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HP Notebook 15-bs158sa - can trackpad button be prised off?
Hi all.
The LH trackpad button on this laptop is wobbly. It functions - clicks - perfectly, but feels as tho' the return spring on the button's LH end has failed or become displaced, so the button falls low at that end, and wobbles and rattles a fair bit. Q - can the button be prised off safely, without damage, to expose…
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Garmin update won't install.
Anyone else having trouble installing the latest Garmin map update? I've tried to install the update several times, and it keeps saying there's a problem.
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My IONOS website created using Wordpress and PHP version
A couple of years ago I created a website on IONOS using Wordpress and the other day I received an email from IONOS saying “Your PHP version is out of date”. I haven’t made any changes to the website for a couple of years, and I realised that WordPress was quite out of date. Therefore I upgraded WordPress to what I believe…
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Cheap 2nd hand ESim phone - help!!
As title says….I need a cheap eSIM compatible android to use in Australia. Any suggestions? Thank you
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Wi-Fi weak security?
We have a router in our house plus a BT mesh. My iPad reports that the BT mesh security is weak, as it is WEP. I would change it immediately if I thought that were true, but: My android phone reports that the BT mesh security is WPA. The spec for the BT mesh says WPA. The BT mesh has two SSiDs. There’s the main one, which…
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Apps display problem
Hi all, I've ran the latest Xiaomi hyper update to version 2.0 this morning but after the update was installed successfully the apps on my home screen have been reduced in size and some have lost their colour. Can anyone. Suggest anything please Kind regards mark
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Simple Music Player
Hi I bought my dad, who has dementia, a Simple music player and am trying to download music onto it. I have made him an album of songs on Amazon Music on my laptop - they are showing as downloaded. The instructions say to plug in USB to both the laptop and music player, then plug it in to the power and....the music player…
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Air fryer temp & time conversions
Not sure if this thread is best served in another forum but this seemed to be the one to fit the most. I'm trying to figure the general rules for adjusting the temp and times in a normal oven to an air fryer. Google's AI states you knock 20 Celsius off and 20-25% off the time. However, I'm assuming the temp is for non-fan…
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Safe place to store digital payslips?
I like to have them easy accessible & together in yearly order. They're sent to us in a password protected .pdf to our email. Currently I then remove the password & store in Google Drive (long random password & 2FA to my account). I'm wondering about the security side of this. Beyond various numbers which I don't imagine…
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How do you print a lot of WhatsApp messages?
Need to print out a lot messages on WhatsApp- a year's messages to be exact in chronological order, how do you do it?
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Xbox Live Sub
Morning all. We bought an xbox one s for my sons xmas 2023. We paid for xbox Ultimate for him at £14.99 per month. He uses the xbox religiously, as young boys do. However, I notice that all he really does is play Fornite online, or split screen with pals in the house. Does he need Xbox ultimate for this? Can i drop it to…
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Photo Repairs
Hi All, I have found some old photos, however, there are lighting issues and faces are blurred. I've tried a few apps to repair the issues but the results are generally poor. Can anyone recommend an option to carry out repairs? Thanks in advance
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Shredder
So in July 2023 I ordered off Amazon Duronic Auto feed Paper shredder £99! As had loads of confidential date to shred e.g bills Statements etc so last weekend I decided to declutter my flat & Shred the rest got a bit more left! It got to the last few pages of the lot I put in auto feed section & it then decided to put…
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Double search results in Outlook
It's a little annoying. I'm wondering why it happens & more than that, how to stop it? Currently I'm having to go through a lot of emails so I do a search. Let's say I use the term "month". Instead of in the results it showing month1 month2 month3......... It'll be: month1 month1 month2 month2 month3 month3........... With…
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Just opened an old 2.5" solid state drive and was amazed how empty the inside was.
I had an old PC that I wanted to get rid of so decided to strip it and sell the cpu and gpu but scrap everything else. When I took the solid state drives out they felt empty, like there wasn't actually anything inside the case. So I opened it up and was totally amazed at how much empty space is inside. Take a look The…
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Tesco Hudl 2 problem
I have a problem with my Tesco Hudl - I can't press the power button to turn it on or off. I searched for a solution but nearly every one I could find starts with 'press the power button'. I think it might be stuck because when I try to press it it feels as if there's no button there. At the moment the only way to use the…
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MUTED?
One of my tabs has MUTED under the title.This happened first when I logged into Hotmail. Whichever site I go to it stays as MUTED. Please, what is this and will it be hanging around?Confused.
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Vaneyo
Hi I am looking to buy Microsoft Officefor my PC but it is very expensive to purchase direct from Microsoft. I see an online company called Vaneyo who are selling MS Office Standard for £14.50. I have never heard of this company and I am enquiring to see if anyone has ever heard of it or have had dealings with it. Thanks
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Need a bot
I have a large number of xls files all in the same format with 20 odd tabs in each one, for 80% of them (easy to identify which ones) I need to create a duplicate of the file, for about 5 of the tabs create a duplicate of them with the same name plus suffix and change the header of tables that are in fixed position. Basic…
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I have messed up my File Manager settings
This is a bit complex
to explain properly. Windows 10 Laptop. 512
GB SSD and a 1 TB Hard Disk (C) Drive 512 GB
SSD Windows and Apps (D) and (E) drives on 1
TB Hard Disk 2 partitions Data on
(D) 63.8 GB partition. Music and videos on (E) 867 partition. See picture 1 below. My Download folder was
on the (C) drive. I decided…
