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WiFi Meshy things for extending coverage?
I'm looking at extending/boosting/<insertcorrectterminologyhere> my home WiFi range & after some googling I was getting pointed towards mesh Wifi rather than 'wifi extenders'. Now if I've understood it correctly, these basically plug in to your router (BT Smart Hub in my case) & then you dot them around the house & job…
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Elnur Gabarron Heaters
Hi, not sure if anyone can help, but I want to share this experience anyway to see if anyone else has has simular problems. We had a grant passed late last year to have all our night storage heaters to be replaced with new modern ones. The heaters they fitted are made by a company called Elnur Gabarron, but for security…
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Worx cordless drill battery failed?
I have a Worx cordless (10mm/20V) drill (not hammer) bought a while back from Argos. Its had quite little use. Model number WX170.1 - battery number worx wa3549.1 A week ago it used it as a powered screwdriver to dismantle a bed frame and all went well until the very end when it appeared the battery was flat. I used the…
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New guide: Which smartwatch should I buy?
Hi all, We have a new Which smartwatch should I buy? guide, and we'd love to hear your feedback. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. Thanks for your help, MSE Ruby
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Freeview aerial cable broke
So my Freeview aerial cable is broken the end seems to have snapped off. It’s been pinned to wall so maybe been like that for years. Do I need to fix it or if I don’t use it just leave it?
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Android mail delays
Why does my phone have a delay of several hours from mail being sent to arrival on Aquamail whereas Gmail (program) is virtually instantaneous
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New Android TV Box and IPTV
I'm confused as to what has happened here. I bought a cheap Android TV box from Amazon (brand new). Set it up, and went to the native App called "live TV". I just wanted to watch the snooker on BBC. When it opened up, it is hosted by IPTV. It had every single channel you could think of e.g. Sky, UFC, WWE, Discovery,…
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Poor battery performance on tablet AND phone
I have a Samsung galaxy tab A 10 and a Moto g30 phone. The tablet runs Android 11 and the phone Android 12. They have a lot, but not all of the same apps. Both were bought in 2021. Both are showing the same symptoms (that started happeningat the same time): after a full charge the battery is showing 50% capacity after half…
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Where can I get a film developed online cheaply
I haven't used a film camera for many many years, but have been given an old SLR camera. I want to take a test film, but when I asked at the local shop (Max Spielman) the film would be £10, then about £15 to develop it .. so near enough £1 a print No wonder film photographhy is not as popular now .. I think ! Are there any…
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Duplicate file finder - external drive
I have two external hard drives which I use to backup / copy files to. Now I realise that I have multiple copies of files and photographs which are taking up too much space on the drives. Is there reliable programme which can identify these files - preferably free as this is MSE?Thanks
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Gmail + websites
The following has been happening recently - when going onto a website and clicking 'contact', if I click on the company's email address, it goes straight to my Gmail account as if I want to send an email using my Gmail email account. How do I stop this? Other weird thing is that my daughter said that I had been 'liking'…
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Best basic PDF reader which can fill in forms?
I've got a form in PDF format which needs to be filled in and signed, what's the best package to do this? I don't have a physical printer. I've just spent ages downloading a massive Acrobat file onto windows 11, then it tells me it only lasts for 7 days before I need to pay them, so I'm wondering if there's a free version…
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I Pad locked again!
'Nanny' (mother in law) has had an ipad for about ten years now.She's on her second one now. Can't remember exactly which model but it can no longer update the ios.For about the 4th time now, in the last couple of years, she has managed to lock herself out of it - it says <<security lockout - try again in 1 hour>>This only…
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Error message
Error establishing a database connection... ... is flashing up when I attempt to sign into The Classic Competition Company via various links. Is the issue likely to be their end or mine? Thanks
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Car hoovers
Can anyone here recommend any cordless car hoovers please?
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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.
