Techie Stuff

Good morning everyone. I have just purchased a new HP Pavilion from John Lewis and it has the 2 year Guarantee for malfunctions etc. 8 years ago, HP swapped out a small laptop for me that was not working properly and I upgraded to a more suitable one. I also purchased what I referred to then as a "3-year Insurance Package"…

Hello everyone, Does anyone know if it's possible to recycle old software CDs? I don't mean music CDs or games - I've been having a clear-out and found a couple of HP 'software and documentation' CDs (I think for an old printer and monitor). I'd really rather not just chuck them in the bin as that's harmful, but sites like…

As the legs are now too big for my new bedside table, on my Samsung 32T5300 television which I purchased from John Lewis on line at the back end of last year Recently I purchased a universal Table top stand .As recommended In the Samsung instructions I brought M4 28 mm pan screws but they do not engage with 4 holes at the…

Hi our business has been switched over to Quickbooks online from Quickbooks desktop (due to Quickbooks discontinuing the desktop version). We have tried over several days to access our old desktop data without success. We have tried to follow links sent to us by Quickbooks and install 'trial' versions in order to access…

My wife has bought a new Samsung Galaxy A16 4G (Android 15) to replace a failing OPPO A74 (Android 13). What is the best method to set up the new phone? Use one of the direct transfer methods detailed on YouTube etc. Can you suggest the better methods? Start from scratch. Download all apps etc. Transfer data such as photos…

So I have Windows 10 on my PC & it wont support Windows 11. No problem as at some point I was planning on building or buying a new one anyway but then I've been thinking about that for a few years now & still not got round to it so who knows when. So with Win10 support ending, would you continue doing online banking on a…

Hey guys, I used to do this sort of thing for a living a loooong time ago, but I feel quite out of the loop now! I used to use Kaspersky, but then switched to Avast, which I've been using for a while. What bugs me is the whole suggestions it makes, and then you're unable to do any of them with the free version.. and it…

Just transfer my SIM card to new iPhone, was surprised no contacts was transferred. What do I do?

Why is it that you can use a password manager to create a password, it works perfectly fine in the first thing you use it in (be it app or desktop) but then when you go to use it in the other (so desktop if you first used it in the mobile app) it says incorrect password, even when you copy & paste & even when you copy &…

Forgot my apple account password. Finding it difficult to reset it. Will it be easier if I create a new account using another email address but with the same phone number. I do not think I can use the same email address. Thanks

I’m looking for affordable, easy-to-use software to manage inventory, invoicing, and accounts for a small business, especially for anyone in retail or selling physical products. Have you tried any tools that really made your workflow easier? I recently came across https://finexcloud.com/ which looks promising for stock and…

Maths was never my strong point. If I calculate hire purchase on £30,000 at 5.7% annual interest rate over 5 years I get a total payment of £34,548.50 with £4548.50 being interest. =PMT(C4, D4, -A4) with C4 =.48% D4 = 60 A4 = 30000 which gives a £575.81 monthly payment. I have £30,000 in a savings account earning 3.9% per…

Just bought an iPhone 16 plus and whilst playing with it got stuck on this screen with voice over. No idea how to switch it off as cannot get to the home page. The voice over is so annoying and cannot get to any settings. Asking for passcode which I input then asked for tuv and I cannot access anything. Pl can anybody help…

Quite a newbie on recording music I have a digital liana keyboard, peavey amp used for my guitars, accoustic guitar with two passive speakers , a microphone, and garageband on a mac. Someone also gave me a maudio mtrack solo. realistically exactly what do I need to connect my keyboard, guitars, microphones etc to my mac to…

Hi All - for a long time I’ve seen mapyourfinance.com tools for budgeting etc - their UI is beautiful. It used to be essentially an Excel template, but now looks as if they have their own web experience. Does anyone have any experience of this? How safe is it? Noting that a quick web search does pull up some questions over…

I have a desktop PC and a Chromebook. I do not have a smartphone. On the Chromebook I use Virgin to access e-mails. Signing on to the Chromebook e-mail today I get a message to sign in or register for Virgin Media 02. I have not signed out and wonder if this is the result of a system update. I enter my usual password and…

A major clear out of the loft and garage has revealed three boxes of 12" LPs that have been sitting there for about 20 years.We have a Sonos system in the house and were wondering about connecting a turntable to nostalgically listen to what we have - looking for something MSE ;)

I will shortly be replacing my 8 year old Win10 desktop with a much higher spec Win11 one. I am hoping that some of the antique software I use will still work on the new one, but if it doesn't and I can't find acceptable replacements, then on the face of it I have two options, but please feel free to come up with any…

Forgive my ignorance but I really don’t understand what a fire stick is, especially whether it is an Amazon thing or generic. i have two Samsung smart TVs. One can no long access streaming services other than BBC iplayer. I understand this is because the apps have changed and I now need a fire stick. There seem to be…

Hi.MIL's new TV, an LG 60UQ81006LB.All good, except the sound volume on the BBC iPlayer App is very much lower than everything else. Vol needs turning up to around 80, which then blows your eardrums when going back to terrestrial.Is there an obvious solution?Thanks.I said thanks.THANKS! You hear me?