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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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How to turn off cloud back up
I have a Google pixel 8 phone and I want to transfer a lot of photos
to my laptop which is running windows 11. How do I stop them being
backed up to the cloud. I have looked at lots of ideas on line but I
can’t get any of them to work. I have masses of
storage on my laptop and an external hard drive and don’t want to
have…
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Broadband speed test
Hi looking for a bit of ' education' Virgin installed and reasonable happy. Provided with Cisco samknows.com speed test. Snapshot readings are Router 135 @2mtr, Router 130 @ 15mtr Smart TV on own speed tester 25 @15mtr. A virgin wifi pod ( extender) tried in various areas but doesn't appear to improve TV speed or readings.…
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Reading on a kindle or tablet
Hi all I hope you're well I have a kindle e reader....just the basic kindle, purchased 2021, which I love. BUT I cant afford to keep buying books, nor can I afford kindle unlimited each month. Also, I'm now not a huge fan of Amazon :) So....I've joined a couple of libraries and downloaded Libby. Super! However, as I'm in…
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How to mass-delete gmails?
I have over twelve thousand emails going back to 2019 under 'promotions', and in a gmail account that keeps warning me I'm aboot to run out of space.My index fingertip is worn out from deleting 50 - a page's worth - at a time. How do I mass-delete, please?Ta :smile:
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Lots of undeliverable emails in spam
I had a fraudulent transaction on my credit card a few weeks ago. Luckily I had an alert from the CC company who reversed the charge and sent me a new card. A few days later I noticed that Netflix had been added onto my TV package which I did not request, but they insisted it had been done via my account on chat. This has…
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How can I learn Python in my own time, informally?
Hi all I want to stay learning Python… simply to stop me wasting my evenings watching Facebook junk videos etc when I could be using my time better. I’ve decided that I want to learn a programming language and I’ve chosen Python. So, I went to Google and every ‘free’ course always ends up not free. The same on YouTube.…
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Wifi mesh
Hi,Hoping to pick a few wise brains please.Background: We've moved into a 250-year-old 5-storey townhouse that's tall and thin separated across the middle by a thick wall.We just had Plusnet installed ( Wifi 5 Hub 2 ) with full fibre planned for our street sometime next year.It comes in via the back into the phone socket…
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Photo restoration
I have a shed load of old photos that I am trying to recover....Black and White / creased etcI found one site (https://unblurimage.ai/old-photo-restoration/) that works brilliantly - when you select PRO - it uses AI to produce incredible images.There's no logon needed. The downside is that you are limited to 5 per day -…
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New cheap tablet over 14 inches??
Hi all, looking for a new tablet to primarily run canva and Instagram online, I have a PC for anything major. Looking for a cheap alternative to samsung under 200.00 which means amazon, Ebay or temu etc.. and obviously an odd foreign brand name. Anyone recommend anything, thanks
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Trouble enrolling in Win10 Extended Support Updates (ESU)
Hi folks, I'm back again - groan and still as 'untechie' as ever, ha ha I've been trying to enrol in the Extended Security Updates as my computer is supposedly not Win11 compatible and I am too mean to buy a new one if I don't need it. The aim is to give myself time to look into trying Linux Mint or ChromeOS ? instead, or…
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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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Yahoo folders disappearing.
Genuinely asking for a friend. All the content from his Yahoo email has disappeared 3 times now. First time he thought he'd hit a key and deleted it all, but it's happened twice since.Yahoo have been pretty unhelpful so I'm asking here whether anybody else has had the same experience, or any suggestions as to possible…
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Epson XP-8700 problem
Printing photos from Windows PC. Set up is cable linked After clearing a paper jam I'm getting a message "Memory device is not inserted. Add a memory device" I presume this refers to the connecting cable but this is quite firm at both ends. Am I missing something?
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What is the problem with my phone
Hi all, i have had my poco m6 pro for about 18 months now (private purchase)and i started having problems with charging about a month or 2 ago where the fast charge facility stopped working. I did post on here about that and tried everything that was recommended including a battery recalibration but nothing seemed to work…
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Help With A New Laptop
Hi everyone, I hope you are well. I need some help in getting a new laptop. I have some vouchers for PC World so ideally looking from there. I have been to PC World for some help but the response I kept getting was "we have lots of laptops, feel free to pick one out". Currently, I have a LENOVO - Yoga 7 16" 2 in 1 Laptop -…
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recommendations for home printer?
Good Morning, I'm looking for a recommention for a decent home printer. I'm looking for something that offers a decent print on paper and card (up to 250gsm) and isn't going to require ink purchases every 5 minutes! Ideally it could scan and print A3 but i'm aware that this limits the options. i've read loads of 'best of'…
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Gmail off line ??
My Gmail App is telling me that I am required to complete additional steps before using Gmail app - but it doesn't tell me what those steps are...............it appears to be OFFLINE - How do I switch it back ONLINE ?I was using the app before lunch but it suddenly has problems ...
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Cheap FM transmitting car play / android auto devices for the car?
First off, I already have something that resembles this, so I'm not just asking for any old FM transmitter. With the car I've got, story short I really don't want to be putting too much money in to it as it's just a temporary thing. No idea what I'll get next, obviously. The next car could be a single DIN unit, double DIN,…
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HP Stream memory help please
Morning all! I bought a little HP Stream a while ago and I really like its size and the keyboard (no space wasted with numeric keyboard for example) and I knew that the memory wasn't great. However I thought that as all my documents etc are out in the cloud on google drive, I wouldn't need a lot of storage and could just…
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USB power bank
Any thoughts about buying a USB power bank, how can I ensure it actually has the capacity it says it does? Lots for sale on various chinese shopping sites but their rated capacity leaves a lot to guess work; some are advertised as 100,000mAh, which they clearly are not going to be.I have equipment to test the capacity but…
