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How to wipe an old laptop
I've just bought a new laptop and I'm not sure what to do with the old one. Is there a way I can put it back to factory settings like I can with my phone? Should I take out the hard drive and pulverise it with a hammer? I wouldn't even know how to take out the hard drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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WhatsApp only one contact and blocking
I’m going on hoilday with my mum only want to stay in contact with her during hoilday. Will get a new sim with new number for hoilday, on WhatsApp how can I make sure I just have mum on it for new number no one elese, I know you can mute it I already have but I would be too tempted to check. I got old phone I can use all I…
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Possible Scam email - how to deal with it.
I received an email allegedly from a person I know, but not a close friend. She said she was in hospital, not allowed visitors and could I buy a gift card for her - for her niece's birthday today. It was sent to an old email address I rarely use now. STUPIDLY (I think) I replied giving my present email address, saying that…
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Facebook / meta Portal ???
I have been offered a Portal but don`t know much about them . I am wanting something for my very elderly parents so that i can video call them to check they are ok . It needs to be VERY simple . I have read that they are now discontinued and a lot of features are not working now. Will the messenger calling still work ??…
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Old iPad from 2015
Is an old iPad Air from 2015 worth trying to sell? Screen is fine, it works, battery is quite knackered and doesn't last long but it works fine plugged in. No trade in value on all the usual sites or with apple. Would it get a few quid on eBay?
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CCTV/Security wireless outdoor cameras recommendations please.
We want to put a couple of outdoor cameras to check the family home abroad. It's in a village, electricity at times is unreliable, so it needs to be wireless, we also need a battery (probably lithium battery) that lasts at least a year (hopefully more) as we will not be able to change it. We hope to connect them to a…
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Photography APP
Is anyone able to recommend a mobile phone APP, for taking pictures at night? I have a Samsung Galaxy A13.
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Annoying pop-up
Despite having UBlock Origin installed, I'm still getting an annoying pop up video in the bottom right corner of this website https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/all-about/stoke-city-fc with Firefox 118.0.1Tried right click and 'block element' but to no avail. Any suggestions?
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Anyone ID these floorstanding speakers?
Apparently no maker's name or other ID on them.Poor photos, sorry, but they are 4-way, with bottom-side-mounted woofers, by the looks. Distinctively shaped grilles with sides concaving towards the top, and possibly convex-curved towards the bottom (I think they have one upside-down).Looks as tho' the front panels of the…
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Revere image printing
I have a Canon Pixma MG7150 ink jet printer. I'd like to print or copy an image in reverse. Will the printer do this, and if so where can I find instructions?
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Laptop - no sound from headphones
OK, Asus Zenbook, latest Win 10 software (corrected further down on this thread to Win 11). When playing a sound file, OK from speakers but when headphones plugged in, sound cuts off (file still playing) but no sound from headphones. Same set of headphones as used in the past with this laptop and all OK then. Tried…
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Getting an error message when trying to watch ITV from Budapest - worked earlier this week
Hi, I am on holiday in Budapest at the moment and I wish to watch the rugby world cup matches that are being shown on ITV tomorrow. Earlier this week I was able to access ITVX programs by using Mozilla VPN set to a London server. However, I have now tried the same, to watch live ITV (Tipping Point) and I get the error…
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Brother HL-2130 Printer Problem
This laser printer shows an error as it starts printing. Turning the printer on all is normal - all four lights are lit and then just the green light shows. On starting printing it whirrs away for a couple of seconds and then the error light appears. I don't think it gets as far as successfully picking up a sheet of paper.…
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Firefox error message
When I try to access Firefox this morning this message pops up. All was OK last night. I'm now using Chrome. Any ideas what this is please? And how to solve it. thanks
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Does "Fast charging" Android devices damage them?
I have a 20Watt charger on order from Amazon and suddenly worried that it may damage the phone or tablet ??
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Windows 11 blocking McAfee
Since finally downloading WIndows 11 on my laptop yesterday, I am unable to access updates to McAfee. Not happy! Anyone know how to solve this?
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Fender ain't Rumblin'. Faulty amplifier.
Hi.Fender Rumble 100. Symptoms - it's 'dead'. Now't - not a flicker. Found an exploded SMT cap, C357.Problem - no idea of its value. Or what could have caused it. Fender are seemingly reluctant to release schematics, tho' I will contact them to ask if they'll at least provide some info. I'll also try some Fender…
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Backing up old scanned negs - FAT Volume problem.
EDIT: Sorry, it seems certain files do contain the older date as Date Created. I need to look into why that is. I occasionally scan some old negs (some from as early as 1970s) and add the year the image was taken as a Keyword, using Adobe Bridge. The Metadata shows the Date Created and Date Modified as 2023. Curiously,…
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Complicated Microsoft word question it might be impossible
In a word document there is some text between non English characters, for reasons which are too long to explain I would like to change text like this Æ
Example Text. Ö to Example Text Now I can use remove to remove the "Æ" and "Ö" letters but changing the text between them to italics is sadly too difficult for me. Any…
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VPN for firestick on holiday
Heading away at the end of the month.Taking my firestick to maybe watch some UK TV, so, looking for a good value VPN.I've used Winscribe (free) in the past but soon used it's free allowance.
