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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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Twitter black background
Does anyone know how to *permanently* remove the 'white on black' look from Twitter/X? I did remove it but then when I closed and re-opened it was back like that. Much harder to read.
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Thunderbird gmail issue
I checked my pop.gmail using Thunderbird early this morning, all good - then later in the morning it wanted me to log into gmail.I was a little confused as I have 2 gmail accounts.Anyway, I logged into the one and everything worked fine after that.Apart from the 2nd account which just gives an error message<<The STAT…
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USB Ethernet adapter - can't connect with it
My Windows 11 laptop doesn't have an RJ45 socket so I bought online a cheap USB RJ45 adapter. When plugged into a USB port it's led light illuminates and shows up in Device Manager as "Corechip SR9900 USB2.0 to Fast Ethernet Adapter" but if I plug in an RJ45 cable to it that's connected to my router nothing shows up in…
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Long Term IL Gilts
I am thinking of buying 1/8% IL TREASURY GILT 2068. The current price is63.43 GBP I am 22 years old and plan to hold these until maturity - when I will be aged 66. Am I correct in thinking these will be redeemed at 100 - a profit in excess of 50% over inflation, as they are linked to the RPI (changing to the CPI)? This…
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Fire Cube
I have been given a Fire cube and want to place it in a cabinet below my tv . The problem is with the cabinet doors shut the cube does not respond to remote control. A friend mentioned a IR extender.... would this work ?
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Completely block or delete all incoming emails based on sender name.
I use Outlook for my emails, on a win 10 PC. I get loads of emails in my spam folder, correctly identified as junk. The thing is, I keep seeing the same words within in the sender name of many junk emails and I wonder if there's some way for me to get these ones to be either totally blocked, or deleted on receipt - i.e. to…
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Spotify to hike prices by up to £24 a year – here's what's happening
Music streaming service Spotify has announced it's hiking the prices on most of its paid plans by up to £2 a month (£24 a year). Below we explain who's affected, when you'll see the changes and how to cut costs – whether you want to stick with Spotify or not. Read the full story: Spotify to hike prices by up to £24 a year…
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Upside down live images from Banking Apps on tablets. Why?
I was wondering whether anyone had any thoughts on why on at least some android tablets and ipads the live images shown via a Banking App would appear upside down, whilst other apps would show the live images the right way around.I tried this on my tablet and my partner's almost brand new Google Pixel tablet using both the…
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How to extract JPG from EML
I have a 1.06Mb "EML" Outlook message file - that contains 2 JPG images - that I need to extract - how is this possible and how is it achieved ?I reckon that they originated in an apple device
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Good quality, entry level laptop..?
Hi guys. Am looking for recommendations for something which really only needs to handle general net surfing. No bells and whistles. On the other hand I'd like reasonable quality, and whatever battery life and future proofing might come with that. Budget not unlimited but any suggestions considered initially.
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Ipad , which generation ?
Hi , I am looking at getting an Ipad to replace an old Amazon fire tablet that is a little too slow and small now I would like to mainly use it for Kindle and Readily apps and the odd bit of browsing I dont really want to buy a new Ipad but would be happy spending up to £150 on a renewed Ipad off Amazon Would anybody be…
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iPhone 'Find My' problem
I'm trying to share location with an old friend, someone I share with whenever I travel down to stay with her. Selecting her number brings up a message saying that 'it may not be associated with an iPhone' and that she may not be using 'Find My'. She certainly is (children and FIL). Is there a solution to this please?
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Do you feel ok buying 2nd hand computer hardware given the chance it could have malware put on it?
I want to buy a 4g usb dongle which is now discontinued and so the only market I can find them is 2nd hand. I was reading up about exploits and how attackers can put them into the firmware of these devices in order to control your whole machine call home and whatever else. Buying 2nd hand means any number of people could…
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Best possible discount on a Mac buying direct from Apple?
Hello all. I would like to purchase a customised MacBook from Apple directly. Since it is customised, it would need to be purchased from Apple and not from another retailer. I understand Apple offers Higher Education discount to uni students. I've been a uni student twice and sadly didn't utilise the discount back then!…
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I'm looking for a free SD card/ USB image making software
I need to make an image of a micro SD card I have a USB adapter so can make an image of usb insteadI've tried some software but both fail because the SD card has a hidden partition and some corruption I'm looking for a free SD card/ USB image making software that can exclude either hidden partition or exclude any…
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Simple photo editing programme
Once upon a time there was a Microsoft programme that enabled very basic editing which included a facility to add a number of photos to an A4 page. . Resizing and moving them on the larger page were simple operations and it did exactly what I needed Is there anything similar available now? Even the basic free programmes do…
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Finding current password if signed in already!
Hi, Hoping for some help if it's possible on yahoo.co.uk!I am already signed in on my laptop, tablet and phone. Have been for over a year since last changed password. On my laptop, I can get into my security page and click onto 'create new password' It then shows a new box with what I take is current password - which is…
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deleting facebook completely
I've been receiving a couple of emails last few days from facebook with password reset codes.I never requested these codes.I used FB very briefly a few years ago and then deactivated it. Was going to try and delete it completely sometime after that but when i tried to log in it requested me to send ID.I do not want to do…
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One drive (me mad)
ld say I would have average computer skills for a retired, but i have just bought a new HP laptop, after my Dell failed two weeks outside warranty. The new HP has onedrive set up, and it is driving me mad already. I presume it was bought in to save space on ones laptop. Unfortunately i am now finding 1-3 copies of the…
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Google Chrome UPDATE
Following an update several days ago, the side panel (and icon) have disappeared. Have checked Settings, Appearance, ensuring the option is ticked, looked at Chrome flags, and a couple of YouTube videos without success! I asked a question at Googe support, and they suggested trying beta mode, which I did. The side panel…