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Buying a mifi device, what to look for
Hi, I am looking to buy a mifi device to use at home. Have had one in the house before, it was a bit slow but acceptable. All I know was it was a Huwei with a 3 sim card. I'm looking to get a new solution for a few months until the house can be sold, may need it in a rented house in future but maybe not if it is a house…
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Is it possible to remove Threaded View icon in Thunderbird?
I don't want to use this icon in Thunderbird email at all and I keep ticking it by mistake when I mean to tick the star icon next to it. If it is possible to completely remove this icon or, somehow, completely disable it to prevent me from ticking it by accident. The icons are so close together I'll be glad not to have it.…
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Plusnet broadband setting still showing on my network settings
Hi I hope someone can solve the following mystery for me. I switched long ago (talking years here) from Plusnet to NowTv for broadband BUT I still have a plusnet service showing on my network and internet settings list, (I can't connect to it), - why is this? I'm not paying for a plusnet service. Is there anyway I can drop…
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Old kindle basically made worthless.
I have a gen 4 Kindle, 10+ years old. It's been amazing and I tend to go back to it and use it frequently. After downloading a new book and then going to download it to the Kindle, it comes to light that the kindle store no longer supports it so no more books for me 😡 I'm a little annoyed as this device is perfectly fine…
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Text translation query
I have a picture on my Android phone of a document written in Ukrainian, What's the best way for me to translate it into English? And as a follow-on question, I've been told that there's an App with which you can point your Anroid phone camera at a document and see an instant translation. Is that a fact, and if so, what's…
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Buying a Google Pixel tablet in Canada for use in UK
Hi all, Just looking for a bit of advice. I live in the UK but my home country is Canada and I'll soon be there for a visit. I might pick up a Google Pixel tablet in Canada as a favour to a friend who lives in the UK, because they work out quite a lot cheaper there and it would help him to save the money (he would pay me…
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Audiophiles: When digitising your music library.....?
So I've gathered if you want to convert your shop bought audio CD to be stored digitally & you want lossless then you're looking at FLAC. Personally if I convert to reasonable bitrate mp3 (say 192 rather than double figures) my ears can't really tell the difference between that and the CD itself but I've learned there'll…
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How to check an email is legit, if reply is from a different section/person
Hi, I've emailed the CEO of a company about a mobile phone complaint and received a reply from a different Department - which is understandable. I haven't had to click on any links but need to submit my number and imei. When googling the Department, person and address I can't find anything though which is making me…
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I cloud back up.
Hi guys, appreciate a bit of advice concerning I could back up. keep getting messages saying it’s full, but in general, shows only 2.5Gb used ? I had another iPad,, no longer in use, so deleted back up for extra space. only had this one 6 months. Does one need everything backed up everything ? can certain back ups be…
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Broadband filters
Hello, Recently moved into a new place. The socket for the broadband connection is directly next to the coaxial socket on the wall. Now Broadband have sent me the equipment for my new internet, but the filter is a block, without any cable, and when stuck into the wall blocks access to the coaxial socket next to it. Do I…
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Blink subscriptions
I have 5 external blink cameras. They're dotted around the garden and in boxes purely to watch the hedgehogs come and go. Is there an alternative to blink that will do this.
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How to know if your backup is what it should be?
I'm sure there's terminology in there somewhere but as I'm not 'down with the lingo' you'll have to bear with me. So if you have a picture or an audio or video file or document or whatever (singular) & you want to back it up - no problem to check if everything is as it should be. Just open the duplicated file, does it look…
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Amazon electronics protection plan
Over the years Amazon use to offer a protection plan when buying certain electrical items such as tablets, electric toothbrush, phones, etc. It used to be a 2 or 3 year policy which gave cover for breakdowns and accidental damage. But I've noticed now no products have the option of adding protection plans. Has Amazon…
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Android phone advice - budget £200
Hi there. My wife is after a new phone and I have said I would research/get one for her. It has been a few years since I have bought a phone so am not up-to-date on the latest specs. Any advice on what to consider would be appreciated. Have read favourable reviews, so far, for: Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Nokia G60 5G Have also…
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Family Tree, Ancestry, etc web services
Good afternoon, Looking to get a gift for my partner that traces their family tree and history back as far as is practicable. Can anyone recommend a good site they have used? There is a myriad of them from a google search and it's difficult to establish the full differences. My partner is early 40s born in South America,…
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LG TV Will Not Tune
LG TV 55UN71006LB Maybe 3 years old I think. I don't know if the TV has ever been tuned in as it's only been used via wifi. For some reason I just cannot get this TV to tune to ANY TV stations at all. Everything checks out OK with the aerial & all the connections. I have plugged another TV into the aerial socket & that…
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Defender Smart Plugs
I also recently upgraded (well BT/Openreach did) from old copper cable to Full Fibre 500 (FTTP) and was provided with a new SH2, which was set up by myself and the Openreach engineer. My issue is that the SH2 does not allow split/separate bands for the 2.4/5 GHz and that is affecting my Defender Smart Plugs. They will only…
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Linux on netbook
Hi, I have an old Samsung NC10 netbook, with Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz cpu, 1GB memory and running Windows XP Home SP3. I would still like to use it for Facebook and typing up Word documents, etc. Am not too familiar with Linux but would like to install that over Windows. What is the current recommended distro that I cut put…
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Outlook help! Rejected emails
Hi all IT help! We have (free) outlook.com accounts for our church office, curate and rector. But we’re all currently getting mail send rejection notifications but the emails are actually recieved. I’ve never encountered this with outlook before. Any suggestions? “A communication failure occurred during the delivery of…
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Nintendo switch games - recommendations / where to buy?
We have a CEX and Game in town. But is online (Music Magpie, etc) any better? I currently have Pokémon Sword and X. Can someone please recommend any similar (not just Pokémon) games? Strategy / puzzle type games. Thank you
