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G pay & Halifax Bank
Hi, I'm struggling to understand why the Halifax bank allow limitless amounts mobile payments with Apple Pay but not G Pay. I had a IPhone for years and used Apple Pay all the time and was confident that it would always work well over the then £30 contactless limit sometimes making payments well over £200 with my iPhone. I…
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google.co.uk loads vodafone.broadband and says no internet connection?
I know its phone related but think this is more a techie issue than the phone itself. If I launch the browser (samsung phone) and open a new tab which should be google.co.uk I get vodafone.broadband and it says no internet connection, please press Reconnect to restart your line. If i type google.com instead it works fine.…
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Affordable laptop for GCSE student?
Hi all I would be grateful if you could recommend a good laptop for my 15 year old son; he's going into Year 11 at school next month (hopefully!). It'll be primarily for completing his work, so there will be lots of browsing and he needs to access the software his school uses. Should I look at a refurbished laptop as a way…
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Is 'Shell Energy Broadband / MSE Blagged 'really such a good deal?
Hi All I'm long time big fan of the website and Martin but feel I need to chip in with a concern about the MSE Blagged deal in the recent newsletter (12 August 2020). See https://broadband.moneysavingexpert.com/tip-3796 I'm a current customer with Shell Energy Broadband and my phone line and broadband had been down for…
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TV without Internet
My mum wants a new TV as she still uses one of those very very old bulky ones. She doesn’t want a smart TV or to be able to access the internet. I’ve noticed on websites that non smart TVs are still listed with having a Ethernet connection. Why is this? Can they still access the internet with those TVs?
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The Edustore
https://www.theedustore.co.uk/ Daughter is saving for a Mac air to see her through her last year at college and then onto Uni. I have found this site , However, she is very dubious about it.”Too good to be true” she says as it is such a huge price difference. Can anyone offer any reassurance please?…
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Headphones advice needed
my dad saw these newly released headphones and is now set on getting some headphones but we are not sure they are suitable. Here is the link, https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/audio-and-headphones/headphones/headphones/sony-wh-1000xm4-wireless-bluetooth-noise-cancelling-headphones-black-10212570-pdt.html they are quite pricey…
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NOW TV and Virgin switching questions
Hi.We're thinking of switching to Now TV as our Virgin contract is up (and they are unwilling to offer an acceptable new deal).I just have a few of quick questions which might seem obvious to some.Firstly, is Now TV (the actual channels including The SkySports pass etc.) on devices only (laptop etc)? As in it won't…
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WhatsApp messages
I don't know how this is done - there is a group in which there are many people but only 'admin' can sent messages in WhatsApp group? It states this in the group. How is this done? Thanks
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Any Experiences of a Wise Box or similar? (Used for wire free switching circuits)
So we're looking to get our drive done soon. Included in this will be putting in lights by the cars, lights down to the front door etc As we only have mains in the garage by the drive I was told one of these would be great to help control the lights and in the future if i got electric garage door etc this would be great to…
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The time has come to replace my trusty old laptop.
HI I have had a samsung laptop for a very long time but it is now time for a new one but there are so many to chose from. I use the laptop for checking emails, social media and uploading photos. I am not looking for something too powerful as l don't use it for work so don't want to pay the earth for it. Any tips would be…
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Sky TV in a second Home
Hi We have got use of a second home for a decent monthly rent so that we can regularly visit our son and his family who live about 4 hours away from us. It will be cheaper to rent rather than pay petrol and travelling costs/overnight stays to visit them plus the nightmare 10 hour round trip is physically draining. We will…
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Apple Watch keeps asking for passcode
My partner has an apple watch 3, the 42mm one. She does have small wrists, but we went for the 42mm as her eyes arent great. It asks her for her passcode at least 20 times a day, where the 3 values (calories, move and standing targets) are all displaying as 2 minus symbols ( - ) . Any ideas please? I didnt go for the 38mm…
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Sony Blu ray player menu blank
Well, for the life of me I can't get the menu to display on my almost 2 year Sony BD-6700 blu ray player. It is just blank with the sony grey background. Tried everything to get it working, power off, ethernet cable in and out etc to no avail. Sony were about as helpful as having trench foot and of course said I would have…
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LinkedIn doesn't open?
I haven't joined LinkedIn. I have W10 Pro and when you search for companies/positions, it displays people's LinkedIn pages. When I click on the page, it doesn't open the page? Any help? Thanks
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Microsoft Office 2019 pricing
I’m looking at getting Microsoft Office 2019 as it’s not a subscription or cloud-based product. I don’t have a fast internet connection to support a lot of uploading or downloading. I’ve seen various prices for it, with big retailers at £120, however when I google buying it there are a number of websites that are selling…
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Worth adding an SSD to an old Mac mini ?
Would appreciate your knowledge on this, please. I have a 2nd generation Mac mini with 80 GB hard drive that I hope to use for web surfing. Also have an old 80 GB Intel SSD gathering dust somewhere. So fitting it in the Mac would seem like an ideal use for it. But I've read that the old Mac minis have the SATA data bus…
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2 identical (Windows) computers - swap disks
What happens to Windows licenses? Do they just revert to the license "linked" to the hardware?
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Should I get a new PSU?
Just after some advice. Few years ago I based on advice from here I built a super budget pc system based around the G4560 and a H110 board. I went for this PSU[Antec Earthwatts 380D](https://www.scan.co.uk/products/380w-antec-earthwatts-380d-green-80plus-bronze-fully-wired-17a-plus-15a-plus12v-1x-80mm-fan-atx-psu)I have no…
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Landline phone to headset
I'm working at home and for some calls I'd like to use my landline phone with a headset. For lengthy calls its quite uncomfortable to have the hold the receiver.I have a very basic wired landline phone which is completely functional for everything else so I don't really want to replace it. It just has the two cables -…
