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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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Microsoft 365 Personal price hike on renewal!
I should explain that I am not very tech savvy being of the "older generation" so if I'm honest I find it all very confusing!Microsoft has emailed me to advise that our Microsoft 365 Personal due for renewal on January 4th is increasing from £59.99 a year to £84.99 !! I really cant afford to keep paying this as we in fact…
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Is there such a thing as an automatic light switch?
Hi all I’m not sure if there’s such a thing as the device I am imagining. I am looking for a light switch for my home that looks and acts like a normal on/off light switch 99% of the time. However, the other 1%, when I go on holiday, I want to be able to switch the lounge/bedroom lights on at various, random times. I guess…
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Trouble with Bitwarden?
Tried logging in on a website & the credentials I have stored in Bitwarden didn't work. Absolutely not true so I imagine the website has reset my account or something. Go to auto regen a password but the problem is it wont let me save it to my Bitwarden account. Close it down & re-open & just a no-go. I'm constantly…
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How to reinstall webcam driver on HP laptop
I
have a five year old HP Pavilion Gaming 17-cd1014na laptop running Windows
10 (with extended support) The
built in webcam no longer works in Zoom etc. Camera
no longer appears in Settings-Devices. How
do I reinstall the correct driver? The
HP web site was unhelpful as it doesn't appear to list a webcam
driver. Thanks
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Corrupt PST file
I think that I have a corrupt PST file - it's 3.4Gb in sizeWhen I try send/receive on Outlook - I get a send/receive errorIs there a maximum size allowed ?Anything I can do ?
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Password Manager with easy Android Integration (and YubiKey)
My wife & I are longterm LastPass users, sharing one account with two sub identities, which saves cost and can be useful if we ever need to log in for each other. We have YubiKeys which add an extra, non password level of security, which I think is essential. Especially since the poorly announced LastPass security breach a…
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Using an SD Card with Moto G32
I've got a Moto G32 smartphone and my storage is very nearly full (mostly with apps). I'm looking at buying an SD card but I had a quick look at the motorola website and regarding using SD cards with the G32 it says "you can't store apps on the SD card because it is portable storage". I've seen videos on Youtube of people…
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Mass copy files to Azure Blob
Dear experts, we are looking for a way to send a lot of data from SharePoint to Azure blob. Basically we want to archive old files so we do not run into quota issues with SharePoint as it is getting very expensive. Anyone has found an easy way to do it. We need to be able to filter based on modified date as access date is…
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Hard wiring a camera doorbell
Am considering getting a camera doorbell that I can hardwire into existing doorbell circuit as a replacement for the bell push we have fitted. What I am struggling with is that the current circuit is a simple 2 wire effort so one core of the doorbell wire carries the voltage and the second core connects the voltage to the…
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Educate me Please. Why would you use a travel router?
Hi all I am looking for advice and education here. I read a well know PC magazine and it recently recommended purchasing the TRAVEL router TP Link TP-WR1502X. I was curious to know what was so good about it so I did a bit of research and YouTubing. It appears that one of this devices main qualities is that you can take it…
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Android no longer columnizes text on website
For years I have been able to read MSE easily on my phone because the text was automatically arranged in columns like in the second picture. A few weeks ago, it inexplicably switched to displaying text I can hardly read, as in the first picture. Changing to another browser doesn't fix it, and other websites aren't affected…
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Apple watch Cellular model cheapest connectivity
I bought my apple watch Cellular model without doing enough research and now find that to use the cellular feature causes more disruption than expected. The sim plan in my phone is Lebara (£5.00 a month) but I am informed that Lebara do not do a plan for an apple watch only an iPhone. So as far as I can tell; to use the…
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What is this Strange Screen?
I disconnect my computer and monitors from the mains every night they are on an extension lead. So when I throw the switch to turn everything on my computer boots into Windows 11. Now when I throw the switch I just get a no signal screen and the computer does not turn on, no lights. If I then push the button to switch on…
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Password managers?
I'm thinking of investing in a password manager such as Nordpass or Roboform which seem to be the most highly rated and about £0.75p a month. Any views, pro's - com's on password managers would be most welcome. Thanks.
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Casual use printer
Can anyone recommend a good reliable black and white printer with affordable cartridges and costs less than £50
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Old 78's
I have some old 78 records, and I have an old 'vintage' style record player, which has just packed up. I saw a record player online, which only played 45's and 33's. But on Amazon there was another one which played all 3 speeds, so I phoned Richer Sounds about the first one, which they stocked, and they told me that there…
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Playing music offline problem
Hi all My wife wants to play music using her phones own music player app when she flies next week but when we have tried playing the music offline in preparation for it they won't play. Can anyone suggest what we can do please Kind regards mark
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W11 new install - ended up with two users with the same name!
As per the title really .. Set up a new PC for 'our Kid' and tried to use netplwiz to get it to log in without entering a code but now we have two users, both called Our KidI've logged him into one with his MS account and it all works fine but when we reboot, it first says "your password is incorrect" without even asking…
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Used laptop purchase, what to do.
What would you do in the following scenario? I purchased a Dell Latitude 3540 from a local auction site (not eBay) and got what I think was/is a pretty good deal. The described specs were, 12th Gen Intel i5 processor, 16gb RAM, 512gb SSD etc, but what I actually got was only 8gb RAM, 256gb SSD but it does have a later 13th…
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What should i do about Synthient Credential Stuffing Threat Data
I have received an email from Have I been Pawnd which I am signed up to to say that 2 billion email addresses have been compromised. Do i need to change my password ? NB I have been a member of this Forum for at least 10 years [DorsetDave, 1,2,3] but it says I can't post a link ! ]
