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VPN Experiences, the good, the bad and the ugly.
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ian16th » Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:56 am
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I'm looking to use a VPN, any advice, warnings, good/bad experiences or recommendations?
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I run my own. I have a virtual server based in London so I can appear via there if necessary. It also runs Privoxy, which is an ad-blocking proxy...
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Last post by llondel
Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:27 pm
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Storage Drive Not Being Seen
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PHXPhlyer » Tue Feb 04, 2025 6:21 pm
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I have a 5T disk drive that I want to use to store media.
My Win10 sees it in Devices and Printers but won't t let me access it nor does it show up...
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Still want to resolve the issue...Just not a big priority at the moment.
I found a USB drive (128GB) I think. that I am using to store stuff for...
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:47 pm
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DNS Server
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Boac » Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:45 pm
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For a long time I have (lazily) used Google's DNS servers, but over the last couple of days noticed an occasional 'misfire' from them. I am using...
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I'm sure that would be doable, but I prefer to pay a hosting service to do the heavy lifting. There aren't all that many expensive mistakes you can...
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Last post by Archer
Sun Mar 23, 2025 2:55 pm
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Ads on GMail
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PHXPhlyer » Thu Mar 06, 2025 11:12 pm
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Gmail on Win 10 machine.
Windoz security update overnight and now every time I open up Gmail I have ads.
No option to mark as spam as with actual...
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As Chrome is Google made, I am not sure you can block all ads on it. My suggestion would be to try Firefox as a browser and install U-block Origin to...
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Last post by Archer
Thu Mar 13, 2025 9:48 pm
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Issues with Chrome
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PHXPhlyer » Mon Oct 14, 2024 4:42 pm
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My desktop is not playing nice with Chrome. ^! :(( ~X(
When I try to open a bookmarked site instead of opening the site it opens a new window.
When...
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Can't get Google Chrome to come out of Setswana which it took itself to about a year ago. I have tried everything. Obviously settings and all those...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Sun Feb 16, 2025 8:23 pm
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Another duff M$ update
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Boac » Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:56 am
KB5048239 is the latest and keeps on trying to install despite being 'successfully installed' (at least twice...!). It appears that M$ is...
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Last post by Boac
Tue Jan 14, 2025 10:56 am
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Is That You, Siri?
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PHXPhlyer » Fri Jan 03, 2025 6:55 pm
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Apple to pay $95 million to settle lawsuit accusing Siri of eavesdropping
The proposed settlement would resolve a 5-year-old lawsuit revolving...
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I have iPads but don't use Siri. [-X
I do use Alexa from time to time via Amazon Firestick to ask for sports scores if I fell asleep and missed the...
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Last post by Dushan
Sun Jan 12, 2025 6:12 pm
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Site Problem This Morning
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tango15 » Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:41 pm
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The site is being evasive this morning. Initially, it opened up, no problems, but then when moving from one forum to another, I got the spinning...
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I see a class action lawsuit coming...
All good here form the centre of the universe AKA GTA.
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Last post by Dushan
Sun Jan 12, 2025 6:08 pm
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New registrations
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admin2 » Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:34 pm
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A sudden (and unusual) 'rush' of 3 new site user registrations in the last 2 days. The system now requires a response from the applicant to an email...
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Out of 6 'applications' over 3 days, only one has responded and is now a 'member'. Considering the amount of effort that has to go into spoof...
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Last post by admin2
Sat Jan 04, 2025 9:25 am
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Switching providers
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OFSO » Mon Dec 09, 2024 11:26 am
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We've both had enough of Three. They charge extra for roaming and phone pings every hour to tell you to switch roaming on. And not exactly brilliant...
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Staff travel permitting from Friday I will be using my ZA mobile service for a month :-bd
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Last post by Woody
Sat Dec 21, 2024 10:53 am
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Cryptocurrency
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Ex-Ascot » Tue Dec 10, 2024 12:23 pm
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Does anyone have any idea about this or have invested? My financial advisor said years ago that he had no idea about it. It appears if we had...
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Does anyone have any idea about this or have invested? My financial advisor said years ago that he had no idea about it. It appears if we had...
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Last post by probes
Fri Dec 13, 2024 2:33 pm
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Samsung Phones and Tablets
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Wodrick » Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:33 pm
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Anybody use the above for acessing O-N ?
Further has anyone exceeded their number of log on attempts ?
If there is someone out there how did you...
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Putin probably has has a smart phone app for that. Let us hope he knows how to use it better than the two of us. Puff.
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri Nov 08, 2024 7:24 pm
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Computer connection issues
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Hydromet » Fri Jul 19, 2024 2:51 am
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I've started a new thread so as not to derail the Totally Boring thread.
