Thanks all!

Laptop now on Windows 10 and all good.

Really appreciated.

Hi, can I still get a free upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 please?

Thanks!

Thanks plankton. I think you're right. It's just too risky and I think I'd probably end up with nothing working :(.

Appreciate your advice and I think I'll leave this as 'not doable'. Thanks

Really appreciate the help.

I don't have much more detail than the original post. The i5 won't start and most of the details on the back is too old and a bit crap! The i3 is a laptop I was...

Hi, into an i5-2450: I can take the i5 from the laptop which isn't working (mechanical rather than processor problem), and replace it with another Acer which seems very similar (Acer Aspire 5741 and...

Hi, is it possible to swap an i3 (Acer 5741 i3-350-M) to an i5 (Acer 5751 which I think is a i5-2450 )?

Is this feasible please?

Many thanks!

Thank!

VeraCrypt is perfect for me.

Appreciate the help :-)

Hi all.

I use to use TrueCrypt so that I could have only part of my laptop encrypted, and now TrueCrypt is no more :(.
Can somebody suggest a replacement for TrueCrypt: I want to have an...

Hi, any ideas please?

Thanks!

Thanks!
I can see the NAS has two disks - one "Not installed" and one "Initialized".
But I can't work out how to turn the disk that is "Initializes" into the status where I can see the data on the...

Hi, I have a problem with my Synology DS211j – please any help would be appreciated:
I bought the Synology NAS about a year ago but after setting-up the NAS I had a stroke :-(.
I am now trying to...

Thanks again! Sorted!

Thanks Brink !

I'll have a look at that later tonight!

Cheers!

Hi, any help/advise really appreciated…
My wife and son were borrowing/using my desktop (which had just got an account like “my account” and password). For some reason they had to change the user...

OK. Firstly, an apology: sorry if I've not quite got hold of the idea - but I am working hard after having a stroke so I'm not quite as shard as previously.

Secondly: I think I've now got me...

Many thanks - I (and we!) really appreciate the excellent advice and help.

I'll see where my son wants now.

That is some great points - and getting us to think some good questions: especially about the size required for the graphics card.

Appreciate the help!

Thanks: I had a look at the i5-7600k cost around double of the cost of the FS8350: £103 (UK) against £212 - so too much for my son :-(.

My son has a XFX RadeonHD 8870 – would that be better to upgrade do you think?The Intel i7-860 @ 2.8GHz seems to be getting a bench of 5054, where as the FX-8350 gets a bench of 8940. That seems a...

Thanks guys! I really appreciate our help.From the help I have now convinced my son that it needs to be replayed! It looks like the start (with quite a few other things!) with a AMD-FX-8350 and...

Hi, my son is wanting to upgrade his desktop and has asked for some advise. I’veupgraded a few PCs but I’m recovering a stroke so need some help/advice with this!
He currently has:
Processor: Intel...

Well I'm back! (Sorry I've been a bit ill again :-( )...

Following all the responses seem to have got it working!

THANKS! MANY, MANY thanks! Cheers!

-You don't need 2 routers if you use the VPN with all yourdevices;[winchesterstoke]OK
-You don't need DD-WRT if your router is VPN capable. Although DD-WRTis excellent firmware, installing it will...

Thanks you! I really appreciate this! For the first time I now think its getting clearer!

"Both routers are on distinct subnets: If your primary's IP is aaa.bbb.1.c, your secondary's IP should be...

Thanks. The YouTune video is definitely about using two routers together. See minute 27:40 says this and 3:40 shows the two routers together. I'm pretty certain I'm correct but I could be wrong!?
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