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Two landlines support
hi all. We moved into a house in April and there are two telephone lines running to the property from the telegraph pole near the property. One goes to the main house and the other to an outbuilding at the back of the property. The main one works - we have everything plugged in and working. I’ve tried plugging a phone into…
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Dull colour on Humax but normal on Sony TV.
UPDATE: 11 November 2025 at 0750 hours. The problem with the colour on programmes viewed via my Humax Box seems to have resolved itself. I tried everything I could think of and, yesterday, the colour was really dull. When I turned my Sony tlevision and Humax Box on this morning the colour had gone back to normal. I am not…
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Bitwarden - how best to share bank logins with family in the event of my death
Hi all, Ive recently started using Bitwarden. I know it has a feature where you can share passwords with a family member. I really only want to do this so in the event that I die/become incapacitated, my family member has access to all my bank accounts/investment platforms. I obviously dont want them to access my bank…
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Router issues. No internet/TV at all!
Earlier today my router was running as normal. For several hours now it's been flashing orange/red. I accidentally switched off the plug earlier (I wanted the one next to it) but it was only off seconds. When it came back on the lights started flashing. I've turned it off before and never had an issue. I've tried switching…
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Email provider not gmail
Can anyone recommend any email provider that's independent of things like Google? I don't want a Google account and just want an email account with user and password with a simple.interface.
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MSE App data error.
* I have the Android app and while checking yesterday I noticed that it had my retiral month/year wrong. * Ah well, I thought I could correct it following the published procedure. But no, I could change many things but not this particular piece of data. * I then thought I would contact some helpful app-type person by…
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Scart to HDMI Converters?
My friend's in the process of buying a new TV, but he has a lot of old vhs tapes. He's been collecting since the 70's. His old TV has a scart socket to connect his vhs player, obviously new TV's don't, so he needs a converter. (Some of the titles have never had a dvd/bluray release, or are extended editions ect). But, I'm…
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Converting a Chromebook to run Linux - any snags?
I'm hoping to get a laptop for a family member who is a typical day-to-day Linux user (i.e. not a technical Linux user). Her typical use is mainly browsers - Firefox and Chrome both open with (usually) lots of concurrent tabs, plus Google Earth and the occasional spreadsheet or two.At the moment the best value for money…
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Hacked/spoofed email
Someone sent out emails to my mum's contacts, looking like they had come from her email address, asking if people used a well known internet shopping site. If people replied, they then got a further email from a similar looking email address asking them to buy a gift card for her. She has changed her email password with…
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Windows file sorting puzzle
Whilst moving stuff to a new Windows laptop, I've found a big folder of music files which are in sub-folders named according to the artist. Which is all very well, but I can't search for a tune if I can't remember who the artist is! Is there perhaps a way of copying all the individual files into a new folder with them…
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SIM holder question
What's this little red-circled notch in my SIM holder? My SIM won't fit.
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Yamaha YDS-120 Digital Saxophone
I bought this digital saxophone a while ago and at present, I put some backing music on my TV and play along with it as you would normally. In some situations, I would plug some headphones into the stereo jack on the saxophone, but leave one off so I can hear the TV along with what I am playing. So, there is the query. How…
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Asus laptop storage container
My Asus laptop died yesterday, just said it had to restart due to an error but then would not restart. Took to a computer repair guy today who advised motherboard gone and not worth or unable to fix. He couldn't even get it to switch on to copy my drive. Unfortunately I hadn't backed up my drive for a couple of months 😳 He…
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VOIP
We are currently with EE for broadband and landline. Due to a sudden change in our circumstances that service will end next week. We are out off timed contract and have not changed to digital voice. We still have very old BB router. We wish to keep our landline number. We do now have a 5g vodaphone gigacube router as we…
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WhatsApp - please can someone help!
Hi all, Really hoping someone can help me with this one. My fiancee borrowed my phone over the weekend - better camera, seeing Beyonce and an assumption all this was quite straightforward! We switched our SIMs into each other's phones. When we swapped back, my account was not right. No profile photo and my partner was…
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Multiple Laptop Set up
So, WFH for a long time now and I have multiple Clients. Normally I manage to get access to all the IT I need through my own laptop, but lately I have two Clients who insist on using their own laptops for security reasons. That is entirely reasonable, but with three laptops, and swapping leads between one monitor is all…
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Computer spontaneously restarts
I bought my 'All in one Desktop' back in the spring, and about once a month it restarts itself whilst in use. Is this caused by a program running in the background? The only program I'm using directly using is Avast Browser. Here's a snapshot of the processes which use the highest CPU although there are others. I've also…
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Speed up aging laptop?
Got an 8 year old HP laptop that has only ever been used for simple browsing, email and Word. Would like my daughter to use it this year for light schoolwork to save buying her a new one, but it can be really slow. What's the best way to speed it up myself, to save taking it to a "PC doctor" type place or buying new one?…
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Another Mac Monterey and / or One Drive Issue
I am encountering an issue with One Drive on Mac Monterey. When first powered up it works fine, sometimes for hours. Then suddenly I see a line at the top of a finder window when looking at a One Drive folder saying something to the effect of "Start One Drive to keep your files synced". However the One Drive icon on the…
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Mac (Monterey) Issue
I am running Mac Monterey on an older Mac Pro which is the last version of MacOS that it will run. Recently I have an issue where if I install a new a new program then choose "Keep in Dock" it doesn't if the machine powered down. It stays in the Dock if the program is closed, even if the computer has been in sleep mode…
