Techie Stuff

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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?

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…

Denying access to every website saying Did not connect, potential security issue. It's doing it on everything, including MSE and BBC,

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:-…

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…

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?

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…

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…

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…

Following on from this VERY old thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3219862/status-remote-control-socket-problem/p2 I have found that the imprinted pictogram inside my Status remote control socket zappers is completely wrong! In the hope this might be found by some future alien (or human!) who is…

'Our Kid' uses Office (365) outlook on his W10PCAlways used pop3 ... ain't broke don't fixAlso used the gmail app, which now won't work with pop3 as his ISP has 'upgraded' (broken) something Disregarding the phone, if he swaps MS Outlook to IMAP ...a) how to do itb) will he loose any info Any pointers?

My friend who is having mental issues is having a spending spree spending loads of money using eBay and PayPal. Is there a way her parents could ask eBay to suspend the account temporarily?

Parent inadvertently signed up to this in December for 1.99. She doesn’t remember doing it (has no need of the service), didn’t know it was an ongoing monthly charge and has only just noticed it in on her statements. It went up to 9.99 a month in January. and is now 14.99. i can’t see that she has ever downloaded anything…

Hi need to ask how to make printer work on lap as got the nsg as not have surplus cash to buy new printer can any thing be done b4 i oder new cardfor printer 

Following unsubscribing from TT emails, I received the following email... You're now unsubscribed from our emails. This means you also won't receive any critical device updates. Now I don't recall this condition being included in their tos, anyone else encountered this?