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Odd Virus/Spyware Issue
Hey everyone, My Son's (8) laptop has some kind of virus/spyware going on which I'm unable to get rid of using my usual (rather oldskool) tricks, I'm hoping somebody can help or point me in the right direction? Essentially he clicked a link for Minecraft Colouring via Google search, in Chrome, however, it was an add. Upon…
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Lenovo Yoga 7 16" 2 in 1 Laptop - Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Dead
Hi all, After some advice please. My current laptop is dead. It powers up but by the time I put my passcode in, it freezes. Sometimes it works for a minute or two, other times it just freezes right away. A week or two ago, there was a flashing light where the power socket is. I did a quick google which showed a video and…
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car dash camera
hi Hope all are well I have the above fitted in my polo 25 but for the past few days gettin low battery and it turns of I not use car as i did before oct 25 as got made redundent power fpr camera is via cig light port in the car can any one advise what the issue could be as dash camera is less year old but not hve box for…
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Anyone familiar with Atlas VPN
There seem to be good deals with Atlas VPN, but the price seems curiously low to me. Anyone got any info on them, are they satisfied with their service?
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Need help picking disabled students allowance laptop
Disabled students allowance laptop help Hi All I have had the email aboit the laptop that is being given as a standard one. Not fully versed on tech like this but want to check if anyone else has it or if you know it's decent. I am grateful for it especially for the software which will help me so much. Just want to check…
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How to change PIN for laptop
Hi, I have a Laptop (Huawei Matebook D), and its running windows 11 Home. When i turn it on, it asks me to put my PIN in.....i now want to change this PIN, do you know how?....i went SETTINGS -> ACCOUNTS, but cant find anything there......other than a place where it says "PIN", but it says "This option is currently…
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Sound has stopped working on Laptop
Hi, I have a Huawei Matebook D laptop running windows 11. I've had this for several years. Recently, when i plugged headphones in, it only played sound out of one earpiece...i changed headphones and it was the same...so i went hunting around in Device Manager etc, and the Settings->Sound area, and i clicked a few…
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Help needed for elderly tech-phobe
Hi all Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but my mum (70s) has quite an old Samsung phone. I've no idea what she's done or how she's manahed to do it, but every time she turns it on she's bombarded with constant messages and popup notifications that appear very fishy from what she's described. I don't live…
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Looking for a new laptop
I am planning to do a CELTA course online (basically re-training to teach English as a foreign language). I then hope to teach online. I need a new laptop for this, but am a bit of a technophobe. A friend recommended the ASUS Vivobook 16 (£379) as a good all-rounder, with the HP-15 as a second choice. Does anyone have any…
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Wi-Fi security conundrum
I use a Fritz box router. It has wpa3 enabled for WiFi. Logging into the router I can see that my iPad is connected with wpa3. So, why is the iPad warning me about weak security and telling me that it has a wep connection?
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How do I remove 'All Bookmarks' option from Chrome Bookmarks Bar?
Windows 10 laptop with
Chrome browser. An 'All Bookmarks'
option has recently appeared on my bookmarks bar. It is to the right
of the double >> chevron on the far right of my bookmarks bar. It does nothing, it takes up space for 1 more bookmarks and I want to get rid of it. I
don't want to get rid of any of my Bookmarks,…
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Mobile phone number porting
I currently have: Giffgaff SIM in main iPhone, on PAYG Smarty SIM in old iPhone, on rolling contract to test reliability when travelling Both phones are linked to my Apple account. I now want to port my number from Giffgaff to Smarty. Should I put the Smarty SIM in my main phone before requesting PAC from Giffgaff or…
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A good shredder for home
Hi Please can you advise which is the best shredder for home use as seen some but they say cuts off after 10 mintues use As I have lot of shredding to do I saw one at Argo's fellows £30 thinking about but if cut out after shredding a few pages will take years TIA
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Music albums app?
Hi I realise I am old school and my favourite way to listen was cd albums. Just wondered is there any decent apps which focus on albums? All the free ones just play random songs on shuffle.
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Stupid question
Not stupid for most but here goes. I see a lot of contacts on Facebook post - Please do not accept any friends request from me as my phone has been hacked. A) How do their phones get hacked in the first place B) If i was unlucky and had my smartphone hacked how do you " Un-hack it " Sorry if the questions seem stupid but…
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Amazon account hacked
I've noticed my Amazon account has been hacked into. The email address and phone number have both been charged. It started Sunday morning, when I received an an email from Amazon telling me my email has been changed. I didn't notice this to the evening, but got in touch with them straight away. I have phoned Amazon…
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Battery backup for a router
Hi. I am looking for a battery backup/UPS for my router. We get semi-regular power cuts but typically for no longer than an hour. The reason is twofold, I am sure randomly turning on and off must not be good for the router but also I often WFH so if I can make by BB more stable / keep connected that would be useful…
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RNID cards
I keep getting emails about RNID cards and I am very confused as which one I should use as they each say that there card is upto date with new tech can you advise me at which one I should use
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Wifi extender query
My internet speed is pretty poor due to the rural area I live in and there is nothing I can do about that so a while ago I bought a wifi extender off Amazon for use in my sun room because my router is in my lounge and the internet in the sun room was so poor. Fast forward and the booster seems to have stopped working…
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Unable to access photos on iPhone from PC following iOS 26.2 update
I've had a software update today, it did ask something about optimising storage or similar, as I don't have a lot of free space on my phone. Now when trying to access photos to upload on MSE, there's just 6 random folders with a random image in each of them, not the several thousand photos I have on my phone. Can anybody…
