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    Windows Vista Basic Product key but no CD

    I have an Acer E625 eMachine with a Vista Basic product key underneath. There is no recovery partition on the hard drive as it was formatted by the owner. Where can I get an ISO image downloaded so that I can install it and then activate it with the product key underneath the laptop?
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    A cheap, basic Android phone?

    I am interested in buying an Android phone <R1500 and all it needs to be doing is to handle perhaps 2-5 calls per day, can do basic email and run Whatsapp. Nothing fancy and ideally with a QWERTY keypad. It could also be a slightly used one but how reliable are HTC, Samsung & Co? :confused...
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    Mint 15 "not trusted" by iPhone

    I am running Mint 15 Cinnamon and connect my iPhone 5 with iOS7.1 via USB. Shotwell asks to import photos and it works just fine. My Quickoffice and File Manager apps on the iPhone shows up as devices in Mint and I can access my files from my Mint laptop. The one annoyance being the...
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    IPad 3 64gb ICloud stays greyed out

    Perhaps also good to research this on Apple.com support forums. Updates break systems that work, beware updating!
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    iOS 7.1 released.

    Why so big? It ate my nite surfer as well as bitten deeply into my day bundle. It was supposed to have been 214 meg.
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    iOS 7.1 released.

    My son did his 5S via iTunes and so did I with my 5. He has no issues. Only my iPhone 5 that suffers in battery dept. Otherwise, 7.1 works quite well.
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    iOS 7.1 released.

    "Sarcasm does not befit your beauty" as an old friend used to say, jokingly, of course. :D :D
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    Cloud computing too fast for broadband saturation in developing regions?

    We are new to Apple and bought an iPhone 5, 5S and MBP less than a year ago, or as recent as November 2013, yet already much of the sync-ability is gone. We sadly divorced from Nokia thus also Windows, because Lumia is not supported by Nokia Suite and users "get forced through the cloud." The...
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    iOS 7.1 released.

    After about a week, I can safely say that battery life was tops on iOS6 and deteriorated with subsequent updates. On 7.1, my phone went from 100% just past midnight to 31% by 8am this morning. The only activity is checking emails every fifteen minutes via POP while I was sleeping. The phone is...
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    iOS 7.1 released.

    Thanks a million for this advice. Will do this tomorrow soonest.
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    Whatsapp duplicates contacts

    Thanks :)
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    Whatsapp duplicates contacts

    Oh, why did I not think of that? It used to be like that on all my Nokias but I forgot. Anyhow, now I just deny Whatsapp access to my contacts. I really only use it for my wife and son when either is in a meeting. Now I wonder why did it only happen now and not before, as most of my contacts...
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    iOS 7.1 released.

    Just shows.......you can teach an old dog new tricks. I retired from ICT at about the same time wireless started to happen. I am out of depth here. Very strong wifi signals from all neighbours, hotels, pubs & clubs as well as guest houses all within 200m with me in the middle. I never even gave...
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    iOS 7.1 released.

    I missed this….it is directly between the MBP 13" i5 with up-to-date ML on the one hand and iPhone 5 on the other, with iOS 7.04, 7.05, 7.06 and then 7.1. Under iOS6, it worked well and there also was not that terrible battery drain, which was/is a second known issue. No, it does not involve...
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    iOS 7.1 released.

    Not unique, others have reported same and I also visited local Mac boffins. It was also reported on different Mac forums, read it a while ago. It does not affect all devices but only some ever since 7.05. I was advised on another Mac forum today that 7.1 did not fix this known issue and he...
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