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Iphone Se is disabled connect to itunes
Connecting to itunes what option do I use update or recovery? I can now remembr my passcode for the phone but will need to reset apple password. Thanks
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Open Windows Keep Closing when I move Move Cursor
For the past couple of weeks (and the problem is getting worse) often when I move my cursor with the mouse, my pc automatically closes all open windows. I could be surfing the net or working on excel it doesn't matter, I just loose everything and the starting point is moving the mouse.
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Best place to discuss big data / database storage (& cost) queries
I have around 11GB data on a MYSQL database online and am looking for a cheap alternative to store the data on a MYSQL database. I am currently paying £60/month for a CPanel license as well as the storage costs with Interserver Are there cheaper alternatives that someone can please recommend or alternatively are there any…
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Is all speaker wire (home Entertainment system) the same? Better quality
We are currently renovating our house and are having the lounge replastered. I have cut a tiny channel in the corner of each room to take speaker wires for my Pioneer home entertainment surround sound system. In my shed I have a huge roll of generic speaker wire and was wondering if I should use this, or...are some speaker…
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What is this ugly (unconnected) wire coming out of my Openreach Box
Hi all We moved into a house last year that has a huge, ugly openreach box on the living room wall. The grey wire coming out of it goes to the back of the sky router and plugs into the broadband socket on the back of the router. However, there is this ugly White wire that sticks out of the bottom of the box and literally…
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Installing Windows 11 on a NON-Compatible PC
No guarantee that it will work but here goes - if your PC does not meet the specs required by Microsoft (ie NO TPM) Step 1. First of all, you need to download Windows 11 iso file. Go to the official Windows 11 download page by clicking on this link. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11 Step 2. Under…
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New laptop with mousepad buttons - do such things exist?
Hi!My daughter is looking to get a new laptop. A key requirement for her is that the built in mousepad has seperate mouse keys. Are such laptops manufactured these days? (Other requirements are 15 inch FHD screen, min i5 / Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM, 256 GB disk.)Any suggestions? ThanksKevin
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How to get rid of Quora
I was only trying to look at Pinterest and it signed me in with my Google account. I didn't realise I was signing up to Quora until I got one of their emails. I have had these before and they deluged me with emails. I unsubscribed from the emails, from the link on the email. I also went to Quora and deleted my account. I…
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Income Tax/Capital Gains Tax?
Monday 10th January 2022 Good morning Thank you for taking the time to read this. I have some questions about receiving either a gift of a car or the value of the car as a cash lump some bank transfer. I am unemployed and have been for several years and also homeless. An Aunt living abroad has offered to either purchase a…
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Help for my Mum please regarding auto-renewal
I've been helping my elderly Mum recently with her household expenses - moving her to better deals etc and I have discovered that she has been paying a yearly subscription to Norton Antivorus for many years to cover her now ancient laptop. I want to help her cancel this but have come across a problem I haven't encountered…
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Rf Bridge..? Hoe does it work.?
Hi everyone hope everyone is ok. I have read hundreds of pages of Googling and I just am unable to find out what is this RF Bridge and how does it work. I know it connects to Wi-Fi, I know it connects to some other gadgets but what connection goes where. does it have a power cable. I'm not really able to understand I mean…
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Upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
Been happily using computer on 7 but time to move to 10. Computer is big enough to have both on but having problems uploading. Has any one had issues or got advice please?
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Circuit board - anything glaringly obvious wrong with it after knocking it?
I've recently bought a really old treadmill... New Year, New me and all that! The display was showing in miles rather than km and there was no mention in the manual as to how to change it, googling suggested there might be a switch inside the machine under the cover. I took the cover off to look and it fell off, knocking…
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Newer PC wont recognise my old SSD drive?
Hi all I recently picked up a higher spec PC to the really old one - Acer Aspire T-280 but I cant get it to recognise my old SSD drive? I have done a BIOS reset to factory settings,swapped cables and disabling the HD in there but nothing has worked and I cant seem to find anything specific online Any ideas on how to fix…
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Laptop charging
Last year battery died so i used mains plug in. Then fan over heating, so took to repair shop a few mth's ago. and replaced both. After a few weeks noticed when plugged in not charging battery and laptop using it. Now when battery is running down i have to shut down and plug in mains. This does charge the battery with an…
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Alexa Routine - enable/disable by voice
I have set up my Alexa to turn on my lights at sunset and turn then off some hours later or via a routine. I just speak a key phrase and the smart sockets turn off after various time delays depending upon which room they are in and this gives me time to complete the preparations for going to bed before it all gets plunged…
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How to unlock iphone se without itunes
Phone SE is locked and get message to connect to itunes. How do I do that as do not have access to the computer? Thanks
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Transferring programme to new laptop?
Starting point is that I am a technological numpty unless things are explained very simply. I have a new laptop. My old one has an older version of Calibre that I need to be able to put kindle books on my nook e-reader. I can’t work out how to find a safe version of the old calibre to download - apprentice alf’s…
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Email received from Facebook . Plus another suspicious looking email received this morning ..
Howdy ! I hope somebody can advise about the above . Slightly complicated to explain . 1) I receiced an email which I thought was from my friend . ( my friend has a double sounding name say , smithjones no hyphen) Email from Fred jones . It was a link from the Daily mail about losing weight . I moved that to junk after…
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Amazon Echo 8 display problems
My 2nd generation Echo 8 has been playing up for the last couple of days. The clock display has the Amazon pictures display which changes every minute or so but recently going back to just the clock and other things/pictures EG abstracts. I've turned it of/on, turned internet off/on, reset to the clock display with Amazon…
