The log-in issue has now cleared for me (W10/Avast/Firefox/Chrome/Edge). I would like to hear (on 'Computer connection issues') of anyone else still having issues.
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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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Yes, it was the same as the previous warnings and I don't venture into areas that I do not understand. I would get lost in the weeds, so I stay out...
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Last post by Rossian
Fri Jul 26, 2024 9:32 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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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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Want to continue by PM? The 'dragging' should only be needed when 'registering' to join O-N. Once 'joined' (as you ?were?), providing 'cookies' are...
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Last post by Wodrick
Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:22 pm
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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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BBC Radio on internet
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OFSO » Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:23 pm
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Neither Alexa nor Google can find BBC radio four on the internet since yesterday, and other than using the TOR Browser it's hard to get to stay on on...
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Thanks to an article in Computer Active magazine, I found www.radiofeeds.co.uk. Excellent for it's easy to use format, let alone the range of...
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Last post by OFSO
Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:46 pm
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Pinky's Tilde
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Boac » Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:10 pm
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Thanks for that G-Man(how do you do that little curly thingy??) It's on your keyboard. It's called a 'Tilde'.
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When I was doing my internship, one of my bosses was Mexican. She could never remember the word tilde. She always said it's an N with an enya!
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Last post by limeygal
Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:22 am
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Multiple app loading
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jimtherev » Wed Dec 27, 2023 4:31 pm
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Tearing me hair!
I have a laptop owned by a non-computerate elderly friend which (this may or not be relevant) has recently loaded Windows 11....
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Like a mug I paid for Linux Mint on a usb drive. However plug it in and you get the option to run the device directly from the drive, or (if you like...
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Last post by ricardian
Sun Dec 31, 2023 7:22 pm
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:17 am
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Firefox Add-On Adblocker Ultimate and Requested Verification Codes
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Nov 03, 2023 3:40 pm
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Hopefully the following might be of use to someone....it took me a good couple of hours for the solution to hit me.
I had previously arranged for a...
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I found that Hotmail would not transmit a bank account number (ie sort code and account number - I was sending it to a utility so that they could...
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Last post by G-CPTN
Sat Nov 04, 2023 6:58 pm
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New phone
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OFSO » Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:55 pm
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After three years of very intensive use my Xiaomi 8 screen has become unresponsive now and then. I'd be lost without it. So a Xiaomi 12 Pro is on the...
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Yes and it's on, but says no apps to use it. Very odd. Several substitutes are installed that use Bluetooth or WiFi direct. As ever a work-around...
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Last post by OFSO
Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:33 pm
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Charging cable
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OFSO » Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:46 pm
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For those who find ''conventional'' charging cables loosen or even destroy the port on the phone, take a look at the AINOPE USB-USB C right angle...
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Arrived, nice firm connection, good stress reducers at each end, braided sheath. Worth €9.
I greeted the Amazon man in Punjabi, him being a Sikh....
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Last post by OFSO
Sat Oct 14, 2023 2:40 pm
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Brave Browser
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OFSO » Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:01 am
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I'm fed up being asked to approve cookies on my phone, not to mention endless adverts and trackers. The Brave browser claims to block both. Trying...
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Clunky. Uninstalled.
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Last post by OFSO
Mon Oct 09, 2023 5:25 pm
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Windows boot-up (W10)
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Boac » Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:34 am
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After the last M$ update I have lost the 'spinning wheel' that used to show before username entry. Curious as to why, although it is not so far a...
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Oh oh! Next boot, same as before. No whizzy.
EDIT: 'Fast Start' was turned off?? (Now on and we will see next boot.)
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Last post by Boac
Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:31 am
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IPAD replacement
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unifoxos » Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:42 pm
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I keep an inherited IPAD by my chair in the evenings. It's main use is for a periodic check on my web emails, reading kindle books and googling for...
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I bought an end-of-range or refurbished (can't tell!) Huawei tablet from Morgan for £80 years ago. Been my constant companion for YouTube and Amazon...
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Last post by OFSO
Fri Sep 22, 2023 11:51 am
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No Traffic Info on Vehicles’ SatNav
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barkingmad » Fri Sep 01, 2023 10:15 pm
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My 2020 VW Golf Mk 7 has decided for some reason this summer to not bother alerting me to traffic problems through the OEM SatNav fitted as...
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Your post caused me to look at my Skoda TMC (which I do not use) and notice it is not working.
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Last post by Boac
Sat Sep 02, 2023 8:34 pm
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