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UK phones going digital
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jimtherev » Tue Feb 01, 2022 11:13 pm
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As we are discovering, copper telephone connections in the UK are being phased out, and we soon will have to go digital . This will happen to...
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Wise moves llondel, but are the cell tower operators acting so meticulously?
After our local infrastructure installer failed to turn up for three...
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Last post by emjay
Sat Apr 02, 2022 9:33 am
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Anti Virus Rubbish
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A Lutra Continua » Tue Oct 20, 2015 11:46 am
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Bah! Humbug!
Avast cocking up the old laptop and causing it to drag its heels so got rid of it and loaded Malware Bytes. Somewhere between the two...
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Having never acquired a computer virus over several decades (here and elsewhere) and having received confirmation of freedom from infection on a...
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Last post by G-CPTN
Tue Mar 22, 2022 7:30 pm
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iOS 15.4 face recognition with masks
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CharlieOneSix » Sat Mar 19, 2022 2:39 pm
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Just installed iOS 15.4 on my phone it allows face recognition whilst wearing a mask. It’s a bit late in the day for most, although not here in...
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MiFi unlock works every time. I think. Because I can't tell if the phone ever locks, as I wear the band all the time. Like those self unlocking cars...
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Last post by OFSO
Mon Mar 21, 2022 1:56 pm
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Linux
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PHXPhlyer » Sun Feb 20, 2022 6:33 pm
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After the death of the SSD in my old Athelon powered HP desktop I bought a newer Intel i5.
I bought a 500G Dell SSD to put into the HP and use it as...
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I agree: Linux Mint....
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Last post by OFSO
Mon Feb 21, 2022 1:24 pm
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e-mail client
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ExSp33db1rd » Sun Feb 20, 2022 5:04 am
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I know this has been mentioned before, but I can't find it !
I need to find an e-mail programme to download e-mails from my ISP to my computer to...
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Thunderbirds are Go! Used it here for many years too.
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Last post by llondel
Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:13 am
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Copying data from a smart phone
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Ex-Ascot » Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:35 am
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Had a bit of a fright two days ago. My Galaxy 10 smart phone froze. No matter what you pushed or pulled it would not respond. I couldn't even switch...
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While we are on the Android circuit, there is an excellent 'File Manager' on 'Play' called 'File manger Plus' (or '+' ?). It allows you to set up...
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Last post by Boac
Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:06 am
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VPN stuck on foreigh server
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CharlieOneSix » Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:59 pm
Just a snippet which may help someone else avoid the hours I've spent on this. I use Firetrust's Hideaway VPN occasionally. Although I don't recall...
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sun Jan 16, 2022 4:59 pm
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Weather Stations
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Alisoncc » Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:46 am
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Significantly different environment between where I currently reside and the nearest Bureau of Met weather station, so giving thought to installing a...
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Thanks for input folks. Project on hold temporarily whilst I resolve some other issues.
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Last post by Alisoncc
Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:34 am
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Xiaomi
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OFSO » Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:30 pm
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Following the drowning of her old Huawei (which to be honest was suffering battery degredation) I bought the Mem' a new Redmi 8, because I have one...
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I think each model number has high and low performance mobile. I think 9AT is the low end model of the 9 series.
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Last post by Rwy in Sight
Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:37 pm
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Charging USB devices
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Boac » Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:05 pm
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I have two ageing Amazon Fire tablets which are getting a bit 'tetchy' about being charged. I am using an increasing number of mains devices WITH USB...
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Because if you hadn't, they wouldn't have!
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Last post by k3k3
Thu Dec 16, 2021 10:04 pm
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Helicopter stunt.....
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CharlieOneSix » Sun Nov 21, 2021 1:46 pm
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The reason why I posted this in Computer chatter will become obvious.....
Apart from having a guy on the rotorhead, helicopter aficionados will...
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More French Moulinex turning the non American way.
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Nov 30, 2021 4:22 am
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Tablet 10''+ vs laptop
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Rwy in Sight » Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:22 pm
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Over the last few weeks I have been discussing the scenario of not purchasing a lap-top should the need arise and replace it with a 4G 64gb/3gb...
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I bought a Bluetooth keyboard for €12 for my tablet. However despite persevering for a few weeks I realised the on-screen keyboard was easier to use...
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Last post by OFSO
Sun Nov 14, 2021 6:29 pm
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AVG
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by ribrash » Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:43 am
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AVG keeps throwing these messages up when accessing various sites including O-N.Happens on all the usual browsers.Only recently started.
