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Acer Aspire screens
Hi I'm looking for a new W11 laptop to replace my old Acer Aspire E15. Have been pleased with this so considering an Acer Aspire 3, i7, 16gb RAM, 1tb SSD. Some reviews though seem to be saying that the screen is really bad and that they have returned it for a refund. It's possibly a TN type rather than IPS like on my E15.…
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Iphone not connecting to Apple Car Play
Hi all I got a new car in April - connected my iPhone to Apple Car Play wireless - worked great - then suddenly a few months back it stopped connecting. I have connected via a USB cable - but that seems very hit & miss! Will regularly drop out. I did buy an Aspire 3 Fitbit around the same time as it stopped working - so…
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Android phone - need icons help please!
Maybe I have OCD? Who knows. But for a very long time the icons on my Samsung A14 have irritated me because I can't move them to where I want them. On the home screen (lock screen?) I have the ones that I use the most, and that's fine. If I want any other apps, I swipe upwards and I get 17 more icons. If I then swipe that…
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USB lead?
I am looking for a lead with a 13a plug on one end and 6 usb/usbc outlets on the other end. All seem to have 13a sockets alongside the usb outlets which makes it too bulky for where I want to put it. Splitters will reduce the output of the usb outlets. Is something like this available?
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I want a Samsung Galaxy phone, what model and where to buy from?
Hi all, I currently have a Samsung Galaxy S9+ phone. Its starting to get a bit glitchy, and - after nearly 10 years, perhaps time to get a new phone! As you may tell, Im not a big phone user. I use it to listen to podcasts/youtube, whatsapp, perhaps take a few photos. Occasional I may even make the odd phone call! (very…
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Yahoo email sign in issues (use previous device). Worried.
hi. a little worried. some are pretty much throw away emails but still used regularly, several would be devastating to lose. this started today. only ever login from this PC and on my phone. issues relate to yahoo. i have multiple email accounts, many with yahoo that i have had for years, my main one is 25 years old at…
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Smart Things App for Android Find Phone - I'm stuck!
On MSE's recommendation, I downloaded the SmartThings app on my phone. I only want the app for it's ability to be able to find said phone incase I lose it. I think I have downloaded it properly, and on my phone I can see where my phone is (with me, obviously). However, when I go to the website and sign in (I didn't have to…
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Internet TV for man cave.. help an oldie.
Hi I would like to install a nice TV for streaming in my revamped man cave. Everything will be over wifi/ ethernet from a relay with good speeds. I will want to watch all the main streaming services , netflix etc but have fallen a bit behind with new TVs etc I have just discovered Freely exists so this would allow me to…
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Cloudfare Nightmare
For the last few weeks I've having trouble on numerous sites while using my main Windows 11 laptop using Chrome browser. This includes being refused completely to access some sites, being subjective to further Cloudfare checks slowing up everthing, have some functions not available within a site. I have two other computers…
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Hotkey problem
Hi I've recently joined a stockbroker which allows you to program hotkeys for quick trades. For example alt Q might be programmed to buy a thousand shares, another combination to sell them. The error when I attempt the hotkey is 'Autosend is off, Time in force error in Hotkey.' (see orange background script in picture)…
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Can't screen mirror from iPhone to Panasonic smart tv ... viera message ?
Having problems screen mirroring from my iPhone to Panasonic smart tv - both are connected to the same wifi. I've selected the screen mirroring icon on my iPhone but it doesn't bring up any TV to mirror too and screen mirroring under settings in TV is selected. Message on tv says the following and not sure what to do?
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How to completely turn off editing remarks in Word
There's only one in the column which doesn't now show there but has come up as a blank box on the actual page. When clicked it shows the comment. How do I get rid of it? TIA
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How can I learn Python in my own time, informally?
Hi all I want to stay learning Python… simply to stop me wasting my evenings watching Facebook junk videos etc when I could be using my time better. I’ve decided that I want to learn a programming language and I’ve chosen Python. So, I went to Google and every ‘free’ course always ends up not free. The same on YouTube.…
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How to turn off cloud back up
I have a Google pixel 8 phone and I want to transfer a lot of photos
to my laptop which is running windows 11. How do I stop them being
backed up to the cloud. I have looked at lots of ideas on line but I
can’t get any of them to work. I have masses of
storage on my laptop and an external hard drive and don’t want to
have…
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How to mass-delete gmails?
I have over twelve thousand emails going back to 2019 under 'promotions', and in a gmail account that keeps warning me I'm aboot to run out of space.My index fingertip is worn out from deleting 50 - a page's worth - at a time. How do I mass-delete, please?Ta :smile:
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Broadband speed test
Hi looking for a bit of ' education' Virgin installed and reasonable happy. Provided with Cisco samknows.com speed test. Snapshot readings are Router 135 @2mtr, Router 130 @ 15mtr Smart TV on own speed tester 25 @15mtr. A virgin wifi pod ( extender) tried in various areas but doesn't appear to improve TV speed or readings.…
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Lots of undeliverable emails in spam
I had a fraudulent transaction on my credit card a few weeks ago. Luckily I had an alert from the CC company who reversed the charge and sent me a new card. A few days later I noticed that Netflix had been added onto my TV package which I did not request, but they insisted it had been done via my account on chat. This has…
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Wifi mesh
Hi,Hoping to pick a few wise brains please.Background: We've moved into a 250-year-old 5-storey townhouse that's tall and thin separated across the middle by a thick wall.We just had Plusnet installed ( Wifi 5 Hub 2 ) with full fibre planned for our street sometime next year.It comes in via the back into the phone socket…
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New cheap tablet over 14 inches??
Hi all, looking for a new tablet to primarily run canva and Instagram online, I have a PC for anything major. Looking for a cheap alternative to samsung under 200.00 which means amazon, Ebay or temu etc.. and obviously an odd foreign brand name. Anyone recommend anything, thanks
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Yahoo folders disappearing.
Genuinely asking for a friend. All the content from his Yahoo email has disappeared 3 times now. First time he thought he'd hit a key and deleted it all, but it's happened twice since.Yahoo have been pretty unhelpful so I'm asking here whether anybody else has had the same experience, or any suggestions as to possible…
