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Printer that works without internet
My sister's printer has just packed up.She has a laptop but doesn't have or want the internet.Have struggled to find a basic printer that doesn't need an internet connection to work.Anyone can recommend one for her please? Thanks!
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Creative Commons
I love messing with digital art, and creating pieces of art from photos. I'm only a beginner, and still learning, although some of the work I've done, has been appreciated by friends. Eventually, I would like to produce this art to sell. What I want to know is, can I download creative commons photos to use in my projects?…
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Laptop Buying Advice
Need some advice. I need to buy a new laptop as mine is on its last legs. I don't want to go to pcworld/currys as think they are a bit of a rip off and the service is terrible. Been looking online and found laptopstation.co.uk and they seem to have some really good deals on laptops. They seem to have a good rep on…
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Echo Dot
Am I able to set my the radio on my Dot to come on and go off again at various points throughout the day? E.G 9am-11am then 1pm-3pm
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$180 miilion dollars vanishes
SO a crypto platform in Canada owner died and with it took all the passwords to where peoples money was held and guess what no one can access their funds anymore. Sounds fishy to me. Anyone lost on this one
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WIFI Mesh issue
Afternoon all. First off #1stworld issue so apologies in advance. We have BB supplied by Sky and we have the Q router. We have a lot of WIFI deadspots in our house so I bought a Tenda Mesh AC1200. I have set them up in bridge mode and the WIFI in the house has vastly improved BUT!! Cab I keep the same WIFI name throughout…
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Free Music app to download music on my SD card
I am trying to download music free from one of the Music App sites direct onto my SD card. A couple of the songs. I do not have in my collection and wish to download from a music app onto my SD card are Penny Arcade by Roy Orbison and Whats Love Got To Do With It by Tina Turner. I do have a PC with USB ports where I insert…
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Sorting out photos
Part of my New Year resolution was to sort out my digital photo collection. As Apple has folded Aperture (it hates competition) I thought of getting Lightroom. At £120 it seems reasonably priced till I noticed that that was for a non-optional yearly rental. As such Adobe can go jump off a cliff. Anyone recommend a similar…
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Apple, Activation lock
Long, long story short..... I have an ipad requiring an activation code, the account holder cannot remember her password, and the receipt from the shop where the ipad was purchased differs from the amount taken from the bank by 2p, so it looks like that transaction was for something else. I have been deep down into the…
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Website won't load properly
I'm trying to load https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/ on my W10 laptop but keep getting this I've tried 5 different browsers - 4 give the above result and Safari won't load it at all. I emailed their Executive Editor (Digital), who replied I'm sorry to hear you're encountering problems. We've had no issues with our site over…
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zener diode help
anyone remember simple electronics I have a simple circuit , low voltage AC , that when live needs to trip a small (12v DC direct current ) relay I am told the parts I need are a simple diode , a resistor and a zenner to put in context , the AC is from a motorcycle alternator , that may show say max of 35v AC at full revs…
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Deleting ALL emails on mobile
I have around 2000 emails on my phone (Aquamail app) and am trying to clean it up -but try as I might - I can't find a way to select ALL messages on the phone - just the present screen of 5 messages - ie) "Select All" - does not do what it claims ! Any suggestions ?
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Please help with laptop purchase, looking at HP
Hi there guys, I need to replace a very old laptop that is on its last legs and I have been twisting myself into knots for ages researching and just not managing to make a decision. I use my laptop for Office work, including spreadsheets and I do some light graphics work (Adobe Photoshop, Indesign). I also do a lot of…
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Videos either momentarily freeze or buzz
HP Envy laptop, W10 64bit, 8gb memory, 128gb ssd, with 1tb hdd, with much space left on both. Audio is Bang & Olufsen. Whichever player, VLC, Media Player Classic, SM Player, at intermittent parts of an MP4 video it will stutter, faintly buzz, or as last night completely stop and I had to force close down as even…
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Cheap printer
A charity with which I’m involved needs a printer - needs to be portable and cheap (to buy and to run). It will only be used occasionally, as a back up. Any suggestions? I’ve a Canon myself, which was cheap to buy but the cartridges are expensive.
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Google Maps
When I use Google Maps the resulting map shows most of the outlines of streets very lightly drawn, not bold enough to be seen easily. What can I do to make the street outlines more bold??? I attach a link which I hope will show it.https://www.google.com/maps/@1.3152297,103.780876,17.38z
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How many Computers/Laptops have you had?
i have had 3 1 computer then it died in 2010 so got a laptop then got another laptop in 2017
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"The audio service is not running"
I have a problem with my 18-month-old Lenovo ideapad laptop, which is running the current version of W10. When viewing a YouTUbe video with the sound turned up to 100% on account of the video soundtrack being extremely quiet, the sound started distorting Dalek-style and slowing down, as did the video. Neither volume minus…
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Irritation with Google photos
I use Google photos. I also have created albums. When I scroll through photos to send to the required album, I do just that. In a perfect world once the photo was in its album ie 2018 holiday, it would remove itself from the main mixed bag of photos, but it dosent, it's still there. If I delete it from the main album, it…
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Omega Geneve Automatic watch help
I have an Omega Geneve Automatic watch which has been in the family for about 40 years, and has been used daily until recently. The auto facility has been useless recently, so I have had to use the old fashioned way to wind it up. However, on holiday, the winder gave up the ghost and just spins around fruitlessly. I took…
