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Ipad battery drain
We have an Apple ipad air 2 but since upgrading to the latest IOS I have noticed a quicker drop off of battery power. After our last ipad 2 was rendered unusable by ios updates i vowed never to trust them again with their updates but sometimes the idiot raises it’s head. A lot has been said by Apple about this subject of…
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Virus check
I used Yandex for a non important extra email address. I liked Yandex, similar functions to gmail. Anyway Yandex is telling me that my account is suspended, due to possibly being hacked. It recommended me to check for a virus and gave some websites I could try for this. https://free.drweb.com/cureit/ Any good?…
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Wifi distance/drop for a simpleton
Right, we currently have PlusNet in our village (no fibre currently available in the village) and currently get 14Mbps download speed, and 1 Mbps upload speed. We've signed up with a fibre company currently laying new cables to the whole village, and will bet 200 Mbps upload and download speed. Will that automatically mean…
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iPhone 7 stuck on Apple logo
Hi I got an iPhone 7 the other day and when I tried to sync to my iTunes on the laptop the phone just got stuck on the Apple logo which you get when booting up I’ve tried the hard / soft reset and tried to update and restore through iTunes but had no joy Are there any other possible solutions? Thanks
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Easiest way to create a website?
Easiest way to create a website?
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Laptop Advice
Hi, My daughter is doing her A Levels and wants a laptop that will see her through University, just something to run office type applications and brows the internet, nothing too advanced. What kind of spec would you recommend and can anyone point me towards some good deals, prices seem to vary massively. Thanks for any…
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My Heritage security alert
Has any one who has joined My Heritage received an email saying there has been a breach in their security? Is this something to worry about? Is it a scam? When I went to log into the site it said that my password had expired. I have no intention of setting a new one. I don't want to be linked to this site anymore. I am not…
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Cap lock issue on Windows 10 laptop
Just rewound my little boys laptop back to factory settings but now we need to press the Ctrl button along with the Caps Lock button to turn off the caps. I have checked and the keyboard is set correctly, I cant figure it out.
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Can't sign to Thunderbird!
Have used tb For sometime but recently have found that I can't sign to TB. imap-mail.outlook.com failed is a constant error message despite uninstalling and reinstalling. I like Outlook but prefer TB. Any ideas?
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Function key reversed
Hi I am having several problems with my laptop (Toshiba Satellite P50-C-18 windows 10). One of which is that the function key is reversed. (ill create a another thread about other problems as there's a few!). Due to various problems I decided to re install windows, which didn't resolve the original issue (screen not waking…
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Infrared Issue
HI what’s wrong with this, my son looked at the camera and his face is all one white blob and the car reg is just a white rectangle The installer has said it is because the infrared is so powerful and that is causing the faces to be white and unable to read car registrations at night. Dahua say it is because the IR is…
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Virgin Media router scam still doing the rounds
Got a phone call this morning on my land line, from an Asian sounding guy who said he was from Virgin Media. He asked for me by my maiden name which I only use on some email, so must have got my details by some nefarious means. I passed him to my husband, who is actually the VM account holder, and the caller then referred…
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Avast Secure Browser?
In the last few days, when Windows starts it automatically starts Avast Secure Browser. How do I turn this off so it doesn't start the browser when Windows starts? I've looked in the settings on Avast, but don't see an option for it. My OS is Windows 7.
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making a payment on gmail account?
I have a gmail account which has its own domain. You have to pay for this. I haven't used it for a four years but want to now. How do I pay? I updated debit card details, but there was nowhere to click to pay. want to start a new business domain as well- anyone know the link for that?
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Samsung stopped recording
When we returned from holiday, our fairly new samsung tv had stopped recording programmes after 29th May. I asked a friend if they could suggest a reason, and he thought samsung had released updates about then, which could have automatically set in, and stopped my series and individual programmes that had been pre-set,…
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Have lost true movies freeview 62
After doing several retuning I still cannot watch my favourite channel true movies freeview 62. I can watch it in the guest room but not in mine. I am gutted and wonder whether I would call an engineer for an aerial update. What I do not understand I got it fine before being asked to retune to on the 23 May. My transmitter…
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Any Maplin shops still open?
Apologies if the wrong forum... Just wondering if any of their shops are still open, especially in the London area...
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Recover old emails?
I deleted a load of old emails several months ago, I could now do with recovering some from 18 months ago. gmail account, any way I can do this?
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why is All4 (channel 4) android app so big?
I am getting a bit tight for space on my android tablet. So when All4 ( the Channel 4 app) announced it needed an update, i was not entirely surprised when it told me there was not enough room, and I needed to delete something to make room. What did surprise me when I looked at my apps was how large All4 was compared to…
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Error on Sky Go
I am trying to use Sky Go app on my laptop and get an error "PFE 9500" when I try to use it Sky appears to have dispensed with LIVE CHAT - So I tried txt help The person who replied told me that someone from support was now available - I waited for 15 minutes with no response Anyone got any ideas as to the error message ?
