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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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Work to be done by open reach prior to installing full fibre
Open reach wants my permission to do some work prior to fibre installation. Concerned about the digging. Is the acceptable as sooner or later we all need to have full fibre. Here are some photos.
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Beware Virgin Media cold calling!!
A rep from Virgin cold called my vulnerable and partially deaf 88 year old mother today and changed her landline over. The agent entered the house, accessed her computer and then got her to hand over her debit card so he could gain her account details. (Within the first few words of conversation it would have been obvious…
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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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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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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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“New iCloud terms and conditions” - need to update on iPad
My iPad has been telling me for a while that I need to accept new iCloud terms & conditions, but whenever I’ve tried to access them I cannot. I click “continue” in the pop-up box in “Settings” to enter my iPad passcode, I get a message saying “this action cannot be completed at this time”. I now cannot access anything via…
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ProcessOn Multi-person Collaboration Permission Settings and Version Management
When editing flowcharts collaboratively with multiple people in ProcessOn, how do you set different permission levels for team members (Read-only / Editable / Administrator)? Does it support a version history rollback feature?
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Faulty Sky Router or not
My connection to the internet is via a Sky router this appears to be broken. When the router is plugged in there are usually 3 lights showing on the front of the router now there are only there are only two showing the middle on is not on. Before my Sky router problem, If needed I could connect any of these to it. Computer…
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Laptop now seems to be slow and fans working most of the time?
Hi, I was using my laptop outdoors, and was logging on to whichever free wifi was available in whichever part of London I was in. Now my laptop seems slower, and also, the fan seems to be whirring away all the time even when I am barely using the laptop for anything. Do you know if someone has put a virus on my laptop and…
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What is the most important information you look for when buying a Laptop
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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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VHS to Digital MP4
What is the cheapest way to transfer old vhs tapes over to digital mp4 I dont have a VCR player no more.
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Apple Help?
So I currently own Silver 2018 MacBook Pro 13inch 4 USB-C/Thunderbolt ports (2 Each side) with Intel chip 8GB Ram 1TB SSD. MacBook still works fully sometimes a bit slow and battery don't last as long but is in very good condition. What the best/Cheapest way to get M4/M5 Equivalent MacBook Pro/MacBook? I don't have the…
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Thoughts on Humax Aura PVR?
We have an older Humax Freeview recorder that is starting to be unreliable. The Humax Aura is a possible replacement, but I see several user reviews on both John Lewis and Amazon that say it is best avoided. As usual there are the "best thing since sliced bread" vs "don't touch one with a barge pole" reviews, anyone got…
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Samsung Galaxy A34 - Outlook Mail problems
Over the past week or so I have had problems a few times with my phone failing to update my mail. The mail update on my laptop etc - just not on my phone. I have googled a fix. It just doesn't seem to fix my phone permanently. I've had to clear my Cache (via Settings, Apps, Outlook, Storage, Cache & Clear the Cache) That…
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Unpowered Pressure Washers...?
There are many ads for these devices - many simply boxes that go between the tap and nozzle - claiming to be at least as powerful as a conventional mains powered pressure washer - but how do they work ? Do they actually increase the flow rate or just the pressure via reduced nozzle size ? how - surely you are limited by…
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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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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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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
