Fix for Epson Printer not working after Mac OS Sequoia upgrade

I have to say, I'm not a huge fan of our Epson printer (a fairly old XP-245), as it doesn't support AirPrint, however it is at least cheaper to run than the previous ruinously expensive HP printers.Recently I upgraded to Mac OS 15 Sequoia.  Printing stopped abruptly, so I hit the Epson site, which...

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Microsoft (MSN, Outlook.com or Hotmail.com) email stopped working ?

 This is something I came across a few weeks ago.  A family relative was having problems with an MSN account on their Mac.  It was working fine on their iPhone, so I knew it wasn't a password problem, but I could get access by resetting up the account but it would stop working a number...

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Vehicle to grid becomes a reality in the UK

 This idea has been around for a while, and it's interesting to see it coming to fruition.  Many, many years ago at uni we studied combined heat and power units (CHP), essentially boilers that would generate heat and electricity. The concept being that reducing the load on the electricity...

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UK NCSC's Protective DNS service

I have done some work as part of my day job with the UK NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre), they have always been great to deal with, and all the people I've met have been very passionate about protecting the UK from cyber threats.They have a number of services that I'm not sure get the recognition...

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Repairing a Boston Acoustics Micromedia subwoofer

 I've had my 2.1 computer speakers system for a very long time (I knew this as I bought them when I was at my old company, and I've been at my current employer for 17 years.  But when I actually disassembled the subwoofer, it has 'May 1997' on it, so that's a good 26 years service, so not...

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VAR shables - blaming human error is missing the point

Definitely a systems failure !I've been meaning to write this article for a few days, and in the time I've been thinking about it, Matthew Syed has written a piece in The Times with a very similar perspective.He's written a book along similar lines, and that book (Black Box Thinking) references a really...

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Krups XN250 Nespresso coffee machine repair

 This is the second time I've had to fix my Krups Nespresso machine, but as it's about a 20 minute job and the part costs about £5, that's fine with me.The symptoms are that the machine appears to work fine, but the coffee is not dispensed into the cup, but down the back of the machine into the drip tray.  The video below gives a good detailed summary of what to do, but the guy in the video...

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