Owners of an iPhone 14 that have iOS 16.1 installed, can now contact emergency services via satellite. You can also share your location via satellite.

Many people do not realise that their landline will be disconnected by the end of 2025. This has already happened in some areas. A recent survey found that 69% of people 65 and over did not know this. In short, you must have a broadband connection to be able to use a 'landline' phone. If you do not have broadband you will need a mobile phone. For full information, google 'Copper switch off'.

Having had to watch TV on my laptop after my old TV set died, until I could get the new one delivered and set up, I got used to using the laptop that way. So I sometimes still do, mainly for convenience.
But does it use more or less energy than a TV? A web search threw up few directly relevant comparisons, some of which made no sense at all.
What details do I need for each device to make an accurate comparison?

I gave in to the message that l should upgrade to Windows 11 which kept appearing with insistence each time l opened the laptop.
I immediately had problems with the broadband and couldn't get on the internet to revert to Windows 10.
I couldn't find anyone to contact from Microsoft without Internet access and as a result find myself saddled with Windows 11. Each time my laptop is idle for over 5 minutes l lise the internet connection and have to switch off completely, restart doesn't work.
Any advice about how to go back to Windiws 10? I still can't connect directly to
Microsoft help line. It's incredible how such a company can even not have a durect gelpline and direct you to a forum!

I have a Samsung Galaxy TAB A 10.1 (about 2/3 years old) and it does not have a QR scanning facility so far as I have been able to determine. I wondered if anyone can recvommend a reliable QR scanner app? I tried a couple from the Google Playstore but both wanted me to regiser and give a credit card even though the app is free - which I am loath to do.

Personal information and encrypted data was stolen from LastPass. If you have a weak LastPass master password, you are at some slight risk of your vault information being compromised, so you should begin changing passwords. Vaults protected by strong master passwords remain secure. You don’t need to leave LastPass, but it’s understandable that you might. Do not avoid password vaults completely, however; choose an appropriate replacement instead.

If your LastPass master password was appropriately strong, you don’t need to do anything. The contents of your password vault are not at significant risk.
If your LastPass master password is not appropriately strong, consider changing the passwords of all “important” accounts stored in your vault as soon as possible, and all accounts eventually.

Appropriately strong master password:

12 characters (ideally longer)
A mix of character types (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, symbols)
Memorable, but not easily guessed
Unique: it’s only used as your master password

Credit: AskLeo.com

Do I need it ?
Apparently I have an account but an email says as I haven't used it in over a year it will be discontinued if I don't use it within the next 90 days.
What do I need it for ?

My almost brand-new condensing gas boiler suddenly lost its pilot light this afternoon, after I'd had the heating on for a short time. (Annoyingly, the malfunction also blew out the bulb on my reading light, which isn't at all standard and for which I have no spare. The lamp was plugged into the socket nearest the boiler cupboard; the computer etc multi-way which use a different socket were fine. A different lamp worked fine in the same socket as the blown one had been using.)
Panicking my way through Worcester's immense user manual in search of 'pilot light' or some equivalent produced nothing but I noticed that it wasn't just the light but the entire display panel that had gone dark.
Just on spec, I tried the computer reset trick - turned the electrical supply to the boiler off and on again, in case that might tell me whether I'd have to replace the rather inaccessible fuse. The boiler then came back on, pilot light and all. Should that be the user's first recourse if their boiler suddenly goes dark?

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I can't get it to show anything

Why has a saved photo gone into downloads and not my photos gallery as they usually do ?

Keeps happening, is it my laptop or my connection/provider ?

Has anyone else found that when you type an ampersand after a letter without a space it doesn't show up when you post the comment? Hopefully this will demonstrate it as I'll type M & S with no spaces between M&S. - odd isn't it. 've been caught out and found that the post didn't really make sense as a result😎.

Well, that could have been another Kahuti! To find out if a website is working, go to 'Is It Working Right Now' and type in the address of the site where it says Facebook: https://bit.ly/3W4NoZ4

I use my phone (iphone 7) for absolutely everything. I am short of memory and can no longer download updates. I have deleted lots but am running out of stuff to delete.

Do I need to get a new phone or a new sim or do something else?

Please advise using only words a 3 year old would understand. Thanks in anticipation.

If so, you may wish to make a donation:

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My admittedly old Toshiba TV has ceased to be able to hold onto a channel at all. Is there anything I can do to fix that?
It was fine until last night, when I had already tuned to BBC1 before a programme that I'd meant to watch. When the timer reminder asked me whether I wanted to keep or cancel the timed programme, the remote control wouldn't respond, whichever way I clicked - which isn't unheard of - but the channel number suddenly began scrolling backwards and wouldn't stop doing so.
Turning the TV right off and leaving it for a long period only results in the TV initially showing BBC1 for a couple of seconds, then scrolling backwards through the channels before I can switch it to any other channel manually.
I've not noticed any model number on the TV itself but the remote control is marked "Toshiba CT-90326".

