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Dos/port Scan From 168.95.1.1 - Anyone Else?

For the past week, my router has been reporting DoS/Port Scan activity from 168.95.1.1 Using Whois, I sent a couple of mails to the domain webmaster/owner (in Taiwan) but (surprise surprise) their...
20:52 Sun 21st Dec 20147 answers, last by Old_Geezer 06:16 Fri 26th Dec 2014
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philg

Windows File System Error - Catch-22

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate and now when I start, Windows prompts me to run a disk check BUT then the check fails "due to a recently installed program" and Windows tells me to run System Restore to...
20:02 Fri 28th Nov 20144 answers, last by Old_Geezer 20:30 Sat 29th Nov 2014
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Randomly Fill An Sd Card

I have thousands of digital photos, and a digital photo frame that only supports SD (and not SDHC) cards I'd like to randomly copy photos from my pc to an inserted SD card, to fill the card I've...
18:50 Sun 05th Oct 20143 answers, last by philg 06:44 Mon 06th Oct 2014
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Dell D600 - Wired Internet

This is odd, and I bet the answer is simple My wife has a Dell D600 and it works like a charm - on wifi But when I plug a cable into the RJ45 socket, NO lights come on at the network switch and...
19:25 Mon 01st Jul 201329 answers, last by philg 20:03 Tue 02nd Jul 2013
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Pop Title Request From The 1980S....?

Hi all I'm trying to remember the name of a 1980s(?) pop song which is almost impossible to describe It's unlike the "normal" pop tunes, and has an ethereal vocal line as well as an overlaid "hah hah...
20:39 Fri 28th Jun 201314 answers, last by TheWinner 22:29 Fri 28th Jun 2013
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Cleaning Software For Hp Laserjet 6P

I have an aging (but still functioning) LaserJet 6P that's in need of some internal cleaning (I'm getting toner smudges on the printed pages) I know there is some cleaning software you can run, but I...
13:31 Mon 11th Mar 20134 answers, last by philg 17:12 Mon 11th Mar 2013
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Apple Chargers - Multiple High Power Outputs

Hi there Now that just about everything uses a USB cable for charging, I've switched to a 4-outlet charger for my travels Snag is, it is limited to 2Amp across all 4 outlets When I charge my iPad...
21:35 Mon 28th Jan 20133 answers, last by philg 08:56 Tue 29th Jan 2013
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Deleting An "in Use" File In Windows 7

I have a file on a network attached storage device that I can't delete because Win 7 thinks it's in use It isn't (I know - I killed the task that was writing to it) - but obviously Windows missed that...
21:22 Fri 18th Jan 20136 answers, last by philg 14:49 Tue 22nd Jan 2013
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How To Copy Videos To Ipad Mini?

I'm sure this must be possible, but it has me beat (so far!) How can I copy videos (mp4) to an iPad mini? iTunes doesn't give me the option to sync video files the way I could to my iPod Touch So how...
20:40 Thu 27th Dec 20122 answers, last by alphabalivtngsio 02:19 Fri 04th Jan 2013
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Deleting Network Photos With Ipad

My wife is hankering after an iPad to help manage the digital photos she has stored on a NAS (networked storage device) in our house I'm assuming VIEWING the networked photos will be a breeze but is...
16:22 Sun 16th Dec 20122 answers, last by philg 19:54 Sun 16th Dec 2012
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Image file size for Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3

Looks like my wife is getting a new camera for Christmas Snag is, I am not sure what is the optimum memory card size to buy with it It'll likely be a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 - which claims 14Mpixels...
12:45 Mon 12th Nov 20124 answers, last by philg 10:13 Tue 13th Nov 2012
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Pointless Question's

In a survey by 100 people they say but has anybody ever taken part in a survey. Yesterday there was a round on currency and somebody answered the "dollar" . The answer given was that only...
17:32 Fri 26th Oct 201224 answers, last by philg 13:08 Mon 12th Nov 2012
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Glace Fruits?

(note NOT Fruit Jellies) Anyone know where I can get hold of good quality Glace Fruits online? I've tried everywhere I can think of my my area (Chesterfield/Buxton) and am coming up empty, so on-line...
17:26 Sat 10th Nov 20126 answers, last by philg 16:49 Sun 11th Nov 2012
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What Is Jumping Castles??

I just need to know what is exactly it means…the term Jumping Castles and any provider near Brisbane in Australia.
09:23 Fri 09th Nov 20124 answers, last by philg 09:26 Fri 09th Nov 2012
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IPAD virgin - help please!

It is Mr BM's birthday next week, so I thought I might buy him an IPAD. He needs it to surf the web and create documents and spreadsheets, receive emails and access pdfs. He'd also like to be able to...
08:25 Fri 09th Nov 201237 answers, last by VHG 10:13 Fri 09th Nov 2012
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Windows 7 Virtual PC question

I am using Windows Virtual PC to run the odd XP-only application on my new Win 7 system Whilst I can see the Win 7 file system from the XP virtual machine, I can't figure out how to do the reverse -...
20:59 Mon 12th Mar 20124 answers, last by philg 12:00 Tue 13th Mar 2012
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Passports

My passport runs out in september 2012. I hope to go to cyprus this month, and Spain a bit later on, maybe in june? How late can I leave it before it has to be renewed? Thanks folks for replies x...
16:21 Mon 12th Mar 201217 answers, last by pusskin 17:33 Mon 12th Mar 2012
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Windows 7 - shortcuts to "Connect or Disconnect" items?

I've just defined a VPN connection from my Win 7 machine and it works just fine Snag is, for convenience I'd like to create a shortcut to it - currently I have to go to the Network and Sharing Center...
16:10 Thu 16th Feb 20125 answers, last by antpdeana 09:26 Fri 17th Feb 2012
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Regular scheduled tasks in Windows 7

I have just migrated from Win XP to Win 7 and was wondering if there was somewhere line XPs "scheduled tasks" where I can schedule some simple backups? Thanks Phil G PS I have a couple of...
19:41 Wed 15th Feb 20122 answers, last by philg 08:44 Thu 16th Feb 2012
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email spoofing

I'm not at all technical but I believe this is called spoofing. A couple of days ago at least two friends in my email contact list got a spam email supposedly from me. I had never seen it and...
14:00 Fri 06th Jan 20123 answers, last by diadem01 14:58 Mon 09th Jan 2012

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