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Unusual Windows 10 update
Last night I hit the Check for updates button and it seemed to install 3 items.But it still said: You're not up to dateYour device is missing important security and quality fixes. I hit the update button again - it thought about it for a short while, but didn'tinstall anything, and returned to the You're not up to date…
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Synology NAS server DS220j
I've recently upgraded to a Synology server from a WD MyCloud Mirror which has a backup system WD Smartware. Is there a free backup program for my new Synology server that would work like the WD Smartware, or be better? Thanks
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Getting sound to an analog amp from my new Samsung TV
I've bought a new Samsung TV model UE55AU8000KXXU and I want to connect it to my Bose speakers via a small amplifier. Previously I connected to my amp via the headphone socket of the TV and connecting to the amp via phono sockets. This new TV has no headphone socket but I understand I can connect via the HDMI2 socket which…
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How to use MoneySavingExpert with RSS readers
Having tried to find out how to enable RSS feeds to read certain forums in Outlook as I used to do, I found out that with the current Vanilla Forums software, you simply add "/feed.rss" to the URL. e.g. for this Techie Stuff forum, the rss feed is https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/post/discussion/techie-stuff/feed.rss…
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Can you update a Hudl2?
I have read that is it impossible to update a Hudl2 beyond Android 5. Is that true? If it is possible to update to Android 6, how do you do it?
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Cannot reset apple passwordBeen trying to reset apple password.
Been trying to reset my apple password got message instructions will be sent to iphone but nothing. Can anybody help pl?
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SD card
In my wife's phone, she's getting a message saying that the SD card is corrupt. I took it out of her phone, put it in my laptop, and it's saying that the drive is empty. However, when I right click on it, and click properties, it comes up with 13GB with 1GB still available.But even further, I've connected my phone to my…
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Help setting up speech recognition.
Having decided to set up speech recognition on my windows 10 PC I searched the internet to see how I can improve its accuracy. I have come across a number of articles suggesting that I set it to do "document reviews". I have done this. The article's say that now it should review documents I have written that are in "my…
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Desktop sounds like a plane taking off.
Desktop is a Cube DESKTOP-1R813P6. Upgraded to an SSD so that side of it still works fine. I'm getting an intermittent issue with loud whirring noise although the desktop boots up ok. Just wondering if this might be something like the fan considering giving up the ghost and whether I should be looking at it now rather than…
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Long start up time on my desk top PC.
I have run several scans from a few different providers but my Pc still takes about 4 minutes to load and be ready to use. Can any one recommend a course of action to reduce this time on starting up please?
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TV with imperfect picture
I've just bought a second hand Panasonic 55 inch TV which is about six years old. I got it for a very good price but the picture is imperfect on screens with lots of one colour, or a light colour as you can see on the picture below. I've tried adjusting all the settings and nothing seems to influence the degree of…
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Easiest safest way to record overnight
I don't know if anybody can help me with this it's nothing to do with saving money. I have a problem in which I have to record myself in bed overnight because I have sleep apnea and other illnesses. I had successfully been using a home Wi-Fi camera and an app and also had another camera setup up as a security camera in my…
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Alexa - tell me some top tips
We're very late to the Alexa party, but we needed to replace our music box so bought a Sonos smart speaker and an extra one. We normally listen to the radio or music downloaded onto an iPod. Any useful insights into what magic tricks Alexa can perform? We're getting to grips with it, although we did chose a day when Alexa…
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Daughter Broke Her New Laptop
My dear daughter saved her pennies and thought she'd spoil herself by buying a Zenbook for her uni course. She starts in a few days.She's only had the laptop a couple of weeks when she spilt wine over it on Wednesday night. It started to make a sizzling noise so we guess it's dead. Is there any chance of repair or does it…
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Laptop - game runs slow
Hi guys i have recently bought a game on stream for my laptop - Tropico6. however, it runs painfully slow and I can’t get past the start screen. I’ve tried everything from a factory reset to altering all of my settings from what I can think of and what tips I’ve read online. has anyone else experienced anything like this…
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is it OK to always use the rapid cycle on a dishwasher ?
We have recently got a dishwasher for the first time and initially used the ECO program, which turned out to be taking about 4 hours. This program used the least water and the least energy .. so we assumed all was good. After looking online for the exact dishwasher, a YT'er stated that he only ever uses the RAPID cycle,…
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Importing Address books in Mozilla Thunderbird
Just been helping a neighbour by exporting all his address book info from his old PC, via a USB stick, to his new PC. I first noticed that the address books had names like Personal Addresses, Contacts and Collected Addresses (or something like that). So I created separate folders with those names on the USB stick and…
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Qmee no longer working for searches?
I have used qmee for a long time but only for web searches where you get 4p or something for a search occasionally however it has been 6 months since i got an offer. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing and turning off my other extensions on chrome but still nothing. I'm trying to work out if the sudden lack of…
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How much additional electricity would a dedicated GPU and upgraded CPU use?
Hi there. Like many people, I am now working from home (and will be, at least for some of the time, for the foreseeable future).At the moment, I am using the following desktop:MSI B85M-E45 G1850 (Haswell Celeron) - integrated graphics 2 x4GB and 2x2GB RAMWindows 10 Home2xSSD and it does all I need - my job involves merely…
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How to connect three units
Iave a Yamaha HTR-5 h830 Amplifier and a Teac Compact CD player and am having trouble paring them to play CD's.I have the manual for the CD player but not for the Yamaha.We just Had the CD player and my son gave us the Yamaha and set it all up for us.He has moved home and we have moved the furniture around so the units…
