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Laptop for 12 year old?
Looking for a laptop for my daughter, I've been promising to buy one for a few weeks now but can't decide what to buy. Had a look in Costco and she liked the look of the Asus Zenbook 14 inch i5 but it's £780.
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WhatsApp to stop working on old phones
Does anyone know if I will be affected by this? I got a iPhone 6s and I always use WhatsApp a lot. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/whatsapp-stop-working-43-smartphones-24900053
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Accept Cookies message constantly on Ebay and Amazon
I keep getting very annoying 'Accept Cookies' pop up when using Amazon and Ebay, whilst I can sort of accept it happening when first going on to the sites, it is very often happening when going back to home page after viewing an item, is this likely to be the result of a recent Windows 10 update I'm on 20H2 or is it an…
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WD Elements 2tb external disc failed
Hi,
my less then 3 years old and little used WD Elements 2tb 2.5 inch
external disc has failed. I use it to store about 1.6tb of data.
Fortunately I have three other copies of my data so I haven't lost
any of that. I
have had a few external discs fail before and in all those cases it
was the SATA plug in…
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Avoid paying £1.59 a month to store photos in Google without deleting everything!
I’m sure this is covered elsewhere but I’m not very techie and need help! I’ve had the email from Google that I’m running out of storage and they want £1.59 a month. I use Gmail as my main email. I have Google Drive but there isn’t much on there. I do have a lot of photos in the Google App. I already pay a monthly sub to…
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External hard drive causing issues switching pc on
I use a Dell pc running windows 10 and have an external hard drive attached. My last hdd was full so I bought a Seagate One Touch to replace it. The hdd is permenantly attached to a usb port as the pc is in an awkward position to get to -under the desk and around a corner! My pc no longer boots to the home page when I…
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Gmail Spam Issue!
I recently made a mistake and entered a Magic Freebies competition using my main email address which has left me being bombed by spam mail. The spam is automatically filtered into the spam box by gmail which is good but although i know blocking these emails never works i am concerned by the amount of spam stopping my other…
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HDMI splitter / dual input
Hi, I only have one HDMI port on my TV and have a sky Q box and apple tv inputs needed. I had an old sky hd box where i had a splitter (2 in one out - press a button and the input displays changes) - i bought this of amazon a few years ago and served me well. Enter the new Sky Q box and this splitter no longer works, stays…
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Android Hard Reset - No Access to Screen - Options?
Hi Hoping one of you excellent guru's out there might be able to help. My child has dropped a glass bottle on to their Moto G9 Play. The screen is badly damaged but worse, it is constantly detecting pressure on the screen and inputting numbers/characters or executing functions depending on if you can momentarily get a…
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Mesh Wifi?
Hi I have a small terraced house, but the wifi where I work is no good my 'office' is a post-war extension on the old house, and a thick originally external wall is right between me and the router. Fortunately I had the foresight to run an ethernet cable under the floor to the office, so my laptop is plugged in. However,…
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Facebook Video
Hi, a video has come up in my facebook memories today of my old dog. I lost the original video when my previous computer was destroyed by a lightning strike. Is there any way I can copy ( ? ) the video from facebook so that I have it saved elsewhere, independently from facebook ? Many thanks for any help.
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Is it possible to transfer excel/data etc from a Pc windows 10 to a Samsung tablet?
I have a tower pc running Windows 10, is it possible to transfer data/ excel files etc to my newish model Samsung tablet? Thanks for any/all replies.
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iPhone to take two sim cards?
Looking at specs I see the iPhone XS only takes one sim and then an esim? "Use of eSIM requires a wireless service plan (which may include restrictions on switching service providers and roaming, even after contract expiration). Not all carriers support eSIM. Use of eSIM in iPhone may be disabled when purchased from some…
