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Amazon Firestick issue
I can be quite happily watching normal TV when the Firestick kicks in on its own. Any idea how to remedy this?
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New desktop for win10 needed-vfm essential
Hi,I have finally decided after 10 years of using my current desktop on win 7, I need now to upgrade to a new desktop and win 10. This current one is sooo slow now its getting beyond a joke to use, I did upgrade it to win 10 when it first came out but it was to slow running so reverted back to win 7. Interestingly or not…
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Screen mirroring iffy
Got a fairly new tv and new lappy, yes I have successfully managed to get it to work, but time after time it comes up with "screen share wouldn't connect, "try again, and again, and again. Reset telly, etc, modem and I can usually get it to work, but what a faff. So I dug out an old hdmi cable and tried that, but all I get…
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sending stuff from laptop to mobile
Hi all hope your all well. Im trying to send stuff (web pages)from my laptop to mobile. If on the laptop and right click on a page it comes up send to your device. hover on this and the model of my mobile is displayed, then click on mobile model and it says sending to mobile but nothing comes through on mobile. Any help…
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Best anti-virus?
Hi all, wonder if I could pick your brains? I recently bought a new laptop which came pre installed with a 14 day trial of McAfee anti-virus. It ends soon and will cost £20 per year. Is this worth paying for, or are the free anti virus offerings worth trying instead? I’m reluctant to pay out of I don’t need to. Thanks
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For those who have a NAS home setup.
I wont be buying one of these in the immediate future but it's likely come the end of the year or next year so right now i'm just dipping my toe in trying to gain knowledge as i don't really know much/anything about them tbh. Any advice you'd offer someone who's just starting to look in to it all? Anything to avoid,…
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Problems with new graphics card for second monitor
I have two monitors on my desktop PC, one from the Nvidia GeForce
6150 GPU graphics adaptor on the mobo’ and the other from a graphics
card. The card & monitor were left over from an old Dell system. Two
monitors was easy to set up and has proven very useful. The old card is an ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory. It works…
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Kindle app issue with Mini Ipad
Since last week's kindle app update, the last page read no longer works, the book reverts back to the first page. Have checked that whispersync is switched on at Amazon, and uninstalled and reinstalled the app on my ipad, neither helps. Has anyone experienced this issue, or any ideas regarding anything else I can try?…
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RC plus room thermostat problem
My British Gas wireless room thermostat has developed a sudden problem. All the display has gone leaving a blank display screen, except for a small square on the left of the screen. T
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17 inch laptop sought
My 6 year old 17" i5 powered Asus X75VC had an accident and fell down the stairs - the screen has cracked and it will no longer boot up I am looking for a high spec replacement - it must be a 17" - but there are very very few 17" devices made nowadaysPreferably at least an i5 / i7 with 32Gb RAM - I can transfer the 1Tb SSD…
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Do I need a 5G compatible phone?
I am due an upgrade and its quite urgent as my current phone is damaged. I see there are models out now 5G compatible but are considerably more expensive. I do use around 5gb of data monthly when at work but unsure if I should wait until prices come down? Will 4g just become considerably slower leaving me wishing I had…
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Headphone recomendations.
Looking for wired headphones. Will be used with media player/ phones. While used with an external DAC/ amp I don't want anything too demanding a load to drive at moderate levels. Nothing too bright sounding. Using old pair of AKG at minute (cant remember model). Using neutron music player if relevant. No budget as such but…
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Best Budget Phones
I need best budget gaming phone. Can anyone suggest me which phone is better for me?
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Virgin Email won’t receive Vodafone verify email
I’m in NZ trying to Set up the Vodafone app on my iPhone. To verify my email address Vodafone send an email but my inbox is just not receiving it. I’ve set the country/region to NZ. I’ve repeatedly clicked on Vodafone all to send a message but no luck for days and days. I’ve give onto 3G too but no luck. It worked for 2…
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HS110 unreachable
Hi, I have 2 TPLink HS110 smartplugs, v2.1 firmware 1.5.7 at the same pysical location. Shortly after a app update, the 2 devices were unreachable. I have a camera by a different make that I can access so i know the internet hasn't gone down and wifi is working. Weirdly, I have another HS110 in a different physical…
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Another blooming problemI
I use Money plus to keep track of our spending, just now it appears to have frozen and has been for over an hour.......I have tried various things to close it, but it will not close down. Any suggestions??? Please be aware I am not computer geek.
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Sony TV faults
4 years ago I bought a Sony KDL 40RD 453 from Currys. I never used the Ethernet port or the WiFi in my old home, nor made any recordings via the USB port: we had a Humax Freesat HDR-1100S for that. Then moved to a quite modern apartment in town and discovered that the Freesat has no connection, so determined to use the TV…
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Unable to open OVA file
Hello all,My first postI am unable to open an OVA file in firefox, after a factory reset W10. Before factory reset it worked fine with my memory stick. I have downloaded, but unable to open the file. This is the sreenshot that appears when attempting to open. I have tried to open with other options media player/internet…
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Asking Techies Re Noise Cancelling
Hi, for those in the know, I've heard you can get noise cancelling technology for your laptop now that will screen out surrounding noise. Is this true? I make use of white noise a lot, but if there is something that can actually create almost silence it would be perfect as I work from home for part of the week. Today I am…
