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Goodness, caught red-handed.

I saw a bit on the BBC news and there's supposed to be more on Panorama. Here's an interesting taster:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-51660982/criminals-on-cctv-scammers-caught-red-handed

Help !!!! 'Your connection is not Private' Google Chrome

Hi all, Not being no computer expert I'm having a bit of a problem and need some advice/help. It looks like Chrome has updated as certain things have changed on the tab/tool bar ie font & colour but, when I go to certain sites like parts of ebay and ...

Goodbye, Windows 7 - and how to get Windows 10 for free?

Today sees the end of support for Windows 7. Sadly, I'm old enough for ten years to seem a very short time, and I think poor old W7 probably feels the same. Plenty of scary stuff on the horrors that await those who continue to run W7 should they ever...

Resolved! A grey lock with an orange triangle, but my SSL https code is compliant!

After receiving an eBay warning letter for not being HTTPS compliant, I spent £70 quid on a SSL certificate, activated it, waited for server to update [48hrs or so]. Changed all my links from http: to HTTPS: on all active listings [using eBay’s find ...

I've had a problem.

I went to my Win 10 laptop and opened up and when I went to the ebay community (Round table) I was faced with a really cut down "My Profile" page. The other community pages just open to the same page. Everything is centred and scrolling down the page...

Facebook

I couldn't think of a better place than here, as facebook doesn't seem to be working properly but, can anyone suggest why when i use facebook that i have to sign in EVERY TIME i switch pages on facebook please?

Internal server error .

anyone getting a message advising Internal Sewrver Error on android? im on a samsung galaxy s3,, server error was invalid request / error type 485390?can acess ebay on wifes galaxy s5, my tablet and laptop, but not in the mobile... grrrr

eBay & Instagram: a question about security of posting eBay links on Instagram posts

This morning I had a shock when working on Instagram when I realised that my posts of eBay listings into which I had pasted the eBay URLs took me into my private eBay account. This didn't happen with URLs of the form https://www.ebay.co.uk/item/#1234...

How do you have your brand logo on the search listing???

Hello All I have a business Ebay account and i have a shop outlet on there. One of my customers has the logo on their search listings that leads to their shop. For example https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=insignia+i...

How to set up to automatically logout when I close down ebay

I've got more than one account on ebay, and just wondered if I could have it set up to automatically log me out when I close down the tab or the computer. That way I would log in every time I opened ebay - which would be ideal.Any ideas/advice please...

cannot reply to seller message / cannot get return label

Hi If I try to reply to my seller about a return the message system will not activate the 'send message' button. If I try to just print off the return label she generated the screen goes to an alomst blank page with 'technical error' at the top. Both...

How do I upload documents on the site uploader? Keep getting error message 'no documents exist'

I'm trying to upload soem documents - correct size <2MB, correct format jpeg, select correct document type et -, to the site uploader link i was sent by eBay customer support. However each time I do it and press the upload button, I get the error nes...

Chromebooks - keep an eye on expiry of support for the operating system

It seems that Google provides six and a half years of software support for new hardware - from the date that that hardware is introduced. Thus, should you buy a Chromebook five and a half years after its introduction, you'll only have a year of updat...

Page goes blank?

If I go to the Daily Mirror web site, the page opens then goes blank. That's on this Win 10 computer. All other web sites open OK. If I use my Win 7 computer the DM page opens OK. Using Win 10 with the Edge browser, I've tried the simple things, clea...

Restart??

A couple of days ago when I went to Youtube to play a video it wouldn't play. To get it to work, I had to restart. It happens regularly now. Sometimes a video plays OK early on, but later in the day they won't play until I restart. Done the usual stu...

Multiple choice drop down menu won't work

Drop down menu is not working. This has been happening for a few weeks now making it difficult to search for items near to me.

Otherego? Are you still with us?

On 27th February on your Distro thread I asked you series of questions (#1528) and you replied quickly the same day and said:- "Lots of questions indeed! And deserving of their own threads, I think. If you'll forgive me for the moment, I'll certainly...

Firefox disables everyone's add-ons - possible quick fix if you don't have the new version yet.

A couple of days ago, Firefox managed to disable everybody's add-ons - an expired certificate, or something. Oops. Apparently, the newly released version 66.0.4 resolves the problem. It doesn't seem to have found its way into the Ubuntu/Mint reposito...

Does anybody know what "ebayrtm.com" is and does?

I'm having more than the usual difficulties with eBay at the moment. Pages frequently load incompletely, despite my temporarily allowing the usual suspects in NoScript. Since I no longer seem to have the option to include an image, I'll try to attach...

my internet explorer stops working each time I use ebay, what do I need to do. I have IE version 11

why does my internet stop working each time i use ebay? any suggestions please?

Free VPN for android.

Can anyone recommend a good one. Tia.

Microsoft capitulating, Edge will be Chromium-based

Not that Ashampoo is every tech-savvy person's go-to for trusted info, but I, with my very modest understanding, have found them quite serious Plus I've read this elsewhere. Soon, they say, only Firefox and Safari will not be Chromium-based, and that...

Can't access My Ebay page on my Desktop computer

Hi, Any advice appreciated. I use Windows 10 desktop and Microsoft Edge browser. I have accessd Ebay without issue until Tuesday 8th January 2019. Now when I try to get to My Ebay page there is no response, the message 'Waiting for response' is shown...

Group Policy Editor/Privacy Settings for Win10-HOME etc

I'm floundering amid a sea of technical unawareness now, but this seems interesting. As you probably know, Group Policy Editor is not available on Win10 HOME edition. This program purports to free up lots of options for Home users. I'm not installing...

Heads-Up Re: CCleaner Boot Issues in W7

Hi guys LTNS Just a quick heads-up regarding my recent nightmare with CCleaner. Out of the blue, my laptop (Windows 7) stopped loading on power up - it just froze on the boot screen and wouldn't go any further. Pressing F3 for recovery and then exit,...

Selling on EBay - can't get past first base !

When my husband is trying to list set of golf clubs, he's not given the option of creative a new listing - he gas to "tap a keyword", which then brings up an item with a long list of product details that he can't delete ! He cab upload his own photos...

Vero issues

Another seller is using my pictures and all pictures have my watermark running through them. I have contacted vero on numerous occasion, also 3 eBay customer service advisors have reported this too. Why is the listing still allowed to use my picture ...

I've had an email attempting to extort money by threats

As per subject I've had an email attempting to extort money by threatening to circulate compromising information about me. I think this is a try-on because I haven't visited any sites that I'd be worried about people knowing. The thing that interests...

Brother QL570 Printer

I bought this label printer (Brother QL570 Printer ) , i install it in my computer but i have problem printing with it when i print the address comes very small the label size is perfect but the address is not , how can i sort this ?

Poor old eBay - now the BBC says it suffered a XSS attack recently

More gloom and doom here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29241563 What's a little scary is that it would be so easy to be taken in - I've certainly had the experience of eBay demanding a fresh log-in when I've tried to do something, and it woul...

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