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Sticky keyboard keys & cleaning
Googling this everything seems to point at spilling a sticky liquid (fizzy drink for example) on your keyboard & cleaning it up. Which would explain the sticky keys obviously. But what about when nothing has been spilled? My keys have started sticking, annoyingly. Sometimes I can be pressing a few times & nothing…
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Solved : Vax Rapide Carpet Cleaner - Not dispensing water
I have a Vax Rapide Carpet Shampooer - after 12 months and only 4 decent uses, it stopped issuing water onto the carpets even though a thorough examination showed no obvious fault. Vax Helpline totally useless. I looked on several "Self-Help" boards and found that lots of other frustrated people have the same problem, but…
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New Uni Laptop
I need to get a new laptop for uni. I will generally be using word, excel, doing research and surfing. I have narrowed it down to two and would appreciate any advice as I don’t know which would be best. I really want a laptop that will last the next three years. My shortlist is: Asus Vivobook S14 Amd Ryzen 7, 16gb ram, 1tb…
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Help! I bought an iPhone mini
Only tiny phone I could find. It's second hand Now found calls aren't connecting and if someone rings me they just get a message. I don't hear anything from the other end. Messages get through. It's for emergencies so very worrying. Any ideas? I can't put the SIM back in my old phone because it was cut down for the mini.…
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HEIC files help
On new Win11 laptop I can’t view photos (uploaded from iPhone on Win10 laptop & copied on new). Pop up shows ‘xx.heic The HEVC Video Extension is required to display this file’. Link to Microsoft store is to MS app HEVC Video Extensions £0.79 but says it’s to play videos on any Win10 device. Store also offers lots of HEIC…
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Worth the upgrade
A bit of advice on a PC upgrade for my 10 year old nephews PC ... He currently has a Lenova Legion desktop I5 8th Gen GTX1050 TI 4GB 8GB memory 1TB 256 SSD An motherboard which is unable to run windows 11 It takes an age to load and opens programmes even after a few clean installs .. it is frustrating to use now It has a…
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Has anyone got a laptop without a number pad to recommend?
Morning all Thanks to the help on here a while ago I've managed to keep my little Stream going a bit longer (Wise Disk - what a revelation!) but am now on the hunt for a 'proper' laptop without a number pad, hopefully with a 15-16 inch screen. It doesn't seem possible to use a search term to specify this and sometimes you…
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Personal Accounting Software UK Quicken replacement
Hi All, I know this question has come up before, but having trawled the previous responses I'm not sure I can see an answer that fits my needs. I am looking for some personal accounting software to keep a track on our spending and fixed expenditures. Some time ago I was using using Quicken and absolutely loved it. It just…
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Anonymous file sharing that lasts over 24 hours
I am looking for a free anonymous file sharing site that doesn't delete the file within 24 hours... https://qrdrop.io/ gives up to 24 hours as do most others
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How to clean up restore health as an administrator
Someone has asked me to run this command as an administrator DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth SFC /SCANNOW however, I'm struggling with entering the command by itself because the prompt C:/users/entra is in front, and I can't get rid of it. If I just place it in front it produces an error. How can I run this…
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MSE Podcast RSS seems to have died
Since 4 Sept 2025 my MSE podcast downloads are failing, (via RSS on RadioDownloader app (Windows10)) returning a 403 Forbidden error, specifically Error: Remote problem The remote server returned an error (403) Forbidden. It downloads the headers OK, but not the media. I'm using…
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Voicemail problems on my Iphone. Can anyone help please
I have a very old IPhone which I dont really want to change. But at the moment even though I can make a call I cant receive them. Its only been the last few days. If someone calls me I receive a text to say I have missed the call about 45 mins after they try to call me. The phone does not ring and the caller says it just…
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Keep PSTN number
Need to switch broadband due to contact end and price hike. Aware PSTN coming to end, but not here yet. Can only find broadband only offers. How do I keep landline number when switching to VOIP.?
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Windows 11 activation
Bought a new laptop via Amazon in May. All well until today when a message has come up like a watermark in the bottom RH corner of the screen " Activate Windows". When I look in Settings I get a message "We can't activate Windows on this device because we can't connect to your organisation's activation server ........." Is…
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GroupOn Microsoft Key
Hi all, I bought a Microsoft Office package from GroupOn that was meant to be lifetime access. But after one month it's no longer working. When I open a Word document, it won't allow me to do anything (whether my document or someone else's). I get a pop up box saying 'this copy of Microsoft Office is not activated'. If I…
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iphone from eBay
Over the years, I have bought a number of phones from that well-known auction site, so now I fancy an iPhone, I turned to them again. There are dozens of 16 Pros for sale, many of them being "opened, not used". Most sellers have little or no seller history, so I wondered what was going on. Does anyone have any recent…
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Looking to buy hand held vacuum cleaner
But am a bit confused. Seen one that comes with a usb -c charging cable. So far so good. But it has a 11volt battery. I think normal usb chargers are 5v. So how is this cleaner charged. Thanks
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Windows shutdown mystery
If I go to shut down my Windows 11 laptop when I've forgotten that I have a program running, I get white text on a black screen inviting me to either close the program (?) or shut down anyhow. And that was the same with our previous laptop running Windows 10. No problem. What is also not a problem but is puzzling me is…
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Headphones/mic recommendations for iMac
I need some recommendations for headphones with microphone that can be used for video/voice calls on an iMac. Looking for budget or normal prices so assuming this rules out any Apple products.
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Laptop for school work / games
Hi all, looking for advice on a laptop to buy my 11 year old - first year secondary, and probably needs her own one now for schoolwork instead of using mine or my partners'. It will be her xmas present this year. I've been a Mac user for years due to my line of work (design/marketing), so I'm a bit of out touch with the PC…
