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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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Free space on SSD quickly dsisappearing.
I've a 1TB SSD which Win10 is installed on. I had 250GB free. I downloaded a number of files which took me under 100GB, transferred these to another drive & deleted from the SSD. Rinse & repeat. On top of this, I've also been working to delete & also compress a ton of video files, point being space being taken up should be…
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From 50 mb to 75 mb
Switching to full fibre with sky soon. Currently getting 50 mb with bt. Low user mainly browsing and watching Netflix. With sky can get 75 mb for £21, is it worthy to pay extra £2 for 150 mb a month single user. Thanks
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Tv sound disappears
I have a Samsung series 6 smart tv. I think it must be about 11 years old. Every now and then when streaming the sound just goes off. I can fix it by turning the tv off and disconnecting it at the mains, then when it is switched back on it all works fine for a little while. The problem doesn’t seem to affect terrestrial…
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Switching to full fibre
Switching to sky full fibre. Concerned about installation and whether they need to dig my driveway. House semi detached with integrated garage.
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U tube age verification selfie
How dangerous is it to upload a selfie for u tube age verification? Everything online says it's a no-no. Adult kids said I'm being neurotic. Any viewpoints would be appreciated.
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Switching to sky full fibre
whilst switching and requesting to transfer my phone number. Could not do so as according to bt I do not have a phone line with them I do have digital voice. Not sure what to do now. Pl advise. Thanks
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Vax Platinum Power Max Carpet Cleaner: not picking water up from carpet
Just received the Vax platinum power max cleaner has a gift, but it doesn't seem to be sucking up the water when shampooing, anyone else had this problem please
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Windows 11 update has broken the internet.
Help! Apologies for the long post below, but in a nutshell I have lost some internet access since updating and need help with what to try to get it working again. This is the only website I can access where I might get help. Recently I stupidly unlocked my Win 11 pro version from the ultra stable 23h2 and allowed 25h2 to…
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Problem Printing From Downloads
I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Book 5 laptop. I have a problem printing from downloads, which has never been a problem on previous laptops. The problem is printing ferry tickets, which are sent as an email attachment. I can view the attachment without downloading the ticket but because there is no preview when I…
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Don't F*** With Paste
…is the name of my Chrome browser extension that stops websites from disabling paste functionality, primarily on login pages. It's being flagged by a couple of minder programs as "risky", anyone able to recommend a replacement?
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Worth getting a firestick?
Got WiFi and basic virgin plan £34 at the moment. Is it worth getting a firestick? This one?
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Size of televisions
Who else here is not a fan of larger televisions? I have a 32" screen and it is plenty for me, plus where one sits in my living room, a screen any larger will be partly obsured by a wall shelf I have for a pricey turntable and one of my expertly placed pricey hifi speakers.
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Macrium Reflect 8 driver now being blocked by Windows
A heads up for users of Macrium Reflect 8 - the last Free version of Reflect. You may find that mounting of saved image backups is now being blocked by Windows. In the latest Windows 11 update (KB5083769) Microsoft has explicitly revoked the driver (psmounterex.sys) for kernel loading via Code Integrity policy. The driver…
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Converting partition from exFAT to NTFS
Hello, I've got a 4TB Seagate Desktop Expansion USB3 hard drive that was shipped formatted as exFAT and I would like to convert/change it to use NTFS in line with my other hard drives. The Windows Disk Manager window looks like this: Disk 0 is mySeagate Barracuda 2TB SATA3 internal drive, Disk 1 is my Seagate Desktop…
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Solved. New win 11 laptop - win explorer keeps popping up on start up.
OK, I've tried solving this myself, using web advice, but nothing I try works. I've turned off Autoplay and have made sure it's not in the start menu. I've seen advice to try disabling it in Process Manager but there is no disable option for it. Also, I see Ai advice like "Disable Folder Restoration: Open File Explorer,…
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Youtube question
First time Youtube poster - I've just put some videos on Youtube - they are "processing will begin shortly" - how long do I wait for the next step ?
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unable to log in to Outlook
Hi My Outlook e mail for work works fine on my desktop with the Outlook app but when i try to log in on my phones or on the website login.microsoftonline . com/common/login I get " Your account or password is incorrect" Yet its the same e mail and password that i used to log in to my account on the desktop outlook app and…
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Samsung phone – unacceptable high-handedness !
Samsung updated its ‘One UI’ layer to version 8 on my phone. Result : Panic : I couldn’t switch it off ! Fortunately, thanks to chatgpt I got it working. It turns out they had intercepted the side button in order to force a sign-on to Gemini AI. It seems they want their users to talk to the phone instead of using menus.…
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Will putting a new SIM in phone affect my storage
A friend has been having trouble with his phone and doesn't really know whether it's his provider (iMobile) or the phone. A chap from Carphone Warehouse suggested he try his SIM in a friend's phone (me) I'm not that clued up with regards IT, so just want to check, removing my SIM from my phone, adding his temporarily then…
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Internet disconnects
My Windows 11 machine sometimes can't see wi-fi connections - even though they are there. I have managed to fix this in the past by restoring windows but I'm not sure if this is the best idea. I wonder if this is a hardware issue and maybe I need a new laptop. Any ideas? Thanks in advance?
