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Does a person need to have a confirmed mobility problem to use a battery powered scooter on a road or pavement?
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After an hour messing about with my laptop (Windows 7) I prepared to switch off but was told ‘please don’t power off - installing one of ten updates’. Why ten? This is a frequent sort of...
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I started using a computer about 11-12 years ago with a free CD introducing me to Freeserve, which subsequently became Wanadoo, Orange, and now EE. BT are now trying to interest me in ‘Better...
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Coldicote
I have a savings account with the Post Office and was concerned to read this morning that Ireland’s IBRC (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) is to cease to exist. I understand the Post Office...
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Coldicote
At the right hand end of my task bar there is a dimmed out reference to Norton 360 (which has just been installed). At the left end there are just 3 quick launch icons, with dimmed pointers to click...
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Since having my computer repaired (something happened to the motherboard) I see that I have two unfamiliar programs. One is ‘LogMeIn’ and the other ‘VIA HD Audio Deck’. I have only my desktop...
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Someone has suggested to me that I should have an external hard drive. There are plenty advertised but what actually is the point of them and how are they any different from USB sticks for saving...
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My computer recently had to go away for repair. Now when I go to Start I see a heading ‘My Recent Documents’ which I hadn’t noticed before and it opens to show a long list of recent docs and...
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Until ‘pleb’ hit the headlines recently I’d never heard the word. As far as I know it’s just a slang word (like many others) for silly, that one might use in a moment of annoyance. Why all the...
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I'm struggling to get used to a laptop. Every time I open MS Word or MS Publisher I am expected to read and accept the MS End-User Licence Agreement before going any further. Why isn't once enough and...
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I have a desktop PC and a laptop, both for personal interest and a modest website. Occasionally I would like to upload amendments to my website from the laptop but Terrapin FTP, that I have used for...
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Coldicote
Whatever one’s religious belief, most will know the symbolism of Christmas -the birth of Jesus Christ. It seems to me a travesty having religion mixed up with Santa Claus, reindeer and all the rest...
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We seem to live in a age of abbreviations. There are thousands of them, including such as RCD (which can mean Rabbit Calcivirus Disease), PDO, TSB, and so on. Some I recognise, but those I don't I...
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Coldicote
Who are these people that keep inventing Java updates? There seems to be a never-ending stream of them. I accept the updates but am not aware that they've ever made any difference as far as I'm...
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Coldicote
I wonder if fellow ABers share my irritation in trying to read text, such as News, on one half of the TV screen while active TV programmes show on the other half. Frankly it drives me up the wall and...
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Coldicote
Hello Ed. Why do I have to sign in every time I come to AB? 'Remember me on this computer' is ticked but it doesn't make any difference. Just wondering what's happened.
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I have an HP Deskjet 1050 (all-in-one printer, scanner, copier) and occasionally scan something to the computer. I do this by using Micrographx Picture Publisher and going to File > Acquire, but...
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There's a campaign on where I live persuading people to support a petition to make superfast fibre broadband available. I've heard that it's good but will it effect the EE (previously Orange)...
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I have a printer HP Deskjet 1050 and for the first time need to change the ink cartridges. I've seen a video and tried to follow it, but am nearly 'going round the bend'. The spent cartridges were...
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At the right hand end of my task bar, stopping just short of the sim tray, I see in faded words Program Files and a couple of >>. When I click the >> it opens a long list of Program Files....
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