Ask for Tech Help - Monday Thread

[Baz]

If you have a tech problem you have been putting off or cannot solve, post it here. Members who know the answer will reply. Not a thread for complex projects, just the specific thing that is not working or the question you feel slightly embarrassed to ask elsewhere.

Anything counts: software, hardware, phone settings, browser behaviour, why a thing stopped working that used to work, what a specific error message means.

[Caitlin_69]

My Windows machine has started showing a generic blue screen every three to four days with no consistent error code. It has been happening for about three weeks and I cannot isolate what changed. Thoughts on where to start

[NightCrawler]

Is there a way to transfer WhatsApp chat history from Android to iPhone that actually works in 2026? The official tool seems to only work sometimes

[RightNutter]

My home router drops the connection for about 30 seconds every day at roughly the same time. I have checked for scheduled restarts and found none. Could this be the ISP?

[Gaz90]

Best free tool for batch renaming files in 2026 on Mac? I used to use an app that is no longer maintained and the built-in options are limited

[Restless Barrel]

Why does my phone battery drain faster when I have good signal than when I have poor signal? I thought better signal should be more efficient

[Wrench]

Is there a keyboard shortcut or quick way in VS Code to collapse all functions in a file to just their signatures? The fold all option collapses too aggressively

[Fox50]

My smart TV cannot find a 5GHz network even though other devices in the same room can. Is this a TV limitation or a router configuration issue

[Thomas]

Printer that worked perfectly on the old laptop will not install on the new one. Windows 11 claims there is no driver available but the printer is only three years old