalled. I used Windows 7. Do I need it as I can see why it will make and...

arjay

Battery Charging

If my computer battery is completely charged and I leave it connected to the mains, am I using electricity? Thank you...

johnny37

Lap Top Mouse Pointer Is Frozen

It works with the plug in mouse. What do i need to do?

sigma

Outlook Express E-Mails

How do I find the list of people that I have blocked / marked as junk on outlook express

Buntz

Create A Dvd

I have some video footage I want put on a disc. I've got no problem burning to a DVD and then playing the disc on a computer, but I want to be able to put the disc in a DVD player and watch on a TV...

larrymacuk

Lap Top Stopped Picking Up Wifi

My WiFi will not connected via my laptop All my other devices connect to the WiFi I have tried connecting via the ether et but no joy Any help please?...

Old_Geezer

Free Anti-Virus Software

A question asked here many times but I was wondering what recommendations folk had. Defender seems to have a reputation as being ok for minimal protection, but when I perform a web search for the best...

RATTER15

I Cant Access Outlook On My Pc

Running window 10 and cant access my hotmail account on Chrome, I just get this message come up... client-request-id: 2A6909313DF3438786265E646C12A13C_1476437933179 X-OWA-Error: SDServerErr;null...

melv16

Internet Tv.

I'm thinking of kicking out virgin TV and getting a Humax internet box instead. Does the Humax box need hard wiring or will it work off the WiFi?

Khandro

Blue Clock Instead Of (0)

When I try to type 0 in brackets, viz. (0) as in a telephone number to give someone, using Widows Live Mail, instead of it I get a symbol of a small blue clockface, why is this and how can I prevent...

gina32

Blocked Websites

ie has blocked this website.... please help

gina32

Downloading Windows 10

I have had to have my pc reset to factory setting and have lost my windows 10 , can anyone please tell me how to get it back. many thanks

hiflier

Creating Pdf's

I often have to convert word documents into pdf's. When I do this I have to edit the pdf because often it does not translate the word document properly. In particular, italic script sometimes comes up...

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