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Bribe Email Concerns?
I receive occasional emails in my spam box marked as dangerous from scammers and i always delete them straight away. I have received another today however it seems a bit worrying to me, It has one of my many current passwords marked at the top of the page with the text claiming a video of me visiting !!!!!! sites or…
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Delete Update Files?
I don't have broadband and only occasionally use a laptop tethered to my phone.
About two months ago, a Windows update ate up my months allowance of mobile data
and since then I've tried to avoid tethering for Updates.
Today I travelled to a spot where there was a wiFi hotspot with the intention
of getting Windows…
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Apple watch + iPhone 6
I have an iPhone 6 and want to get an Apple watch (reconditioned) to help record my exercise. Will they all work with my phone? I'm looking at either a series 2 or 3 watch.
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Help to ID a piece of 80s/90s tech please.
Clearing out the other day I found a device I remember using in the late 80s/early 90s. Wondering if it might be worth putting up on Ebay I googled it but Google couldn't find it. It's a credit-card sized calc/data bank type thing and on the box it says "Megalogic Datastar 8000M" claiming to be "the smallest pocket…
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Locked out of my Laptop
Hi I have forgotten my password to get into my laptop. I made the mistake of changing it before going on holiday, now I'm back I can't get in. Last night, laptop tells me too many attempts and to try again tomorrow. Waited till tonight, and I'm still getting the exact same message of too many attempts and 'try again…
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How do Satellite TV's work?
I have just moved in to a new house and all the ports coming out the wall are the screw head ones. I am used to just having the regular push in connector for a regular TV aerial. I have messaged the developer about it and he says they are for a satellite TV and he has put in a system under the stairs that I plug one Sky…
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How to use Zoom?
I've been invited to a Zoom meeting tomorrow and have downloaded Zoom to my device (tablet) but have no idea what to do next.The person who invited me has sent me a link and a password - Is it as simple as clicking on the link and following up with the password on my tablet? Or should I be doing something else in advance…
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Slides/transparencies
Does anyone have a relatively cheap method of digitising 2¼" square slides? There are plenty of 35mm slide copiers, but not 2¼" square.TIA
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how to transfer everything from old phone to new phone
im sure this has been asked before but im having problems transferring everything from my old phone (huawei) to new (motorola)ive always used huawei in the past so using phone clone was easybut moto dont have this. ive backed everything to google on the old phone, then i signed in on the new phone but i cant see all the…
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Mobile app push notifications
A sports center used to send emails to advise of spaces being available on classes and I had some simple code to access these emails and book the classes. They've changed the mechansim to advise of spaces to "Mobile app push notifications". 2 questions for anybody who knows about these. 1. for the particular app the…
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Galaxy A5 No Signal Found For Mobile Network
My friend's Galaxy A5 would not charge. Took it to a phoneshop who explained the charging port was damaged and needed replacing. Had this done, but now realised the phone is unable to make calls ,receive messages as no signal found for mobile network. I have removed Sim and put back but still no success. Apart from taking…
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Leaving during contract term
My mother in law's Plusnet connection has been flaky for a while and now it seems to have collapsed into a heap. The Openreach engineer who visited a week ago said the line was fine.She only has 4 months left on the contract and I think she should get FTTP when the contract is up. To me it would make more sense to move now…
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Samsung Galaxy Watch wake up gesture without waking up
Hi, I want my Samsung Galaxy Watch 42mm to show me the time (unbelievable I know!). I want to use the 'wake up gesture' (raising my wrist) to show me the time when I need it. However, I wish I could do this without waking the watch fully up and it then being susceptible to accidental swipes for x seconds. I also don't want…
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Samsung Ecobubble washing 7kg machine shockers probably need replacing
Model number WF70F5E0W2W It’s probably my fault for overloading it, it’s just over 5 years old so the warrantee has expired... I suspect the shock absorbers have gone. Taking the back off I see they may be accessible from underneath by removing a thin plastic panel. The shockers are white in colour. I’m looking for a UK…
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Power sockets with USB
I am looking at Screwfix wall double sockets with USB - https://www.screwfix.com/c/electrical-lighting/switches-sockets/cat830530?switchessocketsproducttype=socket_with_usb#category=cat830530&switchessocketsproducttype=socket_with_usb&page_size=100&sort_by=priceWhich should I buy ? They appear to be rated at either 2,1,…
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BT MeetMe - Joining a call help
Hello, an elderly 80 year old has been asked to join a BT MeetMe call. They will receive a phone call and have to answer but from the instructions below they are unsure if they need to:press * and keep holding it down and then press 1 to join the call. Or do they press * then let go and then press 1 to join the call. They…
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Installation Problem
I'm trying to install 1AV Centre from Sharewareonsale.com, but I keep getting the error,'"Unable to register the DLL/OCX" - RegSvr32 failed with exit code 0x5'. I've tried installing as Administrator, and get the same result. Can anyone help.
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RAM Windows 10 and Google Chrome
Last year I bought a HP 15-da0511sa notebook and was assured by the salesperson at Curry's PC World that 4GB RAM would be more than adequate due to the Core i3 7th Gen processor, I was never happy with the performance of this laptop, it was laggy, took a long time to wake up from lock screen and I was continually getting…
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Buying an I iPhone to use on sim only deal
My daughter has a giff gaff sim and her current iPhone 5 is quite slow now. It has ru. Out of memory and she would like a larger screen. She has been saving up for a new one. She is keen to stay with apple and her budget is 250 max so probably looking looking at a reconditioned iPhone 7. Can anyone recommend any good sites…
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TV Screen's Aspect Ratio is Strange with Digital Tv Recorder
Earlier this year I bought a new TV and have been using it with my excellent, but old, SHARP TU-R160H Digital Tv Recorder. It was not until last week when I connected the aerial cable directly to the TV and used the TV's receiver for the first time, that I noticed how strange the aspect ratio that the recorder was giving…
