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Volume Control

I have a sing-along feature on my website (words and music). When I check it on my computer, whenever I change to another page the sound volume shuts down and I have to reopen it by going to 'Volume...
11:56 Sat 09th Jun 20124 answers, last by jane35 13:32 Sat 30th Jun 2012
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An Example To Follow

When I hear of other countries ruled by dictatorships and rebels trying to overthrow regimes, it makes me think how fortunate we are having a widely respected constitutional monarch as Head of State...
00:18 Tue 05th Jun 201218 answers, last by Coldicote 12:19 Tue 05th Jun 2012
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Flash drives

I intend to buy a few USB memory sticks. They're not difficult to find but so many are referred to as 'Flash Drives'. 'Flash' often appears in computer language these days, but what does it mean and...
15:29 Sat 02nd Jun 20125 answers, last by martha32 13:41 Mon 19th Aug 2013
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BT frustration

I'm in an ordinary domestic situation and my phone bill has just arrived showing I have 'Unlimited Weekend Plan'. Searching the internet about it is like looking for a needle in a hay-stack. I'm not...
22:41 Fri 01st Jun 20126 answers, last by jane35 13:32 Sat 30th Jun 2012
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I.E. Cannot Display...

When I go on line the connection normally opens with Google on the screen (www.google.co.uk/), but for some reason I frequently see 'Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage'. Can someone please...
11:48 Thu 31st May 20128 answers, last by janej35 13:46 Sat 30th Jun 2012
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Rats' Paradise

My back garden boundary has a hedge with a ditch the other side of it running the length of the road. It's a rats' paradise and not unusual to see two or three at the same time. I enquired in a shop...
23:38 Thu 24th May 201210 answers, last by Pablojames 08:55 Fri 27th Jan 2023
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This Percentage Age

Official measurements of anything seem to be calculated in percentages these days. For instance this morning's news tells us the UK economy shrank by 0.3 per cent in the last three months. To me this...
12:31 Thu 24th May 201212 answers, last by Coldicote 22:45 Thu 24th May 2012
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Commemorating the Diamond Jubilee

There are plenty of local celebrations planned to mark the Diamond Jubilee, but what is happening where you live to provide something long term? Apart from planting a tree there seems to be a lack of...
23:05 Wed 16th May 201220 answers, last by MASS1961 00:44 Sun 20th May 2012
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Computer crashes

I've had several computer crashes recently and see there are references to the problem in the search facility above. These involve downloads of one sort or another. Has someone actually tried one of...
22:44 Sun 13th May 20123 answers, last by SalinaFox1 14:35 Wed 30th May 2012
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seeking a web-server

I've had a bit of a calamity! Terrapin FTP cannot link to my usual web server: uploads.webspace.freeserve.net I've tried all sorts of things, even reinstalling Terrapin, but got deeper and deeper into...
17:06 Mon 07th May 20121 answer, last by Coldicote 18:53 Mon 07th May 2012
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Web Page Width

When I start to make a web page I find the new blank page covers about 3/4 the width of the screen to the left side, and I cannot find how to make it cover the whole width. If I add pictures, text etc...
00:03 Sun 06th May 201210 answers, last by Coldicote 10:42 Mon 07th May 2012
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Recycling batteries

I use ordinary AA and AAA batteries for several purposes and generally save them for recycling, but it's very tempting to chuck the odd one in the bin. Does anyone know why it's so important (if it...
19:16 Fri 04th May 201210 answers, last by boxtops 09:20 Sat 05th May 2012
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Pension SAP number

I receive a monthly pension showing gross and net pay and something called a SAP number. Can someone tell me what SAP stands for please?
13:37 Wed 02nd May 20124 answers, last by Coldicote 19:35 Wed 02nd May 2012
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Loft Insulation

I'm getting recorded phone calls saying "Our records show you have not claimed your free loft insulation." A check on 1471 says, "You were called at ..... We do not have the caller's...
15:47 Fri 27th Apr 20122 answers, last by Coldicote 14:16 Sat 28th Apr 2012
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Imported tomatoes

This is the time of year for imported tomatoes. They may feel nice and firm but for some reason many of them look under-ripe and stay that way. They'll often begin to deteriorate rather than ripen to...
22:47 Sat 07th Apr 201216 answers, last by Coldicote 22:38 Sun 08th Apr 2012
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Black vertical strip

A narrow black vertical strip about 3/8 inch wide, has appeared down the right edge of my screen. On the left side about the same width has disappeared off the edge of the screen. Fortunately not a...
15:14 Fri 06th Apr 20124 answers, last by Coldicote 19:44 Fri 06th Apr 2012
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AV on TV screen

I've recently had a 'TVonics' set top box installed in readiness for the digital switch over. After wading through a 30 page user guide, a 'Quick Start Guide' and a 'Remote Control' leaflet I've got...
20:11 Tue 03rd Apr 20122 answers, last by Coldicote 21:53 Tue 03rd Apr 2012
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Computer Crash

My computer frequently stops dead and the screen goes black as if the electric power has been switched off, but it usually then goes through the start up process again as though just switched on. Why...
19:18 Sun 01st Apr 20124 answers, last by Coldicote 10:49 Mon 02nd Apr 2012
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TV Listings

I live in the south-east, probably one of the last places for the digital switch over happening here in May. Where is the best place to find the day's TV listings please, short of buying a newspaper?
23:44 Thu 29th Mar 20128 answers, last by gingejbee 12:08 Fri 30th Mar 2012
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60p and 50p postage

60p and 50p postage stamps! Thinking of greetings cards in particular, I'll probably make do with emails to those who have an email facility, or make phone calls to those who haven't. What do you...
23:16 Wed 28th Mar 201229 answers, last by DaisyNonna 23:21 Thu 29th Mar 2012

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