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What is this Strange Screen?
I disconnect my computer and monitors from the mains every night they are on an extension lead. So when I throw the switch to turn everything on my computer boots into Windows 11. Now when I throw the switch I just get a no signal screen and the computer does not turn on, no lights. If I then push the button to switch on…
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Password managers?
I'm thinking of investing in a password manager such as Nordpass or Roboform which seem to be the most highly rated and about £0.75p a month. Any views, pro's - com's on password managers would be most welcome. Thanks.
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Casual use printer
Can anyone recommend a good reliable black and white printer with affordable cartridges and costs less than £50
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Old 78's
I have some old 78 records, and I have an old 'vintage' style record player, which has just packed up. I saw a record player online, which only played 45's and 33's. But on Amazon there was another one which played all 3 speeds, so I phoned Richer Sounds about the first one, which they stocked, and they told me that there…
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Playing music offline problem
Hi all My wife wants to play music using her phones own music player app when she flies next week but when we have tried playing the music offline in preparation for it they won't play. Can anyone suggest what we can do please Kind regards mark
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W11 new install - ended up with two users with the same name!
As per the title really .. Set up a new PC for 'our Kid' and tried to use netplwiz to get it to log in without entering a code but now we have two users, both called Our KidI've logged him into one with his MS account and it all works fine but when we reboot, it first says "your password is incorrect" without even asking…
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Used laptop purchase, what to do.
What would you do in the following scenario? I purchased a Dell Latitude 3540 from a local auction site (not eBay) and got what I think was/is a pretty good deal. The described specs were, 12th Gen Intel i5 processor, 16gb RAM, 512gb SSD etc, but what I actually got was only 8gb RAM, 256gb SSD but it does have a later 13th…
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What should i do about Synthient Credential Stuffing Threat Data
I have received an email from Have I been Pawnd which I am signed up to to say that 2 billion email addresses have been compromised. Do i need to change my password ? NB I have been a member of this Forum for at least 10 years [DorsetDave, 1,2,3] but it says I can't post a link ! ]
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Sound has stopped working on Laptop
Hi, I have a Huawei Matebook D laptop running windows 11. I've had this for several years. Recently, when i plugged headphones in, it only played sound out of one earpiece...i changed headphones and it was the same...so i went hunting around in Device Manager etc, and the Settings->Sound area, and i clicked a few…
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amazon scam email showing in message centre
I received one of the usual Amazon scam emails telling me I had purchased an Amazon device (which I haven't) I went onto the Amazon website and looked in the message centre and the message is on there too! They all say that the correct way to check if the email is from Amazon is to look in the message centre! I don't know…
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Government report@phishing.gov.uk email address bouncing emails
Can't forward dodgy emails - being bounced with message "Message blocked because it contains content identified as spam". Er, isn't that rather the point? Have I got a particularly virulent email in my inbox, looks pretty much like the other stuff that usually ends up in Junk?
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Whatsapp searching
Is there a way to put some kind of organisation in to the whatsapp search? So I've been getting family members to whatsapp me Xmas ideas & I've had the texts be tagged with an easily searchable term - Xmas25, so that when I come to get stuff ordered in I can find it easily & quickly. Except the search seems carp. The…
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Anyone having problems with the JP Morgan App or Website?
I cannot login to either. Bill
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Edison Mail - missing items
How does someone recover emails that have disappeared when moving them to archive folders created in Edison Mail on Android ?
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Facebook
How do I transfer “ownership” of a Facebook account to somebody else, including details of all followers etc?
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TV Soundbar HDMI
Our TV has 4 HDMI ports and we want to connect it to a soundbar The first port has the higher res 120hz and is also the ARC one. If we connect to this port and then plug the PS5 directly into the soundbar then will it still display at the 120hz?
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Xbox 360 x2 don’t display anything on tv
I decided to get some old equipment out of storage starting with 2 x PlayStation 3 fat models which seemed to work perfectly.Using the same TV and HDMI cable I then tried connecting up 2x Xbox 360S models but neither would show anything on the screen although they both appear to be running okay – no warning lights et…
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Rechargeable 9v batteries
Need a 9v battery ... but don't use it much, so looking at rechargeable. I'd need to buy a specific charger to do this as my current one doesn't do them & so when searching I noticed 9v batteries you charge via USB cable. But no 'brands' that I recognise at all. And I'm cautious about no-name batteries. At the moment this…
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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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Children's smart tech
I'm looking into first smartwatch, GPS tracker, or alternative for my 10yr old son. I'm reluctant to go down the phone route for many reasons, as I think they are too much of a distraction (particularly at school). GPS is frequency reported as inaccurate. Often there seems to be hidden subscription charges also. All…
