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Advice on Buying a Used Macbook Air please 8 GreatGazoo 4 hrs ago 2 hrs ago 1 134

Any drone owners here? 0 grumpyduck Wednesday Wednesday 1 119

Anyone else experiencing YouTube issues this am? 2 Simeon Salus Wednesday Wednesday 0 126

Zorin OS 18 (Linux) Downloads Skyrocket, and more than 70% came from Windows (Oct 18, 2025) 7 usonian Monday Tuesday 6 254

dell coming to my house to replace motherboard under warranty in just 3 days wait 0 msongs Tuesday Tuesday 1 103

Do YouTube videos put you to sleep? Here's how to get readable transcripts in a few easy steps. 4 usonian Tuesday Tuesday 6 173

HULU is crashing on my IPAD when I'm watching MSNBC 4 rickford66 Monday Tuesday 0 182

I am showing the wrong time on replies. New posts and replies show 11:48 PM. How can I fix? Thank you. 7 debm55 Sunday Tuesday 0 230

Windows 10 password problem. 9 Susan Calvin Saturday Monday 1 267

Microsoft One Drive - Windows 11 2 LuckyCharms Saturday Saturday 2 251

How to keep your personalized background from automatically changing on Windows 11 2 Niagara Saturday Saturday 4 250

Microsoft Flags AI-Driven Phishing: LLM-Crafted SVG Files Outsmart Email Security 4 Passages Sep 29 Friday 5 739

HP Printer App 4 SleeplessinSoCal Oct 28 Oct 28 0 228

MacOS system software not updating. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 28 Oct 28 0 190

I have a really big gripe about tech companies 3 canetoad Oct 26 Oct 27 3 264

This almost got me 20 Nittersing Oct 27 Oct 27 46 1417

Elvish? 4 usonian Oct 24 Oct 26 1 284

Practical Defenses Against Technofascism 0 usonian Oct 26 Oct 26 7 259

After the latest update windows did 2 days ago 7 KS Toronado Oct 23 Oct 23 1 425

Why You Should Swap Passwords for Passphrases 10 Passages Oct 22 Oct 23 15 669

Some old programming books, back to the 1970s. 7 Ilsa Oct 20 Oct 23 0 388

Hi all, Why are replies I make to a post highlighted in yellow. Any ideas? THanks for any help. 5 Paper Roses Oct 20 Oct 21 0 295

I'm looking to get a new Desktop as Microsoft 10 protections ended yesterday. 7 no_hypocrisy Oct 15 Oct 20 0 440

Anyone know why this happens with bluesky posts ? 17 dweller Oct 18 Oct 18 2 451

Is Windows screwing up your background colors, e.g. Files Explorer is black, your taskbar is white 0 progree Oct 18 Oct 18 2 208

Aaaack, I did something 5 madamesilverspurs Oct 7 Oct 17 2 424

Help with WiFi and/or Windows Security 16 piddyprints Oct 16 Oct 16 0 479

For some time, all my Google maps have appeared entirely black. 2 eppur_se_muova Oct 16 Oct 16 0 245

Never thought to ask here... 6 mntleo2 Oct 11 Oct 12 2 368

*Eureka* - update: MS Spotlight is *BACK* - & by itself after a week! - original OP is here, below the Update. 0 UTUSN Oct 10 Oct 10 1 231

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Certain apps on my iPhone no longer work when using NordVPN. 5 Mme. Defarge Oct 9 Oct 9 0 326

This old timer is back again. Can you help? 5 Paper Roses Oct 8 Oct 9 3 403

Phone question since it is a computer 2 Captain Zero Oct 8 Oct 8 0 318

BatShadow Group Uses New Go-Based 'Vampire Bot' Malware to Hunt Job Seekers 2 Passages Oct 8 Oct 8 3 274

I finally gave up on Windows for everyday use, I have two Chromebooks that do everything I need... 2 wcmagumba Oct 7 Oct 7 2 311

Cannot get my HP (sadly Windows 11) to stop timing out within 3 minutes of non use. 5 efhmc Oct 6 Oct 7 0 355

Sign In to Confirm You are not a Bot Error 4 MagaSmash Oct 7 Oct 7 3 414

Brave Now Has Over 100 Million Users 4 douglas9 Oct 2 Oct 7 13 695

*UPDATE, EUREKA post #7* - (original headline here: ) Low-tech-me's latest hard-knock lesson: USB-A /USB-A a no-no! 7 UTUSN Oct 5 Oct 6 2 434

