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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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Ninja SP101UK air fryer dead after 5 years
As per the title, the lights went out on our SP101UK air fryer last night a few minutes into a 30 minute bake last night. Now it won't power on. We tried replacing the 13A fuse, and have confirmed that the socket is good. Also tried leaving it unplugged for half an hour to see if it resets, but it didn't help. I was…
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YAHOO MAIL
Is it only me, or is Yahoo mail awful? I have a sky.com email address which uses Yahoo to fetch and send email to my laptop. When trying to compose an email there is a lag of one or two seconds between typing a character and it actually appearing onscreen. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program and cleared the cache…
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Anyone used an AI package to decipher handwritten text?
I've come across Transkribus, and will be giving it a shot. Curious as to whether anyone has used any of these, and how well it worked? Ta.
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Thoughts on Humax Aura PVR?
We have an older Humax Freeview recorder that is starting to be unreliable. The Humax Aura is a possible replacement, but I see several user reviews on both John Lewis and Amazon that say it is best avoided. As usual there are the "best thing since sliced bread" vs "don't touch one with a barge pole" reviews, anyone got…
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Microsoft OneDrive is baffling me...and driving me nuts
I needed an option to back up my photos and files - there's quite a lot - and after looking on the MSE website, decided Microsoft 365 with OneDrive was the best option. I'm regretting it. Yesterday, when I wasn't signed into OneDrive, it wouldn't let me access my files that I THOUGHT were saved on my computer. Turns out…
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What is this?
Any help appreciated. Came back from work and this pole has been put up in my private garden, no idea who did it or what it is?
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What are good online shops to buy computer parts.
Ebuyer.com used to be reasonably good but last year it went out of business. "A winding up petition was issued against the company by their landlord on 1 August 2025 and the company was acquired out of administration by Frasers Group on 13 August 2025." What remaining UK suppliers are there excluding places like ebay or…
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New Business Start Up - Questions
Hi there 👋 Been re-directed here from the small business forum as some of the questions I had were more technology related. Hoping someone more tech-savvy might have some advice. I'm setting up a consultancy business (sole trader) as a bit of a side hustle alongside my part-time job. Much of the work will be creating…
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Are more retailers refunding directly to bank accounts now?
I was looking through some recent transactions and noticed that refunds don’t always seem to go back the same way the payment was made. In a couple of cases it looked like the refund was sent straight to a bank account rather than back to the original card. It made me wonder whether this is becoming more common, or if most…
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Ok, veteran electronics boffins - what's this wee project?
(Yes, it became obvs when I zoomed in and read the labels. 😉 )
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Microsoft Outlook free getting full but have Lifetime Microsoft Office
I am getting a message that my Microsoft Outlook Free account is getting full up (5GB max) I already have Microsoft Office loaded on my pc with Lifetime license. I would like to know if I can add extra capacity for Outlook storage and if this will work with my existing desktop Outlook? What are the best update options…
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AVG Help
Hi, can someone help please? My subscribition to AVG was due today but unfortuantly I misread the date and there were insufficient funds to cover it so the payment failed. My fault of course. I have updated card details, it says successfull but doesnt say when they will try again for payment. Trying to contact them is an…
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Very low upload speed from one device only.
I've just run Speedtest by Ookla from my laptop, phone and tablet. On the phone and tablet upload speed is roughly 20Mbps. From the laptop it's showing about 0.3 Mbps. Download speed is consistent across all devices. Wireless connection to a BT Hub in all cases. Laptop is positioned about 1 foot from the Hub. Any thoughts…
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Temporary router - help!
Does the following make any sense? Someone drove into the local BT junction box, and our broadband is down for the next week until Openreach can get round to fixing it. I have a mifi router I bought, and I'm using that for internet connectivity for the time being. The trouble is that all the smart gadgets in the house are…
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Fingerprint problem since update to Android 16 and One UI 8 - SOLVED
My Samsung phone recently updated to Android 16 and One UI 8 and since then I can't seem to use my fingerprint to log into my banking apps The apps say that biometrics are not set up on my device - of course they are, but the apps don't seem to think so! I've tried deleting and re-scanning my fingerprints but still no joy.
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Ring doorbell etc please
hi, I started with blink doorbell for a few weeks and couldn’t get on with it due to the motion zones and sensitivity for here. I either got 100’s of clips or nothing . So we are trying ring now lol. Definitely less delay and immediately have got it set better. Door is 1 car length from footpath and road . My car on drive…
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Google Chrome - news feeds
Last week, without any intervention on my part, nor any apparent updates, my previously clean page when using Google Chrome was infested with news feeds and adverts. I have searched intensively (or so I thought) for a solution without success. Every solution offered tells me to go to the settings page (first stop I made)…
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Microsoft Money file name
I have been using Money for years now but just a couple months ago the file name name changed from a simple .mny file to my computer's name then a bunch of numbers and letters then .mny. What did I do or the app do to do this? It seems to have all the correct numbers. I still have the original My Money.mny file and I am…
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Facebook groups not showing
I'm a member of 20 groups on FB, but sadly of the three that I have 'pinned', all refuse to appear in my newsfeed. My 'go to' place is on my W10 PC using Firefox and the FB Purity extension, but even on G Chrome with no extensions, and using the FB app on my Android phone … still no sign of my 'pinned' groups. Other than…
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Back Market Trade-In: Requested Info
Hi there. I recently bought a refurbished iPad from Back Market and sent in an old iPad for trade-in. Everything’s been going fine, but I’ve just received an email from them asking for my banking info, birthdate, and driver’s license number (or the last 4 digits of my SSN) before they can process the payment for the old…
