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Digital home phone switchover - PSTN nerds needed!
Second floor flat Copper phone line comes in via bedroom window and master socket sits on the sill there. I wired a twisted pair cable from the master socket, up into the loft and down through the ceiling into the hall in the centre of the flat where it ends in phone sockets into which the wireless router and DECT base are…
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WhatsApp issue
Hi I tried to back up my WhatsApp on my current phone as I was trying to prepare for my new phone. WhatsApp kept getting stuck on 'preparing back up' both on wifi and cellular modes. It did seem to work on cellular eventually except the last back up date showing was from 4 years ago. I checked my Google drive account and…
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USB dongle V mifi hotspot
Hi dad doesn't want broadband contract as only renting. watches freeview through normal tv aerial. Channels he can get less than what expected through normal TV aerial in his area according to freeview. So aerial maybe position wrong but he got no say in that. He watches only couple hours tv in evening. No gaming etc.or…
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Power cable for old laptop
I have dug out a very old 11" HP Stream laptop to use for a photo project but can't find its power cable. The socket is smaller than the usual standard size so none of my existing charger cables will fit. I need to know the technical name/size of the smaller connector so that I can buy the right one on line. Can anyone…
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OPPO A76 phone cannot see Bluetooth device. Edit: Solution found.
Edit: DullGreyGuy has sorted this out for me. I will leave the thread as is in case it helps anyone else. My wife and I both have
identical OPPO A76 phones running Android 13. We also have a Sony
SRS-XB100 portable speaker. Until recently my wife
could use Bluetooth to connect her OPPO A76 phone to the speaker. It
used to…
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Best recordable gadget for a teen who enjoys singing?
Looking for a gift for around £15-£40 if possible - I know, I'm a cheapskate but this is a moneysaving site! Basically I have grandchildren who like to sing (and dance) and am wondering if there is a gadget that they can sing songs on/through, that records it too? UPDATE: Needed for an iphone (or possibly an ipad) I got…
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Is Internet Archive legal ?
There are all sorts of TV programmes / films and videos stored on https://archive.org for download eg) I found one programme that I had been searching for for years !
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Remove alexa ikon from Kindle fire?
So following an update I now have Alexa on my fire with an ikon permanently on the screen. How can i get rid of the ikon or unstall Alexa? Tried several things but it is still there.
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Argh, having to go W11 :-(
With 10 about to lose support, and old PC beginning to creak, I've had to jump. New PC is, of course, W11. Even my old PC was insufferable with W10, so I had Classic Shell installed to make the interface like '7'. There's a way to make the 11 more like 7, isn't there? What have folk used? Ta.
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I seem to have just made a ton of space on my hard drive & not sure how?
Windows 10 1TB Samsung SSD Had about 80GB remaining on it. I emptied the recycle bin & it went up minimal. Say 82GB after the empty. This was yesterday. Today I'm at 183GB free space, yet I've deleted nothing further. I've had a gander around & can't see anything obviously missing. How does that work then? I'm not…
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Best way to track someone
I know there's various tracker apps, some paid for & some not so right at the start let's discount the paid for apps. OH is going to London by themselves in a few weeks & they're the one who wants to be able to be tracked, so we can also discount the 'spying on' side of it as well. They live in Apple-Land whereas I'm an…
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Can I watch tablet or phone TV apps on my TV
Can I buy an adapter or find a way to watch apps from Android tablet on my TV. We have a smart TV but it's old and won't support some of the newer apps like discovery plus. Also when we on holiday can we play TV apps from our tablet on TV in hotel room. Thanks
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Microsoft Money Help
I am still using Money and find it invaluable. The working file has 30 years of data but the MS back up is not working. I can physically copy the 30000KB file to the back up location with no problem but the MS back up prompts me to find another location because it is not big enough! I see there is an option to archive but…
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Norton (through BT) big update
I guess most here avoid paid for AV and I would usually too, but Norton is free (via BT or EE or whatever they're called this week) and so use it purely for that reason. It's just had a big update and introduced processes all over the place so I've just zapped it on my PC. And just found it running amok on a neighbours…
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Swapping data to new clamshell phone
For me a smartphone was a step too far so desktop PC and clamshell phone only. Existing Doro 0260 phone is 3G so I need to replace it very soon. This will mean transferring a fairly long list of contacts and my usual younger family helpers all plead ignorance. The only Youtube videos I can find use bluetooth to make the…
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Apple health data
Hi, my girlfriends Apple Watch broke last week, she has got a new one along with a new phone everything has downloaded from the cloud apart from her health data, so it is only showing her rings completed for the last three days or so She has also wipes her old phone, not sure if it’s all been lost now?
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AI chat bots and GDPR rights
I recently had a very bad customer service experience with an AI chat bot. I didn't consent to giving my details to this AI bot. I thought I was through to customer service, as it was given various real person like names. It seems now many companies are using their customers for this AI experiment, without considering the…
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Dowmloading Google Maps for when off-line.
Hi.Had the most stunning walk around Morwenstow, but noticed my Pixel 6 was offline for much of it.Wanted to check our location, and Google Maps could pinpoint us ok, and I could then work out the paths to take back to base, but the 'directions' feature wouldn't work as it was 'offline' - ie no interweb signal.I'm guessing…
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Connect samsung smartphone to chromebook for wifi
Im attempting to use the wifi from my phone on my chromebook, so i can use the laptop in the summerhouse. Its a big garden and the signal is too weak. Im obviously not tech savvy and just cant do it despite following internet tutorials, I cant even remember the pin although Ive managed to change the password. Any help…
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Recommend Me A New Desktop PC
I know it's probably been asked many times on here but........ My desktop pc is about 12 years old maybe more & it has had various bits upgraded over the years. Probably time for an upgrade I think. Can somebody give me some pointers to a reasonably priced machine ? I would prefer to buy from such as Amazon or Dell Specs…
