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Which AI tools do you use?
Which AI tools do you use to save money, boost your income or organise your finances? Let us know your success stories (how much did you save? What did you learn?). Does your bank offer any AI tools and if so, are they a help or a hindrance? We'd like to hear of any duds you've tried too. Thank you. ___________________…
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Techie Stuff sticky
🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first). If there are any other useful Forum threads on this board that you think we should add, let us know 🗣 🖨Other helpful content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Best free…
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Size of televisions
Who else here is not a fan of larger televisions? I have a 32" screen and it is plenty for me, plus where one sits in my living room, a screen any larger will be partly obsured by a wall shelf I have for a pricey turntable and one of my expertly placed pricey hifi speakers.
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Switching to full fibre
Switching to sky full fibre. Concerned about installation and whether they need to dig my driveway. House semi detached with integrated garage.
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Don't F*** With Paste
…is the name of my Chrome browser extension that stops websites from disabling paste functionality, primarily on login pages. It's being flagged by a couple of minder programs as "risky", anyone able to recommend a replacement?
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Macrium Reflect 8 driver now being blocked by Windows
A heads up for users of Macrium Reflect 8 - the last Free version of Reflect. You may find that mounting of saved image backups is now being blocked by Windows. In the latest Windows 11 update (KB5083769) Microsoft has explicitly revoked the driver (psmounterex.sys) for kernel loading via Code Integrity policy. The driver…
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Converting partition from exFAT to NTFS
Hello, I've got a 4TB Seagate Desktop Expansion USB3 hard drive that was shipped formatted as exFAT and I would like to convert/change it to use NTFS in line with my other hard drives. The Windows Disk Manager window looks like this: Disk 0 is mySeagate Barracuda 2TB SATA3 internal drive, Disk 1 is my Seagate Desktop…
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Solved. New win 11 laptop - win explorer keeps popping up on start up.
OK, I've tried solving this myself, using web advice, but nothing I try works. I've turned off Autoplay and have made sure it's not in the start menu. I've seen advice to try disabling it in Process Manager but there is no disable option for it. Also, I see Ai advice like "Disable Folder Restoration: Open File Explorer,…
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Youtube question
First time Youtube poster - I've just put some videos on Youtube - they are "processing will begin shortly" - how long do I wait for the next step ?
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unable to log in to Outlook
Hi My Outlook e mail for work works fine on my desktop with the Outlook app but when i try to log in on my phones or on the website login.microsoftonline . com/common/login I get " Your account or password is incorrect" Yet its the same e mail and password that i used to log in to my account on the desktop outlook app and…
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Samsung phone – unacceptable high-handedness !
Samsung updated its ‘One UI’ layer to version 8 on my phone. Result : Panic : I couldn’t switch it off ! Fortunately, thanks to chatgpt I got it working. It turns out they had intercepted the side button in order to force a sign-on to Gemini AI. It seems they want their users to talk to the phone instead of using menus.…
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Will putting a new SIM in phone affect my storage
A friend has been having trouble with his phone and doesn't really know whether it's his provider (iMobile) or the phone. A chap from Carphone Warehouse suggested he try his SIM in a friend's phone (me) I'm not that clued up with regards IT, so just want to check, removing my SIM from my phone, adding his temporarily then…
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Internet disconnects
My Windows 11 machine sometimes can't see wi-fi connections - even though they are there. I have managed to fix this in the past by restoring windows but I'm not sure if this is the best idea. I wonder if this is a hardware issue and maybe I need a new laptop. Any ideas? Thanks in advance?
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Laptop charger is on the blink
Hi, I have a Huawei Matebook D Laptop bought a few years ago, I think in approx. 2021. It has Windows 11 Home. My 65W USB-C charger which i've used for years now seems to be intermittently failing. It seems that when I fiddle with the wire coming out of the charger, the charger then starts working again. (so its as if the…
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Bitwarden: Update your encryption settings
I get this message when I open Bitwarden on mobile (but not PC). I'm immediately met with a prompt to enter master password (rather than biometrics - and a hard reset of the phone doesn't change that this time). Once I do that and unlock Bitwarden I'm met with the title message The new recommended encryption settings will…
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Norton core protection alerts
Hi When trying to set up Microsoft 355 Outlook core protection alert keeps going off and telling me to allow permission on apps even though I have had the app on my phone for over a year. The only way I noticed is because I had an issue with my e mail address and had to delete the Outlook app reinstall and changed my…
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M- soft Teams
Hi, All my “work” is voluntary and have a named email charity address linked to the charity i Vol at. My "work" charity e mail EG ( Jxxoe@Hoxxxxarty.org) no longer works due to techy issues and for some reason it is used for team’s meetings even though all my meeting invites come to my personal TalkTalk e mail address and…
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Apple Help?
So I currently own Silver 2018 MacBook Pro 13inch 4 USB-C/Thunderbolt ports (2 Each side) with Intel chip 8GB Ram 1TB SSD. MacBook still works fully sometimes a bit slow and battery don't last as long but is in very good condition. What the best/Cheapest way to get M4/M5 Equivalent MacBook Pro/MacBook? I don't have the…
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So when is software ok to install now?
Seemingly direct from the main website too. What can you even trust these days then? And yes I'm aware that apparently it was only an issue for a relatively small window but still, if you downloaded within that window then it's an issue I guess. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4HbH2Ic7nA I think perhaps if it ain't broke…
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Netflix abroad
I have a subscription to Netflix and downloaded a few films too my tablet ,watched one on the way to Greece for my holidays ,made the flight better BUT on the return journey would not play any films ,not supported abroad ? is there anyway around this as we are going to Egypt in a few months and it is a longer flight, dont…
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Broken - replacement - mobile
I have managed to break my existing mobile (xaomi rednote 10 pro) today. It got trapped and I can see small cracks coming from the camera in the screen. It's a lovely phone but several years old now. Looking at a rapid replacement, I have in mind the Honor 400, which has decent enough reviews generally and for its cameras…
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Windows Music folder
I have my own hierarchy of folders for my personal files, so I don't need any of the Windows 11 libraries. When I looked at the Windows Music library, some of my music folders have been put there. Can I remove whatever is linking my folders to this library?
