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    Printer specifications

    Thanks, Epsom appear to be way off the mark, I cannot see any front loaders which leaves Cannon or Brother
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    Printer specifications

    I never though it would be so dificult to obtain my specifications for a 3 in 1 printer. Am I the only one that has a printer on a shelf above my desk? are manufacturers out of touch, my old HP B209a has worked there for years but is not supported by HP anymore and needs a new print head, (what...
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    Convert floppy to CD

    I have a 3.5 floppy that contains text MS Word that I want to save on my new Win 10 PC and copy to CD, this was save on my old XP desktop I have taken it to a couple of computer shops to copy it but they only get a message that the disk needs formatting. I thought the files were all the same...
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    Router Connection Identification

    How do I find the Mac address of my desktop and Android phone?
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    Router Connection Identification

    Thank you that is what I thought, so the magazine article is wrong
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    My dumb question

    I have used Norton for years, no problem. There is a lot of old wives tales about it slowing things down, I think this could be put out by competitors
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    Router Connection Identification

    So why do they still show when they are switched off? I was thinking of changing the password, but my printer wireless is so fickled. As the Router assigned a IP address to each item, if it does not lease them on time, how does it know when they are redundant, or if guest stay, I will have an...
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    Router Connection Identification

    I gave my next door neighbour my wireless password in an emergency when his was off. Today I logged in to my router/hub and discovered that there are 11 device connected. Counting them up it is possible by counting my Printer, Laptop, Desktop, Laptop, Phone, Tablet, Wife’s Tablet etc. It is...
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    What is Drive Z ?

    It appears drive/System Z is back it has 76.1MB, I cannot open it says "I currently do not have permission to access this folder. Can anyone please tell me what is going on
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    Microsoft Tech Support

    Thank you. I was worried about that one. They run the Disk Cleanup several times which was using time
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    Updating Win 7

    I got on to Microsoft support and reluctantly gave Tech support control of my PC and they seem to have downloaded the updates, I will see if it works next time I have updates. It does worry me though that they may not be a genuine site, you take the chance. My PC is 5 year old and they spent...
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    Microsoft Tech Support

    I was just on line to Microsoft to fix my Windows update problem, I gave them remote control of my PC, it surprised me that they would take time because the PC is 5 years old. They seemed to have downloaded some updates OK, it took over 30min of their time. I am worried now is this a genuine...
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    What is Drive Z ?

    Doesn't seem to be there now
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    What is Drive Z ?

    My new Win 10 Desktop has a drive Z which I do not have access to, it takes up 75.9 MB. What is it and is it necessary? I assume that it is a partition of C drive
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    Updating Win 7

    Thanks no viruses, Windows problem solver just keeps running forever, I wonder is MS getting back because I would not upgrade to Win 10
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    Updating Win 7

    It was everything that was suggested, I do not understand rollup? I have just run a update fault diagnostic from a link on your thread, it found a registry fault but still does not update as before Just checked Service Pack 3 was update 31 July (sorry that was MS Word update)
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    Updating Win 7

    June was the last update, what is the rollup?
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    Updating Win 7

    when I try to run Win 7 updates, the box shows "checking for updates" and the bar graph is running but it runs for hours and never gets anywhere. It has worked OK for years until recently. Any ideas please
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    How to Prevent Windows 10 Upgrade

    Back to my question, how can I get my Win 7updates without updating Win 10?
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    How to Prevent Windows 10 Upgrade

    There is no Live Movie Maker in Win 10, and my HP printer has been temperamental since I bought it, why tempt fate. If its working don't fix it
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