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Dodgy HP printer software, even worse customer service - Do I have a leg to stand on to complain?
Hi, apologies if this has been covered elsewhere but a simple search didn't come up with anything akin to this so I'm asking here. I bought a HP all-in-one printer (Envy 6032) online from Currys PC World earlier this year and it has been a pain in my rear end to get it working as I want. It comes with a link to install…
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Reselect your file history drive
Every day the same message pops up on my computer - Reselect your file history drive. I am on Windows 10. Does anybody know how to stop this from appearing please?
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Create/List empty folders, but not the entire tree
I can create a set of empty directories that mirrors all the features on a existing tree (but intentionally excludes the actual files contained therein) https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/how-to-copy-folder-structure-without-copying-files/ I can also create a list of the Path Statements of all the…
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Swann CCTV faulty
Any ideas?
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Free sim card for Huawei tablet
Hi techie friends. I have inherited a tablet as described above, and formatted, set it up for myself. Is it possible to get a free sim? I would prefer 02 (priority stuff) then just run it on wifi. I need the phone number on the sim to run another app on wifi. I realise this may be a silly question and I have tried…
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Facebook Disabled Account
Hi I am looking for some advice on behalf of my wife who has had her Facebook account disabled recently due to "Community Standards" A few days ago she received an email to say someone was trying to access her account and she should go through security verification and change her password ASAP. But when she tried to do…
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How to stop getting these messages
When ever I am using the internet I keep getting the following messages 1 Your connection has been interrupted 2 This site can't be reached.I use TP Link adapters and when these messages appear if I unplug the ethernet cable from the laptop and then plug it back in it clears the messages but they always re-occur.I cannot…
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Trying to download MP3 to disc
It has been so long since I done a you tube to convert a song to a disc, I need it for a funeral and was wondering if someone could kindly tell me how it's done again. I did convert to file but for some reason it's not putting song on disc although it states it has been completed TIA
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tv lg50pz550t slows internet
We recentley moved house and now find that when I switch the tv on it slows the internet speed down to nearly zero. If I switch the tv off then the internet speed is restored to normal. If I leave the tv on the internet speed does eventually recover but this can take from 10 minutes to an hour. Anybody had experience of…
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Small front door camera
Can anyone recommend a small front door camera? I want one which is discreet, and eye-level to get a good view of the face. Why not Ring etc? Because 1) I have an existing, large 'fancy' 1920s push button that goes well with the house and want to carry on using and 2) I don't want my data going off to the cloud. I want the…
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Extending broadband signal
Hi all, recently changed provider sky to plusnet. As I'm on the end of the line the signal is not brill (14-18meg) I am unable to get the plug-in extender/repeaters to work anymore. It appears there is some sort of password conflict going on or I dont know what I'm doing which is more likely. I have pulled in an ethernet…
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Problem viewing Facebook comments on 3 different browsers.
Hi everyone, Can someone that's FB user give me some idea why my friend can't see any comments on a page? I've had him try 3 different browsers (Firefox, Edge and Vivaldi) and on all of them all he see's in the image below. I've tried the same page on all 3 browsers on my pc and I can see every comment (and I'm not logged…
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Printer food grade with oil ink
Hi thanks for reading.I have an edible ink printer which uses water based printing ink. When i print anything using this printer the printed ink dissolves in water, but will not dissolve in oil. I wish to buy a new printer which uses oil based ink, so that the printed ink will dissolve in oil.Do you know of any such edible…
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Testing landline telephone socket
Just bought a house and it has two phone sockets next to each other which is strange. I need to identify what the difference is between the two and which one is live. Originally I thought one maybe BT and the other Virgin, buy there is no Virgin Media connection going to the house. So is it a simple case of getting a…
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is it possible to password protect an external hard drive?
so recently i bought an external hard drive to back up files on my computer. once i transferred it all across i realised that anyone who gets hold of this can access all my files, therefore it's not very secure. to be fair, i don;t really have anything sensitive, but just wondering is there a way to password protect it?…
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External Hard Disk Corrupt file system?
I've been asked to help with a Lacie external hard disk that isn't readable from the owner's Mac. I checked the disk on my Windows laptop and a Linux Mint laptop. In Windows the disk was visible in the device manager, but it wouldn't mount the file system, however the Linux Mint system was able to mount the files system…
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Bookings.com app
I have recently purchased an acer laptop. On the task bar the Bookings.com automatically appears .I do not want it and I cannot get rid of it. Can someone please give me simple instructions how to complete this task. Why does it appear in the first place it seems like forced advertising. Thank you
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Getting rid of subtitles on flash drive - tv playback
I sometimes watch tv episodes that I have on my computer by sticking them on a flash drive and plugging that into the tv. However I'm getting subtitles displayed on the recordings, and there are no options on the tv's player to disable them (I have scoured all settings and playback options on the screen). It's an LG 4k…
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Best Android Phone Clone/Data Transfer App
Drove myself a bit nuts with this :( Going from Huawei to a.n.other phone. The Huawei app did a superb job when moving from a.n.other previous phone to the Huawei, but it doesn't work going from Huawei to a.n.other. I tried about 4 other apps from the app store, none of which worked properly. Google account transfers some…
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OLED TV buying display model
I've been hankering after an OLED TV for a little while and have a specific model in mind due to my main TV watching which is sport (motion handling for my sensitive eyes). It's the Sony 55 inch A8 / A85 models. Technically these are 2020 models but the 2021 version hasn't moved the game on. Currently priced at it's lowest…