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Temporarily setting up an iPad.
Hi. Trying to sell my son's iPad Air (5?). He restored it to factory, but I wanted to have it demonstrable for selling, so set up my own temp Apple account to use. This got me past the first stage - email and p'word entered ok - and the next page was iTunes, for 'purchases' from App Store, Tunes, 'Books. I entered the same…
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Looking for a laptop with screen brightness above 400 nits and with a magnetic power cable
Hi,My laptop frequently gets dropped /knocked to the floor. Without giving too much boring detail that is not directly relevant to the question I am asking I am now looking for a laptop where the power connector attaches magnetically and has a screen brightness of 400+ nits. The laptop would only be used for email and for…
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Anyone else caught out by Onedrive
On Friday last week - I got a pop up from Onedrive reminding me to use it"click here..."Which I did - this started my NEW laptop on the path of destructionIt was not a virus but a legitimate MS pop up - that shows MS's attitude to customersEvidently they are trying to get everyone to save their files to one drive rather…
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Moto G54/G84
Looking at these two phones.The main difference seems to be the processor. Is one better than the other? Is there anything else I've maybe missed?TIA
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BENFEI USB C to HDMI Cable
I bought this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NH500RV?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details Because I have Paramount on my phone and hoped that this way I could see what is on my phone on my TV (with hindsight that might have been a mistake). And I tried connecting it to 2 different TV but neither could see my phone. Any…
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Replacing HDD with SSD
I'm trying to get a sense of how long the entire process would take to replace the HDD on a laptop with SSD. Drive in question is 1TB with approximately 400 GB used. Also how straightforward, or otherwise, would the physical replacement be to do? It's a Dell Inspiron if relevant. Back in the olden days I used to add hard…
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Reporting Scams
I know you can report spam texts by forwarding to 7726 but I thought there was a system to report calls ? I may be mistaken but believed there was a system to dial a number which reported it direct to your Bank ?
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Video entryphone - flats - smartphone operated
I live in a Victorian building which is converted into 3 self-contained flats. The main front door to the communal hall has an electric buzzer/entry phone phone system. Each flat has a buzzer on the main door and an entryphone in the flat. One neighbour is a wheelchair user who has difficulty getting to the entryphone in…
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Yahoo lock out
Since two days ago our yahoo email accounts have one hour locks until we can sign in. This happens over and over throughout the day. Tried setting up 2 step verification on one but hasn't helped. Using a laptop to access them, I've checked default location, cleared cookies and even cleared everything possible in my…
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Winows media player Rips my Audio Cd MP3’s into an order my car doesn’t suit
Hi all I am learning French Language and have picked a a 9 CD set of Audio discs so I can listen in the car. Each disc has 20 tracks on (for example Disc 1, Track 1. Greeeting People. Disc1 Track 2. At the shops. Etc.) So, I pop CD1 in my PC and open up windows media player. I rip the CD to my HDD. I then open up the the…
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Using Messages on Chromebook linked to Android phone.
I have my Chromebook linked to my phone for Messages. When I send from the Chromebook, is it costing me more than it would if I used Messages on the phone itself i.e. does that eat up my data allowance?
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Crunchyroll "do not sell my information"
Hi I was thinking about buying crunchyroll membership but the following on and off option for do not sell my information, has confused me - I have read different things online Crunchyroll . Com / do-not - sell Does the law not apply to UK ? And what exactly are they going to sell to 3rd party ? ( Am assuming it not my…
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Car Audio player will only play tracks in a set order. How can I name them so it plays them in order
Hi all i asked a similar question in another thread but didn’t get the answer I required because the problem lies with the car player and not the method of naming tracks. So, I am learning French language. I have a box set of 9 CD’s. My Audi car doesn’t accept CD’s. Therefore, using windows media player I rip each CD to my…
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Image sharing help please!
I'm on a Chromebook and I need to share quite a number of pictures with other folk. Which might not be a problem if I was up to speed with this sort of stuff, and I didn't need to share them with elderly people who are easily flummoxed by anything more "techie" than email on a Windows laptop. First off, am I right in…
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What sort of chargers do hearing aids have?
My 91 year old mother has mislaid her hearing aid charger cable. Does anyone know what sort of cable it is likely to be so that one of us can replace it? The hearing aids are very new and modern (from Boots) and I am almost certain a usb type connection. I just wondered if there was an industry standard or if they vary by…
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SSONTONG vehicle blackbox DVR car dashcam
I bought this item on Amazon: Dash Cam, Dashcams for Cars Full HD 1080P Car Camera Front with 32G SD Card, Super Night Vision Dashcam, Dash Camera w/WDR Loop Recording G-Sensor Parking Monitor Motion Detection Dashboard Camera It's supposed to be able to connect to my phone via WiFi but when I go to settings, the camera…
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Can't move monitor displays in Windows settings
I'm using 2 stand alone monitors attached to my laptop via HDMI cables. Normally I have the display on my 2 monitors and close my laptop up. For some reason since I rebooted my laptop this morning the laptop screen and one of my monitors are working, but when I shut my laptop down the 2nd monitor doesn't have any display…
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Sky Go
Hi I live in the UK but will be going to the Republic of Ireland shortly for a few days. My question is will my Sky Go work in Ireland. I just want it really to see the football. Thanks
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Canon IP 3600 printing
We have the above printer which has not been used for about 10 years but is still in good nick. I have thoroughly cleaned the print head and installed new inks. I have also updated the drivers to win 10. However the printer does text ok but not photo's. It seems to take a 1/4 slot of one side of the picture and prints 4…
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Portable power bank recommendations?
Hello, Can you recommend a decent MoneySaving power bank or portable charger? If you've managed to find a trusty one to suit your needs, how long have you had it, how much charge does it store, and do you remember how much you paid for it? Thanks folks.
