Techie Stuff

I've been on the TPS for decades and it's reduced spam calls no end, but obviously some people still ignore it. As well as the "bank security department" scams, which probably originate outside the country, one persistent annoyance is the "local energy advisor" calls. These have been going on for years and should have been…

Has anyone else noticed that AI generally has problems with todays date ? When I ask META AI "what is todays date and time ?" - It often tells me either the previous day or something stupid like 1 April 1974… Copilot is the same 50% of the time… Is this only me ?

Hello Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a DATA Only Sim from Lebara and use this in a dedicated Sim only Router? If this is not possible - where would be my cheapest option for a Sim for my Router? Many thanks.

Hi all, just replaced my ancient humax freesat box - managed to almost clear the box of unseen recordings but still have a few - can I access these via my (Apple) laptop? and if so what cabling do i need? Many thanks in advance (be gentle ageing luddite here)

We have an 8yo HP Deskjet that hasn't been used for at least a year so has completely dried out. The ink cartridges are dry/empty too. I tried soaking the heads briefly in shallow warm water to get them going again but to no avail. It's £20 for (non HP) replacements inks or £40 for a new HP (with the inks then about £25).…

Has anyone shopped here? the price seems very good for the compatible cartridge I want half the price of other places. I don't want to buy the branded one. However, I cannot find any reviews on this place at all, so wanted to see if anyone here had tried them. You have to pay for returns and if they agree it is faulty then…

I am looking to recover a specific Email deleted in January I know who was the sender but don't have their Email, address is it possible to recover this one Email please

My Windows 11 laptop intermittently losing the internal wifi (the wifi adapter doesn't show under Device Manager when this happens. Probably happens 3 or 4 times a week and I need to restart the laptop (sometimes more than once) to fix. There are times when this is extemely inconvenient . I have checked that I have the…

Normally I never read emails about changes in Ts and Cs, and such but something made me read this. M365 gives a family of 6 up to 1TB each. Now, only 2TB is shared across the entire family. This is 50% capacity reduction for a family of 4, 2/3 reduction for a family of 6. Upcoming changes to your Microsoft 365 subscription…

So my 2017 laptop is on its last legs, battery gave up years ago, fans are dying one by one and becoming noisy, and 2 BSOD yesterday. Looked online today expecting the technology to have progressed in leaps and bounds but apparently not. My current laptop has a 2TB SSD drive and most laptops i am seeing have similar or…

I saw the sticky on AI but I think we are past which one do people use, I use all but not in the mad way we see people on YouTube (from "shall I have a snack" to "will you marry me" What is more interesting is what are you using them for and which ones do you find are better at what tasks than others?

Hi, how can I delete notifications from newspaper websites etc. (for example an article on Bezos from Fortune) on my Android? I only want notifications for emails, whatsapp and some websites. Thanks.

Hi, my father recently passed away. He was a keen photographer and has >6000 photos held on an Mac Desktop. As part of clearing his belongings I would like to transfer the photos to view on a laptop PC. So far I have tried to connect an external hard drive to download photos (this does not work as the drive is formatted…

using a Moto G7 Power handset. voicemail cuts in too quickly (after around 3 or 4 rings). is there any way to extend the amount of rings, say to 6, before answerphone comes on?

Which program do people use to draw lines on Google maps,etc. ?

Just got round to this and at last I can move my taskbar to where I want to see it , at the top, how many years 😎

Hi, I am looking for a cheap laptop to be used for email and youtube and other web browsing. Ideally I would like a reasonably bright screen but I realise that this may not be compatible with cheap. I have found this at Argos. I wonder if anyone has better suggestions or comments on this laptop:…

Just received this 50Ah powerbank from Temu however when I press the power button it only powers on for two seconds then turns itself off again. However I have found that if I unplug the USB device from it and reconnect then it stays on… until after the next time the power bank is turned of when the power-on problem comes…

Hi All, Due to the frustration of adverts and also the many different streaming apps, with their own subscription fees. And then on top of the subs you still often need to pay to rent or download the films, I am considering going back to a DVD player. There are loads of DVDS in CEX for example , or online ebay, amazon ,…

The basis of this would be bank info - bank names, account sort codes/numbers (but no passwords) and then what to do with said accounts in the event of emergency/death. As I understand it, Google Drive isn't the most secure of things. What about doing this kind of thing within Proton Drive? As far as my understanding is,…