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A good shredder for home
Hi Please can you advise which is the best shredder for home use as seen some but they say cuts off after 10 mintues use As I have lot of shredding to do I saw one at Argo's fellows £30 thinking about but if cut out after shredding a few pages will take years TIA
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Music albums app?
Hi I realise I am old school and my favourite way to listen was cd albums. Just wondered is there any decent apps which focus on albums? All the free ones just play random songs on shuffle.
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Stupid question
Not stupid for most but here goes. I see a lot of contacts on Facebook post - Please do not accept any friends request from me as my phone has been hacked. A) How do their phones get hacked in the first place B) If i was unlucky and had my smartphone hacked how do you " Un-hack it " Sorry if the questions seem stupid but…
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Amazon account hacked
I've noticed my Amazon account has been hacked into. The email address and phone number have both been charged. It started Sunday morning, when I received an an email from Amazon telling me my email has been changed. I didn't notice this to the evening, but got in touch with them straight away. I have phoned Amazon…
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Battery backup for a router
Hi. I am looking for a battery backup/UPS for my router. We get semi-regular power cuts but typically for no longer than an hour. The reason is twofold, I am sure randomly turning on and off must not be good for the router but also I often WFH so if I can make by BB more stable / keep connected that would be useful…
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RNID cards
I keep getting emails about RNID cards and I am very confused as which one I should use as they each say that there card is upto date with new tech can you advise me at which one I should use
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Wifi extender query
My internet speed is pretty poor due to the rural area I live in and there is nothing I can do about that so a while ago I bought a wifi extender off Amazon for use in my sun room because my router is in my lounge and the internet in the sun room was so poor. Fast forward and the booster seems to have stopped working…
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Unable to access photos on iPhone from PC following iOS 26.2 update
I've had a software update today, it did ask something about optimising storage or similar, as I don't have a lot of free space on my phone. Now when trying to access photos to upload on MSE, there's just 6 random folders with a random image in each of them, not the several thousand photos I have on my phone. Can anybody…
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Do you use Google Sheets budget template? Running in to bother.
I use it but with a few tweaks (as in add on various categories plus I have sections for variable / income / fixed / savings). I have a template which I then just make a copy of for the months of the year. I've checked this template & it doesn't look like it's that as it's default is £0. I've just now looked at it &…
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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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New laptop - what do I need to be looking for?
My Sony laptop died just before Christmas so I'm needing a replacement. (Sub £400?) But there's such a variety these days I'm overwhelmed, especially with all the numbers/processors names. I'd go into a tech store for advice, but the only one in town is Curry's! (And don't feel I'd trust their advice!) I like the feel of…
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All Documents//Pictures on Window disappeared
I've been away for Christmas and didn't use my laptop. Now I'm back and I've noticed there have been some update:the bottom bar is different but more importantly all the folders (documents, pictures, downloads etc.) are empty . Did I need to do a backup because big changes were expected? Useless to say I'm in trouble. Is…
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Free or cheap domain email forwarding
For many years I've had my domain hosted by 123.reg and part of the service was to offer free domain email forwarding. Recently they've decided to remove this and charge for an email hosting service in it's own right at around £35 per year. Are there any alternatives that can offer full email forwarding for free or a lot…
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What is the cheapest unlocked touch screen mobile phone ?
I rarely use a phone and I dont even keep one on all the time, I do need one to have for emergencies though, I have used an Alcatel 5033X which cost £5 used ! but it is now dead as I spilled water on it . These can still be had on Ebay for £10 / 20 Is this still the cheapest option ?
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Android event log
Is there an event log in Android ?How do I access it ?I need to find out when my mobile was run.......
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choose laptop for my needs and budget
Hi, I need to buy a laptop for word-processing everyday use, mainly documents, simple pictures, and applications for pdf etc. Considering the sales my budget is £350-375. I am not an expert, but looking at various laptop models I listed what seems suitable for me. In some cases there are alternatives which I am not…
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non-gmail account via google
Hi, I have a non-gmail account accessible via google, but I don't remember how to see the emails through google. Any advice?Thank you! PS And I don't remember the pw but I guess I will be able to change it when I manage to get to the non-gmail email.
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Buying new laptop / compatibility with older software
I want to buy my mum a new laptop for Christmas. She's currently using a PC she's had for years but it's running Windows 10 with no option to upgrade, so we're a bit worried about it's vulnerability now that OS is unsupported. Anyway she's got various bits of software on the PC which was installed ages ago using the CD…
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Virgin TV can't get local news!
We have had Virgin TV for several years and at the start managed to find local BBC news way down in the channel list. A friend was on local ITV news but we can't get it. He was on Calendar which covers Lincolnshire but we can only get Yorkshire news! Is there a secret channel list? How do others watch their local news? I…
