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How to get Texts sent to a SIM inside a router?
Hi I got a £24 bundle on Asda Mobile Broadband as I had a dispute with Virgin Media. I was usung thw Asda SIM in a 4G router. Now that I have resolved the dispute with VM, I have changed my Asda bundle to a £5 SIM to use as a backkup. But in my Asda Mobile account it still says the £24 bundle will renew next month. I need…
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Adobe Acrobat Cancellation Charges
Adobe will charge 50% of your yearly subscription if you try to cancel at any point during your contract, here's a simple way of avoiding this fee - log on and change your plan to a cheaper one, you will then receive a refund of the unused portion of your current plan. You are now entitled to a free cancellation of this…
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Office 365 Subscription - Anti Virus softwear ?
Hi Im not great with technology but I pay a subscription to Miscrosoft to get OFFICE 365 to run accounts for my small farm holiday cottage business (I have looked on the MSE site & tried out the alternative office softwear that are free - but have used OFFICE 365 for so long in my employed job I much prefer it & didnt get…
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Best buy mobile for £150ish
My partner
needs to update her mobile as the operating system on her very old moto G5 can’t
be updated anymore and it’s about to course problems. She is
looking for something simple for around £150 to £180. What would be your best
buys? Thanks for any advice.
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A good shredder for home
Hi Please can you advise which is the best shredder for home use as seen some but they say cuts off after 10 mintues use As I have lot of shredding to do I saw one at Argo's fellows £30 thinking about but if cut out after shredding a few pages will take years TIA
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Insta360 X3 camera 'SD card too slow' error message
Just bought an Insta360 x3 for our holiday and made sure we bought a micro SD card with rating of V30 as per the instructions. Tried it today and kept getting the error message 'SD card too slow' and it not storing anything we shot. Thankfully we were just trialling it on our dog walk. Does anyone know what the issue could…
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Asus AC2400 Dual Band Gigabit Wi-Fi Router Apple Time Machine
I have bought this router and am looking to wirelessly back up my Mac using an external hard drive. Is this possible with this router? If it is, can someone give me a noobs guide in how to do it please?
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Dramatic drop in phone mobile service while in home
It has never been great, but suddenly I really cannot make phone calls and texts while at home. When I walk outside it improves slightly, and I have no problems while at friends' houses. Not having phone service at home is alarming. Also, my wifi (NOWTV)has been really slow too. I am on Giffgaff and have been really happy…
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Old projector/negatives/pics
My decease Dad had boxes of photos on "slide in/projector, negatives, but there is now no projector. Is there any way to get these onto disk, or ?????? Mum nd Dads early life 40s/50s/60s. TIA
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Need PC laptop recommendations around £500 budget
I need your recommendations, please. I'm after a PC laptop for work use and it will be used as follows: - Browsing - Videocalls - Multiple applications open - Multiple Chrome tabs open (usually around 30 to 40) Looking for the following: - SSD Disk - at least 4/500GB - 15.6 screen - Decent screen - Reliable brand (like HP…
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Looking for a website design tool
I've had a website for my business for more than five years that I made myself using Wix. It's served me well and cost me nothing as I have the free version of Wix where their advert appears at the top of the site. I've had some emails from Google suggesting my site is lacking in some way that need attending to but I can't…
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backup to goggle drive..?
Gdrive gives a basic storage of 15GB for users. I have used for years purely on a drag and drop from PC. A friend needs to 'backup' data from 2 PCs - data only totalling about 7GB- running under win 10. Net connections available Is there a way to cheaply (free) auto backup to gdrive (being free), say the user directories…
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Help please with the choice of a new tower Pc less than £500-00?
I put a thread on last year regarding my existing Pc and received many helpful replies. I've tried and done quite a few changes and alterations to my existing PC, but I've now decided that I'm in the market for a new PC. So I'm looking for a tower Pc up to about the £500-00 mark. Use is just internet and files etc, no…
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System info utility
A long time ago I used a utility which displayed the configuration of the computer along with list of software etc. I can't for the life of me remember what it was. Can anybody help? Windows 10 OS. Thanks.
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Best Site for Freeview Transmitter Info.
Hi. We have a smart TV and receive transmissions from the Beacon Hill transmitter. Can anyone suggest a good website for info on the best mux channels to manual tune to, from Beacon Hill transmitter? I feel that many of the sites I've found are actually out of date. It is still the case (despite getting a new aerial and…
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Remove text in brackets from a text file?
So I have some text files that have (text in brackets) I want to delete all instances of these, including what is inside the bracket. e.g(Billy) What time is it? (Julie) Quarter to three. (looks at clock)No, ten to becomesWhat time is it? Quarter to three. No, ten to Anything free that will do it?I have textpad, notepad+ &…
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iPhone to take two sim cards?
Looking at specs I see the iPhone XS only takes one sim and then an esim? "Use of eSIM requires a wireless service plan (which may include restrictions on switching service providers and roaming, even after contract expiration). Not all carriers support eSIM. Use of eSIM in iPhone may be disabled when purchased from some…
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DVD Player Issue
Hopefully right forum. I have had a relatively old (7 years maybe) DVD player connected to be an aged Sony TV for years using a Scart connection. Don't use the DVD very often (1 or 2 times a month) and it worked fine last time . Tried to watch last night but two problems ; remote didn't work and at first no sound on…
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Facebook notifications help please!
I have Facebook on my android phone and on my Chromebook, but am not at all up to speed with it. As things are, if I put a post on a local group and somebody comments on it, I get a red dot on the bell thing at top right, which goes when I click on it. I also get notified on the Chromebook by a pop-up in the bottom LH of…
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Community Fiber router issues - Advice if possible
Can anyone help with what could be the issue with my Community Fibre router? Tried resetting the black modem and white cube. 2 green lights on the black box but in the middle a red and red light on the white cube Called CF who said an engineer needs to visit and it's probably an external issue (other neighbors in different…