Https and a padlock at the beginning of a website's address, do not mean the site is safe. This site will explain: http://bit.ly/3VnsXpS

I just had an email from security@facebookmail.com saying 'Hi Diana,

We've noticed that you're having trouble with logging in to your account. If you need help, click the button below and we'll log you in.
Log In with One Click
Why have you received this email?
There was an unsuccessful login attempt on your account. If this wasn't you, let us know.'
Address given was Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., Attention: Community Operations, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland

So I checked that this was a legit email address, but then found advice that if in doubt, check the security and login on your Settings page - and there I saw 'We haven't sent you any emails about security in the last two weeks'

So, hmm, does that count as an email about security? I'm not sure whether this email is legit or not – I suppose the FB address might have been spoofed . . .

This shows how websites can be faked. Put your cursor on it, and if you are using Firefox, it will show it is Apple! Can you see the difference? (No googling!)

https://www.аррӏе.com/

He predicted the Internet, and 'the invention to end all inventions', a replicator, or, as we know it, a 3D printer.

"The only thing we can be sure of about the future, is that it will be absolutely fantastic. So, if what I say now seems to you to be very reasonable, then I will have failed completely." - Arthur C Clarke.

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Why are the things on my tablet and laptop not the same [ it is synced] ?
When in hospital my emails showed only 2 junks but when I got home and looked on laptop there were 78

Hi
I'm running Windows 10 Home 64 bit version 21H1.
Windows keeps changing the bass setting to the maximum level (+12.0 dB) which sounds horrible.
I reset it to 0.0 dB in sound control panel - Speaker properties - Tone and it stays there for a few days but then Windows switches it back to +12.0 dB without asking me. Is there any way to force Windows to leave the sound settings the way I want?
TIA

How can I copy and paste videos from FB

I found contact details for a long-lost but UK-based friend the other day and called her mobile number, which was a lovely surprise for her. But she told me that she was in Hungary at that point, so that the call should be cut short as it would be extremely expensive.
It doesn't seem easy to find out what the charges may be for accidentally making a call to a UK 'phone whose user is abroad. This can't be the same as a roaming charge for using one's mobile 'phone while oneself abroad but what is this called (if it has a name)?
I use 1pmobile, whose website is effectively blocked by cookies, so I can't find anything relevant.

Can anyone suggest how I can reconnect to my wi-fi when the available networks have suddenly stopped showing? All I get now is a panel saying APM Network Access and showing my wi-fi status as 'turned off' . When I click on the option to turn it back on manually, it then takes me to settings and when I click on 'show available networks', it takes me back to the original panel - so I'm stuck in a loop! It's an old laptop running Windows 10 if that's any help and was fine up until recently. Thanks for any suggestions :-)

If you are starting to get interference (pixelating) on Freeview, that you did not get before, this may be due to 4G, or particularly 5G phone masts. This is due to the frequencies that have been allocated to the phone masts being close to the TV frequencies. It was known that this would occur, so an agency called Restore TV was set up to deal with it.
If you are having this trouble, visit the Restore TV website for information. You may remember, that when Channel 5 started broadcasting, it interfered with video recorders. To overcome this, a device was supplied to block Channel 5! Restore TV will provide such a device free, to reduce the mast signals. You can call their helpline on 0808 13 13 800.

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For no obvious reason, I lost my home wi-fi connection some ten days ago. What had worked fine on Thursday evening barely connected for a moment on Friday and had died completely by the weekend.
My ISP sent me a new DSL cable and microfilter, which got me back online for a very few minutes and then failed in its turn. They eventually accepted that I'd had that router for more than a couple of years and sent a replacement - but even that didn't work. Nothing in the router connection manual helped me to get online.
A helpful neighbour came round to check that my new connection worked for his laptop, then tackled mine. He tinkered with something - a programme in a long list (that I can't find) - which seemed to be about mobile connectivity. That didn't seem relevant to getting a laptop to 'talk' to my home router but it worked - until I turned the laptop off for a few hours!
So I went into Startup and scoured the list of apps there, found something with a different name that sounded as if it were about mobile connectivity for my Dell and turned that on, then restarted the laptop. That worked, fortunately.
Yet it hadn't been necessary while the old router was working. Is it common for different routers to need different software to be used on the same computer before the two can 'talk' to one another?

BBC's technology programme Click, celebrates the 100 years anniversary of the BBC by looking at some of the technology pioneered by the BBC, which has transformed the world of broadcast.

https://bbc.in/3T7KtgT

Asda Mobile PAYG has greatly its prices for calls, text, and data:

Calls are 15p a minute - previously 4p
Texts 10p - previously 4p
Data 10p per megabyte - previously 4p
Voicemail is now free! - previously 4p per minute

When listening to radio station recordings on your video recorder, investigate your manual/menu to see if you can turn off the screen. If not, sit by the screen, and turn the heating down!

