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Archives for January 2018
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Nest cams
Was wondering if anyone could help with the legality of using internal Nest cams in a domestic property? I am considering renting out a spare room on a night by night basis (AirBnB etc) and want to install a couple of Nest cams in the living room and kitchen for security purposes. Are there any legal issues with doing…
LED floodlights, captive wiring
I need to replace my old halogen outdoor floodlights with new LED ones. The wiring to the old lights is domestic standard cabling (not flex) - the wiring is chased into the morter and would be very difficult to replace. Connection is effected by a sealed box which is part of the existing lights. But the new lights (they…
Window restart during active hours
My laptop a Lenovo 310 Windows 10 keeps restarting randomly for updates. Done this about 3-4 times in the past 2 months and always happens when I'm in the middle of writing reports. Thus rather annoying. I have been through settings and set active hours in the Windows update menu from 10am to 10pm - but it still happens.…
JSCoinMiner
Hi all! Happy new year! Norton blocked JSCoinMiner Download 6 and Download 8 and advised no other action was needed. Have run a full Norton scan, the Power Eraser, and a Malwarebytes free version scan and all were clean. Can you knowledgeable folk think of anything else or should these scans have picked up anything?…
WMP new cd
Hi My son has put his new Eminem cd on Wmp but WMP hasn't recognised the different songs or the album Name . The Cd has only been out a few weeks so would this be the reason for it not listing the songs or album name? Thanks
64bit mp3 Normaliser ?
Hi I want make a copy of my mp3s that is destructively Normallised (so they all play back at about the same volume) on a mp3 player that doesn't have dynamic normalisation. I usually use mp3gain for this sort of thing, but it is 32 bit and is a bit slow. Is there a 64 bit alternative ? Would prefer freeware, a GUI and m4a…
Recommend me a soundbar please
Im after a soundbar for our 55" Samsung TV that is wall mounted, we want to spend up to £250 on one. We're unsure of mounting it under the TV, or on the unit below that houses the sky box etc, and unsure about one with a seperate subwoofer or not? Mrsbritishboy (complete technophobe) is all about the output, while I keep…
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