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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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Help with excel spreadsheet please
Can anyone experienced in excel help please? I am quite au fait with excel and formulas but this I am finding out of my experience. I am trying to create a spreadsheet for one person to calculate daily sick leave in a rolling 12 month period, giving the remaining entitlement from an allowance of 112 days per 12 month…
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Digital voice installation - what actually happens ?
When BT get around to it I assume an engineer arrives. My phone point and router are in the hall. What does he install and where ? Will he have replacement phones if mine don’t work ? What else do I need to prepare for or know in advance ? How often do people have problems and what are they likely to be ? Not that I’m at…
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Outlook problem with Android
Last few days, Outlook mail constantly blank screen on opening and then message Outlook not responding. Only way to get it to work again, briefly, is the restart phone, Android. Got all latest updates.Anyone else?
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Cheapest Way to Backup Photos and Videos To The Cloud
What is the Cheapest Way to Backup Photos and Videos To The Cloud? I need to cover about 2TB of data. Thanks in advance
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Facebook - Fake Account (account set up in wife's name)
"Techie Stuff" seems to be the only category that fits this? My wife's sister told her yesterday that she was getting Facebook friend requests from my wife but she does not have a Facebook account and has obviously not triggered any such request. I have a Facebook account and found the profile in my wife's name. The…
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Record free streamed programs ?
ITVx, all4, my5 etc may be free but can be unwatchable due to ridiculously long and frequent advert breaks. Is there a way to record them ? Incidentally, I’ve noticed that there are fewer adverts outside peak hours. I wonder how advert slots are allocated, given that no-one knows when and by how many people programs will…
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Firestick won’t work when switched to another
I had a Firestick connected to my main Sony TV set, it was giving a little trouble, a friends brother in law is sorting it out I have a second TV, mainly used by the children, it's set up is as follows: the aerial goes into a Humax PVR out from the PVR to a Samsung TV. that Firestick. It worked perfectly. I decided to…
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Please educate me on phone charger speeds
Hi all genuinely baffled here. Have owned iPhones for years. In my cupboard/car/desk/coat etc.etc I have amassed loads of chargers. Probably some from Poundland, some original Apple, some from Amazon etc, etc… I’m sure a lot of you get my drift. So, I get in my new VW car and plug my iPhone into the white lightning cable…
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SOME MP4 video files won't open.
I have downloaded and am using VLC - yet some of my MP4 video files will not open - they show as a parking cone - others will open. As far as I can see - there's absolutely no difference between the individual files (they are all between 200Mb and 400Mb in size).I have updated VLC Windows media player no longer plays MP4's…
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HOW TO CONVERT CAMCORDER TAPES
Hi Folks I have some HI 8 camcorder tapes which I would
like to put on another storage medium. Can you kindly suggest anything? Thanks in advance
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Facebook forum
Is anyone aware of a Facebook forum where I could possibly get help from, I'm trying to get my page verified but the "how to" makes no sense to me at all. TIA
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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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Coffee pod machine
I’ve just bought an espresso machine that came with some trial pods. There are different types of pod, some marked espresso, some ristretto, and some lungo. The pods are the same size and contain the same amount of coffee. So, I’m confused as to why they are differently marked? Can I, for example, make a lungo with a pod…
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New battery not calibrating
I’ve had a new battery installed on my HP laptop. In the HP support assistant it says the battery should be calibrated. I have followed the instructions and calibrated it. HP Support Assistant still says it isn’t calibrated. Could it be wrong? This is the message I got when I finished calibrating
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microwave failed
I have a counter top Hotpoint extra space microwave, the one that don't have a turntable, it's quite big , it's 4'yrs old. last week I heated up a cup of coffee, took cup out, and accidentally closed door, it ran for about 2 seconds empty. it made a big pop noise, tripped the main fuse box. I reset the trip switch, checked…
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Problems with a single email address bouncing back
Firstly apologies I'm not at all techie but will try and explain the issue as best I can. I use Virgin emails (the old Virgin.net format) via Thunderbird for all my emails and can also access emails via the Virgin media hub online. One email address - which is unfortunately an important work one bounces back 99% of the…
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Itunes updated unexpectedly and lost all my favourites and playlists
About a month ago I opened my Itunes and it had updated, I have not updated it for years as only use it now and again mainly to add songs to my favourites for the year. Once it had updated everything had disappeared and was just like a new install, so I reloaded my library but that was a disaster as songs, tiles and album…
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Best source of printer ink
My supply of bulk ink to refill cartridges has run out ( wish I’d bought more from Wilko ). Does anyone know a good supplier ?
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10+ yr old Laptop - updating to Windows 11 from Windows 10 Pro? Bitlocker?
Hi I have a 10 yr+ old laptop. Somehow managed to upgrade this to Windows 10 Pro which it is now running. It also has Bitlocker. Both the Windows 10 Pro and Bitlocker were needed for some work I was doing but no longer do, so neither are crucial to keep. My questions are: 1. Should I manually updgrade to Windows 11 now (or…
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Norton 360 program and PC problems
I have often read on this board that you should ditch your Norton program as there is no need for it. I've just run a scan using it on my 4 month old Pc and it states that I have: 299021 Browser junk 6467 system junk 389 Broken short cuts 365 Broken registry issues And that i have 5 programs slowing my PC Naturally I want…