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Which AI tools do you use?
Which AI tools do you use to save money, boost your income or organise your finances? Let us know your success stories (how much did you save? What did you learn?). Does your bank offer any AI tools and if so, are they a help or a hindrance? We'd like to hear of any duds you've tried too. Thank you. ___________________…
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Techie Stuff sticky
🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first). If there are any other useful Forum threads on this board that you think we should add, let us know 🗣 🖨Other helpful content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Best free…
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Ditching OneDrive suggestions for online photo storage (not Google)
I need recommendations please for online photo storage. I currently automatically back up my photos to both Google and OneDrive and to a seperate hard drive. A bit of overkill based on paranoia of losing important photos and frankly laziness. Whilst One Drive is handy for accessing things across devices I'm sure I could…
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Looking for reasonably priced Tablet
I'm looking for a tablet for my partner, he's not the most techie minded and will be using it mainly for browsing the news and google searching. He has a Samsung mobile, so ideally I'd like a Samsung tablet but budget is around £250. I've just seen this which looks a good deal, but is it too good... Samsung Galaxy Tab S9…
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Help with Gmail account
Hi, my father has forgotten his password for his Gmail account after we had done a factory reset on his phone, i have tried all the forgot password etc and just get the message that he cannot be verified. I have gone onto his tablet and changed the password but still get the same message on his phone, its been like this…
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I need some help NVME and Enclosure
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Elnur Gabarron Heaters
Hi, not sure if anyone can help, but I want to share this experience anyway to see if anyone else has has simular problems. We had a grant passed late last year to have all our night storage heaters to be replaced with new modern ones. The heaters they fitted are made by a company called Elnur Gabarron, but for security…
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MSE Podcast RSS seems to have died
Since 4 Sept 2025 my MSE podcast downloads are failing, (via RSS on RadioDownloader app (Windows10)) returning a 403 Forbidden error, specifically Error: Remote problemThe remote server returned an error (403) Forbidden. It downloads the headers OK, but not the media. I'm using…
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How to completely turn off editing remarks in Word
There's only one in the column which doesn't now show there but has come up as a blank box on the actual page. When clicked it shows the comment. How do I get rid of it? TIA
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What is?
Hi, I am trying to check what is connected to my internet. e.g. what is 16:EA:11:2E:5B:BC ?
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Windows 10 - Has anybody been able to sign up for extended support?
With just over a month remaining I wanted to sign up my (officially) non W11 compliant PC for the additional year of W10 security updates, ideally using 1000 Microsoft Rewards points. As yet I don't get the option appearing in Settings > Update and security. I am running ver. 22H2 fully updated as of 10/09/2025. Googling…
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New desk top?
My PC has a sound issue and its not viable for windows 11; so I am thinking about a new PC or second hand. Pull the round sound plug out and it sometimes fixes the issue.The refurbed ones on ebay seem to be around £300 depending or the specifications.But what specifications do I need?I do emails etc and a lot of time…
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HP Pavilion G6 - screen issue upon start ups
When i start up my old HP Pavilion G6 laptop sometimes i get a screen like the pictures below. Doesn't happen all the time. When it does, turning it off and on again (maybe a few times ) gets it going. What would be the most likely issue? The screen itself or wiring to the screen possibly? There are a couple of blotches on…
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Selecting multiple photos in Phone Link?
I really need to tidy up the photos on my phone & by that I mean delete a ton. I could do it manually on the actual phone but when connected to my (Win 10) PC via Phone Link they're all a nice size to see & easily selectable. Problem is I can only select one at a time. I Googled how to do it & it mentioned long pressing -…
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Anyone Else Had The Email From Google About Pixel 6a Battery Fire Risk?
Hello, I've received today an email from google saying changes coming to your Pixel 6a, On some 6a's there's a battery problem & they are sending an update to the phone soon so your battery can't fully charge. I've searched & it seems the batteries on some Pixel 6a's are catching fire :o So I clicked the link & found the…
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Any Outlook gurus out there?
I've installed a new PC at a mates today, along with Office 2021.Everything appeared to be fine, but after I got back, he's telling me there's a problem with Outlook! I've never used Outlook, so I'm in the dark a bit! He tells me that he writes, say, 3 emails, hits 'send' and the progress bar doesn't move.If he closes…
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vodafone connect module
Hi,' Included with my vodafone Pro 2 Full Fibre 910 I have a connect module. Hope never to use this, but in case internet goes down. I wonder if I could use the in another iPhone as a mobile hot spot? It comes with free Broadband Back up 100GB data bundle. I guess I would be charged if used for calls? I would ask vodafone,…
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VHS to laptop
Hi all. I have a lot of old VHS video cassettes of family film and want some of them transferring to digital. I do have a VCR but it needs connecting to my Samsung series 7 TV. Is there anything on the market which allows these cassettes to be viewed on a smart TV and to convert them. Really I'd like to connect the video…
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Massive Windows Update
KB5065426 is now being forced on us - it's a huge download some users are reporting up to 88Gb in size Mine appears to be over 10Gb !Be warnedMS claim it to be 3.6Gb which is big enough
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Talktalk email stopping - Thunderbird
I have an ancient TalkTalk (@tinyonline) email address which TT are finally (and probably understandably) declining to allow access to without payment of an ongoing fee, as I am not a TT subscriber. Email Transition FAQs - TalkTalk Help & Support TT has provided this link to advise on how to download emails, contacts, etc,…
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W10 update yesterday now have 4 info boxes on lock screen
These boxes are weather, events, football and stock markets. They are side by side and below the time and date which have been shunted higher up.I don't want them. Any ideas how to get rid of them?The option for Get fun facts etc is turned off. TIA
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from spotify to youtube
hi all can anyone advise i currently have a 12 month spotify subscription just about to expire but im watching a lot on youtube channels and sick of the adverts kicking in i use the spotify on my alexa and also got spotify connected in my car question is can i transfer my spotify library to youtube app and what is the…
