Techie Stuff

I got a new video door bell plus and it’s missing the large raw plug and large screw but only seen parts for the smaller one screws for the £2.99 spares?

Hi, My dads PC isn't starting - I suspect it is probably the power supply unit, but wondered if there could be any other reasons ? I opened the box this afternoon and the light on the motherboard is on, but when I press the on button the processor fan gives a very brief stutter but nothing else happens. Thanks for any help.

I've got two apple phone users here grumbling about the latest "upgrade" (I O S 26.2.1) and wondering if there's a way to 'roll back' to the previous version. Is there a way? — Sent from my aNdroid phone! 😉

is the any way to access the above with out having to lose all dat on the phone and any idea of cost as phone is 6 years old and sim free as it seem some tried to acess it and reird to may time to gain access

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My Instagram account was blocked today, no clue as to why. Last time this happened I provided my mobile number. No reception here since this afternoon, so unable to verify, so at risk of losing account, email states. They`ve sent 3 codes but so far my phone won`t receive. Reception always poor here. Can`t even message to…

My sister has a Firestick and used it to watch live Now tv channels and in the last few days while watching live sports channels there is a black box in the top right hand side of the screen. I have gone into the settings and can not for the life of me get rid of it. So is this a known issue? Also on the UHD Sports…

Does anyone know if the Pixel 8a will be coming back in stock anywhere? It's not on the Google Store website anymore and it's out of stock at Argos.

I want to install one outdoor Wi-Fi camera in my garden . Problem is the wifi is too weak to connect to camera. I don't want to mess around with extra cables so I was thinking of using Home Plugs which use the internal mains cables to move broadband around the home. I already have two TP link home plugs in use One is…

Dear experts, we are looking for a way to send a lot of data from SharePoint to Azure blob. Basically we want to archive old files so we do not run into quota issues with SharePoint as it is getting very expensive. Anyone has found an easy way to do it. We need to be able to filter based on modified date as access date is…

I have folders of JPGs on my PC - photos taken over a lifetime plus old family photos from over 150 years ago. I have more than 4000 JPGs The whole folder is subdivided in to many other folders with copies and naming of images all over the shop. Is there some automatic way (download or whatever) of removing copies of…

I think it must be a cookies issue but certain web sites I open in Edge are completely greyed out and not able to navigate. There is no pop up to allow cookies or anything. If I paste the URL into the Brave browser it opens fine but Edge is my go to. It also happens in Chrome as well. Any ideas how I can get Edge to allow…

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…

Not sure if anyone can help here. I have a CCTV camera showing video loss. It runs PoE. There are two cables - one from the main machine to outside and an extension to the camera position. The camera is testing okay from the machine to outside, from the extension to the camera, and the total length from the machine to…

This is what I'm getting for just one of my Android Sheets, a rotating symbol on my phone which isn't fixed with a restart. The info on it is vital for my tax return, so I have all the regular updates also going to an old Android phone when both are online. I am now paranoid about the same thing happening to the old phone,…

Hi can anyone help please? I have this watch and a Motorola G86 android phone. Answering a call on my watch was fine until the phone updated from android 15 to 16. Now I can make a call from the watch using my contacts on the watch, but answering a call has an issue whereby the watch notifies me of an incoming call but…

I have a Brother DCP-J4120DW printer that has been giving me an ink pad full message a few times over recent months. I've read up how to purge the counter to make the priner work again (and I've done that twice now) but I'm now reading that the purge only works for a while (in my case about five months since I last did it…

This concerns a private members society here in the UK. To avoid any copy-rite issues or any forum rules regarding posting content I'm anonymising some of the details. I'm just trying to understand why/how this is happening on a technical level. This refers to a private members society concerned with a niche area of…

We've just got a Brother DCP-L2660DW mono laser printer. Got it set up easily enough on the wife's laptop and it works just fine from that by wi-fi. I now want to use the printer with my laptop. Do I set it up the same way as we did with my wife's laptop, or do I just do the "add printer" routine on mine? Both running…

Looking for advice on a good android tablet under £200. Looked at this as it fits important criteria. Long lifespan for updates (released in 2025)......plenty of RAM ( 8gb).... Lots of storage ( which is expandable) https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7801123?clickPR=plp:6:27 A model with a larger screen would be nice but this…