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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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Basic broadband and security cameras
Recommendations please. I'm looking for basic broadband for my dad, he's recently been quite poorly and now he's home, my sister and I are looking at getting 2/3 cameras dotted around that house, just so we can check in on him. We don't want anything flash, with super fast speeds, as it's just for cameras and something…
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Excel Question about Filling down and Converting Date Time
I've started downloading my electricity and gas usage and it is 73000 lines long in this format epochTimestamp kWh dateTime 1.65E+09 0 2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z 1.65E+09 0 2022-04-11T00:30:00.000Z 1.65E+09 0.139 2022-04-11T01:00:00.000Z 1.65E+09 0.066 2022-04-11T01:30:00.000Z 1.65E+09 0.05 2022-04-11T02:00:00.000Z How do I…
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Can I safely delete an old backup file from a USB HDD?
About 18 months ago I bought a replacement PC after my old one died. I had kept it backed up to a 750 GB USB HDD and the firm I bought the replacement from used the backup file to set it up. They didn't delete the backup from the USB HDD. I set up the new PC to backup to the same HDD and it now appears to be almost full.…
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BT dark web monitoring
Apologies if there’s a thread elsewhere on this. I’m with BT and they’ve updated their virus protection through Norton. I’ve received invitations to sign up for their dark web monitoring which is asking for all sorts of personal information. I started it but now I’m worried because I’m not sure how secure it all is, and it…
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Internet keeps dropping
just upgraded to full fibre, and now internet keeps dropping, before it was working perfectly, when I sit alongside with an iPad it still works perfectly, talktalk provided a brand new router, the desktop is old and the Wi-Fi is this one, I’ve followed instructions on ChatGPT, I’ve reinstalled windows same problem, can…
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Scanning function within Google Drive
After seeing a YouTube video about it I've just tried the scanning function within Google Drive It's very impressive, just point your camera at a number of items laid out on the floor and it'll scan them all automatically and can cope with the documents being laid at all different angles. I think it can find duplicates…
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Free Accounting Software
Hi all, Hoping to get some advice. Hopefully this is useful and considered to in the right category. I've just seen that Crunch has launched some free Accounting / Bookkeeping software that seems to be simple enough to use and covers the basics I need i.e Invoicing, Expenses, Bank reconciliation with free Open Banking…
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Migrate a monster spreadsheet over to Database software? If so, which software?
I made a spreadsheet to manage my monster mp3 collection. It is driven from a list of the path-statements of the files on my computer. This lets me do things like make a list of Command-line Copy statements to extract a randomised subset of files and copy them over to my (tiny) phone for a different playlist each week. I…
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Chromebook borders problem
I've been trying out a Chromebook and find it difficult switching between windows as the borders disappear at the sections where windows overlap. I couldn't see anything in the display settings that would help. Have I missed a setting? Is there something else I could try to help distinguish the windows?
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Replica Bluetooth remote
We have just bought some expensive striplights which come with a Bluetooth remote. It's occurred to me that if the remote fails, the lights will be next to useless. I've looked everywhere for a duplicate remote. Places like Amazon, ebay and even the lights supplier but no luck. Is there a device which could copy the…
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Android transfer switch problems.
Hi all. I had an old Samsung phone and needed an upgrade and changed to a Motoraola and the switch of apps (even logging in), background, ringtones and everything was seemless. However, I didn't really get on with the Motorola so have bought a Samsung A35. However, I'm having real issues switching over. It seems to be…
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Saving contacts on Android phone - phone or SIM?
Which is best to do, and why? Save contacts to phone or save contacts to SIM?
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How to import exported Chrome bookmarks to Android phone?
This is day 2 of me trying to set up the new Samsung A17 I had to buy when I lost my A14, and believe me it's no fun when you're nearly 80 and you don't have grandkids to help. All I want to do is import an HTML file of Chrome bookmarks which I've exporrted from my laptop. I don't want to use that Google synch business as…
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Switch Games
Hello, I recently got a Switch 2, I love it but the games are so expensive. Does anyone know if there are any places where I can buy them cheaper. I've noticed that CEX is VERY hit and miss, I went in over the weekend and for one of the games they were charging more than Nintendo directly! Thank you
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Emails getting HIDDEN
My wife has an android email problem - on Gmail (program) - 2 different contacts with Gmail addresses - emails from these contacts arrive but as soon as you select them to read - they vanish (hidden?) - only to return when you return to the previous page ! This makes them unreadable…….it doesn't do it when I send her an…
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Fields Data Recovery
Anyone had any recent dealings with Fields recently? Or any other recovery companies? Need to get primary HDD recovered as sod's law said my backup drive decided to go at the same time ☹️ Looks like PCB failure rather than platters and heads, flipping thing is dead as a doornail...
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Encrypting hard drives query
Hi folks :) I was going to try encrypting some external hard drives and also the internal hard drive if possible on my computer, as I have never set anything up before. Basically in case of theft, to try and protect any sensitive information (though to be honest with all the data breaches these days, it will probably…
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Instant messaging help, please
Can anyone help a technophobe old lady with a particular issue? I need to 'talk': by text only in real time with someone in NZ (I am in the UK) over a protracted period of probably several weeks or months. It is to do with a family legal issue. My problem is that I do not trust this person. I have historical reasons for…
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Teams failed during interview
Hi, I've been doing Teams interviews without problem on my Laptop which is a Lenovo ideapad running windows 11 Home. It has 8GB of RAM and "system" says it has 0.99GB of "available physical memory" (Interestingly my other laptop has 8GB of RAM, but has 4.54GB of "available physical memory"…so is it better for me to use…
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Hisense TV with Freely. UPDATED: Now returning and looking for advice.
hi. new TV. example. channel 37. do a full install with aerial connected and everything tunes in but some channels are showing via the aerial input which is a problem as the signal is terrible and why we went for a set with freely. take aerial out and reset and the same channels are now via the internet and perfect. there…
