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I'm after a printer that's cheap to run
Mostly use the printer for my sons school work and sometimes use colour print. So what printer would you suggest?
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Does anybody remember FREE dial up internet ?
I have a memory of TOTALLY FREE dial up in about 1997How did they run the business at a loss ?How did it work ?It was not a "buy 60 minutes for £x" scheme - it was totally free on a freephone number.....
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Clicked on an spam email on phone accidentally - restore phone to factory settings
I have been getting a lot of spam recently and was browsing the emails on my phone, I accidentally caught the screen, which then started up the browser. I stopped it before it had time to load It was a spam saying cloud storage is full and your account is locked. The address is 4.check-point.nl/ with a lot of numbers after…
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Personal alarms
Both of us have reached the "slightly tottery "age so I'm looking into the choice of a suitable personal alarm. Basic requirements are a pendant or non smart wrist worn monitor. Not having a smartphone I don't need any bells or whistles. Must use the mobile phone network to be able to communicate through the pendant or…
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Do I need a VPN to access google.fr and other French websites easily?
I’m currently learning French, and would like to immerse myself more in the language, part of this is accessing websites as though I was in France as a French person. But whenever I try to access sites like google.fr, I always get redirected to English language versions. I’ve never had a VPN but I guess that would work,…
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Virgin want me to re-login and update - is it a scam?
Big and bold e-mail from Home Management, sender Lynda Ramsay on talktalk.. If I don't do this by 17th I will lose access to my account. Is this genuine?
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On-line banking
Santander on-line banking have started sending verification details to log on to my mobile banking app which means that I need phone and laptop with me to use on-line bankig.I prefer to use the laptop because of "fat finger syndrome" ,but referencing both is inconvenient and damned annoying.Surely they can come up with a…
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Chromebook usage
The websites I looked at for information on Chromebooks had so much detail that I couldn't see the information I was looking for: 1 Are they small and light, and so suitable for travel?2 Do they need to be connected to the Web for the operating system to work? They seem to be restrictive in the apps that they use. Would…
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Google maps white screen..?
My android phone maps app has suddenly started showing a map-less white screen when tapped. Has anyone else ever had this and, more to the point, how do I get maps back..?
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Moving boot drive to new PC, any chance this working?
Ok, so I have a mate who has no clue where computers are concerned.He's a mini PC that's 5 years old and fails the W11 test (I know there are other ways to install W11, but that's not an option).He's bought a new mini PC which is W11 compatible.The problem is, he has no idea what his passwords are, what his Office key is…
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Is 3200G CPU very slow?
I've been using my wife's PC, which is an AMD 3200G based desktop system. Subjectively, it's much slower than my own i7-4790K desktop. Routine tasks take a couple of seconds, whereas they are practically instant on my machine. This is all office-type stuff. No gaming or videos. The i7 is rather elderly, and benchmarks…
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Cheapest Office 365 family subscription source
Hiya, renewing on the Microsoft portal was always over £100. On amazon I was buying a year for £70 and it worked fine. Noticed prices have gone up and have been searching google. There seems to be sites advertising renewal fees for circa £60. Any reliable source?
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Former TalkTalk broadband user? Your free email address will soon stop working unless you pay
TalkTalk will turn off free email services for 100,000s of former broadband customers later this year. If you're no longer with TalkTalk but still have one of its email addresses, your email will stop working completely from 31 October 2025 unless you pay £5 a month (£60 a year) to keep it. Read the full story: Former…
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Possible to upgrade ethernet in wall?
Just curious as to whether this is something simple I could do, or whether I get a company in.House had a wired ethernet port in the conservatory (blue) when we moved in. The other end of it is where the router sits (red).From the conservatory it's then wired into the workshop and garage. These cables are easily accessible…
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Windows 10 and antivirus
I am currently running Windows 10 on my PC and it is not upgradable to Windows 11 as it is too old Assuming for the moment I don't want to use the various bypasses to force upgrade to Windows 11, can anybody let me know: 1. even though Microsoft has said Windows 10 will not be updated after October do you know if the…
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Samsung S20 WiFi problem
I have a Samsung S20+5G phone. One thing that might be worth mentioning/relevant to this problem is that I got this phone cheap from a pawn shop. The previous owner had not paid the bill and the sim1 slot is blocked/locked. I can make calls and use mobile data ilwith my sim in slot 2. The issue, the phone will connect to…
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Age verification
A number of web sites are now requiring age verification. Ofcom suggests 7 different methods by which the sites could carry out the verification. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/age-checks-for-online-safety--what-you-need-to-know-as-a-user Bearing in mind some of these sites are a bit dodgy in…
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Ring Video Doorbell privacy
My neighbour has recently got a Ring Video Doorbell installed on her door and I am now concerned with my privacy. Her video doorbell activates and records video footage with movement and her video doorbell camera activates and records footage every time I enter my flat or leave my flat. I find this an invasion of privacy…
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Medical Record .gifs
How do I download .gifs from my medical record ?They appear as paperclips that I can open by left clicking on - they are poorly formatted and hardly readable - but I am unable to download and convert to PDF....When downloaded - they lose all of the content.
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Hello, I have just joined the forum and I would like help about purchasing a printer. Thank you
Hello all, I am not technically minded and would like some help in purchasing a reasonably priced printer (black and colour ink tanks) I don't have WiFi or ethernet or the use of a computer; I do have the use of a Samsung Galaxy smartphone which I access Internet via internet data. My phone also has Bluetooth if this…
