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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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Important Security Warning – Please be vigilant
Subject: Important Security Warning – Please be vigilant Hi everyone, I am writing this to share a serious experience I have just been through, in the hope that it prevents anyone else from falling victim to the same thing. Over the last 48 hours, I was targeted by what I can only describe as a highly sophisticated…
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Doorbell video camera
Hi, Just looking some advice and recommendations regarding a video doorbell. Things we would need - An actual doorbell noise in the house when someone uses it To record footage - not just live recording Not hard wired in Preferably no subscription if possible If anyone could recommend and also explain how the footage is…
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Basic broadband and security cameras
Recommendations please. I'm looking for basic broadband for my dad, he's recently been quite poorly and now he's home, my sister and I are looking at getting 2/3 cameras dotted around that house, just so we can check in on him. We don't want anything flash, with super fast speeds, as it's just for cameras and something…
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Print SMS from 2g mobile.
My FIL has an old Nokia 2g mobile that he uses and is happy with it. He has Parkinson's and doesn't use it that much as he's more or less housebound. Hi GP sends him SMS about appointments and medical stuff but he has a sms about a memory clinic cancellation and needs to show the Parkinson's nurse this txt as she wants to…
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Looking for a hybrid Smart monitor (work + TV)
Hi I work from home, and ordinarily, I would only be looking for a work monitor. However, I want something that would double up as a TV for in case my parents visit (e.g. needs a remote and be a smart monitor). I have no plan or desire to buy a TV, and I'm not a gamer. I'm wondering what some of you use and how you feel…
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Budget Planner Sheet Password
Hi Can anyone help please! I could not find any threads about this issue. I downloaded the free budget planner on MSE site on 30.7.25 but I am being asked for a PASSWORD to customise my template/spreadsheet. I do not have a password. I did download the free budget planner on MSE site many months ago (around March 2025) and…
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Access Denied: Argos amongst others.
about a week ago this started happening, can get on to home page but then anything i click gives me this. noticed on the odd other site too. Opera up to date. Windows PC hard wired to the net. Plusnet BB. no issues via my mobile over wireless.
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Odd window behaviour for Chrome and Edge
Chrome insists on locking the window to the top right corner of the screen. Edge insists on locking the window to the top edge of the screen, but I can move it around from side to side. If I try to move either down to the middle of the screen I get a menu showing move, minimise, maximise size etc, but none of those options…
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Can't get Office 2019 to load on new W11 laptop?
I've just got a new, shiny Acer 18 inch laptop running W11. I have a legal, bought and paid for, install of Office 2019 that I've used on 2 older, laptops that works fine. It's been removed from those machines. It ran fine on a Dell running W11 last week… I've installed it on the Acer, but none of the app will stay open…
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Scanning function within Google Drive
After seeing a YouTube video about it I've just tried the scanning function within Google Drive It's very impressive, just point your camera at a number of items laid out on the floor and it'll scan them all automatically and can cope with the documents being laid at all different angles. I think it can find duplicates…
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BT dark web monitoring
Apologies if there’s a thread elsewhere on this. I’m with BT and they’ve updated their virus protection through Norton. I’ve received invitations to sign up for their dark web monitoring which is asking for all sorts of personal information. I started it but now I’m worried because I’m not sure how secure it all is, and it…
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Can I safely delete an old backup file from a USB HDD?
About 18 months ago I bought a replacement PC after my old one died. I had kept it backed up to a 750 GB USB HDD and the firm I bought the replacement from used the backup file to set it up. They didn't delete the backup from the USB HDD. I set up the new PC to backup to the same HDD and it now appears to be almost full.…
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Fields Data Recovery
Anyone had any recent dealings with Fields recently? Or any other recovery companies? Need to get primary HDD recovered as sod's law said my backup drive decided to go at the same time ☹️ Looks like PCB failure rather than platters and heads, flipping thing is dead as a doornail...
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Excel Question about Filling down and Converting Date Time
I've started downloading my electricity and gas usage and it is 73000 lines long in this format epochTimestamp kWh dateTime 1.65E+09 0 2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z 1.65E+09 0 2022-04-11T00:30:00.000Z 1.65E+09 0.139 2022-04-11T01:00:00.000Z 1.65E+09 0.066 2022-04-11T01:30:00.000Z 1.65E+09 0.05 2022-04-11T02:00:00.000Z How do I…
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Internet keeps dropping
just upgraded to full fibre, and now internet keeps dropping, before it was working perfectly, when I sit alongside with an iPad it still works perfectly, talktalk provided a brand new router, the desktop is old and the Wi-Fi is this one, I’ve followed instructions on ChatGPT, I’ve reinstalled windows same problem, can…
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Free Accounting Software
Hi all, Hoping to get some advice. Hopefully this is useful and considered to in the right category. I've just seen that Crunch has launched some free Accounting / Bookkeeping software that seems to be simple enough to use and covers the basics I need i.e Invoicing, Expenses, Bank reconciliation with free Open Banking…
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Migrate a monster spreadsheet over to Database software? If so, which software?
I made a spreadsheet to manage my monster mp3 collection. It is driven from a list of the path-statements of the files on my computer. This lets me do things like make a list of Command-line Copy statements to extract a randomised subset of files and copy them over to my (tiny) phone for a different playlist each week. I…
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Chromebook borders problem
I've been trying out a Chromebook and find it difficult switching between windows as the borders disappear at the sections where windows overlap. I couldn't see anything in the display settings that would help. Have I missed a setting? Is there something else I could try to help distinguish the windows?
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Replica Bluetooth remote
We have just bought some expensive striplights which come with a Bluetooth remote. It's occurred to me that if the remote fails, the lights will be next to useless. I've looked everywhere for a duplicate remote. Places like Amazon, ebay and even the lights supplier but no luck. Is there a device which could copy the…
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Android transfer switch problems.
Hi all. I had an old Samsung phone and needed an upgrade and changed to a Motoraola and the switch of apps (even logging in), background, ringtones and everything was seemless. However, I didn't really get on with the Motorola so have bought a Samsung A35. However, I'm having real issues switching over. It seems to be…
