Techie Stuff

My Samsung phone recently updated to Android 16 and One UI 8 and since then I can't seem to use my fingerprint to log into my banking apps The apps say that biometrics are not set up on my device - of course they are, but the apps don't seem to think so! I've tried deleting and re-scanning my fingerprints but still no joy. 

hi, I started with blink doorbell for a few weeks and couldn’t get on with it due to the motion zones and sensitivity for here. I either got 100’s of clips or nothing . So we are trying ring now lol. Definitely less delay and immediately have got it set better. Door is 1 car length from footpath and road . My car on drive…

Last week, without any intervention on my part, nor any apparent updates, my previously clean page when using Google Chrome was infested with news feeds and adverts. I have searched intensively (or so I thought) for a solution without success. Every solution offered tells me to go to the settings page (first stop I made)…

I have been using Money for years now but just a couple months ago the file name name changed from a simple .mny file to my computer's name then a bunch of numbers and letters then .mny. What did I do or the app do to do this? It seems to have all the correct numbers. I still have the original My Money.mny file and I am…

I'm a member of 20 groups on FB, but sadly of the three that I have 'pinned', all refuse to appear in my newsfeed. My 'go to' place is on my W10 PC using Firefox and the FB Purity extension, but even on G Chrome with no extensions, and using the FB app on my Android phone … still no sign of my 'pinned' groups. Other than…

Hi there. I recently bought a refurbished iPad from Back Market and sent in an old iPad for trade-in. Everything’s been going fine, but I’ve just received an email from them asking for my banking info, birthdate, and driver’s license number (or the last 4 digits of my SSN) before they can process the payment for the old…

Having a sort out of my PC which is going to be a long process. Got to 1 folder & there's 2 images I have in a folder which are corrupt. I don't remember this always being the case. The date stamps on them are accurate, the file sizes are what I would expect (700kb & 1mb) but the thumbnails show nothing & when clicking…

As per the title, I am looking to replace my current smart watch with a new one. The one function that it MUST have is the ability to do an ECG (I know they aren’t medical quality) Looked at Apple, but would prefer something with a decent battery life of more than a day or 2 Garmin have some models (I think) but they would…

Something is very wrong with Microsoft Windows 11

Hi, My MIL has just got a new tv. She has an older dvd player that uses a scart socket. The new tv has HDMI ports free. I have so far tried two cables with scart one end and hdmi the other and with both the tv hasn't picking up the signal. What is the best way to connect the two and does anyone have links to cables that…

I'm looking into replacing my 12 year old Windows 7 PC with something more modern, and based on what my wife and I want to use the system for (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, emails, web browsing, watching YouTube, programming and some content creation), I've come down to either Intel i7 or AMD Ryzen 7, but…

So .. I eventually got our Ring wired doorbell up and running and it all seems to work as it should on my phone. (We don't need what you get with a subscription.) I did the "shared user" thing to my wife's phone, and even got that working in the sense that she can use live view, talk to the doorbell etc. But she doesn't…

When I attempt to access my BT Home Hub Firefox blocks access and displays a message saying Secure Connection Required. BT site says it's OK to bypass this and says access the Advanced option, but I can't find the Advanced option anywhere. I'm probably missing something obvious but can anybody point me in the right…

I have started to use my wifes printer as I have had lots of problems with my printer.The problem i have is was showing as not being the default which is strange as it is the only printer There it is now the default printer but is now showing as being offline how do i get it back online Thanks

OK, I'm pushing 80 years old and our new Ring Wired Video doorbell is sending me daft. I've got it up and running, and I've even got it working with one of the Ring chime thingies that you plug into the mains. However … Is there a way of disabling that horrible three-note chime it makes OUTSIDE when the bell push is…

Hi, Do you know of any good free software that i can use to make a "youtube" video of me demonstrating how to make a PCB in Altium? I also need it to have audio aswell so i can say eg "i am also pressing CTRL key when i do this"...etc etc. Preferably it would be a screen recorder which i can stop and start so that i can…

Hi folks, I have an old desktop pc 16 years (has had a few upgrades in its time but otherwise running good) I do have a problem though Connected to Erro Router (with Youfibre through Ethernet) I do have this problem very often when either I start the PC or wakes from Sleep that the internet is not connected, The network…

Not quite sure what's going on here. In 2024 I bought a Seagate hard drive from Amazon. Going in to my order history, under the listing title it says "visit the seagate store" so I'm presuming it was sold by Seagate via Amazon? C.D.I. has given me a warning about the drive so I thought I'd contact them regarding the…

I'm in need of a new laptop, I don't need a really high spec one, as all I use it for is shopping, general browsing, banking and storing photos. My current one has MS office on it, but I really only use word and excel, so if there is an alternative to those? that would be great. I'm used to the keyboard layout and 15 inch…

I have been tasked with finding a cheap laptop for an elderly but computer aware pensioner. They really want it mostly for browsing and email They said they want to install Linux I found a laptop based on an N150 which seems great value, a decent amount of memory and SSD. It is a proper laptop not a tablet and seems OK for…