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Vodafone broadband router.
We recently moved home. An engineer sorted out our broadband and got it up and working. It was reset to default where the password is beneath the router modem. I now need to change the password without typing in the crazy router password. I have followed youtube videos where changing the password is made to look so…
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Laptop not picking up wifi network
All off a sudden my laptop has stopped picking up any wifi signal.Works fine via ethernet cable.Laptop is HP Pavilion g6Other devices are connecting to the wifi, so not a router issue.I turned router off and on again to check too.Tried the windows 10 troubleshooter, Network adaptor - it says ' problem with the network…
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bbc.co.uk changing to bbc.com when abroad
My Firefox homepage is set to bbc.co.uk/news/ukWhenever I'm in Cyprus it changes after a couple of seconds to bbc.com etcJust starting to read about the local election results when, boom, up pops the attention seeking ginger prince!Is there a simple way of stopping this?
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I have a new icon...
I have a new icon on my android 11 tablet navigation bar. It's the left hand icon in the image below. It's appears to do nothing when pressed. It appeared overnight, no new apps installed (by me). Any ideas?
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Win 10 Laptop and Device Census
Edit: Not to worry, I've done a search and found how to disable it. My laptop started running that last evening. I turned off the laptop last night and back on again this morning. It's still running Device Census after two hours. Is this a problem. Why is it taking so long? Can I stop it? Thanks.
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First Smartphone
Hi I'm waiting delivery of my first smartphone (android) the only action I am certain of successfully completing is opening the box. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Reolink door cam Poe advice
I bought a Poe door cam yesterday and need advice on how to get it connected. Reolink website says I need a Poe switch/injector that has to be 48 v and be 802.3af compliant. I have the router about 8 feet from the front door. I was hoping to connect it to my CCTV NVR that is Poe but running the cable from the door to the…
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desktop email software suggestions
Hi All, I have a Mac computer and use Outlook for my work emails and have been using Thunderbird for my other emails, but it is becoming very frustrating and I'm hoping to get some suggestions for decent alternatives. The problems I'm having with Thunderbird are the awkwardness of changing font size and style, it seems to…
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PC problem/blue screen
When starting up the PC (pre built bought less than a month ago, Windows 11), there is a blue screen with a message saying 'memory management'. Also we get a couple of other messages... one that mentions 'kernel mode heap corruption' and another that mentions 'critical process died'. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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Android Tablet to replace Tablet and phone
Are there any Android tablets available that you can text from ?Not via PIGGYBACKING from the phone but straight from the tabletObviously it will need a SIM card Not necessary to be able to phone - but nice if possible... What's https://amzn.eu/d/1lKX9Hn like ?
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Antivirus help
I bought a computer but I haven't had a computer for years, what should I do about antivirus etc, I'm just so overwhelmed with the options and don't really know what the difference is with each one or what I need. It's for surfing the web, my Google photos emails, buying things online etc etc. When I looked last McAfee…
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An issue with my Apple account
Is there an Apple/iPhone user reading this who can see a way through this madness! I spent all day yesterday having message exchanges with Apple and was just going round in circles with no resolution. To explain. I have an iPhone and so I also have an Apple account, which I would normally access via my laptop (which is not…
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Need new basic laptop
I need to replace my 9-year old laptop. (I posted a thread about replacing the charger hoping that might solve the problem but it didn't). - Price up to £350 max £389. - Windows (not Apple) for word processing, spread sheet, and of course internet (no games, and no particular high level graphic design/photos). - 8GB -…
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help recovering photos from an SD card
Hi, I had some photos on a memory card for my Sony Cyber shot HX400v and they've disappeared. I assume I pressed something which deleted all of them a few days ago. I've read that you can use some software to recover but don't know what is reliable. Any suggestions and if free software all the better. Many thanks for any…
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Poor Zoom meeting performance
My wife has a weekly Zoom meeting that she attends with half a dozen others. She often has problems with jerky video and stuttering sound accompanied by a 'low bandwidth' message. Occasionally the connection to the meeting is dropped altogether. Other members do not seem to suffer the same. This is using a laptop accessing…
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Help comparing two laptops
Hi all, I'm looking for a new laptop, ideally something quite high performance for productivity. I don't game etc. and would mainly be looking to use it for studying. I've had HP for years and would like to stick with this brand ideally. Also looking for something small (14") and light so I can carry it around easily. The…
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www.amazon-tradein.com
There appears to be a trade-in offer on Amazon https://amzn.eu/d/6cbfXdpBut I am unable to access it - anybody able to ?
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Microsoft 365 Copilot
Every time i start my laptop ( windows 10 ) the above program tries to load ,now while i trust Microsoft i am asking if it is safe to let this program load or is some type of scam.
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123-reg randomly hike prices by 70%
I've had a few web domains and hosting provision for almost 2 decades at a decent low price. Hosting companies tend to go out of business after a few years and pass them on to another company. Prices may nudge up slightly every couple of years, but nothing much. The latest was TSO Host who a few months ago passed them on…
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AC power adapter jack
My old lebara yoga 300 laptop has an unusual type of power adapter (my pictures are not very clear). I would like to buy a new AC adapter cord + power cord and I need to know which one. Online the pictures of those for sale are not clear. Any help? Thanks.
