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Vaneyo
Hi I am looking to buy Microsoft Officefor my PC but it is very expensive to purchase direct from Microsoft. I see an online company called Vaneyo who are selling MS Office Standard for £14.50. I have never heard of this company and I am enquiring to see if anyone has ever heard of it or have had dealings with it. Thanks
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Need a bot
I have a large number of xls files all in the same format with 20 odd tabs in each one, for 80% of them (easy to identify which ones) I need to create a duplicate of the file, for about 5 of the tabs create a duplicate of them with the same name plus suffix and change the header of tables that are in fixed position. Basic…
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I have messed up my File Manager settings
This is a bit complex
to explain properly. Windows 10 Laptop. 512
GB SSD and a 1 TB Hard Disk (C) Drive 512 GB
SSD Windows and Apps (D) and (E) drives on 1
TB Hard Disk 2 partitions Data on
(D) 63.8 GB partition. Music and videos on (E) 867 partition. See picture 1 below. My Download folder was
on the (C) drive. I decided…
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Is this a tracking software
Saw this on our work phone last night but can't find it at the moment in downloaded apps, is it still there? Our van has no tracker. Will switching phone off stop it working?
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Route planning software for a travelling salesman
I'm after some route software that will basically stop me having to enter each postcode I am calling at individually, does it exist? In an ideal world I would input all postcodes before setting off and it'll optimally route me whilst checking off each call once I've arrived then automatically guiding me to the next call
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BBC website log in and/or not remembering cookies?
When I try to access the BBC news webpage via my Windows 10 PC it always opens on the BBC log in page for my account. My PC is set to remember BBC cookies when I close down bnut I do not actively log out of my BBC account, I just exit the internet. When I access BBC news on my (Android) phone it opens the news page without…
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Apple iCloud - downgrading of encryption
As some may have noticed, Apple are ceasing end to end encryption on iCloud (the Advanced Data Protection (ADP) tool) as a result of UK Government pressure to allow access to users' data. Details:https://news.sky.com/story/apple-removes-advanced-security-tool-over-uk-government-row-13314003 Are DropBox, Google Drive, etc.…
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Windows 11 Security version - Task Host window not allowing shutting down
My partner's laptop won't shutdown without getting a message saying the Task Host is still running. There are no apps open when she tries to shut down. She has to force the shutdown. The laptop is running Window 11 (security version) with automatic updates enabled. The machine is about 2 years old but this problem has only…
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Outlook app not sending emails
I use Microsoft Outlook app on my Android phone and when I compose an email and send it after a few seconds it comes back as "the recipients email box is quarantined" and not accepting emails. If I use my pc Outlook to send the same email they get sent and received ok. I have tried logging out and deleting data and then…
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Good phone call recording app
Looking for an app on my android phone which records conversations on the phone?
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How do I hide incoming texts on WhatsApp
I want block a contact as it will cause offence but don't want to see the texts. Is the best way to archive them? So I don't see them but they don't know theyre blocked. I can't work out how to archive tbhb
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Constant new photos arriving on my Samsung Galaxy gallery?
Despite periodic removal of unwanted photos on my mobile phone gallery, new photos appear, mostly not of my taking but from unknown sources! How can I stop this happening please? Thanks for any/all replies
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TPLink WiFi Extenders
I've just purchased a TPLink Wifi Extender starter kit (to replace what I thought were faulty BT PowerLine extenders) but I'm hitting the same problem. I've installed the extenders, cloned the WiFi name (the original TPLink SSID has disappeared so I'm assuming that bit went OK) but, when I plug in the extender where I need…
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Unknown brands of mobile phones
Amazon has a plethora of unknown Chinese brands of mobile phoneseg) https://amzn.eu/d/hojxnJy and https://amzn.eu/d/3i8e1rPextremely cheaply - for the specsI was wondering what they are really like - are they really bargains ?or is there a downside ?I mean a (virtually) 7" screen, fast 8 core processor, fast charging…
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Possible WorldPay Virus Email
On the 2nd February 2025 I received quite a convincing email from shopper@worldpay.com to my msn email inbox. The subject line said "Your detailed safety report!" The report detailed several threats (viruses) supposedly on my device. I opened the email using my mobile phone. The email recommended that I activated McAFee…
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Dexcom diabetes continuous meter.
Has any members experience of buying, setting up and performance of a Dexcom diabetes continuous meter please?
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Email Forwarding
Hi, I currently have a domain with 123reg and a simple website with hostinger that also provides email forwarding to my gmail account. The web space I bought 4 years ago, at a very reasonable £46 for 4 years. Now its due for renewal at £53 for 1 year. I've decided, that actually all I really want is email forwarding e.g.…
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Advice on gaming pc
My 14 year old son has been using a Lenovo laptop for few years and I think it's finally given up and can't cope with the gaming. So looking at simple but effective pre built gaming pc for budget around £500 ISH. I know you can pay a lot more for something really good. I don't really know what spec I need to look for, and…
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Wireless video doorbell query
Hi. Would any of you good people happen to know of any battery operated video doorbell that would have a deterrent siren built-in (either directly or via an app). It's a rented house so has to be strictly no drilling. I've scoured the internet and only come up with one possibility (Arlo) but it's unclear as to whether the…
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Problems with MS Hyper V
When I run Hyper-V manager and attempt to use Quick Create I get the error This happens on my 2 separate PCs and seems to be a well known problem. One suggestion is to remove all old instances of Newtonsoft.json - I can search for these but the system refuses to allow me to delete them - presumably due to security issues.…