WhatsApp will no longer work on iPhone5/5C after 24th October 2022. Lots of information here: https://bit.ly/3Ebp7e5

@Belaxyz Hello Bela, I have removed your post because you gave your email address; you should never do that on a public website.

Bela's post: Dear John H, you are offering some help to ignorant people like me. My problem is that I have an HP CP4MPFV desk top PC running on Win 11 and when it was on Win 10 it had a Skype application that I used for talking with my relations in foreign lands. UNFORTUNATELY by mistake I upgraded my PC to Win 11 and Skype stopped working. I tried to reload it but it would not and I don't know how to make it work.

Firstly, this is not a new printer I'm trying to connect for the first time. It has been working perfectly well for quite a few years. But the last two times I've needed to print something I've not been able to.
When I turn the printer on certain buttons have flashing lights which become solid when ready. But the button that shows Wi-fi has connected either has no light at all or constantly flashes but never goes solid. Normaly it would flash about 10 times only.
The wi-fi is working as this laptop and a few phones all connect ok.
HP's help tools are not much help as they can't find the printer due to no connection. Bit of a catch-22 situation.
Only thing I can think is to unplug the router and start it again.

This morning when I turned on the laptop I got the message
disk fixing stage 1, then it went to stage 2 it all took about 10 minutes
I have never had this before
What does it mean ?

I can't seem to get Yahoo through Edge but I can on Firefox. I get this message...


AccessDenied
Access Denied
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https://bit.ly/3qSr0Eu

https://bit.ly/3dw6Qgn

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Beware of this, and similar scam devices that appear in adverts when you surf the web: https://bit.ly/3L5IJBu

Is anyone using it yet? Is it very different?

You may not have noticed, or forgotten about 'My Hub', which is the second item down next to your avatar.

Clicking this, will take you to a page which displays your recent posts in the centre. The right-hand side shows information relating to your account, such as:

Your friends
Loops you run
Saved posts
Your recent activity
Blocked and muted users
Your recent comments

The left-hand side has many links, including the number of loops you use, and your account settings.

You can easily create a desktop link to Scooploop (or any other website), with one click, as follows:

1. Go to Scooploop in your browser.
2. Adjust browser window to enable you to see the desktop.
3. Now click and hold on the padlock at the start of the address, and keeping the mouse button down, drag to the desktop and release.

I've been trying to find some material to help tenant neighbours but the best source is Shelter's website (https://england.shelter.org.uk/) - every page of which keeps greying out, so that I can't copy any of the text, use its hyperlinks etc etc. Even its contact page does this and the links for accessibility etc at the foot of each page are unusable, too.
No other site that I look up greys out, so the problem can't be with my laptop.
Is there any general technical reason why this greying-out might happen to a UK website?

I've e-mailed Shelter and tried messaging them but their autoreply on Messenger unhelpfully only says that they aim to reply within 5 working days, which is hopeless for issues like this.

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Having trouble with Chrome so have been using Firefox but some of the things on Gmail are not there.
How do I get all the info and files from Chrome Gmail to Firefox

On my laptop on Chrome
On FB I play 3 games every day, suddenly 2 of them will not load and the message says ' your browser does not support this function' - well it always has and was okay yesterday.
I have not had any updates installed recently
It is working okay on my tablet

Further to tip No.1 - What did I say?

To find the post or comment that you made, you will have to go to your profile to find its location, unless, of course, you can identify it from what you have said. In your profile, you can choose to have it display your posts and comments separately, Clicking on your post/comment, will take you to the post to see what others have said. However, if the post has been deleted, then the only way you can do this, is to remember who else was in the post, and then go to their profile.
If a post or comment was made by someone that is no longer a member, then depending on how they deleted their account, you will see their comment as 'anonymous' or 'this comment was deleted by its author'.
The deletion of an account to remove all data, only removes it from Scooploop, it does not remove it from the web, where it may stay visible forever. Other ways to see your posts, are to go to the particular loop and click on 'My activity' or, if recent, see those and more information in 'My Hub'.
There is also the loop's Search facility, not the Scooploop search at the top of the page. You cannot, of course, look in private/closed loops. There are also hidden loops.

Worldwide Radio will give you access to about 50,000 radio stations around the world. You can add it to Chrome. Its main advantage, if you are a music lover, is that it has a built-in equaliser. This will allow you to adjust the sound to fit the type of music you are listening to. It also has its own volume control. If you click the image in the top right of the program window, it will take you to its website if it has one: https://bit.ly/3pL7f1f

*See comment below.