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Which AI tools do you use?
Which AI tools do you use to save money, boost your income or organise your finances? Let us know your success stories (how much did you save? What did you learn?). Does your bank offer any AI tools and if so, are they a help or a hindrance? We'd like to hear of any duds you've tried too. Thank you. ___________________…
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Techie Stuff sticky
🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first). If there are any other useful Forum threads on this board that you think we should add, let us know 🗣 🖨Other helpful content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Best free…
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Age verification
A number of web sites are now requiring age verification. Ofcom suggests 7 different methods by which the sites could carry out the verification. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/age-checks-for-online-safety--what-you-need-to-know-as-a-user Bearing in mind some of these sites are a bit dodgy in…
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Unable to log in to my Hotmail/Outlook email accounts via my laptop/mobile
I use the Outlook app on my Android mobile and can access my Hotmail accounts with no problem on the app. However most of my usage of Hotmail is via my laptop ()using Chrome as my internet browser. It's the only browser I have ever used. I click on my saved Hotmail link and it redirects me to this page:-…
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I'm after a printer that's cheap to run
Mostly use the printer for my sons school work and sometimes use colour print. So what printer would you suggest?
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Medical Record .gifs
How do I download .gifs from my medical record ?They appear as paperclips that I can open by left clicking on - they are poorly formatted and hardly readable - but I am unable to download and convert to PDF....When downloaded - they lose all of the content.
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Windows 11 Pro update problem
In Windows update I get the message - Your version of Windows has reached the end of service. What? I thought I was on Windows 11 Pro. I have a used Dell Optiplex 3050 that a while back I've added a M.2 1TB storage module. I also upgraded the RAM to 16GB. It came with Windows 10 on the 256GB SSD drive which I replaced with…
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Installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, while keeping apps.
Hi folks, I have an almost fifteen year old Desktop, had had a few upgrades, SSD, Ram, and is running well, An Athlon 945 quad core CPU, does everything I want to do at the moment and isn't that slow. I have dual boot, running windows 10, but also have installed a clean install of windows 11 a few years ago using Rufus, as…
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Budget Planner Sheet Password
Hi Can anyone help please! I could not find any threads about this issue. I downloaded the free budget planner on MSE site on 30.7.25 but I am being asked for a PASSWORD to customise my template/spreadsheet. I do not have a password. I did download the free budget planner on MSE site many months ago (around March 2025) and…
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Kindle Unlimited - doesn't make sense..?
So I took out their 3 month trial for £0.99 but I just don't read enough (only on my breaks at work) to warrant the £10/month charge. I knew this from the get go but I managed to get 3 books out of the £0.99 whereas they're about £4-£5 each & there's 15 in the series. I cancelled my membership on time - ending it on the…
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Anybody else getting problems with Firefox this evening?
Denying access to every website saying Did not connect, potential security issue. It's doing it on everything, including MSE and BBC,
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Google Pixel with WhatsApp?
Just ordered a Google Pixel 9a 5G mobile I previously had an Android phone. Just realised will the WhatsAPP app work okay on this phone?
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Virgin tv problem
Not sure if this is the right board for my question but maybe someone can help. 🤞 I have Virgin freeview with a box. It's a few years old but is the 360 not the old Tivo. Just recently, it won't pause on any streamed programmes. It's fine with programmes I've recorded and live TV. It happens (or rather doesn't) on all…
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I can't open a document on my Mac (Pages) when I export it to a PDF document
I want to attach the document to an email (gmail) but save it to my computer NOT to the google gmail account In hope someone can come along to guide me. Thank you
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Is it safe to switch on my smartphone to perform a factory reset when it looks like this?
Hello everyone, I want to recycle my old smartphone because after having the battery replaced last year, it's battery life got worse and the side seam around the buttons started to split. It now looks like this: Please don't yell at me but I stupidly left it on a south-facing window sill for too long but we had to deal…
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Samsung or Google
I am torn. I require a new phone as my s8 is dying quickly. I like the photo ability of google, add me, magic erase, best take. But it wont take a burst shot. I like the burst shot (100 photos to get the splash of them jumping in water etc) of the samsung. Dislike al the bloatware etc. Would prefer 256gb phone as take…
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STATUS Remote control
Following on from this VERY old thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3219862/status-remote-control-socket-problem/p2 I have found that the imprinted pictogram inside my Status remote control socket zappers is completely wrong! In the hope this might be found by some future alien (or human!) who is…
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Former TalkTalk broadband user? Your free email address will soon stop working unless you pay
TalkTalk will turn off free email services for 100,000s of former broadband customers later this year. If you're no longer with TalkTalk but still have one of its email addresses, your email will stop working completely from 31 October 2025 unless you pay £5 a month (£60 a year) to keep it. Read the full story: Former…
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POP3 to IMAP
'Our Kid' uses Office (365) outlook on his W10PCAlways used pop3 ... ain't broke don't fixAlso used the gmail app, which now won't work with pop3 as his ISP has 'upgraded' (broken) something Disregarding the phone, if he swaps MS Outlook to IMAP ...a) how to do itb) will he loose any info Any pointers?
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Can you ask eBay or PayPal to put a temporary block ?
My friend who is having mental issues is having a spending spree spending loads of money using eBay and PayPal. Is there a way her parents could ask eBay to suspend the account temporarily?
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Totaladblock.com - confused 86 year old
Parent inadvertently signed up to this in December for 1.99. She doesn’t remember doing it (has no need of the service), didn’t know it was an ongoing monthly charge and has only just noticed it in on her statements. It went up to 9.99 a month in January. and is now 14.99. i can’t see that she has ever downloaded anything…
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cannon mg 3150 printer and hp lap top 1 year old ithink
Hi need to ask how to make printer work on lap as got the nsg as not have surplus cash to buy new printer can any thing be done b4 i oder new cardfor printer
