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EE Half Price Sim with Broadband deal
Hi there, I recently got a new sim card contract with EE for £15/month, would have been £35/month but at the same time I took BT's broadband at £30/month which gave me the £20/month discount on sim contract. The EE sim gives me apple music as a perk so is great value to me. My current internet provider is TalkTalk and they…
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Best source of printer ink
My supply of bulk ink to refill cartridges has run out ( wish I’d bought more from Wilko ). Does anyone know a good supplier ?
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windows rename query
I have a lot of WhatsApp images in a folder on my hard drive they are usually named something like IMG-20230911-WA0000.jpg I want to use rename to remove the IMG- from the front I tried rename IMG-20*.* 20*.* but that didn't work Does anyone know if it can be done? many thanks
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HP Warning
I received an email from HP warning me to replace my refilled ink cartridge.Apparently I can only use official HP cartridges.Have other people received this email? Are they allowed to do this?
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Question about Apple ID
Hello all. I hope you can help me with this. My Dad has an iPhone SE, the original 2016 version which used to be my Mom’s phone. My Mom now has the iPhone 8 which belonged to my daughter. My question is regarding the Apple ID - when he had the phone which was a couple of years ago, I reset the phone and made an Apple ID…
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HOW TO CONVERT CAMCORDER TAPES
Hi Folks I have some HI 8 camcorder tapes which I would
like to put on another storage medium. Can you kindly suggest anything? Thanks in advance
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Digital voice installation - what actually happens ?
When BT get around to it I assume an engineer arrives. My phone point and router are in the hall. What does he install and where ? Will he have replacement phones if mine don’t work ? What else do I need to prepare for or know in advance ? How often do people have problems and what are they likely to be ? Not that I’m at…
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Cheapest Way to Backup Photos and Videos To The Cloud
What is the Cheapest Way to Backup Photos and Videos To The Cloud? I need to cover about 2TB of data. Thanks in advance
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Facebook - Fake Account (account set up in wife's name)
"Techie Stuff" seems to be the only category that fits this? My wife's sister told her yesterday that she was getting Facebook friend requests from my wife but she does not have a Facebook account and has obviously not triggered any such request. I have a Facebook account and found the profile in my wife's name. The…
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Firestick won’t work when switched to another
I had a Firestick connected to my main Sony TV set, it was giving a little trouble, a friends brother in law is sorting it out I have a second TV, mainly used by the children, it's set up is as follows: the aerial goes into a Humax PVR out from the PVR to a Samsung TV. that Firestick. It worked perfectly. I decided to…
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Please educate me on phone charger speeds
Hi all genuinely baffled here. Have owned iPhones for years. In my cupboard/car/desk/coat etc.etc I have amassed loads of chargers. Probably some from Poundland, some original Apple, some from Amazon etc, etc… I’m sure a lot of you get my drift. So, I get in my new VW car and plug my iPhone into the white lightning cable…
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SOME MP4 video files won't open.
I have downloaded and am using VLC - yet some of my MP4 video files will not open - they show as a parking cone - others will open. As far as I can see - there's absolutely no difference between the individual files (they are all between 200Mb and 400Mb in size).I have updated VLC Windows media player no longer plays MP4's…
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Facebook forum
Is anyone aware of a Facebook forum where I could possibly get help from, I'm trying to get my page verified but the "how to" makes no sense to me at all. TIA
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New battery not calibrating
I’ve had a new battery installed on my HP laptop. In the HP support assistant it says the battery should be calibrated. I have followed the instructions and calibrated it. HP Support Assistant still says it isn’t calibrated. Could it be wrong? This is the message I got when I finished calibrating
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microwave failed
I have a counter top Hotpoint extra space microwave, the one that don't have a turntable, it's quite big , it's 4'yrs old. last week I heated up a cup of coffee, took cup out, and accidentally closed door, it ran for about 2 seconds empty. it made a big pop noise, tripped the main fuse box. I reset the trip switch, checked…
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Problems with a single email address bouncing back
Firstly apologies I'm not at all techie but will try and explain the issue as best I can. I use Virgin emails (the old Virgin.net format) via Thunderbird for all my emails and can also access emails via the Virgin media hub online. One email address - which is unfortunately an important work one bounces back 99% of the…
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Itunes updated unexpectedly and lost all my favourites and playlists
About a month ago I opened my Itunes and it had updated, I have not updated it for years as only use it now and again mainly to add songs to my favourites for the year. Once it had updated everything had disappeared and was just like a new install, so I reloaded my library but that was a disaster as songs, tiles and album…
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10+ yr old Laptop - updating to Windows 11 from Windows 10 Pro? Bitlocker?
Hi I have a 10 yr+ old laptop. Somehow managed to upgrade this to Windows 10 Pro which it is now running. It also has Bitlocker. Both the Windows 10 Pro and Bitlocker were needed for some work I was doing but no longer do, so neither are crucial to keep. My questions are: 1. Should I manually updgrade to Windows 11 now (or…
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Norton 360 program and PC problems
I have often read on this board that you should ditch your Norton program as there is no need for it. I've just run a scan using it on my 4 month old Pc and it states that I have: 299021 Browser junk 6467 system junk 389 Broken short cuts 365 Broken registry issues And that i have 5 programs slowing my PC Naturally I want…
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Alternative Video capture software
Hi I have been capturing VHS footage from old VHS tapes, using Cyberlink Power Director 14 and a USB capture device, and an old VHS player. However, I seem to be encountering an issue whereby the video has some judder and interference and the Cyberlink software thinks its a copyright VHS and stops the recording process.…