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Iphone not connecting to Apple Car Play
Hi all I got a new car in April - connected my iPhone to Apple Car Play wireless - worked great - then suddenly a few months back it stopped connecting. I have connected via a USB cable - but that seems very hit & miss! Will regularly drop out. I did buy an Aspire 3 Fitbit around the same time as it stopped working - so…
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Android phone - need icons help please!
Maybe I have OCD? Who knows. But for a very long time the icons on my Samsung A14 have irritated me because I can't move them to where I want them. On the home screen (lock screen?) I have the ones that I use the most, and that's fine. If I want any other apps, I swipe upwards and I get 17 more icons. If I then swipe that…
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USB lead?
I am looking for a lead with a 13a plug on one end and 6 usb/usbc outlets on the other end. All seem to have 13a sockets alongside the usb outlets which makes it too bulky for where I want to put it. Splitters will reduce the output of the usb outlets. Is something like this available?
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I want a Samsung Galaxy phone, what model and where to buy from?
Hi all, I currently have a Samsung Galaxy S9+ phone. Its starting to get a bit glitchy, and - after nearly 10 years, perhaps time to get a new phone! As you may tell, Im not a big phone user. I use it to listen to podcasts/youtube, whatsapp, perhaps take a few photos. Occasional I may even make the odd phone call! (very…
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Smart Things App for Android Find Phone - I'm stuck!
On MSE's recommendation, I downloaded the SmartThings app on my phone. I only want the app for it's ability to be able to find said phone incase I lose it. I think I have downloaded it properly, and on my phone I can see where my phone is (with me, obviously). However, when I go to the website and sign in (I didn't have to…
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Internet TV for man cave.. help an oldie.
Hi I would like to install a nice TV for streaming in my revamped man cave. Everything will be over wifi/ ethernet from a relay with good speeds. I will want to watch all the main streaming services , netflix etc but have fallen a bit behind with new TVs etc I have just discovered Freely exists so this would allow me to…
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Cloudfare Nightmare
For the last few weeks I've having trouble on numerous sites while using my main Windows 11 laptop using Chrome browser. This includes being refused completely to access some sites, being subjective to further Cloudfare checks slowing up everthing, have some functions not available within a site. I have two other computers…
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Hotkey problem
Hi I've recently joined a stockbroker which allows you to program hotkeys for quick trades. For example alt Q might be programmed to buy a thousand shares, another combination to sell them. The error when I attempt the hotkey is 'Autosend is off, Time in force error in Hotkey.' (see orange background script in picture)…
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Can't screen mirror from iPhone to Panasonic smart tv ... viera message ?
Having problems screen mirroring from my iPhone to Panasonic smart tv - both are connected to the same wifi. I've selected the screen mirroring icon on my iPhone but it doesn't bring up any TV to mirror too and screen mirroring under settings in TV is selected. Message on tv says the following and not sure what to do?
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How to completely turn off editing remarks in Word
There's only one in the column which doesn't now show there but has come up as a blank box on the actual page. When clicked it shows the comment. How do I get rid of it? TIA
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How to turn off cloud back up
I have a Google pixel 8 phone and I want to transfer a lot of photos
to my laptop which is running windows 11. How do I stop them being
backed up to the cloud. I have looked at lots of ideas on line but I
can’t get any of them to work. I have masses of
storage on my laptop and an external hard drive and don’t want to
have…
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How to mass-delete gmails?
I have over twelve thousand emails going back to 2019 under 'promotions', and in a gmail account that keeps warning me I'm aboot to run out of space.My index fingertip is worn out from deleting 50 - a page's worth - at a time. How do I mass-delete, please?Ta :smile:
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Broadband speed test
Hi looking for a bit of ' education' Virgin installed and reasonable happy. Provided with Cisco samknows.com speed test. Snapshot readings are Router 135 @2mtr, Router 130 @ 15mtr Smart TV on own speed tester 25 @15mtr. A virgin wifi pod ( extender) tried in various areas but doesn't appear to improve TV speed or readings.…
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Lots of undeliverable emails in spam
I had a fraudulent transaction on my credit card a few weeks ago. Luckily I had an alert from the CC company who reversed the charge and sent me a new card. A few days later I noticed that Netflix had been added onto my TV package which I did not request, but they insisted it had been done via my account on chat. This has…
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New cheap tablet over 14 inches??
Hi all, looking for a new tablet to primarily run canva and Instagram online, I have a PC for anything major. Looking for a cheap alternative to samsung under 200.00 which means amazon, Ebay or temu etc.. and obviously an odd foreign brand name. Anyone recommend anything, thanks
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Epson XP-8700 problem
Printing photos from Windows PC. Set up is cable linked After clearing a paper jam I'm getting a message "Memory device is not inserted. Add a memory device" I presume this refers to the connecting cable but this is quite firm at both ends. Am I missing something?
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What is the problem with my phone
Hi all, i have had my poco m6 pro for about 18 months now (private purchase)and i started having problems with charging about a month or 2 ago where the fast charge facility stopped working. I did post on here about that and tried everything that was recommended including a battery recalibration but nothing seemed to work…
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Gmail off line ??
My Gmail App is telling me that I am required to complete additional steps before using Gmail app - but it doesn't tell me what those steps are...............it appears to be OFFLINE - How do I switch it back ONLINE ?I was using the app before lunch but it suddenly has problems ...
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Cheap FM transmitting car play / android auto devices for the car?
First off, I already have something that resembles this, so I'm not just asking for any old FM transmitter. With the car I've got, story short I really don't want to be putting too much money in to it as it's just a temporary thing. No idea what I'll get next, obviously. The next car could be a single DIN unit, double DIN,…
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HP Stream memory help please
Morning all! I bought a little HP Stream a while ago and I really like its size and the keyboard (no space wasted with numeric keyboard for example) and I knew that the memory wasn't great. However I thought that as all my documents etc are out in the cloud on google drive, I wouldn't need a lot of storage and could just…
