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Laptop Replacement battery buy from Amazon (£33), or Ebay (£17)?
Need to get a laptop replacement battery as it is giving
charge problems. Dell Inspiron 1464 I have seen 2 places to get it from ebay for £17 and Amazon
for £33. ebay is cheaper, but would there be any concerns to get it
from there? (for example it is less quality to the Amazon one, or will
not last as long as the Amazon…
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No video output - but..........
My Desktop PC has decided to stop displaying windowsIt has a blank screen, except not the boot up screen - that still displaysWhat could be the cause of this anomaly ?I have just carried out a software rebuild, on a replacement SSD - so I am guessing that it is something related to this..... but what could cause a blank…
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Google docs is full
How do I get more space without paying? Why's WhatsApp saved to it? Can't alter my CV on the software currently
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Text messages changed colour ? text with SMS/MMS
Normally my my texts are in black on a grey background. I don't know what I have done but they have turned black on a pale blue backgrount "Texting (SMS/MMS)" I don't know what it means or how I have managed to change it. Can anyone help me to know how to change back to the way it was before - just ordinary text messages…
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Tablets for kids/ Samsung
Which tablets do your children use? Would you recommend them? My son is 8 and has been using an amazon kindle fire for kids, and I'm thinking about 'upgrading'. It doesn't need to be padded, he's old enough to be more careful. I'm leaning more towards Samsung and wondering about people's experiences. TIA
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Website builder / hosting at a reasonable cost
I have a couple of small websites, one is for my art business but I have just had the renewal and the cost has gone up to 145.00 with One.com - I have 5 pages and its mainly showing my artwork etc.. In the past they have reduced the cost when I have complained but this time seem unwilling to do so -with that can anyone…
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Windows Back up to the cloud
Windows 11 has a Windows Back up feature, which I have shown in the image below. I am not clear how this differs from Onedrive. Windows Back up indicates that it backs up Apps. What does Apps mean? Does that include installed programs? Example: I have an installed program named Nuance Dragon Naturally Speaking. If my disc…
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Google Chrome bookmarks question
Sorry if this is a daft question, but at my age this is a real strain on what's left of the brain. I am moving from a Chromebook to a Windows 11 laptop and want to copy my bookmarks from one to t'other. So I do the "export bookmarks" thing on the Chromebook, move the file to the laptop, do "import bookmarks" and it works -…
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Google Pixel 7a or 8a
I’m looking
at purchasing a Google pixel 7a but would the extra cash be worth spending on a
pixel 8a. Would I get much more for my money?
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4K/UHD or 1080p?
I have a Sony LED TV KD-43XE8004 which I've had for about 6 years. It's still working well, and I have no plans to replace it just yet. I've recently taken Apple TV out for a trial period and watched Killers of the Flower Moon on it. I was expecting brilliant picture quality in terms of brightness and quality, but I…
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Pages on a website
Is there anyway of working out how many pages a website has without counting them individually?
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Address labels for Xmas cards
My dad's eyes and hands are working very well these days and as it will Christmas soon he has started to do his cards but is struggling writing on the envelopes A friend mentioned about printing addresses labels out and then sticking them onto the envelopes. He has about 75 addresses to do so I am after advice on what…
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RSS Feed
Anyone got a link to a RSS feed for new posts?
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Editing old photographs on your phone
I have quite a few very old black and white photos that I'd like to edit/improve the quality of. Was thinking of getting an upgrade on my iphone to use better editing features to use on these photos. Is this possible or am I wasting my time and money on upgrading please?
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Cloud backup
Help please from anyone who can advise a MSE budget friendly method to backup to Onedrive from Win PC (10/11) I use Google drive (nearly full!) to store some files and I also have One drive with 100GB virtually unused. I wish to use that available space to backup files not under the Microsoft default Doc/photo/video etc…
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Alexa Echo Dot.
I have an Alexa and sound not very good so I want to upgrade. If I get a newer version of it, can I just plug it in to make it work or is it more complicated? I had to get help to install the one I have now, lol!
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Best way for Email Forwarding - Domain, Second Gmail account or something else? Please
HiRead a few threads on email forwarding/domains/different accounts etc and totally confusing myself in the process about everything, ha ha. Basically I have a gmail email address and have used the + and . options for creating a different email address in the past but obviously this is not very good, as easy to work out…
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How to connect device to dongle?
Hi all I currently have Sky and their own WIFI/broadband and Sky use BT broadband for their WIFI and also I have a SIM card also from Sky. I also have Vodaphone for my mobile. I also have a ring doorbell and ring indoor cameras. However we have been having issues with Sky's WIFI with it dropping alot and when that happens…
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How many phones and iPads do you own?
I have an IPad Pro. Got a second one incase other one is stolen when out so got a standard one. My phone was stolen so I an iPhone 11 as a spare and iCloud back up. iPhone 16 as main phone. £50 Android phone for work as I have to leave it in a locker. I did get rid of the iPod touch that was my second phone for years but…
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BT Synergy phone won't charge batteries
I've got two setups, each with quad set of BT Synergy 6500 cordless phones, they'll all be well over 10 years old now. During the past 2 years, they've been dying, one by one, so I only have 3 working ones left now. Typically, a handset will show 'low batt' warning after only a few minutes' use, so I install new batteries…
