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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🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first).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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Networking questions...
Hi, Sorry if this post ends up being quite long! I have a physical disability so definitely cannot do the wiring (but could say install a router, for example) Expecting an EE FTTP connection to be installed on Friday to replace my awful Virgin Media connection (gaming is particularly awful! - even testing on Ethernet with…
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HP Warning
I received an email from HP warning me to replace my refilled ink cartridge.Apparently I can only use official HP cartridges.Have other people received this email? Are they allowed to do this?
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Good quality, entry level laptop..?
Hi guys. Am looking for recommendations for something which really only needs to handle general net surfing. No bells and whistles. On the other hand I'd like reasonable quality, and whatever battery life and future proofing might come with that. Budget not unlimited but any suggestions considered initially.
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Question about Apple ID
Hello all. I hope you can help me with this. My Dad has an iPhone SE, the original 2016 version which used to be my Mom’s phone. My Mom now has the iPhone 8 which belonged to my daughter. My question is regarding the Apple ID - when he had the phone which was a couple of years ago, I reset the phone and made an Apple ID…
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EE Half Price Sim with Broadband deal
Hi there, I recently got a new sim card contract with EE for £15/month, would have been £35/month but at the same time I took BT's broadband at £30/month which gave me the £20/month discount on sim contract. The EE sim gives me apple music as a perk so is great value to me. My current internet provider is TalkTalk and they…
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Help with excel spreadsheet please
Can anyone experienced in excel help please? I am quite au fait with excel and formulas but this I am finding out of my experience. I am trying to create a spreadsheet for one person to calculate daily sick leave in a rolling 12 month period, giving the remaining entitlement from an allowance of 112 days per 12 month…
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Completely block or delete all incoming emails based on sender name.
I use Outlook for my emails, on a win 10 PC. I get loads of emails in my spam folder, correctly identified as junk. The thing is, I keep seeing the same words within in the sender name of many junk emails and I wonder if there's some way for me to get these ones to be either totally blocked, or deleted on receipt - i.e. to…
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Outlook problem with Android
Last few days, Outlook mail constantly blank screen on opening and then message Outlook not responding. Only way to get it to work again, briefly, is the restart phone, Android. Got all latest updates.Anyone else?
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HOW TO CONVERT CAMCORDER TAPES
Hi Folks I have some HI 8 camcorder tapes which I would
like to put on another storage medium. Can you kindly suggest anything? Thanks in advance
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Digital voice installation - what actually happens ?
When BT get around to it I assume an engineer arrives. My phone point and router are in the hall. What does he install and where ? Will he have replacement phones if mine don’t work ? What else do I need to prepare for or know in advance ? How often do people have problems and what are they likely to be ? Not that I’m at…
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Cheapest Way to Backup Photos and Videos To The Cloud
What is the Cheapest Way to Backup Photos and Videos To The Cloud? I need to cover about 2TB of data. Thanks in advance
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Facebook - Fake Account (account set up in wife's name)
"Techie Stuff" seems to be the only category that fits this? My wife's sister told her yesterday that she was getting Facebook friend requests from my wife but she does not have a Facebook account and has obviously not triggered any such request. I have a Facebook account and found the profile in my wife's name. The…
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Record free streamed programs ?
ITVx, all4, my5 etc may be free but can be unwatchable due to ridiculously long and frequent advert breaks. Is there a way to record them ? Incidentally, I’ve noticed that there are fewer adverts outside peak hours. I wonder how advert slots are allocated, given that no-one knows when and by how many people programs will…
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Firestick won’t work when switched to another
I had a Firestick connected to my main Sony TV set, it was giving a little trouble, a friends brother in law is sorting it out I have a second TV, mainly used by the children, it's set up is as follows: the aerial goes into a Humax PVR out from the PVR to a Samsung TV. that Firestick. It worked perfectly. I decided to…
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Please educate me on phone charger speeds
Hi all genuinely baffled here. Have owned iPhones for years. In my cupboard/car/desk/coat etc.etc I have amassed loads of chargers. Probably some from Poundland, some original Apple, some from Amazon etc, etc… I’m sure a lot of you get my drift. So, I get in my new VW car and plug my iPhone into the white lightning cable…
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SOME MP4 video files won't open.
I have downloaded and am using VLC - yet some of my MP4 video files will not open - they show as a parking cone - others will open. As far as I can see - there's absolutely no difference between the individual files (they are all between 200Mb and 400Mb in size).I have updated VLC Windows media player no longer plays MP4's…
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Facebook forum
Is anyone aware of a Facebook forum where I could possibly get help from, I'm trying to get my page verified but the "how to" makes no sense to me at all. TIA
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Password Protecting External Hard Drives - how to?
Hi I back up to two USB external hard drives: Seagate FreeAgent Go Flex and Western Digital My Passport What is the best/easiest way to password protect these external drives? And perhaps with a way to recover a password if lost etc? I copy over all contents of my laptop to these. There is one main folder with loads of…
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Coffee pod machine
I’ve just bought an espresso machine that came with some trial pods. There are different types of pod, some marked espresso, some ristretto, and some lungo. The pods are the same size and contain the same amount of coffee. So, I’m confused as to why they are differently marked? Can I, for example, make a lungo with a pod…
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New battery not calibrating
I’ve had a new battery installed on my HP laptop. In the HP support assistant it says the battery should be calibrated. I have followed the instructions and calibrated it. HP Support Assistant still says it isn’t calibrated. Could it be wrong? This is the message I got when I finished calibrating