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Windows 10 false updates
I have a windows 10 laptop I didn't want to transition to windows 11. Although it shouldn't do any updates, for a long time its kept telling me that it has updates and to restart. Now it wont't allow me to shut down without updating. I don't want to do this as it could lead to leaving the OS in a confused state. Do I have…
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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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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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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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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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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 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.
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Ring doorbell etc please
hi, I started with blink doorbell for a few weeks and couldn’t get on with it due to the motion zones and sensitivity for here. I either got 100’s of clips or nothing . So we are trying ring now lol. Definitely less delay and immediately have got it set better. Door is 1 car length from footpath and road . My car on drive…
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Google Chrome - news feeds
Last week, without any intervention on my part, nor any apparent updates, my previously clean page when using Google Chrome was infested with news feeds and adverts. I have searched intensively (or so I thought) for a solution without success. Every solution offered tells me to go to the settings page (first stop I made)…
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Microsoft Money file name
I have been using Money for years now but just a couple months ago the file name name changed from a simple .mny file to my computer's name then a bunch of numbers and letters then .mny. What did I do or the app do to do this? It seems to have all the correct numbers. I still have the original My Money.mny file and I am…
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Facebook groups not showing
I'm a member of 20 groups on FB, but sadly of the three that I have 'pinned', all refuse to appear in my newsfeed. My 'go to' place is on my W10 PC using Firefox and the FB Purity extension, but even on G Chrome with no extensions, and using the FB app on my Android phone … still no sign of my 'pinned' groups. Other than…
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Back Market Trade-In: Requested Info
Hi there. I recently bought a refurbished iPad from Back Market and sent in an old iPad for trade-in. Everything’s been going fine, but I’ve just received an email from them asking for my banking info, birthdate, and driver’s license number (or the last 4 digits of my SSN) before they can process the payment for the old…
