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Christmas conundrum
A light problem in every sense of the word. I have put up the same 3 sets of garden LED christmas lights for the last few years. I plug a multi socket connector into a mechanical timer to turn them on and off and have never had a problem with this setup until this year. All 3 switch on together but only one set switches…
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At what point do we as humans stop telling the difference?
Advance note - this is coming from a watching through Plex perspective.... These past few days I've been looking at 4k vs blu ray 1080p. Now I'm not disputing that 4k is better, it has to be. But at what point does it all become so what? I know a lot of it will ride on whether things have been compressed or not. What…
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Setting up a new PC
Hi there. We recently bought a new desktop PC from Mesh. It’s the third one we have had from them and have always been happy. When it came there was part of the fan loose in the case and the top was dented so we rang them and they arranged pick up and said they would sort it out. This they did and we have just received the…
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Just a heads up about your air fryer ..
it may be recording your conversations and sending them to China.... https://news.sky.com/story/watchdog-to-issue-new-guidance-after-report-finds-air-fryers-may-be-listening-13273180
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Google account
Last night, I tried to set up a prime account on Amazon. I was informed, I had to set up with Google play. I kept going round in circles trying to get into my Google account, even setting up new passwords. Because I use sky mail with Amazon, every time I get new mail in TypeApp for my Sky account I have verify my Google…
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Printer showing "Ink Absorber Pad is near Full" messsage
My Brother J4120DW printer is displaying the above message at the end of each printing session. I've read up a bit online and the actions advised are either 'not easily fixed - pay an expert or bin it' or to go through a complicated process to reset some sort of counter. The printer is working fine - had it a few years,…
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Do very old Microsoft Updates suddenly come down a Wifi Lan? SOLVED using different method!
I am very low-tech, so I apologise if using the wrong terminology. I just received my new Ghost Rock Film DVD. My only DVD Player is in my old Vaio Laptop VPCF13 dating to about 2010. I connect that VAIO to my equally old Sony TV to watch the actual picture through the TV, which is a bigger screen. But with this DVD, I…
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Microsoft Defender
Although it's switched off I get :smile: This site has been reported as unsafe Hosted by mobility-search.com when searching on my browser. An suggestions as to what is happening ?
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Brand New USB Stick and Virus / Risk
Is it possible for a brand new USB stick to have a virus? I ask because we made a purchase from Amazon a little while back and the delivery had an extra brand new San Disk USB stick in the box. "Cruzer Blade 64GB USB Flash Drive" We reported to Amazon but their processes got confused when we tried to process a return for…
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Laptop direct
All I want is some air pods, I placed an order on laptop direct after seeing 4 star ratings, so we enter our name,email, and bank details and home address the same details we use when buying anything online. Never has the money been taken for an unsuccessful order. Then I noticed a few hours later when checking email that…
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HELP Please, have I got a trojan?
Hi. Me again! Was having problems with Amazon yesterday saying I'd had too many OTP's, so couldn't sign in. I did a malware bytes scan later, which was fine. I decided to do a Windows Defender full scan too. After 6 hours it still had some to check but I needed to go to bed and it was showing no threats found, so I…
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Protection for my Android phone
Hello
I have a Samsung Galaxy S8 and wanted to check what I need to provide adequate protection.
I have Malwarebytes Mobile Security (Plus Annual) which is £43.49 per year. I also have the free version of AVG AntiVirus. I've read online that: 'AVG Antivirus has a 100% malware protection rate across operating systems. In…
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In what order should I do these things when setting up my new phone?
Hello I’ve ordered a new phone that I’ll be collecting in a couple
of days. I’ve changed my SIM deal and have switched to Lebara and got
my SIM card in the post from them. I want to keep the same number on my new phone and I’d like
to transfer photos and apps from my old phone to my new phone. So I’ll have to put the new…
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Freeview reception...
We have a 14 year old bog-standard, non-smart, 26" Toshiba "Regza"(?) TV picking up a terrestial Freeview signal via a bog-standard, old fashioned TV aerial stuck on the chimney. Over the last few months we've noticed what seems to be a really significant improvement in the quality of reception and picture definition. Does…
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Text not formatted correctly
I am setting up a new (mini) PC and have discovered that text is not being formatted correctly - right across the board - from "search box" to address bar in Firefox and EdgeI am unable to include "spaces" in text ..... Anyideawhy ?
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Landline goes to mobile, sound is being distorted by router?
My friend was with BT for broadband and landline and is in a protracted switch to Talk Talk. His landline is being directed to his mobile temporarily, and it's the new line over the broadband setup. The call quality on his mobile using WHatsApp is perfect, but when using the landline number the sound is severely distorted.…
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PC tower & monitor shopping around
Hi, I need to replace my deskop PC which I was told might have a hardware problem (mend it might not be worthy). I would like Windows and I used the PC mainly for internet, Words/OpenOffice and a few other programs. I would like a tower with monitor. A friend said the following would be enough:- a 2-3 old model, like a…
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Any Epic Games experts?
Any help appreciated as I am clueless with gaming. Some background: I have a microsoft account with 2 Xbox devices (2 kids).Both kids play Fortnite on their xbox;s (different gamer tags). I had trouble changing parental controls on Xbox 2 but my own Epic account only seemed to link to Xbox 1 so wasn't able to change the…
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Strange Excel Problem Office 2013 SOLVED
When I try to enter todays date in an excel cell using ctrl + shift + ; I am now getting the time 12:54 instead of the date. 13/12/2024 It was OK until about half an hour ago. I rebooted my computer but it made no difference What have I done and how do I fix it?
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sky mobile sim
Hi my son has the above but i am not able to call the number as it goes to voice mail but if i call his what app account which as same number am able to talk to him as days short and he goes to scholl and want make sure he is fine his mother worries as well Any help would be nice
