I've noticed recently that when I open Google Chrome and click to open a new tab and do a search it comes up with a Yahoo results page. Anyone know why this would be?
My laptop recently went for repair as it stopped connecting to the Internet. I took it to PC World where the drive was wiped and the problem corrected. However, when I boot up it defaults the keyboard...
Lately Answerbank is hanging and delivers a message that it is due to a long running script. Any ideas what that script might be? IE 11 and Windows 10.
I am resident in a property that I acquired in 1984 and has since then been my main residence. My wife part owned a separate property with her parents which became hers in full when her father died...
I used to use an old version Quicken for the above but have recently bought a new laptop and I'm looking for an alternative software, preferably one which I can install from a CD so I can use it...
If I take a 25% tax free lump sum from a pension am I obliged to declare this amount on a self assessment form? Or is HMRC only concerned with the taxable element?
I reach retirement age in October 2015 and want to convert my pension pot into an annuity. I was talking to an adviser at MyPensionExpert who said that annuity income can be improved if you smoke,...
On Facebook I subscribe to a few groups and they are listed under GROUPS on the left hand side f my homepage. I notice periodically one or two disappear from the list. Does anyone know why this is and...
I recently bought a laptop and would now like to buy a printer for home use. Functions I would like are print, copy (B & W plus colour) and scan. When I browse the internet many of the items returned...
A Parisian colleague is visiting London in January and he is bringing his 2 young boys (8 and 10 years old). He has asked me about places in London where can take his kids. I've suggested the Science...
At the weekend there was further debate in the press about the use of statins - how more people should be taking them versus the impact of the side effects some people suffer from (me being one)....
Watching the Australian Open yesterday I noticed there wasn't a net cord judge. When did that stop and why? It seems net calls are solely the umpire's responsibility and there is no electronic...
Yesterday (13 December 2013) I answered a question in the Travel topic about india. This morning a message in my inbox tells me I have had a response to my answer. However, the link cannot find the...
I live in a converted house which contains 6 flats. There is a communal hall and stairs. Each flat has its own smoke detector but we have been advised that we should install 4 smoke detectors in the...
I have an external hard drive which I have previously successfully used to transfer files from my laptop's internal hard drive. Now when I try to copy or move a file to the external hard drive my...
I am thinking of vacating the flat I live in, which I own, and renting it out. However, I am wondering whether it is better to rent it furnished, semi-furnished or unfurnished. Are there any pros and...
We have "acquired" a cat, about one year old, I'd say. He appeared in our garden a couple of months ago. We don't know if he was a stray, abandoned or feral. Initially he was very wary of people and...
Mini Rant. Today I waited at a London bus shelter for a specific bus number. It eventually came up on the information board as 'Due'. It arrived 10 minutes later all the while showing it as due....
