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I have been using Windows 7 on netbook for a while but a couple of days ago, just having allowed a new windows update, it just started refusing to load programs that I use all the time: Vodafone...
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Firstly, I've been involved with computers and computing for 30 years and Windows 7 is the 10th version of Windows I have used. (I jumped from DOS to Windows 2 0 does anyone else remember that?) I...
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I HATE Windows 7! I know it's supposed to be better but my new netbook with Windows 7 isn't a patch on previous one with XP. It won't multi-task (I assume it needs a multi core processor; Windows...
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Can anyone help please? The ventilation / heater fan has just stopped working. There doesn't seem to be a fuse for it. I need to use the car at 5:00 am tomorrow and the screen will be iced and misted....
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Recently I will go for a few days with quite a light inbox only to find a few days later I receive a deluge of emails that are a few days old. Where have they been in the interim? I'm using Gmail,...
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I want to append this as a Latin motto to a special memo but don't want to look stupid if I haven't got it quite right. I've translated "Knowledge is Power" as "Gnaritas contientia...
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I'll tell you somer time.
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Having battled for a while with my PC, replacing motherboard, PSU, graphics card ... I'v eventually discovered the problems - like making USB ports inoperative, not recognising PCI cards (like...
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Thanks to Michael Quinion and World Wide Words for this one: In 1991, an Australian patented a folding bottle which he called a "fottle". That much is true, the rest probably isn't: The...
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My printer, scanner and mouse that are all connected to USB ports are working fine but whenever I attempt to plug in a card reader (internal or external), the computer recognises the new hard ware and...
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I remember a story in one of Paul's letters(?) about someone sleeping on a roof and smelling the food cooking below and being told in the dream that all things are for us to eat. (Or something like...
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I asked this question in How it Works last week but didn't get an answer so thought I'd post it here: Like all mechanical devices, my bicycle is less than 100% efficient. Therefore, if I traverse a...
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Like all mechanical devices, my bicycle is less than 100% efficient. Therefore, if I traverse a circular route to end up where I started, I must exert more energy than if I was just walking. Why is...
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In 1992, at a computers and education conference, the keynote speaker on the subject, "Information Overload" produced the above quotation (which I have heard in mnay forms since and now is predicted...
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The time shown on my Google mail on my desktop computer is always 5 hours behind. So I checked the Google personal settings and they are correct and the time zone in "Date and Time Properties" says it...
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I have just upgraded my open office to the newest version BUT the spellchecker isn't working correctly. Even though I have the latest UK dictionary installed and it is supposed to be using it, it...
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I have been using an SD card reader to transfer files between my desktop and laptop computers for some time with either a 2Gb SD card or an 8Gb SCHC card without problems - until recently. My desktop...
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Considering participating in World Naked Bike Ride and wondering if I could get sponsorship. Would it be better to be sponsored for how much I wear or how much I take off? Does it make a difference if...
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1. Lounge or sitting room? 2. Napkin or serviette? 3. Settee or sofa? My wife chides me when I use the "common" words instead of the "proper" ones. Which do you use?
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I have just downloaded an out-of-copyright book from ManyBooks.net in a zipped format. However, when I try to unzip it, I get the following message: "Windows has blocked access to these files to help...

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