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Email + android issue
I'm reposting as the 1st post disappeared. My broadband provider is v-media, through which I get an email service. It used to be ntlworld and now it's vmedia.com (personal emails addresses). With my old android Moto g9 play, I can't access emails at all. With my newer moto g04 phone, I can log into emails but the 'forward…
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Android phone playing up
I'm experiencing issues going online using my Motorola Play phone. As an example, when logging onto MSE forum, I'm asked to confirm whether I want to accept cookies or accept 'essential only'. Regardless of which tab I click, the next page has the MSE logo only with the rest of the page blank. Can anyone advise on how to…
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What's happened to Google searches? (Just noticed Amazon for now)
So since yesterday I've noticed a change when I Google search Amazon. For however long now I'd type in Amazon, click the first link that comes back & be on the Amazon main page. Not now. So if I click that first link for example, I'm taken to Amazon where "amazon.co.uk" has been searched in the search bar. If I want the…
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Bluetooth and digital/analogue conversion
So my computer uses Bluetooth to send music to my headphones. Does the conversion from a digital signal to analogue take place in the headphones (so that a digital signal is being transmitted), or does this conversion happen on the computer first? Since the built-in soundcards on most computers are fairly low-spec, this…
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Browser help please
I'm having problems on my android phone. On some websites, I get a message saying I'm using an old browser, other times a search takes me to a random page I haven't searched for. I'm using chrome and it's on an automatic upgrade so shouldn't be a problem. I'm not very tech savvy, any knowledge I have has been on a need to…
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Data protection act
Is it a breach of the Data Protection Act for a sports club to give out members telephone numbers to other members?
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New laptop - Windows Free.
Hi guys. It's been a while. Finally my laptop has conked out beyond repair so it's time to buy a new one so I am looking for recommendations. The thing is I want to get away from Windows and try a new OS (Possibly Linux). Does anyone know if it's better to buy a 'clean' laptop with no OS or buy one with Windows…
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Help me sort out my old Lap tops / PC
Hi All. I appreciate
any help on my collection of computer related issues. Background: I like retro gaming, using the actual
discs etc not an emulator or anything online, things like settlers, civ, axis
and allies etc. I also need some online ability away from my work laptop. But I
do have a work laptop that is suitable…
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Help with new laptop
A plea for help setting up new Windows 11 laptop I’m overwhelmed by all the choices which seem to be needed instantly before I can move on. Comes with 1 month free trial Macafee premium preinstalled. I don’t want Macafee at all! It used to be virtually impossible to get rid of but can I now just uninstall the app via…
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Instagram hacked - Facebook suspended.
I found out about a month ago that my IG account had been hacked - I noticed that I couldn’t login when a friend asked me to follow their new business. It turns out that I had been hacked in Dec ‘24 and had dismissed the emails about account changes as phishing attempts. I rarely use Instagram, nothing bad had happened,…
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Passkey confusion
Looks like they're going to make our life even more difficult. Apparently I won't have a password, but an ID tied to a specific device. It can be a PIN. But I can only use it on one device ! Or I'd have to set up syncing or some such nonsense which I don't understand. So, suppose I want to do an important transaction on my…
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One Monitor for PC and CCTV
Hi ,I have a Acer K272HL monitor which is about 8 years old. it has 1 HDMI-D input 1 VGA input If I were to connect my DVR to the monitor via VGA and connect my PC to the HDMI socket would I be able to select which input source I view or would this arrangement cause issues ? Thank you for reading.
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Old Sky HD box - Sky Go App Football?
I have an old style Sky HD box, Sky want me to update to Sky Q for free but my Dish is a communal Dish and I don’t think it supports Sky Q, hence my reason for not updating to Sky Q yet. I’m not anti Sky Q. I have asked numerous times if my HA will update the Dish (transponder) but nothing has happened. Sky are telling me…
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Cable to connect router to printer
Please could someone tell me which Ethernet cable I need to buy to connect my Canon Pixma printer to my Eero router. I have taken a couple of photos below of the ‘holes’. I found something online that said cat 5, however looking at pictures of the cat 5, I am not sure it will be right. Thanks.
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Using an old laptop
I'm retiring next week and so have to return my work laptop. I've used this for everything while I've had it and so I'e just blown the dust off my old Toshiba laptop which must be 7 - 8 years old and plugged it in and checked it's working I'm just wondering about security - will I need anything 'extra' just because it's an…
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Need to extend WiFi signal in house
We have standard WiFi as full fibre not yet available. House is 4 storey town house with the TalkTalk router on the 3rd floor at the front as that is where the master socket comes in. Unfortunately on the ground floor and at the back of the house the WiFi is almost non existent. Can any one advise what I can buy to improve…
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Digital home phone switchover - PSTN nerds needed!
Second floor flat Copper phone line comes in via bedroom window and master socket sits on the sill there. I wired a twisted pair cable from the master socket, up into the loft and down through the ceiling into the hall in the centre of the flat where it ends in phone sockets into which the wireless router and DECT base are…
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WhatsApp issue
Hi I tried to back up my WhatsApp on my current phone as I was trying to prepare for my new phone. WhatsApp kept getting stuck on 'preparing back up' both on wifi and cellular modes. It did seem to work on cellular eventually except the last back up date showing was from 4 years ago. I checked my Google drive account and…
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USB dongle V mifi hotspot
Hi dad doesn't want broadband contract as only renting. watches freeview through normal tv aerial. Channels he can get less than what expected through normal TV aerial in his area according to freeview. So aerial maybe position wrong but he got no say in that. He watches only couple hours tv in evening. No gaming etc.or…
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Power cable for old laptop
I have dug out a very old 11" HP Stream laptop to use for a photo project but can't find its power cable. The socket is smaller than the usual standard size so none of my existing charger cables will fit. I need to know the technical name/size of the smaller connector so that I can buy the right one on line. Can anyone…
