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Excel Formula Help - combining with sentence
Hi Struggling with combining text and formulas in excel. I have in cell A1 £165.97 and in A2 £0. Cell B1 is £20.03 and in B2 £0. I am trying to automate the sentence: Basic gross pay above is inclusive of £20.03 (£165.97 plus 12.07%) holiday pay. I have so far got the following: ="Basic gross pay above is inclusive of…
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Win.10 clean install
I have just done a clean install of Windows 10 The iso disc I used was from 2015 and has worked in the past without issues. This time though it will not install windows updates or Norton. Yet the os is activated. If I click on the file icon and open quick access then desktop I get a warning message. Every thing on my 2017…
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Currys/PC World - Caution - Alienware M15/17R2!
Hi all, Just wanted to share a cautionary tale of some mis-selling I've experience at the hands of Currys/PC World this month! They were advertising some Alienware laptops as OLED when they were IPS/LCD, from at least 9th December through to around 18th December. If you have purchased one of these please double check. If…
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hifi radio tuner?
I just have a general question, as I'm thinking about getting a DAB radio tuner separate for my hifi. I was wondering if you need to get a special aerial, and if it has to be a roof aerial or attached to the tv aerial socket? I live in rented property so I can't very easily go out onto the exterior of the building and…
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Moving photos
I have photos taken on my phone, backed up to Google Photos. How do I get them saved on the laptop as ordinary JPEGs. At the moment, they are saved to my desktop, but as a Firefox document, which when clicked on, takes me back to Google Photos. TIA
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Blocking Hotmail emails
I keep getting unsolicited emails on my hotmail account from "@opensubscriber.online" but always with a different first word, e.g. today's one is Toblerone@opensubscriber.online. I keep blocking them but then another one arrives with a different first word. Is there a way I can block all emails from this source, please?
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Vue cinema sound
Yesterday, my family went to Vue cinema to watch a movie. The sound was too loud for adults and definitely for children. Any things I could buy to lower the sound? My ears are hurting from inside and earache. Thanks
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Win7 > Win10
My DM's laptop is still runnng W7 Home Premium as every attempt to download W10 fails. The error message makes no sense as I've done loads of searches and found others with the same problem. It seems to be do do with drivers although I've done the troubleshoot programme and update drivers option from HP which didn't find…
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Best budget 6GB Ram phone?
Looks lik a toss up between the Xiaomi M8 and Moto G8 plus Xiaomi looks like better faster phone with 6GB ram but Moto G8 plus is much better camera. Any other cheaper 6GB phnes Ive had my HTC desire 10 pro for 2 years and it is already 4GB so dont want to stay the same?
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SIM reading writing
Just got a new phone -one of the DORO easy to use for old fogies (like me). I now find out it does not have functionality to import/transfer contacts etc. to the SIM card (Tesco PAYG). So list of contacts on old SIM (Backed up on PC) cannot be transfered to phone or it's sim. :j Can anyone suggest a good SIM card…
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Buying refurbished dell desktop
Need some advice I am debating whether to buy a dell vostro 3470 certified refurbished at £390 with discounts or a new one at over £509. Your thoughts pl!
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Is it a DVD or a Video?
Hi I am starting to declutter and have found a brand new/sealed item which I am going to put on Ebay. It's a comedy DVD or video but I don't know which. The box is the right thickness to hold a video tape but has a DVD Video symbol on the box with a picture of a disc between the two words. The running time is 299 minutes…
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Nokia 1 - can anyone help me with a duff purchase?
OK, I've bought a crap phone, Nokia 1 Plus. It was only supposed to be temporary until my current contract runs out in June. It is advertised as 8GB storage but up to 128GB with SD card so I bought a £10 32GB SD card. The problem is, I have installed 3 apps and there is no option to transfer them to the SD card and I now…
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Changing email on this forum
I have a problem where I have forgotten my password for this forum and my registered email is old and no longer accessible. On my Android tablet i am constantly logged in so I thought if I go into settings on here and change my old email to present one I would be able to request a new password but, no! I changed email…
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Budget google home compatible ip camera and doorbell?
Hi all, As Nest and Ring cameras are extortionate I'd like to see if any of the cheaper options out there work anywhere near as well? Google list compatible camera brands and some can be found on Aliexpress etc. For around £30. I considered those that work with Tuya or similar maybe. I don't know if you get features such…
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Alexa compatible lighting
Hi, anyone have any recommendations for smart lighting that will work with echo? TIA
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W7 to W10
I wish to upgrade from W7 to W10. I have Kerpersky internet security bought online for two years. When I upgrade my OS, will the antivirus program be automatically transfer to W10 or do I have to ring Kerpersky first? I don't think I have the key. Thanks
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Gaming Monitor
Can anyone help. I need a gaming monitor ASAP. Budget £100-£150. Need it for the later part of next week. Thanks
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Soundbar thats actually good.
Ive been dissapointed with 2 soundbars now. First one was sony but it was only 150 quid and the other one was a samsung harmon kardon q60r. Both of them had a sub and a soundbar. Both of them had the same problem, speech is muted and you could hardly hear what people were saying during movies, and you also felt like there…
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'Hangouts'..?
For the sake of a technophobe, could someone kindly explain: 1.what this is, 2.whether it can be used for real time voice communication, i.e. a substitute for phoning and 3.whether a desktop PC user could access it..? Grateful for any help. Have looked at the Wikipedia entry but find it full of the usual techno-nerdjargon.
