Techie Stuff

Sorry if this is in the wrong place. I have an echo dot and pay for the basic Amazon music subscription £6.99 a month. I only use it for listening to the radio. I'm thinking of ditching my subscription and just getting a radio, unless there is an alternative to the Amazon music subscription?

Hi, I do not want to renew Office 365. How can I re-install older Word, XL etc without subscription?

I've just seen someone on TV wearing what looks to be a black poppy, I consulted Gemini and I'd like to support the cause in a simple way, ie by buying a pin. So far, so simple. [DELETED WEBSITE ADDRESS - but you can make an educated guess from the paragraph above]. The verification instructions are below. Essentially it…

Hi, I signed up to a month’s Free Apple One Trial (primarily to watch Apple TV), but the Trial included other stuff, some of which I already had, namely Apple Music and iCloud+, both of which I’ve been paying for as individual monthly subscriptions for some considerable time. I just tried to cancel the Subscription today…

Hello, We have had a Eufy video doorbell since the beginning of the year which we have used without problem. About a week ago I noticed that when we tried to view video recordings off the doorbell on my Android phone I would get the message 'Decrypting from Local Storage' this message would appear for about 20 seconds…

Hi Spreadsheet question: I have some input data for a series of events that occur at irregular intervals e.g. during hour=2, the real-world measured datum value is 323 then nothing happens until hour=9 when the real-world datum is 452 I want to 'spread' the value 323 over hours 0, 1 and 2 (i.e. calculate the average across…

I am fed up with Bing changing my wallpaper on my laptop every day. I have tried going into settings then Apps . I found Bing but it would not let me uninstall it. Is there any other way I can stop it

Hi. My 90 year old father has an original (or very early) Kindle and the updates don't work on it any more which means he can't download new books. We got him a 10th Generation Kindle Oasis but there are touch screen functions that he can't get on with, the screen rotates and you have to change the settings for each book…

Any recommendtions on TV external streaming sticks? I have been thinking of getting a Roku streaming stick. They cost about £30, which seems reasonable.

How is this done - for free ? I've given up counting the number of sites that I've tried - only to be thwarted by "too many files" etc……. I have just over 300 to convert and don't fancy doing them all, manually… I've tried going via DOCX - Same problems Any suggestions ?

Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 Thank you My name, This email provides a record of the completed transaction associated with reference Transaction Number TRX33193. Billing Status Dashboard Purchase: Account Activity Network - 73058214450 Customer ID: XVS98465SJ2257 Service Term: 3 Years Amount: USD321.52 Account…

II have been seeing an error code when I try to access Netflix (as I normally do) via my Humax box. The error code is tvq-pb-101 (5.2.12). It looks as if Netflix is going to work normally then, after a few minutes the film cuts out and the error code comes up again. II tried all the recommended steps to fix it and nothjng…

I used my tablet in Europe and it stopped me receiving E,mails It asked me to use my recovery Email but it would not accept this. I found I could still receive Emails on my Laptop but not on my tablet. I have amended my recovery Email but when i log into my tablet it still shows the old recovery Email I am perplexed why my…

any ideas where i can get one free or cheap? i know argos have them but it seems a lot for 9.99 and ive seen them many years ago being handed out free by companies. thanks for any ideas.

The most important thing in a passphrase is its length, not using 'Capital letters, numbers, and symbols', like you so often hear. So a passphrase such as"responded impressed licks Theoldmiser444" is uncrackable due to its length. If you want to make a secure passphrase, just go to What3words.com, which is a website that…

I am not sure if I should be worried. Tonight I received a lot of emails relating to a booking made using my email. It refers to a Peter ****** booking a hotel on 15th - 16th October for £963 using clear pay. There are booking references and Pin codes in the emails. Obviously I didn't click on any of the email links. I…

Anyone know if I can install OpenVPN on my shared web hosting server or does it require more server access than Webuzo CPanel will allow me?

I would like to get a smart watch just for general day to day. Set alarms each day and track my running speed and distance, heart rate etc. Dont want to link to any sort app. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks M99

For a couple of nights I happily read a site about wildlife photography, it was really good and a free booklet to download. But going back to it the third time this warning came up and I couldn't open it. Warning: require(/srv/users/naturettl/apps/naturettl/public/wp-includes/load.php): failed to open stream: No such file…

I have 2x 4TB HDDs, both bought second hand but running them through CrystalDiskInfo & Hard Disk Sentinel they both came back as barely used & 100% good. I started with 1 drive on which I put a VeraCrypt file container. Then another & another & another. In total I have 4x 500GB containers & then a smaller one. At some…