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How Can I Stop Windows Nagging?

About a month ago, installing new updates for Windows 7, one of the updates was to upgrade to IE 11 which, although I seldom use it, has upgraded OK and works fine. Except Windows keeps nagging me...
10:36 Tue 17th Dec 20137 answers, last by chrisrob 12:08 Thu 19th Dec 2013
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Microsoft !!!!

Just succumbed to the constant nagging to install updates to Windows 7 with the inevitable restart. But the update also added a new, unbidden, icon to my desktop from Microsoft entitled "Internet...
16:38 Thu 21st Nov 20132 answers, last by chrisrob 17:22 Thu 21st Nov 2013
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Uploading Web Pages And Getting Gobbledegook

It's been year since I used ftp and html but my wife has just taken over a website that has to be updated that way. Using Filezilla, we successfully downloaded pages to edit, opened to edit in Word...
17:54 Sun 23rd Jun 20133 answers, last by chrisrob 19:43 Sun 23rd Jun 2013
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Man Rules

AT LAST A BLOKE HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO WRITE THIS ALL DOWN WE ALWAYS HEAR 'THE RULES' FROM THE FEMALE SIDE NOW HERE ARE THE RULES FROM THE MALE SIDE THESE ARE OUR RULES! PLEASE NOTE. THESE ARE ALL...
14:29 Sun 07th Apr 20139 answers, last by starone 10:49 Mon 08th Apr 2013
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Site Won't Load

I help on many different health forums which I access daily. However, about a week ago, one of them, http://ehealthforum.com/ stopped working. The URL shows but otherwise it's just a blank screen: the...
09:41 Thu 14th Mar 20136 answers, last by bibblebub 10:33 Thu 14th Mar 2013
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Cheshire Police Authority Virus

Not really a question but an alert in case this happens to you. On restarting my computer (after cleaning up and defrag), the screen froze and an official looking screen came up saying Cheshire Police...
18:51 Tue 12th Mar 20138 answers, last by methyl 04:37 Sun 17th Mar 2013
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Why Haven't Uk Papers Covered Morrissey's Illness

Morrissey has had to cancel his tour dates in USA. He has the potentially pre-cancerous condition, Barrett's Oesophagus. Usually our press is obsessed with celebrity so why hasn't this been in our...
19:29 Tue 12th Feb 201321 answers, last by Duncer 13:49 Wed 13th Feb 2013
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Apps For Kindle Fire

I have just obtained a "new" (refurbished) Kindle Fire, which is great for most of the uses I require when travelling to, and in, meetings I have to attend. However, I cannot use it to compose...
18:56 Thu 03rd Jan 20131 answer, last by rojash 22:13 Thu 03rd Jan 2013
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Mouse Pointer

I know I asked this question many months ago - but didn't find a solution then nor since and am hoping someone may see this who can help. I will be using my (HP Pavillion) laptop (Windows 7) quite...
15:17 Thu 27th Dec 20122 answers, last by kloofnek 16:43 Thu 27th Dec 2012
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Cricket

Walking across a field, I found a cricket ball. A bit further on, I found anther cricket ball. A bit further on, there was a castrated cricket!...
17:22 Sun 11th Nov 20121 answer, last by wildwood 03:31 Mon 12th Nov 2012
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Builders' lunches

Three workers at a building site eating their sandwiches. First builder: Fish paste. I hate fish paste. If I get fish paste sandwiches tomorrow, I'll throw myself off this towerblock. Second builder:...
17:14 Sun 11th Nov 20122 answers, last by wildwood 03:29 Mon 12th Nov 2012
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Amazon Kindle Fire

Just bought one second hand for my wife's birthday. But it's almost impossible to use - gentle taps and drags are totally ineffective. Have to press and hold hard to get any sort of response. Will it...
17:49 Tue 06th Nov 20123 answers, last by dotty. 18:18 Thu 08th Nov 2012
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Visiting Vietnam - what cash is best?

I'm visiting Vietnam and Cambodia, cycling from Saigon to Angkor Wat. I know they have ATMs, accept US dollars and other hard currencies in main towns but I'll be off beaten track and it may be better...
17:01 Sat 13th Oct 20126 answers, last by shooty 17:10 Sat 13th Oct 2012
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A true story - with a dubious ending

This starts off true. I don't know where the true part of the story stops: A few years ago, an Australian walked into a patent office to patent his latest invention - a folding bottle. "And I...
14:35 Sun 07th Oct 20125 answers, last by Jemisa 00:05 Mon 08th Oct 2012
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True story - dubious punchline

My wife just said the plants in the hall needed more light. "Do you mind if I move the mother-in-law's tongue into the living room?" - As long as the Mother-in-Law's not attached!...
14:31 Sun 07th Oct 2012
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A pair of undies

I bought a bikini in a sale: 50% off! Now I sunbathe topless. I enquired the price of a thong and was told it was half a knicker....
16:54 Tue 25th Sep 20125 answers, last by baza 17:00 Tue 25th Sep 2012
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Ant Acid

Who was the Scottish architect who invented a way to ensure his antacid tablets kept dry? ... ... ... ... Rennie MacKintosh...
14:21 Sun 16th Sep 20122 answers, last by chaptazbru 16:12 Mon 17th Sep 2012
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iPlayer desktop

This problem has persisted for weeks now and I'm getting frustrated. BBC have been no help either. My iPlayer desktop stopped functioning some weeks ago. iPlayer help FAQS revealed it to be a problem...
14:18 Sun 16th Sep 20121 answer, last by chrisrob 14:50 Sun 16th Sep 2012
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Here are some interesting parallels between my shoes and my women:

(From "The Nicest Guy and His Lonely Penis" by Phil Torcivia I admire them even when I can't have them. I'm overconfident that they'd look better on me. Some are best at certain events only....
10:01 Thu 16th Aug 20123 answers, last by sidkid 18:48 Thu 16th Aug 2012
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Is this meeting necessary?

My charity has been asked by the Charities Commission to make a minor change of wording to part of our constitution. According to the constitution, we must call a special general election and two...
15:54 Tue 07th Aug 20121 answer, last by Richard1966 22:03 Mon 12th Nov 2012

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