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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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Motherboard bundles or simply a new desktop pc?
Hi folks, I have a 2010 pc from PC specialist has given me good service, an Asus M4A785TD V EVO motherboard, AMD 945 phenom CPU, 12 GB RAM has had a number of upgrades, A Samsung EVO 2TB SSD less than an couple of years old, A Corsair PSU probably 10-12 years old, still going good, and a few Internal Sata drives as well…
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Apple watch and fall detection
Before we start - yes, latest OS versions. Now aside from "it hasn't been set up", is there a reason as to why once set up & the person falls wearing an apple watch, it DOESN'T alert someone notified? This was one of the reasons we got our mother an AW. Found out yesterday that she took a tumble last week. As per, she…
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Can I use a mobile with my land line number?
OK so is there a way to do this? We were recently sent a VOIP thing to replace our current wifi hub and plug our land line in to. We haven't managed to do it and the provider (ee) won't help unless we agree to pay a call out fee. Yes I know this is something that your average 12 year old could do in under 5 minutes but us…
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Car dashboard tablet
So my car is ka 70 reg VAG brand and the dashboard tablet has two buttons "Menu" & "Home" the menu button stopped stop working as it ran out of warranty. I heard if I nget an auto electrician report which proves it didn't last a reasonable length of time (known fault) the Garage I got the car from should replace it FOC…
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Does Open Banking work for business accounts too?
Following on from my earlier question about checks before sending large payments, I was wondering about something slightly related. When paying businesses (like limited companies), is Open Banking ever used to confirm account details, or does it mainly apply to personal accounts? I’m thinking more from a practical point of…
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Microsoft OneDrive is baffling me...and driving me nuts
I needed an option to back up my photos and files - there's quite a lot - and after looking on the MSE website, decided Microsoft 365 with OneDrive was the best option. I'm regretting it. Yesterday, when I wasn't signed into OneDrive, it wouldn't let me access my files that I THOUGHT were saved on my computer. Turns out…
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Thoughts on Humax Aura PVR?
We have an older Humax Freeview recorder that is starting to be unreliable. The Humax Aura is a possible replacement, but I see several user reviews on both John Lewis and Amazon that say it is best avoided. As usual there are the "best thing since sliced bread" vs "don't touch one with a barge pole" reviews, anyone got…
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BT Synergy phone won't charge batteries
I've got two setups, each with quad set of BT Synergy 6500 cordless phones, they'll all be well over 10 years old now. During the past 2 years, they've been dying, one by one, so I only have 3 working ones left now. Typically, a handset will show 'low batt' warning after only a few minutes' use, so I install new batteries…
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Anyone used an AI package to decipher handwritten text?
I've come across Transkribus, and will be giving it a shot. Curious as to whether anyone has used any of these, and how well it worked? Ta.
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New Business Start Up - Questions
Hi there 👋 Been re-directed here from the small business forum as some of the questions I had were more technology related. Hoping someone more tech-savvy might have some advice. I'm setting up a consultancy business (sole trader) as a bit of a side hustle alongside my part-time job. Much of the work will be creating…
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Ok, veteran electronics boffins - what's this wee project?
(Yes, it became obvs when I zoomed in and read the labels. 😉 )
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Ninja SP101UK air fryer dead after 5 years
As per the title, the lights went out on our SP101UK air fryer last night a few minutes into a 30 minute bake last night. Now it won't power on. We tried replacing the 13A fuse, and have confirmed that the socket is good. Also tried leaving it unplugged for half an hour to see if it resets, but it didn't help. I was…
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YAHOO MAIL
Is it only me, or is Yahoo mail awful? I have a sky.com email address which uses Yahoo to fetch and send email to my laptop. When trying to compose an email there is a lag of one or two seconds between typing a character and it actually appearing onscreen. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program and cleared the cache…
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What is this?
Any help appreciated. Came back from work and this pole has been put up in my private garden, no idea who did it or what it is?
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What are good online shops to buy computer parts.
Ebuyer.com used to be reasonably good but last year it went out of business. "A winding up petition was issued against the company by their landlord on 1 August 2025 and the company was acquired out of administration by Frasers Group on 13 August 2025." What remaining UK suppliers are there excluding places like ebay or…
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Microsoft Outlook free getting full but have Lifetime Microsoft Office
I am getting a message that my Microsoft Outlook Free account is getting full up (5GB max) I already have Microsoft Office loaded on my pc with Lifetime license. I would like to know if I can add extra capacity for Outlook storage and if this will work with my existing desktop Outlook? What are the best update options…
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AVG Help
Hi, can someone help please? My subscribition to AVG was due today but unfortuantly I misread the date and there were insufficient funds to cover it so the payment failed. My fault of course. I have updated card details, it says successfull but doesnt say when they will try again for payment. Trying to contact them is an…
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Very low upload speed from one device only.
I've just run Speedtest by Ookla from my laptop, phone and tablet. On the phone and tablet upload speed is roughly 20Mbps. From the laptop it's showing about 0.3 Mbps. Download speed is consistent across all devices. Wireless connection to a BT Hub in all cases. Laptop is positioned about 1 foot from the Hub. Any thoughts…
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Temporary router - help!
Does the following make any sense? Someone drove into the local BT junction box, and our broadband is down for the next week until Openreach can get round to fixing it. I have a mifi router I bought, and I'm using that for internet connectivity for the time being. The trouble is that all the smart gadgets in the house are…
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Fingerprint problem since update to Android 16 and One UI 8 - SOLVED
My Samsung phone recently updated to Android 16 and One UI 8 and since then I can't seem to use my fingerprint to log into my banking apps The apps say that biometrics are not set up on my device - of course they are, but the apps don't seem to think so! I've tried deleting and re-scanning my fingerprints but still no joy.
