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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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Bluetooth headphones in the £150 price range
Which over ear heaphones should I be looking at? It has to be wireless and Im looking at the best choices that offer the best sound quality?
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TV reactive lighting strips?
Tried looking for a more suitable place with a bigger audience to ask this question but struggled to find where would be best to ask really so here I am. We have the LED lighting strips on the back of our TV but they're the select a colour & that's it kind of thing. I've seen videos advertising those strips which react to…
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Have I a problem starting with my PC?
My PC running windows 11 is about 2 years old and has been a great buy, always worked supebly. In the last month I've noticed a type of hesitancy in following a command, i.e. a site in the search bar, not a big amount of time but where it always seemed to be instant, I notice a small time lapse. I realise it could be many…
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Is Macrium Reflect useless now?
Finally got my backside in gear & went to do a file & folder backup. Looks like it's not an option. I'm running version v8.0.7783. Is there a version I can download somewhere that'll allow me to do a file & folder backup or isn't this possible? I don't want to do an image backup. If it's not possible then is there FREE…
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Sticky keyboard keys & cleaning
Googling this everything seems to point at spilling a sticky liquid (fizzy drink for example) on your keyboard & cleaning it up. Which would explain the sticky keys obviously. But what about when nothing has been spilled? My keys have started sticking, annoyingly. Sometimes I can be pressing a few times & nothing…
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VPN question
I have a BT Smart Hub router and NordVPN reckon this won’t work with their VPN (on their website they list all makes of incompatible routers , but the BT one is NOT listed so I emailed them). They did ask the ‘make’ but the BT router does not show the maker. Are NordVPN correct? Anyone had similar issue? Thanks
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New mobile phone
Maybe ought to be in the mobile section, but ...I have a Moto G31(W) running Android 12It works reasonably well but just getting a little sluggish sometimes.I've used 80GB of the 128 availableLooking for something that runs maybe a little fasterMust be Android and a dual sim facilityI don't really have a budget in mind…
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Solved : Vax Rapide Carpet Cleaner - Not dispensing water
I have a Vax Rapide Carpet Shampooer - after 12 months and only 4 decent uses, it stopped issuing water onto the carpets even though a thorough examination showed no obvious fault. Vax Helpline totally useless. I looked on several "Self-Help" boards and found that lots of other frustrated people have the same problem, but…
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New Uni Laptop
I need to get a new laptop for uni. I will generally be using word, excel, doing research and surfing. I have narrowed it down to two and would appreciate any advice as I don’t know which would be best. I really want a laptop that will last the next three years. My shortlist is: Asus Vivobook S14 Amd Ryzen 7, 16gb ram, 1tb…
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Help! I bought an iPhone mini
Only tiny phone I could find. It's second hand Now found calls aren't connecting and if someone rings me they just get a message. I don't hear anything from the other end. Messages get through. It's for emergencies so very worrying. Any ideas? I can't put the SIM back in my old phone because it was cut down for the mini.…
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HEIC files help
On new Win11 laptop I can’t view photos (uploaded from iPhone on Win10 laptop & copied on new). Pop up shows ‘xx.heic The HEVC Video Extension is required to display this file’. Link to Microsoft store is to MS app HEVC Video Extensions £0.79 but says it’s to play videos on any Win10 device. Store also offers lots of HEIC…
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Worth the upgrade
A bit of advice on a PC upgrade for my 10 year old nephews PC ... He currently has a Lenova Legion desktop I5 8th Gen GTX1050 TI 4GB 8GB memory 1TB 256 SSD An motherboard which is unable to run windows 11 It takes an age to load and opens programmes even after a few clean installs .. it is frustrating to use now It has a…
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Has anyone got a laptop without a number pad to recommend?
Morning all Thanks to the help on here a while ago I've managed to keep my little Stream going a bit longer (Wise Disk - what a revelation!) but am now on the hunt for a 'proper' laptop without a number pad, hopefully with a 15-16 inch screen. It doesn't seem possible to use a search term to specify this and sometimes you…
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Confused how to change my old router to a new one
Hi all My small office currently uses a Router (Model Draytek Vigor 2860n). Recently, after getting a couple of new iPhones in the office, we have been receiving messages on our phones saying Weak Security. The actual message says WPA/WPA2 (TKIP) is not considered secure. If this is your Wi-Fi network, configure the router…
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Personal Accounting Software UK Quicken replacement
Hi All, I know this question has come up before, but having trawled the previous responses I'm not sure I can see an answer that fits my needs. I am looking for some personal accounting software to keep a track on our spending and fixed expenditures. Some time ago I was using using Quicken and absolutely loved it. It just…
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Backlinks
If someone answers a question on this or any other forum with a link to another site, does that count as a backlink for search ability in the other sites ranking for google?
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Cheapest Office 365 family subscription source
Hiya, renewing on the Microsoft portal was always over £100. On amazon I was buying a year for £70 and it worked fine. Noticed prices have gone up and have been searching google. There seems to be sites advertising renewal fees for circa £60. Any reliable source?
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Anonymous file sharing that lasts over 24 hours
I am looking for a free anonymous file sharing site that doesn't delete the file within 24 hours... https://qrdrop.io/ gives up to 24 hours as do most others
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How to clean up restore health as an administrator
Someone has asked me to run this command as an administrator DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth SFC /SCANNOW however, I'm struggling with entering the command by itself because the prompt C:/users/entra is in front, and I can't get rid of it. If I just place it in front it produces an error. How can I run this…
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MSE Podcast RSS seems to have died
Since 4 Sept 2025 my MSE podcast downloads are failing, (via RSS on RadioDownloader app (Windows10)) returning a 403 Forbidden error, specifically Error: Remote problem The remote server returned an error (403) Forbidden. It downloads the headers OK, but not the media. I'm using…
