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I need to replace my iphone 5 as it is dying. I'm struggling to find a replacement model. I have kept the iphone as it is perfect in size. Phones are now ridiculously big and too big for myself. I dont want another iphone, as i am leaning for android. Trouble is, i work in construction and i need a phone that will…
Home made network cable problems
I have put rj45 plugs on my network cable between a cctv camera and the NVR. Although when connected with professional cables they work ok, my home made ones don't. The green light on the NVR (showing power?) is lit but no signal comes through and the green light on the camera which shouid fllickers when in use does not..…
How to Delete Yahoo as my Search Engine
Hi When I go into Microsoft Edge on my pc to search for a web site Yahoo is set as my search engine (I hope that is the correct term). This has only occurred recently as prior to this it was Bing which I was more than happy with. Can anyone advise how I can get rid of Yahoo and revert back to Bing. I have looked in setting…
Clear/delete 'temporary files' in Windows 7
Hi guys. I've been mooching about on my desktop PC which runs W7. Came by accident to: 'Computer>Local disk(C)>Users>Home>AppData>Local>Temp> .... ... and found literally hundreds of entries going back over years, most of them calling themselves 'tmp' but others labeled variously such as 'scoped', 'SA', 'wmp', 'XPI' and…
On line techie stuff OK but.........
Does anyone miss Web User Magazine and wish there was a replacement?. Computer Active is a poor alternative imo. I do have about a dozen webuser mags that I have saved online found from Issue which I'm saving for a rainy day, even though they're many years old.…
iPhone 6 plus
My friend has an iPhone 6 plus that I do not think has any security or anti virus, it is an older phone and is getting sluggish, I was hoping to install some protection. Looking at AVG and Malwarebytes, would these work on iphone 6 plus, or any other ideas. Secondary is the phone gets very warm, is there a way to cool down…
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