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Windows 10 PC - change to running google
We have a HP Pavilion desktop PC running Windows 10. The machine is quite powerful and more than capable of upgrade to Windows 11. However virtually everything we do is on Android phone or tablet. Mainly Gmail, web browsing, some word docs and some spreadsheets. I am a bit fed up with Microsoft and all of the constant…
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Bought iPad from Costco- they didn’t charge me for Apple care
they forgot to charge me for AppleCare. is it just the same to buy AppleCare online!
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Verbally connecting a home for the severely sight impaired.
My mum is nearly 90 and severely visually impaired. She has 2 echo dots - Alexa A Samsung A23 mobile - google assistant? (not enough memory for Bixby) A Samsung TV attached to a BT pro box An Ipad - Siri and a Broadlink RM max I think she should be able to verbally communicate with these devices and they should be able to…
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copilot sign in now necessary
I use copilot a lot, both for a quick question and serious research. For the former, where extended features are not required, I would use the Copilot integrated into Edge, which was the only way to access it without the annoyance of signing in. Microsoft have changed this to requiring sign in. The result is that instead…
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Solutions to Doomscrolling?
I saw this advert on Facebook (ironically) for a device called 'Brick' available from getbrick.com. I liked the premise of it. It cost £50ish for the product but the app is free. I am really bad for doomscrolling after i've gone to bed. The way it'd work is you pick which apps you want to block (Facebook, Instagram etc)…
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Yahoo not sending log-in codes
Firefox in its ultimate wisdom decided to tick the box 'Clear cookies and site data every time you close Firefox' on an update, which I always left unchecked. Now I can't log into Yahoo. I used all the 4 options to get a code but got nothing. BTW I did get a code on phone and pc which I put in but got no response. When I…
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A device for the elderly to trigger a call to an emergency contact?
Since the fall detection on the Apple Watch SE2 is flipping useless we're looking at other ways to deal with a problem with my mother who keeps going over. Thinking of something like those things you can have round your wrist or whatever & you pull them. Problem is I'm not sure if those things are say to alert someone else…
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Eclipse August 2026
There’s a solar eclipse in 4 months time, and I wondered what other people are doing about it? I’m planning to stay in London where it is a 91% partial eclipse, and I have some cheap eclipse glasses in my Amazon basket. Are others simply ignoring it, or travelling somewhere where the eclipse will be total, or just staying…
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4K Player
Hi, I bought a new TV earlier in the year (LG 43" Nano80A6B) and had been thinking of getting a 4k disc player - I currently had an oldish blu ray player which I'm using with the TV. I wondered if anyone knew much about them and if the combination of TV & player would be enough of a jump in quality to justify the cost of…
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More than one user account on Android phone
Reading the thread about third party access to the NHS app made me wonder whether it is possible to have more than one user account on an Android phone. The answer according to google, who ought to know, is that it can be done quite easily. Android is based on UNIX which is multi user, so maybe it’s not too surprising that…
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soundbar for music and tv?
hi just looking at ideas, whether a soundbar is suitable for both music (streamed from phone) and also as the tv speaker (due to poor internal tv speakers) it would be nice to just have one device but i dont want to compromise on the music audio quality, welcome any opinions!
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OneDriveLive
Hi I have being using OpenOffice Writer for ages, but this morning I couldn't open the files. There was no error message. TG yesterday I saved the file on Google Drive and I managed to work on the OneDriveLive. I have no idea how it works. I see that the file gets saved as I work on it. I've seen I can send it to someone's…
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Video door bell , which is best
What is the best budget video door bell? Do they all operate with wifi.
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Firefox, Android phone, entering about:config
Ok, it's a dumb question that everyone who uses their Android based smartphone all day every day will think of as obvious: After a recent automatic update, my phone has started receiving notifications from "Hello You" about news items that it thinks I should see. I don't want to receive these notifications, but an internet…
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Laptop advice - good for streaming/simple photo and video editing.
Hi, as above I need a new laptop and it's come at a time when finances don't allow a brand new top of the range model! I use it for general browsing, streaming from apps like Sky and Youtube, photo editing and now want to start making short videos. I am happy to use a Windows or Apple machine and an older Apple model with…
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How much needs to be spent for a noticeable PC upgrade & would it be worth it?
PC is really quite old. A few components have been upgraded along the way but Mobo & PSU are certainly the same as day 1 in 2010. By noticeable upgrade, I can look at stats on a screen all day long after someone tells me "go google" but that's all they are - numbers on a screen. I'm talking about a noticeable performance…
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Change text from lower to uppercase in word FIXED
So I have made a mistake which I did google but can't fix. I have written speech in a long document in a mix of styles e.g She said , “of course." And She said , “Of course." Now I think the second is correct so how do I change all "lower to "upper I could do a search for every letter - but I am hoping there's a more…
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Android phone cant get Greggs App
Hi, I wrote to Greggs about this but no reply. My Android phone (bought new in 2018) won't get the Greggs App. It downloads it but when asked to "create account" it gives me an error message saying "you have not filled out all the required fields"….but i filled in everything i could. Its a Samsung SM-J330FN. It uses…
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Password question
When I go into my Google account > manage your Google account > security and sign in - it says my live.com (Hotmail) password is weak and has been compromised. I changed my Hotmail password and made it very strong but still on my Google account it says it's compromised and weak. Anyone know why that is and what I can do?…
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Storage on my phone
Morning all. I have a Samsung A20e (bought around 3 years ago so not ancient) but it keeps telling me I've got hardly any storage left, less than 1%. I have a phone which has 32GB of storage. I hardly keep any pictures, never download films or big files etc. but have about 10 apps (BBC, banking, FB, Airbnb, airlines etc so…
