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Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:33 am
Vulnerability of the fiber optic network
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Biloute »
Tue Dec 31, 2024 4:33 pm
I have often wondered how vulnerable our Internet is. Now I am sure it is !
We have been without Internet for 4 days (great between Christmas and New...
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Thu Jan 02, 2025 10:26 am
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Wed Jan 01, 2025 11:50 am
New laptop, old printer problem
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manonthemoon2 »
Sat Dec 21, 2024 2:34 pm
I have bought a Lenovo laptop which I'm very pleased with, it is a Windows 11.
My older laptop worked perfectly with my Canon printer but I just...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Tue Dec 24, 2024 10:55 am
What took me so long?
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RobertArthur »
Fri Dec 20, 2024 6:54 pm
This morning already a Christmas present. Or should I say finally? Too many typos and writing errors using my 14-inch laptop screen and from an...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Sat Dec 21, 2024 12:24 pm
Windows livemail
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hughnique »
Mon Dec 16, 2024 2:52 pm
Suddenly this morning I tried to reply to an e mail, with which I have had conversation recently with no problems, and it comes up as unable to send...
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Last post by Biloute
Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:08 am
Facebook deleting and adding.
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hughnique »
Wed Dec 11, 2024 2:31 pm
I am trying to sell a house full of stuff on a very limited audience Facebook group I belong to, so tried the List in other places prompt. I then...
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Last post by hughnique
Thu Dec 12, 2024 12:31 pm
Saying goodbey to the MS-DOS prompt
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RobertArthur »
Mon Dec 09, 2024 2:49 pm
What took me so long? Too many pc memories, this week to the déchetterie. What about Word Perfect 4? I always liked the possibility to be the master...
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Last post by rabbit
Mon Dec 09, 2024 11:50 pm
Phone plugged in, not charging
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RobertArthur »
Wed Dec 04, 2024 12:39 pm
Last week a friend of mine asked me to have a look at his smartphone. Power supply in socket, USB cable type A from there to input phone type C, not...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Thu Dec 05, 2024 11:49 am
Nuisance call
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rabbit »
Mon Dec 02, 2024 4:02 pm
Just had a call from an unknown number and when I picked up there was just an extremely loud whistle. If I’d had the phone close to my ear it could...
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Last post by sparkyjo
Tue Dec 03, 2024 10:31 pm
I am an idiot
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manonthemoon2 »
Tue Nov 05, 2024 7:01 pm
This afternoon I was trying to use a site on my phone but had forgotten the password. So like an idiot I went into settings, and put a pattern lock...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Thu Nov 07, 2024 3:47 pm
The time cometh?
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hughnique »
Sun Oct 06, 2024 1:29 pm
Unfortunately my OAP phone has given up the ghost, emergency calls only, one minute and then insert SIM card the next, the same card works in an old...
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Last post by Wilbro
Fri Nov 01, 2024 5:16 pm
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Last post by niemeyjt
Fri Nov 01, 2024 10:34 am
PC clock always behind
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MAD87 »
Fri Oct 25, 2024 1:37 pm
I keep having to change my desktop clock to avoid getting error messages. Is there one reason for this, i.e., anything I can do?
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Last post by MAD87
Sat Oct 26, 2024 9:35 am
Updating to Android 15?
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RobertArthur »
Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:18 pm
We are getting used to Windows update problems. Updating Android smartphones was most of the time less risky. Not this time: the Android 15 update is...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Thu Oct 24, 2024 6:38 pm
LCL Problems
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Veem »
Thu Oct 17, 2024 4:22 pm
Evidently the LCL website (and possibly all their computerised systems) have been down since around 1.30, which is about when I began trying to pay...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Thu Oct 17, 2024 5:25 pm
Spam
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ajm »
Sun Oct 06, 2024 1:33 pm
I am getting lots of emails from an organisation called nos offres et services . They use several email addresses all of which I have put in...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Mon Oct 07, 2024 1:47 pm
Ceefax at 50
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niemeyjt »
Mon Sep 23, 2024 6:49 am
50 years ago today, the BBC launched Ceefax - the UK's answer to Minitel (ish).
It was switched off in 2012 - but anyone with a BBC B computer can...
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Last post by Trelawney
Thu Sep 26, 2024 1:30 pm
Who has been talking?
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ajm »
Mon Sep 23, 2024 9:53 am
I have started getting pop-up ads for designer luxury yachts. :o
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Last post by niemeyjt
Mon Sep 23, 2024 10:41 am
Exploding pagers
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tagh »
Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:32 pm
Given the technical feat of making thousands of pagers explode at once, one wonders if mobile phones could have been afflicted with the same or...
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Last post by Lori
Fri Sep 20, 2024 2:32 pm
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Last post by Hotrodder
Wed Sep 18, 2024 4:32 pm
Ending Internet contract with FREE.com
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edythuk »
Tue Sep 17, 2024 6:54 pm
We are returning to the UK next month and I contacted the help section of my page and was told to ring the number of their department which deals...
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Last post by Lori
Wed Sep 18, 2024 8:14 am
Apple iPhone 16
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niemeyjt »
Mon Sep 09, 2024 8:19 pm
For all you Apple fanboys and fangirls out there (assuming you're not already queuing) . . .
Lacking sufficient natural intelligence and about to...
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Last post by elsie
Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:24 pm
Scam emails
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exile »
Fri Aug 30, 2024 10:51 pm
Is there somewhere to forward scam emails so that the authorities/company that is being imitated is aware of what is happening?
I have just received...
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Tue Sep 10, 2024 9:37 am
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