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Scan Old Slides to PC
Digging through some memorabilia and found a load of slides. We have borrowed a Maplin Gadget 5MP Film to PC Scanner which works reasonably well but is very tedious to use. (You have to manually insert three slides at a time into the fiddly holder, then push them through and click 'scan now' on each one, then remove and…
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its another laptop scam =sorry folks did not realise straight away.
I would have ignored it but it froze my computer so I had to phone the number given for Microsoft Windows Defender (Removed by Forum Team) - Guy called Brandon answered and said I needed to pay for an extension for windows Defender 1 year £199.99 2 years £299.99 or 3 years £399.99. I did ask questions - he said he worked…
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Wiping phone for sale - remove Google Account?
Hi, Grateful for some help please on preparing phone for sale = removing all personal data and leaving phone usable for new owner. It's a Huawei P30 Pro. We know about factory reset but on a previous phone when we did this, when switching phone back on after reset, it still asked us to enter old Google Account details once…
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Password Protecting External Hard Drives - how to?
Hi I back up to two USB external hard drives: Seagate FreeAgent Go Flex and Western Digital My Passport What is the best/easiest way to password protect these external drives? And perhaps with a way to recover a password if lost etc? I copy over all contents of my laptop to these. There is one main folder with loads of…
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Where to buy
I am looking at Lenovo laptops, what are your thoughts on buying direct from Lenovo or Currys, I know a lot of people hate Currys, I am not keen myself but needs must.
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Where to sell old phone
I have an old Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in working condition that i have just found in a drawer from a few years ago and may as well sell it. I have done a factory reset to get rid of personal info. We have a Ce exchange in town and there online (webuy.com) says its worth around £25 which is ok, but can you sell in store? or…
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How do I show ALL Thumbnails rather than placemats / icons ?
My Windows 11 laptop is not letting me display Thumbnails in some folders - defaulting to icons - I have even resorted to clearing and resetting the thumbnail cache with no changeI have "always show icons never thumbnails" UNTICKEDHow do I ensure that Thumbnails are visible ?
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OLED vs qled TV for a sunny bright room
Still looking and every site I go on says something different We ideally want to spend around £500+ on a 55" TV which can be used in our bright lounge. Our current TV which we have had for 7 years has been brilliant but we are now struggling to watch Netflix/primer movies etc in the summer as they look so dark and the…
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Sound bar connection- no hdmi or optical
Hi all ! Had dramas with a new media wall and basically it doesn't have a hdmi port on the sound bar and the optical cable on the TV is damaged I've bought an rca red white which doesn't connect- think as the TV is input not output. How else can i connect? Soundbar has an orange coax?
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Programmes missing on EPG Sony TV with Humax Box
The EPG on my Sony TV with Humax box connected has been perfect for the three years I have had both. Out of the blue the EPG is not showing all programmes. It means that I cannot see some of the programmes and cannot record them. What I don't understand is that it seems to be an intermittent problem because, although never…
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Samsung S21 Ultra repair £300...
Looking for some advice here.... Last March I bought a used but excellent condition Samsung S21 Ultra from 4gadgets for nearly £500. Despite the slightly weak battery it's been a great phone, particularly the cameras. Unfortunately just the other day my phone started experiencing the dreaded moisture detected error when…
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iPad & detected malware
My mother once again has messaged me to say she's getting a warning on one of her devices & should she click. This one looked a little more convincing than most but I still think it's bogus & I'm wondering how it's come about. Anyway at the top of the screenshot she sent me it says Apple security shieldsurfsafe.com Then…
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Please help - WiFi set up and fire stick
My router is in a bedroom upstairs. I’m trying to use a firestick in the kitchen downstairs but it keeps buffering. I bought a wifi extender but it is still buffering. Can anyone help me with the best way I can set this up as I’m going mad. I’m not very technical so idiot proof instructions would help me so much. Thanks in…
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Android phone "My Files" mystery
I have a bunch of sound files which I use as references when practicing with my clarinet, and they are stored in "My Files" on my Samsung A14 phone. I open "My Files", go to "Audio Files" and tap one of them to open it. What happens is that I then get a "Welcome! Ringtones for Android TM" page. If I tap on "continue", it…
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App that transcribes speech to written text?
is there such a thing?
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Is Microsoft trying to take over everyone's PC again?
Every so often I start up to find Microsoft wanting to 'set up my computer on both my Windows 10 laptop and Windows 11 PC. These aren't essential updates, but it seems to encourage the use of more Microsoft apps or even replacing other apps with theirs. It's almost impossible to bypass this because it only gives me an…
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Best laptop
Daughter currently has a Macbook Air 2018 but it's on it's last legs, mouse stopped working and battery is about to give up the ghost - can anyone help with suggestions for a replacement? She uses it for college work and watching movies on - not really sure on budget but under £1000 - thanks in advance
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Bad colour on Zoom While using Ventura tablet
Good evening, Watching YouTube on this tablet is fine. However, whenever I joined zoom on this tablet, my background is not good. Sometimes I ask other users to help me check how I appear, they do say it's yellowish etc What can I do to correct that? Thanks
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Saving video from iPhone 13 to PC
I used to be able to view any saved videos on my PC that I took on my iPhone (I just clicked on them, and they rolled). However, recently, if I save a video, I can no longer view it, I get a message saying "HEVC video extension is required to display this file". I can still play previously saved videos, this just occurs on…
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I Phone battery % reading
We keep an old I Phone SE on the side in the kitchen to control the Sonos system. About 2 weeks ago, it started to lose battery quite quickly. I put it down to old aged and wondered what to do.On Friday night it was reading 1%. It asked me if I wanted to use 'low power mode' but I declined and thought I'd leave it to shut…
