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Argh, having to go W11 :-(
With 10 about to lose support, and old PC beginning to creak, I've had to jump. New PC is, of course, W11. Even my old PC was insufferable with W10, so I had Classic Shell installed to make the interface like '7'. There's a way to make the 11 more like 7, isn't there? What have folk used? Ta.
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I seem to have just made a ton of space on my hard drive & not sure how?
Windows 10 1TB Samsung SSD Had about 80GB remaining on it. I emptied the recycle bin & it went up minimal. Say 82GB after the empty. This was yesterday. Today I'm at 183GB free space, yet I've deleted nothing further. I've had a gander around & can't see anything obviously missing. How does that work then? I'm not…
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Best way to track someone
I know there's various tracker apps, some paid for & some not so right at the start let's discount the paid for apps. OH is going to London by themselves in a few weeks & they're the one who wants to be able to be tracked, so we can also discount the 'spying on' side of it as well. They live in Apple-Land whereas I'm an…
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Can I watch tablet or phone TV apps on my TV
Can I buy an adapter or find a way to watch apps from Android tablet on my TV. We have a smart TV but it's old and won't support some of the newer apps like discovery plus. Also when we on holiday can we play TV apps from our tablet on TV in hotel room. Thanks
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Microsoft Money Help
I am still using Money and find it invaluable. The working file has 30 years of data but the MS back up is not working. I can physically copy the 30000KB file to the back up location with no problem but the MS back up prompts me to find another location because it is not big enough! I see there is an option to archive but…
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Norton (through BT) big update
I guess most here avoid paid for AV and I would usually too, but Norton is free (via BT or EE or whatever they're called this week) and so use it purely for that reason. It's just had a big update and introduced processes all over the place so I've just zapped it on my PC. And just found it running amok on a neighbours…
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Swapping data to new clamshell phone
For me a smartphone was a step too far so desktop PC and clamshell phone only. Existing Doro 0260 phone is 3G so I need to replace it very soon. This will mean transferring a fairly long list of contacts and my usual younger family helpers all plead ignorance. The only Youtube videos I can find use bluetooth to make the…
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Apple health data
Hi, my girlfriends Apple Watch broke last week, she has got a new one along with a new phone everything has downloaded from the cloud apart from her health data, so it is only showing her rings completed for the last three days or so She has also wipes her old phone, not sure if it’s all been lost now?
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AI chat bots and GDPR rights
I recently had a very bad customer service experience with an AI chat bot. I didn't consent to giving my details to this AI bot. I thought I was through to customer service, as it was given various real person like names. It seems now many companies are using their customers for this AI experiment, without considering the…
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Dowmloading Google Maps for when off-line.
Hi.Had the most stunning walk around Morwenstow, but noticed my Pixel 6 was offline for much of it.Wanted to check our location, and Google Maps could pinpoint us ok, and I could then work out the paths to take back to base, but the 'directions' feature wouldn't work as it was 'offline' - ie no interweb signal.I'm guessing…
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Connect samsung smartphone to chromebook for wifi
Im attempting to use the wifi from my phone on my chromebook, so i can use the laptop in the summerhouse. Its a big garden and the signal is too weak. Im obviously not tech savvy and just cant do it despite following internet tutorials, I cant even remember the pin although Ive managed to change the password. Any help…
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Recommend Me A New Desktop PC
I know it's probably been asked many times on here but........ My desktop pc is about 12 years old maybe more & it has had various bits upgraded over the years. Probably time for an upgrade I think. Can somebody give me some pointers to a reasonably priced machine ? I would prefer to buy from such as Amazon or Dell Specs…
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Any ideas re noise detector that links to phone app?
We have an alarm at home but it does not connect to the outside world if/when it goes off. I therefore wondered if anyone knows of a small device that I could put near the alarm's klaxon which would (perhaps in conjunction with IFTTT?) notify me via a phone app when it goes off. That would be really useful. Many thanks.
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Latest I Pad query
We were on fAcetime to our friends this evening.Our and their I Pads were static on a table.Their picture on our screen was perfectly still, but our picture seemed to pan from one of us to the other like the cameraman was a bit bored!Presumably this is yet another "upgrade" - any ideas how to turn this off please? Thanks
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Why has my laptop screen gone darker?
I have a HP laptop about 18 months old. During the last few hours I have noticed the screen is not as bright !!!!!! it should be. Usually this darkening happens if the battery is running down and it needs plugging into the mains and the brightness comes back. Today plugging it in makes no difference. I have gone into…
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How do I see confirmation codes on my smartphone ?
The apps on my phone frequently send "confirmation codes" to my smartphone - a Samsung Galaxy 5. How do I find these messages without exiting the app ?
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Yest another data breach
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/05/184-million-logins-for-instagram-roblox-facebook-snapchat-and-more-exposed-online?x-clickref=1101lBmRtjIJ Worth changing passwords etc just in case!It seems they don't know where the data came from, but probably "exposed credentials are likely just a fraction of what…
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Scanning photos with phone
I have a Samsung Galaxy s24 fe, and would like to scan old photos and save to usb. Is there an easy/best way to do this? Grateful for any help, thanks.
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Teams Help
So, I only talk to my 78 year old brother in Canada. We used Skype for years, no problems. We moved to Teams and it is a nightmare. First few videos calls, no problem. But now when I try to call him to video chat I get the white circle with green around it. Then, when I try to call I get NOT AVAILABLE, TRY LATER. But my…
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Oh my Word.
My old PC has a registered copy of Office Pro Plus 2016. My new PC does not. This copy is, however, registered to daughter as a student, and she has just completed her edu, so I can see that coming to an end :-( I only need Word itself, and not even a fancy version. Paying an ongoing subscription for 365 is not an option I…
