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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…
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Windows 11 on unsupported hardware - will it update?
As title - if I install Win 11 on an unsupported computer will it continue to receive all updates or be stuck on the version I installed?
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Installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, while keeping apps.
Hi folks, I have an almost fifteen year old Desktop, had had a few upgrades, SSD, Ram, and is running well, An Athlon 945 quad core CPU, does everything I want to do at the moment and isn't that slow. I have dual boot, running windows 10, but also have installed a clean install of windows 11 a few years ago using Rufus, as…
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Anybody else getting problems with Firefox this evening?
Denying access to every website saying Did not connect, potential security issue. It's doing it on everything, including MSE and BBC,
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Unable to log in to my Hotmail/Outlook email accounts via my laptop/mobile
I use the Outlook app on my Android mobile and can access my Hotmail accounts with no problem on the app. However most of my usage of Hotmail is via my laptop ()using Chrome as my internet browser. It's the only browser I have ever used. I click on my saved Hotmail link and it redirects me to this page:-…
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Budget Planner Sheet Password
Hi Can anyone help please! I could not find any threads about this issue. I downloaded the free budget planner on MSE site on 30.7.25 but I am being asked for a PASSWORD to customise my template/spreadsheet. I do not have a password. I did download the free budget planner on MSE site many months ago (around March 2025) and…
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Kindle Unlimited - doesn't make sense..?
So I took out their 3 month trial for £0.99 but I just don't read enough (only on my breaks at work) to warrant the £10/month charge. I knew this from the get go but I managed to get 3 books out of the £0.99 whereas they're about £4-£5 each & there's 15 in the series. I cancelled my membership on time - ending it on the…
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Google Pixel with WhatsApp?
Just ordered a Google Pixel 9a 5G mobile I previously had an Android phone. Just realised will the WhatsAPP app work okay on this phone?
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Virgin tv problem
Not sure if this is the right board for my question but maybe someone can help. 🤞 I have Virgin freeview with a box. It's a few years old but is the 360 not the old Tivo. Just recently, it won't pause on any streamed programmes. It's fine with programmes I've recorded and live TV. It happens (or rather doesn't) on all…
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Is it safe to switch on my smartphone to perform a factory reset when it looks like this?
Hello everyone, I want to recycle my old smartphone because after having the battery replaced last year, it's battery life got worse and the side seam around the buttons started to split. It now looks like this: Please don't yell at me but I stupidly left it on a south-facing window sill for too long but we had to deal…
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Samsung or Google
I am torn. I require a new phone as my s8 is dying quickly. I like the photo ability of google, add me, magic erase, best take. But it wont take a burst shot. I like the burst shot (100 photos to get the splash of them jumping in water etc) of the samsung. Dislike al the bloatware etc. Would prefer 256gb phone as take…