As I mentioned, I keep getting a warning message on my Macbook using...
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I assume you are using Chrome as a browser then? You said copying and entering directly generates an error message.
The programme should work by...
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Last post by admin2
Sat Oct 12, 2024 8:20 pm
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IT Systems outages
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Karearea » Fri Jul 19, 2024 6:31 am
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An IT outage is impacting multiple banks and media companies across New Zealand and Australia.
Kiwibank and ASB are saying they are experiencing...
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We finally know what caused the global tech outage - and how much it cost
Insurers have begun calculating the financial damage caused by last...
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Wed Jul 24, 2024 7:25 pm
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Malwarebytes warns of malware on Ops-Normal
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CharlieOneSix » Sun Jun 02, 2024 9:40 pm
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I use the paid version of Malwarebytes including their Browser Guard. For the last few days at some point shortly after clicking on different threads...
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Imagine what it will be like when they get into AI and have a myriad of ways not to answer pertinent questions, but try to baffle you with b/s
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Last post by bob2s
Mon Jun 10, 2024 11:52 pm
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Learning programming
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Boac » Wed Jun 05, 2024 12:23 pm
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My grandson (10) is given access to 'PurpleMash' (a sort of 'Gui programming' thing) at school. It runs, I think, on Python. I feel he is ready to...
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Same with us. Someone wrote an equivalent of Pong. It didn't quite work but we all crowded round. Then the master said we could all play it...but we...
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Last post by llondel
Thu Jun 06, 2024 12:53 am
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Broadband
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OFSO » Thu Sep 07, 2023 5:27 pm
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After years of 1mb for €74 a month from Moviestar, a G4 router that depends on no tourists hogging the network, tomorrow we get fibre, 300mb plus...
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There is a slight kerfuffle about keeping our original telephone number but that's really a minor issue.
That was a consideration with me when I...
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Last post by G-CPTN
Wed May 22, 2024 9:27 am
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Microsoft Surface Pro 6
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PHXPhlyer » Fri May 17, 2024 12:21 am
I am just finishing setting up a Surface Pro 6 that I bought off E-Bay.
It has an i7 processer with 16G ram and 512GB of storage, and a light-up...
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Fri May 17, 2024 12:21 am
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Mi Band 4 connection issues.
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Rwy in Sight » Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:56 pm
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My Mi Band 4 is an excellent device offering useful services including the weather forecast. Over the last few days when the weather function is...
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On the App Alerts screen, turn Zepp life off and on again. Ignore warnings !
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Last post by OFSO
Tue May 07, 2024 5:21 am
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Windows to Apple ?
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ExSp33db1rd » Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:06 am
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Question - I use Windows, with Chrome browser, but can I transfer all my computer innards to an Apple system, using Safari, and carry on as if...
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Just spent £106 on a grade A1 reconditioned HP Mini desktop from Morgan, running WIN10. Appears to have been reconditioned by HP. No junkware....
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Last post by OFSO
Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:49 am
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Desktop Won’t Wake Up
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PHXPhlyer » Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:15 pm
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Lenovo desktop shows power on but nothing else. :-o :((
Mouse and keyboard will not wake up displays. [-X
The ssdd is only a few years old.
Anyone...
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All that I had was an old iPad that has a very tired battery. They want almost what a used iPad costs just to replace the battery. ~X(
Consult...
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:22 am
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YouTube videos
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Boac » Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:11 pm
Being a little slow on the uptake I have only just discovered that AdBlock now has a blocker for YouTube on Firefox and Chrome. Clicking 'skip'...
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Last post by Boac
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:11 pm
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Thought for the day - AI
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Boac » Sat May 27, 2023 7:58 am
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The ability of AI is staggering and the potential benefits pretty much immeasurable but I just cannot rationalise how we are to deal with it.
As I...
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The dead giveaway for AI-written articles is that they appear to be written for eight-year-olds, endless repetition and words of one syllable. No...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:54 pm
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Changing email address
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Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:18 pm
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I've just noticed that several companies have stopped allowing email address changes online.
You have to phone them to do it, if they can be bothered...
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Thank you.
..and presumably this is now so rife that more and more companies are insisting on it?
Don't combat the crims, just annoy the customer...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:12 am
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Accessing TOP using Firefox
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Boac » Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:20 am
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I see they are now using polyfill.io as a 'browser add-on' but it seems only via Firefox, as Chrome is not affected. It really does slow down access...
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Polyfill.io is back today. Anyone else seeing it?
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Last post by Boac
Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:39 pm
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