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Blu-Ray player for a Macbook
Would appreciate any pointers on what to look out for when buying a disc player for a Macbook with USB-C/Thunderbolt. Is it better to get one that connects wirelessly? I suppose that would be more convenient. Any gotchas with those endless video standards? Any major differences in picture and sound quality between brands?…
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Safari sends me to chrome?
My DW has an iPhone and uses Safari to access the web. Recently every time she uese it she gets directed to Google and has to sign in to Google. Is this right and how can she either log on permanently or just not use Google?
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Turn internet access off
I know a severely disabled adult with an acquired brain injury. One of her few pleasures is typing letters in notepad and playing patience on her PC (running windows 10) She is a vulnerable adult and as such it is unsafe for her to access the internet. I have tried various methods of trying to block her PC from accessing…
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Edison Mail (android) - how to change fonts
It appears that to change fonts in Edison Mail (android) - you need to be in RICH TEXT editor - but how is this achieved ?It claims - Customize everything by tapping the Aa above your keyboard. Easily change your font — bold, italicize, underline, strikethrough, change the color, adjust size, highlight, and even the font…
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Mobile Phone Gremlins
I clicked on an ad while browsing yesterday. Clicked off. Then started getting notifications saying phone had viruses. I could log on to emails etc. while getting the notifications. I cleared cookies, cache etc., which stopped virus notifications but pages won't load properly. When tried to log onto MSE (using phone), I'm…
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How to completely wipe a PC?
I've just bought a secondhand pc as it has Win10 and a higher spec than mine. My man friend has asked that I give him my old PC. I am 100% fine with this EXCEPT... I have had in the past a lot of personal stuff to do with a previous boyfriend on here .. documents, private photos etc. Obviously I have deleted them in the…
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Restore GMAIL deleted messages
I have spent the last 6 hours on this and have been sent round and round in circles. Yesterday I was doing housekeeping and decluttering and without meaning to I must have accidentally deleted all my sent and inbox emails for my business. I was absolutely mortified when I got to my desk today to find them all gone. Inbox…
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How can I stop PC (W10) notifying me about emails .. sometimes a day late
I have a Yahoo email address, so can easily access this via the computer (Yahoo site) or on my phone (through a 3rd party app) but for some reason, my computer also notifies me too ..but sometimes this is a day later. This is annoying, as I will have normally already read the message, or indeed replied to, or acted upon…
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Patching through a call?
My son is in the Far East on holiday and he needs to speak to his travel insurance company- Tesco. They provide a UK 0345 number that will cost him £1 a minute to call, and they don’t seem to provide a WhatsApp number. Is there any way to get round that? I am in the UK and I was vaguely wondering whether he can call me on…
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Excel Formula
Is it possible in Excel to return a value from the last row of a table which meets a certain criteria based on another column? For example in the data below if my criteria is to look for Item A, I want to return the item price from the last row, so should get £4. Item Name Item Price Item A £1 Item A £2 Item B £3 Item A £4…
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Is updating drivers a necessity?
I bought a new desk top PC about 3 months ago, it came with Norton installed which is now telling me that I have 12 drivers which need updating. Two questions please, is it essential that drivers are updated and are there any free driver updating apps available?
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65" TV recommendations
I'm looking for a new 65" TV for my living room. It has mixed usage, gaming, TV shows, movies, etc. My son sometimes plays Roblox for hours so I am a bit put off OLED due to screen burn. I did have a Hisense TV which at around £900 was in theory a very good TV for the money (mini-LED, full local dimming, etc) but it just…
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Norton installed on new PC, essential to have?
I have Norton installed on a recently purchased desk top PC, do I need this program, it's about £36-00 a year renewal, is it essential or will Windows Defender do the job just as well?
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Lockdown Mode on Android
Hi, I've got a Motorola smartphone and on the screen that says "power of", "restart" etc, I accidentally hit "Lockdown". And now I can't figure out how to get it out of lockdown Mode. It's not letting me go into settings or anything else. It's not even letting me power off or restart the phone. I can tap "emergency" but it…
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PC Case upgrade with USB Type C on front IO
I'm looking to upgrade the case on my PC from the cheap £30 CIT unit to something a little nicer and with USB Type C on the front IO. I upgraded the mother board (Gigabyte B550 Gaming) and processor (Ryzen 7 5700G) just over a year ago but whilst the MB has a USB Type C hub there is no USB Type C on the rear IO, I…
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Facebook Ads Access - Theft and the Law
I have recently been a victim of the Facebook advert service. I currently run ads on Facebook but today Facebook banned my personal account (no reason, they just did). Now I can accept this, however, as I am running ads I'm no longer able to access them but they continue to charge me for them so essentially they are…
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Struggling to download Teams
Finzlly got a copy of Windows 10. There are Two options- teams for home and teams for work or school. When I click on Teams for Home when I try to open file it says error while installing application check setup log. On the work or school one it goes to open store app and nothing happens same with App installer.
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Samsung galaxy in stand by
How do I decrease the time between not using my Samsung galaxy and it going into stand by mode (the point where I need my fingerprint to open it again) for instance after use I leave it idle, I'd like least time possible
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Access for Mac?
Access gets a lot of bad press and it has been missused but its always been useful to quickly import some CSVs, create a little relational db and run queries that would be painful to deal with as v/xlookups in XLS. I've used MySQL, SQL Server etc for more powerful use and productionised solutions but even "lite" versions…
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Norton 360 for Gamers
I got a free 3 month subscription to this when I bought a new laptop in November - the subscription has now expired and I don't plan to pay Norton - but I don't see any change in the actual program - apart from a red banner telling me "SUBSCRIPTION STATUS : Expired"I assume that I am still protected ?It still updates and…
