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What we're watching now...Continuing
The thread 'what are you watching now' was locked due to it's size and the thread continuing it by the moderator, was amalgamated and also locked.❓ to access the old thread which is now read only Original What are you watching now thread So this is a new thread with a slightly different Tittle.... Continuing.... Planet X appears to be hidden behind the Sun in our Solar System What Made Spartans So Much Better At Fighting INSANE AI Video Generator you can use NOW! I Got Early Access to Suno's New AI Tool - Here's what I Did With It! Udio's New Feature is a Gamechanger for AI Music
Most common method to watch TV these days?
Hello VM community, What is the most common method people are using to watch TV these days? I am coming to the end of contract and they are offering the usual 'Mix it TV (basic Freeview style channels), weekend landline Chatter - which, as a family, we never use and the landline-phone only very rarely rings out! - and, of course, the internet WiFi. However, I was wondering are most people these days simply using the internet to watch TV, with the Freely app or some such method (iPlayer, ITVX etc)? Would I be wise to keep the TV option with VM or ditch it and try and get the bigger M350/ 500, or does it no longer really matter? Thanks.Multiple routers on home network
For a very long time I've used old sky routers as AP's on my network. There is 4 of them each on a different floor. The setup is simple in that the main sky router gives out IP addresses using DHCP The other sky router AP's are given a fixed IP address and DHCP of all connected devices to these AP's is given the IP via the main modem as the AP's dhcp is disabled. They all have the same password so it allows for auto connect when moving about. The connection is Router to managed switch via ethernet, switch to all devices and additional AP's I moved to Virgin recently and kept the same configuration so only the hub 5 is different I can see the AP's but when connected, there is no internet at the AP. The hub 5 sees all devices on the network but it does not display the IP address of the AP's So it can see them and every other device has its IP displayed. The hub 5 is in router mode Any suggestions/help to fix this would be appreciatedComment on Windows 11 your experience
So much talk about Windows 11, I thought I'd give it a try and see what all the fuss was about. It took just over an hour to make the changes. I had to download an updated bios for my motherboard, which made the necessary adjustments without having to go into the bios sections and manually adjust items, and you have to do that first or the bios won't pass the inspection and the Windows 11 won't install. So I got it up and running. Now checking it out, after clicking on the Windows Icon in the taskbar Installed software wasn't showing anymore and no tiles on the desktop, luckily I had made shortcuts for the most used software in Windows 10, so they were showing on the desktop and taskbar after the installation. I found it difficult to navigate around after being used to Windows 10, and a lot of the useful menu items were missing on right-click on an icon. The transparency effects no longer worked either. I missed the weather and speedtest on tiles and the current temperature and state of weather on the taskbar. I played around with Windows 11 for a few hours before deciding to switch back to Windows 10 😃 The only good thing that I found about it was that it seemed quicker when using Windows explorer. So if you've tried it or are using it, what are your views on it?SOS: Vulnerable Customer Emergency!
HELP????? My mum is 95 and lives on her own, so she relies on her mobile to stay in touch with family in case of falls or other emergencies. The sim in her phone was replaced by a virgin store but they can't connect it to her old no bcs they say the date of birth she gives them isn't correct!!!! Bcs of this she's been without her phone for over 10 days and she had a fall a week before she lost the phone. If it had happened a week later, she'd have been lying on the floor until she caught pneumonia bcs if she falls, she can't get up without help. And without a phone, nobody would know if she'd fallen. I've tried EVERYTHING to get in touch with Virgin but none of the advertised channels for getting through, actually work. CAN SOMEBODY AT VIRGIN IRELAND PLEASE HELP????Heads Up! Microsoft Account bricked my sister's laptop
My sister put Microsoft Account (MA) on her computer and hasn't been able to log in to her laptop, due to it failing. I asked her (wrongly) to delete the account; and to be fair she did. However, that didn't make the inability to log in go away, and I created a new account for her. After several hours of faffing about, I ended up in an infinite boot loop, where I would log in to MA and it would continuously kick me out with no access to the single desktop administrator account I created for her previously. I told her NOT to put MA on the account; but there were no problems until a couple of days ago. Being a helpful sort usually, this caused me to lose it (almost) completely, (lots of cursing and shouting), mainly directed at Microsoft. MA broke, repeatedly asking me to create a PIN, to which there were two options: retry or skip for now. As it was broken this is where the aforementioned boot loop began; the pop up box said "We can't do this right now" or whatever. Retry just went round and round, and skipping would just log me out. Looking around on the internet suggested a reinstall of Windows 10, which took 6 hours. The worrying part of this is now that this is part of reinstalling Windows 10/11. You have to create a Microsoft Account even though it serves no purpose whatsoever. I created a local account without the MA access, and have told me sister under no circumstances link it to MA. I understand that this is set to be compulsory with W11 that you have to log in to MA to access your computer. This kills any idea of me buying a new computer. AI kills it even more. Why should I have to log into a computer 5000 miles away to get the laptop in front of me to work? There's no tangible benefit in doing so. I would urge anyone to create a separate local administrator account without MA access so you can avoid trashing your data/install like I had to. There is a happy ending though; the laptop now boots up as it should, and there is no MA involved. Windows Update, though, is another story... If you've made it this far, thanks for reading.VM has a "Fake Review Policy"
Which got me wondering a few things: Is it a review policy that is in fact fake? Is it a fake review policy that is in fact true? Lastly... just...why? It is undated but seems fairly new https://www.virginmedia.com/dynamo/legal/fake-review-policy It initially flashes a 404 error on loading regardless of the browser used which sort of doubles down on the fakery side of things. In addition the main email address given for reporting "inappropriate" reviews (undefined) is actually an O2 domain but we are assured that's it's good for VM reviews too. Also I initially assumed that it was VM threatening terrible Hell-in-a-handcart sanctions against customers posting bad reviews. However it seems VM sometimes rewards reviewers with hard cash and "freebies" according to the policy. I have seen this sort of thing on Trustpilot with a number of companies and there is a "verified" tag used for these. However of the thousands of reviews of VM on Trustpilot I could only find 12 verified reviews using the filter. Of these 12 reviews just one is positive. Has anyone on here been incentivised to review VM? Was it conditional on providing a nice one? What did you get in return? Where is the review?
Email not downloading from external server
I have no incoming email from external messages to email addresses we have on another server. as an example emails destined to us from family@url.com are not downloading we have multiple email addresses set up for domains we own but none are downloading. I have checked with the hosting compnay and there is no problem at their end and have no block via spamhaus. If I use a hotspot the computer does download the headers from all emails. Any idea how to solve this?
