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Unless you sleep in a Faraday cage there's no escaping electromagnetic fields, especially if you live in a town or city.

Powerline adapters could be a good solution. I use a pair to avoid running a cable and they work well. Alternatively, assuming the Wifi issue is a hardware one, a cheap USB Wifi dongle could be another cost effective option.

exFAT works on both and has essentially no limitation on partition or file sizes, for this kind of thing.

Windows 10 has a 'volume mixer' which allows you to control the volume of each application individually. Right-click on the volume control in the bottom right and select "Open Volume mixer". You could try adjusting the volumes here to help identify which application is bing bonging.

I guess you mean TP-Link and yes, a basic 5 port unmanaged switch will cost around that much. These kind of things will work and it's just a case of how many ports do you want in the particular area. Perhaps 1 or more smaller switches in different locations would be most useful. They usually...

It sounds like you could use an "unmanaged switch" unless there's some unusual network config. IP addresses are assigned (fixed or dynamic) at the end-point, such as laptop, desktop, etc., so they shouldn't really come into it in relation to the network ports. You should be able to plug a new...

You can get a basic network cable tester for around £10. With a couple of cables you could use all this to try to find what goes where in terms of the RJ45 network cabling in your house.

If your current Windows 10 is working you should be able to extract the product key and use this to activate the Windows 10 installation on your new desktop. Although if the OS came preinstalled on the laptop it may not be accepted. There could be restrictions on OEM provided keys, but it's...

And their cheapest ESET NOD32 Antivirus offering is sufficient. It has a "Gamer mode", but I've never found it necessary.