Update to stupid laptop issues 4 Phentex Oct 6 Oct 6 3 396

All of the sudden you tube videos are asking me to sign in EDIT - BACK TO NORMAL 14 Kali Oct 5 Oct 5 1 516

Thinking of trying a VPN? 4 canetoad Sep 21 Oct 5 6 2545

Computers don"t HAVE to work this badly.... 3 LPBBEAR Sep 19 Oct 5 6 931

Help with extended security update for Windows 10 3 seaglass Oct 2 Oct 2 4 458

I have two "accounts" on DU. How do I combine them? 1 Safe as Milk Sep 29 Sep 29 0 447

How to check if a university network in another state is down ? 6 eppur_se_muova Sep 26 Sep 26 0 520

it's gateway time out day on DU. after 3 or 4 clicks it goes thru. 1 msongs Sep 19 Sep 19 2 748

My Apple Ultra2 watch will not search for updates. 3 3Hotdogs Sep 17 Sep 17 0 484

Trouble with Apple iPhone updates? 6 3Hotdogs Sep 16 Sep 16 0 699

6 Browser-Based Attacks Security Teams Need to Prepare For Right Now 2 Passages Sep 15 Sep 15 4 708

Heads up for Instagram users 2 TommyT139 Sep 15 Sep 15 6 2804

TOR and/or VPN 8 OneGrassRoot Sep 14 Sep 14 0 761

Any idea what these photos are and where they came from.. 5 SleeplessinSoCal Sep 12 Sep 12 0 1210

Anti malware recommendations appreciated for Android phone and tablet 0 quaint Sep 12 Sep 12 0 709

AI Slop Song Teaches You the Windows Registry 0 QueerDuck Sep 9 Sep 9 1 1040

Guide me to divest of replaced laptop - give away, sell (cheap), what? 9 UTUSN Sep 8 Sep 9 0 1215

Well, I did something. 5 madamesilverspurs Sep 8 Sep 8 3 1024

Computer Security: Block ads, stay clean ( From CERN) 1 usonian Sep 7 Sep 8 14 1899

Root cause for why Windows 11 is breaking or corrupting SSDs may have been found 2 usonian Sep 6 Sep 7 6 1603

Time is running out for Windows 10 system updates. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 5 Sep 5 4 1240

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Sextortion with a twist: Spyware takes webcam pics of users watching porn 1 bucolic_frolic Sep 5 Sep 5 5 1533

Slightly off topic but 2 cbabe Aug 31 Sep 2 0 518

Anyone know where I can get a free domain/hosting? 3 FirstLight Aug 24 Aug 31 0 582

Reports of August 12 Windows 11 update corrupting disks. 3 usonian Aug 31 Aug 31 19 879

I want to discontinue Facebook. Need other options 14 thucythucy Aug 28 Aug 30 0 816

Dear DU friends, help please. 1 Paper Roses Aug 29 Aug 29 0 569

Vivaldi says no to AI features 0 douglas9 Aug 29 Aug 29 8 519

Yahoo Calendar down as of 8/28/25. Anybody else??? 1 patricia92243 Aug 28 Aug 28 0 422

Has anyone here switched email providers? I am on the verge of dumping gmail 7 George McGovern Aug 2025 Aug 28 2 987

Best FREE Speech-to-Text For Linux Mint 7 Goonch Aug 23 Aug 27 1 653

Help with a Gmail login problem ? 3 Number9Dream Aug 26 Aug 26 1 556

My review of the Beelink S13 Pro N150 Mini PC 0 Hokie Aug 21 Aug 21 1 686

AVG is becoming a hydra with autorenewals. 15 Baitball Blogger Aug 12 Aug 21 8 1765

So, I have discovered a bit of a weird thing about Macs and postimages.org 2 OldBaldy1701E Aug 19 Aug 20 4 566

Please. Can anyone help me see stars? 9 EverHopeful Aug 18 Aug 19 0 704

Github has gone full Microsoft AI. (Microsoft bought Github) 0 usonian Aug 12 Aug 12 2 507

Hello Computer Brainiacs!!!! 9 wolfie001 Aug 2025 Aug 12 0 855

Need a little guidance on going partially off grid 6 hydrolastic Aug 2025 Aug 12 2 789

I had a FB account. Changed phone #. Had to make a New acct. My regular name was already up... 3 electric_blue68 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 661

I've stumbled across a strange problem posting a specific block of text. 13 Ms. Toad Aug 2025 Aug 2025 0 752

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