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How To Clean USB C Phone Charging Port
I think my Pixel phone's port is blocked with fluff or other debris. When I connect the charger it is difficult to make the connection - I have to press the cable in and move it slightly to one side to work. Often I have to fiddle for some time before it starts charging. I've tried a compressed air spray with very little…
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Porting mobile phone number - really basic questions
DW is with O2 PAYG, but I have just got her a Lebara SIM. O2 issued a PAC code, and I gave that to Lebara and requested a 'Port In'. That will take place on 30 August. What should DW do in the meantime, so that she still gets calls and texts on the old number? I assume that I should put the O2 SIM back in her phone? She…
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Casting embedded video within browser to TV?
May be obvious to some (hopefully because then you can help) but I've literally just tried out this casting thing right now. How do you cast a video that is being played within a browser - to your TV? It'll be coming from an iPad or iPhone - so Apple device. It'll be going to my TV which is an approx. 10yr old Panasonic. I…
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Ford 4000 traffic radio serial no M128450
Please could someone help me with the code for the above radio thanks
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Struggling to find a phone that meets my criteria!
I want a phone with a pretty good camera, has at least 6'7" screen, will take an esim and has a headphone jack (I'd rather not have to use wired earphones but I've tried 2 different 'ear buds' but they fall out too easily and are uncomfortable but you can't return them so I'm not risking buying anymore). . Probably new…
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Office 2021 pro plus - £24
Is this a genuine bargain or is it a risky deal ?https://www.wowcher.co.uk/deal/national-deal/23813732/microsoft-office-2021Is Wowcher going to sell illegal software ?
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Shut out of email account
I am desperate for help. I have had a gmail account for years. This week I have several e mails warning of suspicious activity on my account. So I went to Microsoft website to find out what I could do. I had a to create another Outlook email so that I could communicate with them. Anyway they locked my email account and…
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Back to School Laptop
This email title caused me to double-take today Is this really the kind of hardware that schoolkids are expected to be lugging about these days?
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Easyspace - how to dispute an unauthorised auto-renewal with your card issuer
I am posting this in order to help anyone who has suffered unauthorised services charged to their credit card or debit card by Easyspace, which is a UK registrar of domain names. I paid £12.97 using my American Express card to Easyspace in 2023 to transfer registration of my domain name to Easyspace, including a 1-year…
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Video intercom for elderly parents
Any recommendations or tips of what to look for when shopping for a video intercom for my elderly parents please? They aren't smart phone users so the popular video doorbells won't work for them. Ideally something as simple to use as possible and even better if wireless to save installation costs. Thank you!
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Looking for a safe USB plug
I am looking for a safe - preferably British made - USB plug to connect fairy lights to. I bought a set of 3 from Amazon and they get hot when in use. Does anyone have any recommendations, please?
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I need to merge 2 pdf documents into one
As title, i need to combine 2 pdf documents into one file. I have made it work in open office, but the 2 1.2Mb files add up tp 7Mb and the reciepent wont take files over 5Mb. Been trying for 2 days now with no success. (Its pdf copies of a log book if that helps) Please help
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excel formula help
This is probably not possible but I am trying to make an excel formula where if any of the cells in column C: contain the word shopping then the same cells in column D: are added together and displayed in a cell in column E: =if C1orC2orC3orC4 contains shopping then add D1orD2orD3orD4 and so on. so that if only C2 and C3…
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Office and Publisher conflict
New PC with Windows 11 came with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook) all working well. Then I installed my version of Microsoft Publisher via DVD that I have moved from W7 to W10 without issue. Publisher fires up and I can see and open my old .pub files. Later, when I tried to find a Word file and open it,…
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Software for Laptop Drive Replacement
I'm planning to replace the drive in my laptop with an SSD, and I'd like a recommendation for free software to copy Windows 10 over to the new drive. The new drive will be a little larger, if it makes a difference. I am aware that Window 10 will be unsupported towards the end of next year, but I want to get another year or…
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ip address help
Hi folks, If I send my company an email from a new gmx email address with fake name to stay anonymous, so as I can pass on info about a worker who has been up to things he shouldn't, will they be able to see my personal ip address on the header info or will it be addresses from gmx mail. I did a few test emails and all I…
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help! odd qwerty keyboard layout
Just noticed today on Samsung Galaxi A41Android mobile...My keyboard layout has changed !!How can I revert to the standard,Qwerty has become QWERTZ. The rest is fine apart from the Y and Z positions reversed.Using English(UK) keyboard layout.I'm stumped.
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Shared cloud storage with wife
Hello. Can anyone recommend a good cloud solution so that my wife and I can both back up photos from our phones to the same cloud account. We currently use Onedrive and previously her phone was linked to my Onedrive account and would back up photos to it but now she has her own Onedrive account in her email address for…
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Any reviews on Fairphone?
I don't want a fancy 'phone. I just want to take pics and videos for my own amusement, make 'phone calls and texts, use the internet a bit. Usually I buy Motorola and happy with the specs but my current one at only three years old is failing and I get so SICK of buying 'phones with built in obsolescence so I'm thinking of…
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Looking for advice - Close email account with Microsoft
Looking for advice as I have had hotmail account compromised by third party. I have noted this with microsoft support to close but I cannot actually contact anyone to close the account. I am locked out of account. I have followed all MS instructions and the instructions given by people in MS forums but I cannot contact MS…
