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ITV-X Firestick issue
One of our TV's is unable to upgrade to ITV-X (still has the old ITV Player) so we use a Firestick.Recently, watching a program and, after the ad break, when it goes back to the next section of the program, it just freezes. Sometimes with a spinning circle, sometimes with just a black screen.Pressing back, play or anything…
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Firestick
Hi all We have had a firestick for about 3 years. Last sunday half way through a show, the tv turned it self off, and turned itself on. Kept doing that till we turned off at the plug. So we splashed out on an LG smart tv. However since then, the firestick and the sky q box intermittently will lose connection to the…
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Edge browser now handles avif images.
Microsoft Edge browser v121 has now enabled avif images by default. There's a test page... here ---> https://libre-software.net/image/avif-test/ avif is well supported in web browsers. There's a chart...here ---> https://caniuse.com/avif Good practice for websites is to offer a modern format, such as avif or webp. Also…
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Don't even know the name - personalised pic?
Hi all. I've not got any experience manipulating images other than in paint and PowerPoint. My lovely cat died recently and I would like to create a photo with: 1. Her Pawprints at actual size, coloured to match how they looked. I have black ink Pawprints that the vet took and photos of her paws. How would I make sure the…
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which cctv
I'm looking to install 2 - 3 internal wireless cameras but struggle to understand how they work. * Would like alerts when they detect movement when I'm out * facility to switch them on/off easily - I don't want alerts and recording every time I walk past them myself - just want when house is unoccupied * facility to…
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SMARTY/Three blocking tethering?
Wonder if anyone knows what's going on here, please .. I use tethering from iPhone to Macbook a lot. Current service provider is SMARTY on an unlimited data plan. Mobile data service has been notably erratic in recent days. Then today the option to set up a mobile hotspot dissapeared from the settings menu with a message…
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Problems with Apps on Win 11 laptop
My win 11 laptop has suddenly started to play upWhen I select (for example) a jpg image from the desktop - it tells me"The application cannot be started, Try reinstalling the application to fix the problem"similar with txt files Word files (doc and docx) are OK as are PDF'sI have tried System Restore and that makes no…
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Bios - any way to circumvent this?
I left a remote job 14 months ago and the company has never bothered to have the equipment picked up/returned & I reckon they won’t now after all this time. There is a Dell laptop with BIOS set up. Is there any way to get around this or is this laptop only good for the dump? I’m not techy at all so if someone could…
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LG TV WiFi Pssword
Sky have issued me a new router, I have connected Wifi on my laptop and tablet . When I try and get into the wifi on my LG Smart TV the new sky WIfi number appears but the I enter the Sky password which does not accept. What am I doing wrong
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Smart Socket controlled by Python Code?
I have a Tapo smart socket that I used to control using a raspberry pi and a python script which after updates no longer works. I had it switch on and off wirelessly depending on temperature rather than using a wired relay in a greenhouse. Does anyone know of another smart socket that can be controlled by a python script?
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Deal Monday for technology goods
Set of Samsung Air Buds 2 Pro on there for £90 vs £220 direct from Samsung. Just wondering if others have used & can report good/bad from here? From what I can see it's a site where you get foreign goods. I did that for my Samsung GW3 from Techinthebasket. It came in some foreign language & missing a couple features but…
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Help for a dummy -Apple I Pad
I have been given a second hand I Pad Mini 2 by a family member ,switched it on and it said to use if you have an I Phone put along side and it will run the same ( my wording ) Well i did and it now has all my photos etc. The problem i have is i use Yahoo.co.uk for all my e mails but the i pad only seems to use I Cloud ,…
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MicroSD card not recognised by android phone.. after transferring files to it!
Desperate plea for help please! I ordered a SanDisk microSD card for my Samsung Galaxy S8. My phone initially recognised the card fine, and I transferred across a large amount of files - at least 10GB worth of photos, videos, and things I need for work. Now, the phone is suddenly not recognising an SD card at all. I try…
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2.4GHz or 5 GHz ?
I have a raspberry pi in my greenhouse controlling the watering and temperature which has a USB wifi adapter so that I have a choice of 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz. My router is a Virgin Media Hub 5. Using wavemon the signal strengths are 5 GHz 57%, -70 dBm, ch 108, 5540 MHz 4 sta, 2% chan, Radio Measure, Spectrum Mgmt 2.4 GHz 49%,…
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Laptop Reccys, Please?
I used to have a Lenova Yoga but it died after 5/6 years and I think I paid about £600 in the sale from £1000. My main use for it is for a few emails now and again, forums, FB, Amazon/Netflix streaming. (I don't have a TV/monitor, so viewing TV programmes need to be good size, but not not necessarily big). I don't play…
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Windows taskbar has changed.
That. On my (Win10) PC that section has always shown the weather but for the past few days it keeps showing up things like this AIM1 thing with percentages. I haven't knowingly changed anything although maybe I've clicked something in error. I don't remember. How do I get that stuff to stop appearing & leave it as the…
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Where Do People Buy Their Non-Apple Laptops These Days?
Time was when I would pop down to MicroDirect and chat to other customers and staff and try out the display models. There was even a time when PC World had a half-decent spread of reasonable machines - even the website offerings these days seems very limited in brands and specs. So, as the title says, where do most people…
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Any Electricians out there? change fluorescent tubes to LED tubes.
I want to change my fluorescent tubes to LED tubes. Is it as easy as buy the correct size tubes replace the starter with an LED starter ? Probably not as i have watched a number of you tube videos which mention "breakers, tombstones.etc etc My current tubes are 72cm F16W / 840 T8 COOL WHITE. The tubes are single tubes…
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How to see what capacity a fully charged rechargeable battery is holding? AA/AAA
i have/had this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08CKCZMT1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 i would go for another if available but can't seem to find anything that does the same. i have battery chargers and i have a little unit that tells me green/amber/red for current state but not the actual current…
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Can I put Tesco App on Desktop?
Does anyone know if I can download Tesco App onto my desktop as it's the only device I have? If possible, how to do it please? In simple terms LOL.
