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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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Burn music to CD
I need to burn some music to a CD to play for an occasion. I downloaded one song from YouTube as an Mp3 file I then used Windows Media Player to burn it to a blank CDAfter it failed for the third time, I gave up and binned the CDs :'(We've now found the artist's original CD in the garage and would like to burn six tracks…
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Where to buy
I am looking at Lenovo laptops, what are your thoughts on buying direct from Lenovo or Currys, I know a lot of people hate Currys, I am not keen myself but needs must.
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Where to sell old phone
I have an old Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in working condition that i have just found in a drawer from a few years ago and may as well sell it. I have done a factory reset to get rid of personal info. We have a Ce exchange in town and there online (webuy.com) says its worth around £25 which is ok, but can you sell in store? or…
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Scan Old Slides to PC
Digging through some memorabilia and found a load of slides. We have borrowed a Maplin Gadget 5MP Film to PC Scanner which works reasonably well but is very tedious to use. (You have to manually insert three slides at a time into the fiddly holder, then push them through and click 'scan now' on each one, then remove and…
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New phone £200-£250 help.
Looking for suggestions for a new Android phone, nothing
fancy just reliable, good storage, good battery life and a half decent camera.
Budget £200-£250. Is this doable and if so, what would you recommend please. My current phone is a moto g 9 play if that helps.
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How do I show ALL Thumbnails rather than placemats / icons ?
My Windows 11 laptop is not letting me display Thumbnails in some folders - defaulting to icons - I have even resorted to clearing and resetting the thumbnail cache with no changeI have "always show icons never thumbnails" UNTICKEDHow do I ensure that Thumbnails are visible ?
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OLED vs qled TV for a sunny bright room
Still looking and every site I go on says something different We ideally want to spend around £500+ on a 55" TV which can be used in our bright lounge. Our current TV which we have had for 7 years has been brilliant but we are now struggling to watch Netflix/primer movies etc in the summer as they look so dark and the…
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Software for printing photos.
Hi, I am not very tech savvy and I am looking for an inexpensive or free software package to print off/resize/ simple editing of photographs. I am not wanting to edit videos or produce anything very complicated. Any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks!
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What's going on with my location?
For a little while now my location has been wacky on my PC. It's never pinpointed me precisely (which surely is a bit wrong since I'm connected to the router via cable?!) but it's generally got me somewhere close-ish. Lately though I've just been way off. A few 100 mile away. Google Maps is one that's been getting me…
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Sound bar connection- no hdmi or optical
Hi all ! Had dramas with a new media wall and basically it doesn't have a hdmi port on the sound bar and the optical cable on the TV is damaged I've bought an rca red white which doesn't connect- think as the TV is input not output. How else can i connect? Soundbar has an orange coax?
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Programmes missing on EPG Sony TV with Humax Box
The EPG on my Sony TV with Humax box connected has been perfect for the three years I have had both. Out of the blue the EPG is not showing all programmes. It means that I cannot see some of the programmes and cannot record them. What I don't understand is that it seems to be an intermittent problem because, although never…
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Samsung S21 Ultra repair £300...
Looking for some advice here.... Last March I bought a used but excellent condition Samsung S21 Ultra from 4gadgets for nearly £500. Despite the slightly weak battery it's been a great phone, particularly the cameras. Unfortunately just the other day my phone started experiencing the dreaded moisture detected error when…
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Wiping phone for sale - remove Google Account?
Hi, Grateful for some help please on preparing phone for sale = removing all personal data and leaving phone usable for new owner. It's a Huawei P30 Pro. We know about factory reset but on a previous phone when we did this, when switching phone back on after reset, it still asked us to enter old Google Account details once…
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iPad & detected malware
My mother once again has messaged me to say she's getting a warning on one of her devices & should she click. This one looked a little more convincing than most but I still think it's bogus & I'm wondering how it's come about. Anyway at the top of the screenshot she sent me it says Apple security shieldsurfsafe.com Then…
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How on earth do you (legally) buy/download music these days?
I could hop on YouTube & acquire it that way but I want to do it via proper means. It's been that long since I bought any new music that the 'old ways' seem to no longer exist? I'm not interested in streaming at all so that rules out most of what search results are telling me. And I'm not looking at illegally getting music…
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Why can't I print HUGE numbers out on piece of A4 paper from LibreOffice writer?
My Sister wants to print out a sign for her shop window. She asked me to do it because her computer fails to print it. So...I said I would do it. I went into Libreoffice writer. Chose the number 1. Set the font size to 800 and Low and behold it won't work for me either. When Sister tries to print, her machine does nothing.…
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Please help - WiFi set up and fire stick
My router is in a bedroom upstairs. I’m trying to use a firestick in the kitchen downstairs but it keeps buffering. I bought a wifi extender but it is still buffering. Can anyone help me with the best way I can set this up as I’m going mad. I’m not very technical so idiot proof instructions would help me so much. Thanks in…
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Android phone "My Files" mystery
I have a bunch of sound files which I use as references when practicing with my clarinet, and they are stored in "My Files" on my Samsung A14 phone. I open "My Files", go to "Audio Files" and tap one of them to open it. What happens is that I then get a "Welcome! Ringtones for Android TM" page. If I tap on "continue", it…
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App that transcribes speech to written text?
is there such a thing?
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Is Microsoft trying to take over everyone's PC again?
Every so often I start up to find Microsoft wanting to 'set up my computer on both my Windows 10 laptop and Windows 11 PC. These aren't essential updates, but it seems to encourage the use of more Microsoft apps or even replacing other apps with theirs. It's almost impossible to bypass this because it only gives me an…