When asking for help, please give as much information as possible, and when providing help, remember that this is the non-techie loop:

https://www.scooploop.com/thread/posting-guidelines-please-read-before-posting

The government is planning to start an emergency service this year that uses mobile phones to broadcast warnings. These alerts will use 4G and 5G. Full details here, watch the video:

http://bit.ly/3XU1o9a

Sorry not very good with all new technic. Please help

I have been invited to join Whats App for my local area but only have a Doro payg phone and a landline

Can I join to receive on Apple laptop and if possible how do I do it? Please answers in the simplest form. Many thanks.

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'.

Sorry I deleted my post as the email photos are working now, seems they just needed a bit of time to get through.

I'm not getting S/loop notifications by email at the moment for some reason but looking to see if I've hit the wrong button, notifications offer email and push (all turned on), just wondered what push means, please.

I did something yesterday which has messed up the laptop, think I installed Chrome which sent it funny so I uninstalled. This hasn't helped at all. Could someone tell me please how to get to the bit where you can go back 24 hours and hopefully that will correct it - thanks!

Now in Updates. If you don't want it, click the coloured not bold text next to Download.

If you don't want Windows 11, beware Windows 11 Amazon Prime type screens. Read carefully before clicking anything.

This YouTube add-on will add many controls to YouTube. Amongst the many controls, it can increase the volume, take screenshots and change speed.

http://bit.ly/3WouZpO

I got 2 BT landline phones. One phone is not ringing. I know it is quite simple to restore but forgot which button to press. to unmute? Can not find it in menu.

I downloaded it as it was another option to fix the website error message,
Application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware.
The first few times I had the error, I just had to do SFC /scannow. Some files got repaired and all was fine for a month or two. But the last time I ran that, there was no files to repair. That's when I saw the next option was to reinstall the graphic card driver. I managed to uninstall it but then couldn't see the option to "scan for hardware changes" to reinstall it. So I asked on my facebook and was recommended to download DriverFix and run it.
DriverFix scanned and found 23 drivers that needed updating. So I clicked update all and all the new drivers downloaded and started to install. 3 of them installed, thankfully 1 was the graphic card driver, but the others failed to install automatically. I have to do manual installs. I have found a DF File folder with a load of files but don't have a clue which ones to run.
Would appreciate some help, if anyone knows this software.
I will try to do a screen shot

LastPass did not reveal the full extent of the hack. A security expert says that you should assume that your passwords have been, or could be compromised, and you should change your master password and every password in your vault.

I have noticed members having trouble viewing websites. This is due to using cookie blockers. To be able to view the website, you have to click the cookie notice which you can't see.

I thought these automatically happened with updates but it says I have to download and install.
What are they exactly and what could an update do ?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S22+ Android phone and two Windows computers.
The phone will connect to my spare computer via USB to transfer files but when I connect to my main computer Windows 10 says that the device is not recognised.
I use the same cable each time and both computers run Windows 10 64 bit.
All my other USB devices work fine and I've tried different USB sockets - hard wired to the motherboad, Front drivebay and hub.
It used to work ok on my main computer so I suspect that a Windows update has changed something.
The reason this is an issue is that i want to update my contacts from Microsoft Outlook on my main computer to my phone using Samsung Smartswitch.
Alternatively is there any way to do this over bluetooth?
Any suggestions about how to fix this will be welcome.

The easiest way to do this is to use the Brave browser. This automatically removes adverts at the beginning and during the video. Other browsers need to have an extension which is a small easily added program. If you use Chrome or Edge browsers, you can get the extension here: https://bit.ly/3GxxPnH
If you use Firefox, see the comment below.

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?

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.

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!

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 ?

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

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?

https://bit.ly/3V7ANTV

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 - 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:

https://bit.ly/3uiDAPf

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.

http://bit.ly/3EN2ufZ

http://bit.ly/3tHcrFi

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 :-)

... in Broadland...

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.

https://bit.ly/3TDXEWM

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