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Budget laptop, ideally under £500
My last laptop was a MacBook, which experienced the oh-too-common motherboard of doom failure. That was several years ago, and since then I’ve relied on my phone and iPad and still do in the main. However, in my retirement I’ve become secretary of a couple of groups, and am struggling to do the admin on my iPad. I don’t…
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Outlook 365 now only shows two months of my GMail Inbox?
I have about half a dozen email accounts set up in Outlook 365 (Windows 10) including my GMail account. Recently I have noticed that the GMail Inbox is only showing exactly two months of messages. If I look at my GMail account via a web browser or another email client all older messages are visible. My other accounts…
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Landline's being switched off - Questions
I've been without a landline for nearly two years. There are occasions when I have really missed it. I live in a sleepy village and the internet drops in and out. I'm never without it for long and generally I only know about it when I get messages on my laptop or TV, saying my connection has been restored. Using my mobile…
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Selling cameras
My father recently passed away and I have a collection of his cameras to sell. Struggling to find some of them on the online camera sites. Apart from ebay where else is there? Even better would be a shop where I could take them as a job lot. I am in the Greater Manchester area. Any advice please?
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Any recommendations for good laptop under £250
Can you recommend a good laptop for everyday use - general internet surfing, writing up of letters, notes etc. No gaming or such. Just something with good ram (maybe 8GB or more), great processor, decent battery life, and storage capacity for everyday general use. A good name that will last me a while. Not interested in…
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“Printer Busy” - on iPad . It’s not though
I have had a HP200 printer for ages and it started saying “printer busy” and wouldn’t print for ages and then later on you might be able to get it printing again. I tried unplugging everything for 10 minutes and starting over, but it didn’t fix the problem . I got so sick of it that I purchased a brand new different canon…
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Saving pics from phone........cloud?
Built up a hefty collection of photos on my phone I'd like to store and keep in one place.......I believe there's such thing as a 'cloud' available, I'd appreciate any advice please
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Google pixel 8 pro
Hi all, I'm looking at the pixel 8 pro would you recommend this phone I'll be coming from a one plus 10 pro will I notice any difference between the two? Also has anyone used it are using mous cases, If so would you recommend using a screen protector with this case or do the raised edges do enough to protect the screen?
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LG TV replacement screen ?
I knocked over a chair into the screen of our 2019 LG TV and now it's all psychedelic. As the inner workings of the TV are still fine I hoped I could find a replacement screen online but doesn't seem to be a thing. Would be grateful if anyone has found a source to buy from as seems such a waste to chuck it rather than…
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Need a 2nd hand best performing desktop computer / PC ?
Hi all. Need some help, please. I know beggars can't be choosers but I am looking for a very decent priced ( between £110-130) PC / Desktop Computer. What am I looking for is, a faster PC but I don't know what RAM or ROM should I accept these days. I bought mine for £70.00 6 years ago and now it's properly sluggish. Each…
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Smartwatches and mobile data
Hi all i’m looking to get a new Apple Watch with cellular data, but I’m confused about the data aspect. i currently have a Vodafone 12 month plan via mobiles.co.uk cashback - i have about 6 months left on my contract. So, how do i get mobile data on a watch? Does the watch’s sim have to be on the same network as my phone?…
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Samsung galaxy query
Hi, could anyone help please, everytime i open a new webpage this popup comes up, does anyone know how to stop this popping up as its driving me mad? Thanks in advance
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Cheapest IPad - new
Hi whats the cheapest price for the iPad? Any website recommendations. Is it worth buying a new one now or wait a few months?
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Best way to organise and rename photos on Chromebook?
Is there such a thing as a free app or whatever for Chromebooks which will allow me to open a folder of images, drag/drop them into the order I want them in then rename them sequentially?
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Email is not safe for personal data
It constantly surprises me how many professional organisations resort to denial and excuses over this most basic of data protection things. I changed accountant this year, and I was appalled that despite me sending all my info over using encrypted methods, they sent my completed tax return to my by email as a plain PDF…
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1.9Gb PCV file
How do I recover emails from a 1.9Gb PCV file - from a now dead PC - originally created using MOZBACKUP - When Mozbackup doesn't want to know when I try to RESTORE them ?I have tried renaming the file as ZIP file but the INBOX folder, created won't open
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Help - seeking advice on new mobile phone - upgrade from Motorola G7 Power 64GB
My current mobile phone a Motorola G7 Power 64GB is showing its age. It has served me very well over the past four years or so but I need to upgrade to a phone with more fixed internal storage for Apps (I'm currently at 61GB capacity). I like the size (6.2") of my current phone and don't really want to go any bigger. The…
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Will Microsoft really make older pre 8th Gen working laptops obsolete electronic waste in Oct 2025
I use pre 8th gen intel laptops which are working fine for myself but they cant take win11 Will microsoft really allow all older desktop/laptops that at present cant take win 11 become E waste in oct 2025? Worldwide thats going to be alot of E waste Or Are they LIKELY to make changes to Win11 closer to the Oct 2025 date so…
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MSE Visio and Project
I've had a "personalised" offer for both at a reasonable price and think I could potentially get £24 use out of both. Does anyone have them / use either regularly and has Visio in particular helped with websites? My other concern is that this is a means of hooking me in - subsequent upgrades may cost and want to avoid this…
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iPhone 13, iCloud, Manage Storage Account
I’ve recently upgraded to an iPhone 13 and was checking under Photos to make sure that they are not saved to iCloud
and found that to be correct. I then checked
the iCloud area of the phone and although it too had Photos turned off, when I
clicked on Manage Storage Account, it showed an amount of 123.8MB as saved on…
