Techie Stuff

Later this year, will be going to a campsite in France and, as per usual, the reviews state the free camp WiFi is poor and even if you pay for an "enhanced" service it is still poor, as in slow and/or difficult to connect to. I don't want to be spending all my time clustered round the reception area along with everybody…

Why? the 365 Basic gives 100GB onedrive cloud; the Lifetime license gives Word, Excel etc for a oneoff payment.

Hi I work away from the flat thus need a good and not to costly cctv for inrenal use so can be sure no is coming in my flat when not home as manging agent have key only i think ? and can see on my mobile 

Happy Sunday Please can you advise which the best one and how cost to get it fitted ?

I am looking at a new laptop to replace a netbook so it does not need to be the best and most powerful machine ever. I would like a bigger screen than the netbook (11") but my wife's 15" laptop is more bulky than I like. Dell seem to have a good deal on the Inspiron 14" - Processor = Intel® Core™ 7 150U (10 cores, up to…

I have a old PC (about 2007 vintage) on replacing it about 15 months ago I just unplugged all leads and set up my new Pc. Of course I should have deleted all info etc on the old Pc but......! I don't want to reinstall all the cables etc (even if I still have them), just want to dispose of it safely and erase any data on…

Seems to have started today, she's powered it down just now as it's not charging and she doesn't want it to go completely flat. I have a USB charge meter which I plug into the USB charger and then the USB cable goes from that into her phone. With my phone the display starts showing the current being drawn from the charger,…

Someone has sent me an email with mp3 and wav attachments and I get [{"errorCode":10014}] in both cases. Has anyone any idea what it means? I get the same code on Windows or Android, however both use Gmail. It was sent from a Mac and it's a sound file. 

When you restore your google back up of your phone to a new one, it restores the actual apps which were used on previous phone But is there a way to automate the restoration the same organisation as you had before - i.e. Which apps/icon were grouped in which folder 

Hi all I am tempted changing my mobile but stuck with choice - I kinda narrowed it down , thoughts? Anyone used or uses these ? I was thinking getting either Samsung s24 or the fe version but not sure if Wana spend so much I was leaning towards Motorola 50 edge ultra or more budget friendly option the 50 edge fusion ( but…

Between £200 and £300 My current phone is a 6 year old Xiaomi POCO F1. It was a great phone but it seems to have some RAM issues these days and keeps faltering, so looking for a replacement.

5 years ago my cousin gave me his old stand alone TomTom sat nav, which is OK except the battery needs charging for 5 minutes before it boots up, and the screen needs a hard tap to work, so I was wondering if there was a cheap free satnav available for my Android phone. Since I don't travel much it could be basic, just…

Is there any way to stop spam calls. I think someone has a similar number, and used it online. Now they are ringing asking for a lady on my number 

Does anyone know if Money 98 works with windows 11

Hi, Not updated Firefox browser since last year and it is nagging me to update before tomorrow due to a root certificate expiring I just want to check if anyone on here is having any issues with the latest version 136.0.1 first as it seems to have conflicting views elsewhere? If there are any problems, would I be better…

Hi all, I have a pretty unique problem with my Wordpress website. I built my site over 5 years ago, using Elementor. I'm pretty sure I didn't spend any money on addons but Elementor made it quite easy. The problem is that I've completely forgotten how I did what I did, and I'm not even sure what my Wordpress editing site…

I saw a domain i want and see it expires in 3 months but today i went to check and its available to buy? one site says the whois information is not availble but the another shows it as registered until the expiry. can anyone explain why this is? and how am i able to purchase it for a regular price from godaddy 3 months…

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DV9TNJJC N100 Mini PC Desktop Computer, Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake- N100(up to 3.4GHz), 16GB DDR4 RAM 512GB M.2 PCIe SSD, Support 4K Dual Display/USB3.2/WiFi5/BT4.2/Win 11 Pro Delivery from Amazon, and free returns within 30 days, so I've ordered one. What tests do people suggest that I carry…

Looking for a pair of wired open-backs within £150 budget and have currently narrowed down list to:* Grado SR-80x * Fiio FT1 Pro * Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro * Sennheiser HD599SE * Sennheiser HD600S All I can say is I don't particularly want anything which is over bright, any thoughts on which of the above might be best?

Hi all, I'm looking for a cheap, ultra portable laptop which runs Windows (or Linux even). I'm a PhD student so price and portability are the main concerns, I only really need it to run Libre Office and some reference managing software. Beyond that battery life and being small and light enough to stick in my bag are the…