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Extra 6 amp circuit breaker element needed
About 9 years ago an electrician installed for me a Proteus circuit breaker box which has space for 1 new circuit breaker (are these all called MCB for domestic use?). Trouble is Screwfix and B&Q don’t do Proteus - can I use another make in the board I have? Would they fit? For example B&Q do “Wylex 6A Miniature Circuit…
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DAV or AVi to MP 4
Hi is there a free program to convert either DAV or AVi files to MP4? Please
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How can I free up Disk space
My PC has been freezing frequently. In File Explorer under "This PC"..... My PC`s Local Disk (C:) is showing almost full red with 8.1GB free of 111 GB..... whereas New Volume (D:) is almost empty, showing 887GB free of 931GB. How can I utilise some of this free space in New Volume?
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Best alternative free program to Sandboxie?
Hi folks, I like Sandboxie for safer browsing and trying some new programes sandboxed, and while Sandboxie runs well for me in windows 7, no such luck in windows 10. Does anyone happen to know of a similar programme like Sandboxie that is free? Many thanks.
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Worth upgrading Samsung RV510 laptop?
my partners Samsung RV510 laptop is old, we think 6 or 7 years maybe, but she loves it and is used to it (she the worlds biggest technophobe) The battery is dead so has to stay plugged in, and it runs very slow. It has 4Gb of RAM and a T3500 2.1 Ghz Celeron Dual Core Is it worth getting a new battery for, and upgrading…
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W10 pro to W10 home
The laptop described here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5889381/saving-school-emails-when-leaving came with W10 (home?) pre-installed. It's an HP Pavilion 15-au072sa (I think that's what it says in very small writing on the back!) After he'd bought it, school insisted that it had W10pro on it and wanted…
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SDHC Card and Windows 10
I am having trouble when I load the sdhc card on my desktop with windows 10. I have tried both open and close at the side of the card but still no difference. The card appears to be in removable disk E on my desktop. When I take the card out of there I get a message asking me to insert a disc so I try again. Then I get a…
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Best options for TV aerial/satellite dish
I have a 2 year old smart tv, with inbuilt freeview and freesat capabilities. My house doesn’t have a fixed aerial but does have a satellite dish, albeit this is not connected to anything (the wires are hanging loose in the roof space). Up until now, I have been using a portable aerial to obtain freeview and whilst this…
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Returning Laptop to Retailer
Hi all, please feel free to move to the correct section if needed. I purchased an Acer Aspire laptop from Curry's today and when I looked at it in the shop the size of the screen didn't seem hat large given that it was a 15.6" screen. Only when I got the laptop home, I discovered that close up it was far too big for what…
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Help choosing laptop
My son needs a laptop for college. He's doing electronic engineering. He has chosen a Dell 15-5000 in Curry's for £599. Its i5-8250U. 8gb. 2TB HDD with integrated graphics. Son says he needs to use lots of 'large and intensive' software and doesn't want SSD as it would be too small and he doesn't want to cary an external…
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How to get the internet on a non mart TV
We have a non Smart LG television upstairs in our house. Is there a way we can receive the internet on this Television . At times We want to look up things on Google so presumably apart from anything else we would require a keyboard to enable to get the information on the TV Screen. Someone mentioned we would also need an…
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Avast suddenly started saying Twitter is unsafe??
Anyone else had this happen today? Avast is saying that the Twitter home page 'Could have harmed your computer' with a large banner that can't be removed?
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Refurbed laptop - are specs suitable for uni and home?
I need to buy a laptop and have never done so before. I'm not techie and don't really want to have to change bits later if I can help it. I read about Dell Outlet as I've always had Dell Pc's amd a Dell laptop from work in the past. I am a little unsure about buying a refurb but wondered if anyone has any experience? I…
