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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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Classic Outlook
Is there any way I can retain Classic Outlook without being switched to New Outlook. Now everytime I switch on my laptop it goes into New Outlook which to me is rubbish. The slider at the top to come our of New Outlook has disappeared and then I have to go into help which after about 8 screens returns me temporarily to…
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Switch controlled by Alexa
I installed a couple of switches to control the under cupboard lights in the kitchen. One of them has stopped working. The ones I used were Sonoff BasicR3. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07WFM246Q They have been okay, although I am disappointed to have a 50% failure rate in 3 years. Should I use something different…
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Sky etc for free ?
Do these actually work ?Do they really allow you to watch Sky for free ?How do they work ?Seems to be slightly dodgy ? https://rb.gy/6axy98 it claims to be SAFE and LEGAL
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What's going on with my location?
For a little while now my location has been wacky on my PC. It's never pinpointed me precisely (which surely is a bit wrong since I'm connected to the router via cable?!) but it's generally got me somewhere close-ish. Lately though I've just been way off. A few 100 mile away. Google Maps is one that's been getting me…
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How on earth do you (legally) buy/download music these days?
I could hop on YouTube & acquire it that way but I want to do it via proper means. It's been that long since I bought any new music that the 'old ways' seem to no longer exist? I'm not interested in streaming at all so that rules out most of what search results are telling me. And I'm not looking at illegally getting music…
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Burn music to CD
I need to burn some music to a CD to play for an occasion. I downloaded one song from YouTube as an Mp3 file I then used Windows Media Player to burn it to a blank CDAfter it failed for the third time, I gave up and binned the CDs :'(We've now found the artist's original CD in the garage and would like to burn six tracks…
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Software for printing photos.
Hi, I am not very tech savvy and I am looking for an inexpensive or free software package to print off/resize/ simple editing of photographs. I am not wanting to edit videos or produce anything very complicated. Any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks!
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Video card vs Battery life - laptop
My MSI laptop has two different video choices - a lower spec Intel Iris XE and a high spec NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4060 - I have been running on the high spec until recently, when I noticed the battery was not lasting as long as I expected Running on the NVIDIA - Battery lasts 1 1/4 hoursRunning on the INTEL - Battery lasts for…
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Scan Old Slides to PC
Digging through some memorabilia and found a load of slides. We have borrowed a Maplin Gadget 5MP Film to PC Scanner which works reasonably well but is very tedious to use. (You have to manually insert three slides at a time into the fiddly holder, then push them through and click 'scan now' on each one, then remove and…
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amazon fire tablet
Morning all. Last year i upgraded from a 7inch to the 10 inch tablet.I like the way you can get around with Amazon Fire and so hubby has just ordered the new Amazon Max 11. When i went to load all my favourites on to my 10 inch tablet i immediately got all the bookmarks transferred across which was great,didn't have to do…
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New phone £200-£250 help.
Looking for suggestions for a new Android phone, nothing
fancy just reliable, good storage, good battery life and a half decent camera.
Budget £200-£250. Is this doable and if so, what would you recommend please. My current phone is a moto g 9 play if that helps.
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Wiping phone for sale - remove Google Account?
Hi, Grateful for some help please on preparing phone for sale = removing all personal data and leaving phone usable for new owner. It's a Huawei P30 Pro. We know about factory reset but on a previous phone when we did this, when switching phone back on after reset, it still asked us to enter old Google Account details once…
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Password Protecting External Hard Drives - how to?
Hi I back up to two USB external hard drives: Seagate FreeAgent Go Flex and Western Digital My Passport What is the best/easiest way to password protect these external drives? And perhaps with a way to recover a password if lost etc? I copy over all contents of my laptop to these. There is one main folder with loads of…
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Where to buy
I am looking at Lenovo laptops, what are your thoughts on buying direct from Lenovo or Currys, I know a lot of people hate Currys, I am not keen myself but needs must.
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Where to sell old phone
I have an old Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in working condition that i have just found in a drawer from a few years ago and may as well sell it. I have done a factory reset to get rid of personal info. We have a Ce exchange in town and there online (webuy.com) says its worth around £25 which is ok, but can you sell in store? or…
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How do I show ALL Thumbnails rather than placemats / icons ?
My Windows 11 laptop is not letting me display Thumbnails in some folders - defaulting to icons - I have even resorted to clearing and resetting the thumbnail cache with no changeI have "always show icons never thumbnails" UNTICKEDHow do I ensure that Thumbnails are visible ?
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OLED vs qled TV for a sunny bright room
Still looking and every site I go on says something different We ideally want to spend around £500+ on a 55" TV which can be used in our bright lounge. Our current TV which we have had for 7 years has been brilliant but we are now struggling to watch Netflix/primer movies etc in the summer as they look so dark and the…
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Sound bar connection- no hdmi or optical
Hi all ! Had dramas with a new media wall and basically it doesn't have a hdmi port on the sound bar and the optical cable on the TV is damaged I've bought an rca red white which doesn't connect- think as the TV is input not output. How else can i connect? Soundbar has an orange coax?
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Programmes missing on EPG Sony TV with Humax Box
The EPG on my Sony TV with Humax box connected has been perfect for the three years I have had both. Out of the blue the EPG is not showing all programmes. It means that I cannot see some of the programmes and cannot record them. What I don't understand is that it seems to be an intermittent problem because, although never…
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Samsung S21 Ultra repair £300...
Looking for some advice here.... Last March I bought a used but excellent condition Samsung S21 Ultra from 4gadgets for nearly £500. Despite the slightly weak battery it's been a great phone, particularly the cameras. Unfortunately just the other day my phone started experiencing the dreaded moisture detected error when…