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Recycle old software CDs?
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…
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Samsung 32T5300 Television . Attaching to stand.Screw do not engage
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…
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Quickbooks desktop
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…
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New Mobile Phone advice: How to transfer everything from old phone.
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…
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Online banking after October 14th?
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…
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Which AV do you use?
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…
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from spotify to youtube
hi all can anyone advise i currently have a 12 month spotify subscription just about to expire but im watching a lot on youtube channels and sick of the adverts kicking in i use the spotify on my alexa and also got spotify connected in my car question is can i transfer my spotify library to youtube app and what is the…
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Transfer SIM card to new iPhone
Just transfer my SIM card to new iPhone, was surprised no contacts was transferred. What do I do?
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Password managers & incorrect passwords (app vs desktop).
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 &…
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Apple account
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
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Virgin Media o2 Login - error code IDF-12B
I can login to My Virgin Media account on the web but the App fails with the above error message. FYI I've seen a post on the Virgin forums suggesting that this is a known problem and VM are working to resolve it.
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Best tools for managing small business stock and accounts?
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…
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Are my calculations wrong?
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…
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iPhone 16 plus got stuck on this screen
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…
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Air Fryer - which is best ?
Wife wants an Air FryerIt needs to be a dual drawer (we think !) - vertical (small kitchen)Which is the one to buy ?Ninja is a little too expensive (£270)
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Music recording equipment
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…
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Mapyourfinance Tool?
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…
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Virgin e-mail sign in problem
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…
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Turntable for Sonos?
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 ;)
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KVM software, virtual machine or something else?
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…
