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Office 365 (web) is worse data guzzler than Windows10 !!!

That's according to this. I thought that OE, at the very least, might be interested - not that he'd ever be at risk

Which micro SD to CF adapter fits Nikon d810?

There are very few adapters for micro SD to Compact Flash (CF) with size measurments. It is known Nikon D810 has a very narrow slot and i would like to know if anybody have found a fitting adapter. Maybe also with wiFi. 5mm are too wide so it may fir...

Miles / Km

I've changed my preferences to show miles instead of Km.Yet it still shows distance from my home in Km which is flipping useless!!!Any ideas? Using my iPhone.Cheers lovely eBay people xxx

eBay and others - are their cookie policies GDPR-compliant?

For various reasons (poverty etc) I've not bought much on eBay lately. Browsing the site this evening, I was presented with a "cookie banner": Cookie bannerA couple of thoughts sprang to mind.1. I thought that the "By using this site you consent to o...

Can sites' "cookie controls" override one's overall browser settings?

I mentioned elsewhere that I'd had a look at the cookie controls offered by eBay through their cookie banner - the post is here: https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Computing-Advice-Technology-Chat/eBay-and-others-are-their-cookie-policies-GDPR-compliant...

SKY satelite TV

I have a satellite link that I paid cash for about six years ago and still works well for free. Can anybody recommend best plugin box that would offer more service options and would I need a sky card?

New Apple Mac Pro laptop - photo transfer problems

After using a windows laptop for years to do my ebay stuff on, i have bought a new Apple Mac pro laptop I am getting things set up on the new lap top, and experimenting with my ebay screens I successfully imported a few photos from my camera to the l...

MOBILE PHONE LUMINA 650 -OPERATING WINDOWS 10 CAN NOT SEARCH EBAY UK

HiI have always used my phone to seach ebay uk, now I get the message " we can't reach this page " refresh page - search for what you want "I can see my ebay and what I am selling but cannot search, I have tried going in from google and it allows me ...

Windows update (Again)!!!

OK, I know there's a thread by OE (who's gone missing???) down the page but have a read of all of this. I have my win 7 set to notify me about updates rather than have them update & install automatically or to download automatically. I realised I'd n...

Windows 10 and MS in general?

OK, so readers of the Windows Update thread will have seen that I've finally took the plunge in to Windows 10. I got a new laptop because I've been worried for some time that the HD in my Win 7 machine might be struggling now so here I am, trying out...

MS Picture Manager and Windows 10

I noticed on another forum (pprune) that Windows 10 no longer includes MS Picture Manager. If anyone needs it, it can be obtained here: https://support.office.com/en-ie/article/where-is-picture-manager-58837c3e-34db-4904-95e8-4eca7b7c5730 Probably wo...

Youtube.

I've had a strange occurrence on youtube. I searched for, found and clicked on a track which started to play OK but I noticed the "comments" below just had the circle going round and round and suddenly the video stopped and the page changed to an err...

Bt email. Genuine or phishing

Just had a bt email looks genuine but doesnt address me by my name just says hello asks yoy to login from the email and renew your terms and conditions anyone know if this is genuine

Resolved! Gmail sign in change

Has anyone noticed that now not only is the sign in a real pain (for pc use for me) but also has blocked the option to choose not to remain signed in. So when you sign out, you don't. Google keeps a track of you on all their pages even when you have ...

Ad-blocker on?

When accessing some newspaper sites they often come up with something like "Oh no, you got your ad-blocker on,,,,etc etc." and you can't read what's on the page. However, you can read it IF..... you go to google and write the headline (for that news ...

Netgear aircard ac81c

Dos the new netgear aircard work with a phone sim

corrupt Huawei E8278 Modem USB Dongle ??

Hi i wonder if anyone can advise me please. i recently sold the above brand new product,. it has never ever been used. i have today received a message from the buyer saying "his counter is telling him the dongle is corrupt" Can someone explain to me ...

Firefox 57 is due today - it will probably disable a lot of add-ons/extensions

Much as per title, really. More information here: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/10/open_source_insider_firefox_57/ It's due to be introduced (or "rolled out" bleurgghhh *gag*) today. While it's undoubtedly full of technical improvements, many...

Resolved! Blocking them darn icons

A while back, my memory being very fuzzy, there was something that blocked the icons (and potential links???) to the likes of fb, twitter, g+ etc. Well, it seems to no longer be working 'cos I'm finding them back, everywhere. I don't know how effecti...

Browser hijack

I am having serious problems accessing any Ebay pages except my home/account page. Everytime I do a search or open a page, within a few seconds the page jumps to a search error page for yahoo looking for a file with the prefix PIC. Have run virus che...

GDPR - interesting times ahead for conducting business on the internet

GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation. An EU thingy coming into force in May - and if I'm not mistaken, it's to be enshrined in UK law post-Brexit.I've not read the whole thing, or even much of it. I'd hate to have to! My impression, though, is t...

A strange problem.

One of the local newspapers is the North Wales Daily Post and since yesterday going on their site crashes my computer. I'll call it a crash because nothing works. Sometimes it'll clear if I wait (a long time) but sometimes it's completely "locked". T...

Ebay no longer work on Android 4.0.4

Ebay no longer work on android 4.0.4, I havent updated Android because if it work why fix it...I have alway used ebay on my Mobile phone, but till Monday all I get is update E-bay then when I do I am toldthat Android 4.0.4 is no longer conpatable.......

cant acess selling pages using edge

I have posted this in a technical forum that I now cant find.As an occasional seller, the last time i sold was in December using internet Explorer.Today I tried to create some listings but now using Edge and could not get past the select an item stag...

Resolved! Malwarebytes

Does anyone know if this is no longer free? I seem to be only able to update (or reload) a "Free to Try" version now for Windows and then have to pay for it. It's free for Mac and mobile phones as far as I can see, but not for computers?

One for OE:-

What do you make of this OE?:- https://news.sky.com/story/computers-face-global-slowdown-due-to-flaw-in-intel-chips-11193992

cannot log in on iex11 but can with edge

hii know this an old problem. I cannot now log into ebay in ie11 which i have being using all the time. i can get in through ms edgewhich on the login has retained the password and allows me in. but edge is not my favorite browser . i would like to g...

Compliments of the season...

... to all this board's regulars and visitors. Let's hope for a very happy and productive year in our personal lives, and for the continued survival of this small but useful and friendly board. I've learned a lot about general computing matters here ...

Any bright spark know if....

Does anyone know if it's now possible to have a sound alert when a new mail arrives on Gmail? I believe they disabled Gmail Notifier some time ago so is it still possible to get a sound working? When I've got some other pages open or am working with ...

Spoofstick is it available for window 10?

Hello all A good few years ago when I first started posting on ebay forums a kindly poster advised me to download "spoofstick" it helps the pc user to tell if they are on legitimate websites or spoofs. I had been using it all this time up until I wen...