AVG has...
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The O-N certificate expires at the end of November so you shouldn't be getting complaints about it yet unless your computer clock is wrong.
I have...
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Last post by ribrash
Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:12 am
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5G mobile how useful will it be for you?
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Rwy in Sight » Tue Oct 26, 2021 7:15 am
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A simple question - how useful the additional speed of 5G will be in your life (or has been already)? And how happy are you with your smart home...
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My local mobile provider shut down any connection to 2G, and as my phone wouldn't receive 3G they sent me a new one free, which also reads 4G, so I...
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Last post by ExSp33db1rd
Wed Oct 27, 2021 6:02 am
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Facebook is "down"
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ricardian » Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:18 pm
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For users of Facebook - it's down
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Here you go:
Its the Beta v VHS thing, again.
Signal works fine, but everybody you need to communicate wit uses WhatsApp.
You can suggest the...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:12 am
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Windows 11 roll out date
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ricardian » Tue Aug 31, 2021 5:23 pm
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The Register has the details
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This says YES!
Windows 11.JPG
but I am going to wait for some months. I never want to be leading or bleeding edge.
From the OP's link....
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Sun Oct 10, 2021 1:48 am
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UK Question - Internet TV
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Boac » Wed Jul 14, 2021 4:58 pm
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Sad to hear that my ISP Plusnet is ceasing its 'YouView' service. I now need a broadband+phone+YouView provider and am finding great difficulty...
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Mme OFSO watches TV via an incredibly ancient laptop, CAT6 cabled to my 4G router via a distribution box which also caters to CCTV cameras and a...
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Last post by OFSO
Sat Aug 28, 2021 7:54 pm
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You Tube Videos on the Site Not Loading
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PHXPhlyer » Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:10 am
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All of the YouTube videos initially show up here but after loading they gray out and show a sad face. ~X(
Cleared cookies to no avail.
Any ideas?...
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Waiting for JH's video o sheep-shagging, of course, aren't we.....................
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Last post by Boac
Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:36 am
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Windows Update May 21
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Pontius Navigator » Thu May 13, 2021 7:06 am
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Do you approach a Windows Update in fear and tredidation?
Updated over night then:
Power on, computer dead.
Rebooted, entered PIN, reboot froze...
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TGG, 54 years ago I was called into the StnCdrs office to change the safe combination. The safe contained keys to the nuclear weapons bunkers....
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:12 am
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What is happening here then?
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EA01 » Tue Jun 15, 2021 1:36 pm
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I launched a huge clean up of a yahoo account the other night 12 Thousand plus items cleaned up. Deleted from inboxes & sent and consigned to...
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I think the FB message about deleted messages tells you it's been deleted but that people can still report it, so if they read it before it was...
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Last post by llondel
Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:13 am
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Major outage world-wide
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Boac » Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:36 am
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A mass web outage, believed to be caused by a data centre provider named Fastly, ( shortly expected be renamed.. .) is impacting several popular...
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Not affected. Mainly media sites. All seem to be back up now.
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Last post by Boac
Tue Jun 08, 2021 1:30 pm
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ADSL speed dropping
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Rwy in Sight » Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:57 pm
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The RiS family have a secondary residence in the Northern part under LGAV north-Westerly departure track. It is an old house but it has a telephone...
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I found an interesting App ANALITI that presents a remarkable level of detail that greatly exceeds my level of knowledge. I have only used it at my...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:55 am
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Connecting an Android phone to a computer
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Rwy in Sight » Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:15 pm
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A piece of computer trivia that I was happy to learn.
For several months when I was connecting my phone to a computer I was only getting a charging...
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OK I spoke with a salesperson on the store I bought my first band4. He told me it is not possible to answer a call using the band only to reject one....
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Last post by Rwy in Sight
Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:41 am
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How did this get here?
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Boac » Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:22 am
This arrived on my Laptop just now, no email running, no update active, but 'on internet' and running a backup.
Any ideas from whence it was sent...
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Last post by Boac
Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:22 am
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Google Home
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OFSO » Mon May 17, 2021 9:10 am
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Google have just updated their Home devices with a very advanced AI system. And the difference is noteable. Before the new AI update, it was...
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bob - I've tried hard to get an answer, but your question is too woolly. You need to specify country and location as there were many trials in 1948...
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Last post by ian16th
Fri May 21, 2021 12:41 pm
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