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Laptop recommendation
Had a HP laptop for last few years but not happy especially with battery performance. Main use for laptop is to essentially browse and watch videos and stream on netflix etc. Need a 17 inch screen and preferably one with an ethernet port. Any suggestions and also where to buy from. Budget £500
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Computer Case
Hi there, can I get some help please I was looking at a computer case for a MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI Motherboard, ATX and a MSI GeForce RTX 3060 VENTUS 2X 12G OC Gaming Graphics Card. But something sleek, not massive as it has to go on a desk, USB 3.0 front ports and an easy to see power button, I was also looking at an…
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Why is my website not showing-up on the www ?
Hi A website that I own is not visible on the www "ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT". Pinging the url returns "could not find host" 'downforeveryoneorjustme.com' shows it as being down I can ping the IP of my host server. I can see my files on the host's control panel, but not on the www The nameservers and IP is correct on the…
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Leaving laptop constantly on and plugged in?
I unplug mine and switch it off after every use, but my mum always has hers on? What do you do with yours?
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"The O2" app
Bought tickets through Ticketmaster at the end of November, for a concert at The O2 in landan at the end of April.I'm told to download "The O2 app" which I've done but still no sign of the tickets.Does anyone have any experience of this? EDITIt does say this, but it's cutting in a little fine for my liking ...Don't worry…
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Rename Chrome Browser Tabs
Looking to do this and see that I can add a Chrome Extension called Tab Modifier but it says installing it gives permission to "Read
and change all your data on all websites” which seems scary. Advice?
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Android TV Box - measured download speeds
Recently tested download speeds to two Android TV boxes connected via powerline adapters. With several different apps, the d/l rate was ~ 5mbps ! altho' the upload was as expected ~ 10mbps. Testing from a Windows PC gave ~ 38 mbps - about right for my 40/10 FTTC connection. Even via wireless I can get 35+mbps. I can still…
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Landline phone problem
We recently changed broadband contract to EE, the contract including broadband, landline and calls. The phone is now digital and working fine, though there is a problem when needing to press a digit in response to a caller's request. For example, we had a call in which we needed to press the star button in order to receive…
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How do I delete what's app from my android phone?
Hi, I wondered how I would delete what's app, from my android phone. I struggle with tech, and really only want to have basic 'calling' and 'texting sms'. As anything else just overwhelms/overloads me. I just want to be able to normal text. When I bought my phone, the man in the shop did it/installed it. He transfered my…
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Windows Back up migration between laptops
Morning clever tech peeps, I bought a new laptop and used the Windows Back up app to back up the old one to transfer stuff to the new one. We don't have much stored, or valuable, on the old one so it was more for the convenience of apps, bookmarks, logins etc. When I started the process on the old one I couldn't remember…
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two Microsoft accounts
Hi, I think I have more than one Microsoft account, but I cannot get into neither of them. One shows my freeserve email which doesn't exist anymore, and I cannot understand how to delete it. The second microsoft account has my current .gmail address but signing in doesn't work. When I click on ''forgot my password" I get a…
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How do I change my Outlook password
I have office 2016 running on my PCHow do I change my outlook password in Outlook (part of office) - I have just reset it on-line but can't receive or send emails until I change it in OfficeI can't find how or where to change itI have googled it on line and it seems to think that I am talking about Outlook.com - I am not
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Microsoft 365 Family - Sharing
Hello Forumites, I wonder whether you can assist. I have a Microsoft Account with "Microsoft 265 Family" subscription. This allows the account to be shared with up to five others. I only ever had the account shared with my wife. It has been working well for over two years. For some reason today, my wife's PC came up saying…
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Honor Pad X9 - Cant change permission for Avast
Wife was looking at Facebook and the Windows virus threat scam came up. Not sure what to do so reset the pad, and installed Avast app but the pad will not let me change the app permissions to allow it to scan the files. Its just greyed out. Being a technophobe no idea why it wont let me do this.
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Sky broadband - cannot find DNS server
Hi, we've recently switched from BT to Sky Broadband with fibre optics which involved a change of cabling and router. On the face of it, the router is working correctly (we've had an engineer out to check it) and we have a consistent,strong signal. However we're getting intermittent problems where websites are slow in…
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iPhone 13 Pro notifications
My iphone has become selective about what it chooses to notify me of - this is confined to a few apps, notably Gumtree and Olio (both of which have put me off posting freebies as it becomes a task in vigilance to monitor messages) and Ring. Yet others appear to work - such as Boots, BlueLightCard, Fitness. This actually…
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How to connect 2 monitors to laptop with no USB-C port
I'd be grateful for some advice please: My partner has a laptop with 1 x USB port, 2xUSB 3 ports and 1 x HDMI. She uses lots of USB slots so already has a 1>3 USB port extender. We want to connect 2 monitor screens to the laptop by using a dock, firstly to run the 2 screens but also to tidy everything up by plugging all…
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How easy to put Virgin Router Details into Sky Router?
I am cancelling Virgin Media broadband and getting Sky FTTP broadband. Can I just change the Sky SSID and password to what I presently have for Virgin Media or would it be better to change the 10 or so devices I have to Sky's SSID and password?
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Dodgy QR code
I stupidly scanned a dodgy QR code that was on youtube, using my android Motorola phone. I've deleted it from the phone but concerned it have put spyware onto it. I've checked the apps list and don't see anything new. I don't have a banking app but have set up alert texts should anything over a certain amount be spent.…
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freely (or similar app) for terrestrial channels. How to get it?
I didn't know such thing existed, but when a couple of months ago I bought a (now returned) HiSense TV I discovered that indeed there is a convenient app where you can watch terrestrial channels as if you had an aerial and used freeview (or whatever it is called these days). However, when I got my Samsung, the TV I now…
