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Burial Plots

How do I find details of a burial plot,in Wales, from 1952?
12:50 Mon 19th Apr 20102 answers, last by Grandpappy 09:40 Thu 10th Jun 2010
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Windows 7 Startup Tune

When I used XP I had a nice little .wav file that said 'welcome' when I booted my system. Now, Windows 7 is supposed to be better and more advanced, so why can't I by-pass the startup tune? I can...
17:23 Tue 30th Mar 20102 answers, last by Grandpappy 17:30 Wed 31st Mar 2010
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Security

Surely all I need to be completely safe is Microsoft's -" Windows Security Essentials" and Phil Zimmermans "Pretty Good Privacy".? JOB DONE. What's all the fuss about???...
11:57 Wed 24th Mar 20103 answers, last by Grandpappy 13:46 Sat 27th Mar 2010
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Re-installing Windows

I'm going to format my hard-drive and re-install Windows, following instructions downloaded from Microsoft and I would like to know if there is a preferable procedure for getting my computer 'back to...
14:34 Wed 24th Feb 201010 answers, last by Grandpappy 17:56 Thu 25th Feb 2010
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Mail Storage.

I've just started using Mozilla Thunderbird as my email program and my question is: "Where are my emails (in & out) stored/saved and can I copy them to another storage/disk area,like an...
13:29 Sat 06th Feb 20103 answers, last by tonybrigenja 07:35 Tue 19th Nov 2013
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Scanning photgraphs

I've recently found some old photographs of my parents(sadly now deceased) and I want to scan them onto my hard drive in order to work on them.I'm using the scan function on my HP Photosmart C4280 and...
12:49 Mon 25th Jan 20109 answers, last by Grandpappy 12:14 Sat 30th Jan 2010
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email addresses

Sometimes I get emails from people that have loads of email addresses attached to the message and I feel that I can't forward these messages to anyone else because I would be doing what the previous...
13:39 Thu 21st Jan 20105 answers, last by 4candles 16:01 Sat 23rd Jan 2010
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ISP address

Is it possible to 'hide' your ISP address and subsequently provide a greater degree of safety ( I think) when 'surfing' the web? Thank you...
09:37 Sun 20th Dec 20095 answers, last by enaval 05:54 Wed 05th Feb 2014
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Thunderbird

Somehow, I lost my Outlook Express 6 and couldn't get it back without having to resort to a re-installation of Windows XP so I decided to try Mozilla Thunderbird 3. I've tried it for ten minutes and...
12:02 Thu 10th Dec 20092 answers, last by Grandpappy 11:57 Sat 12th Dec 2009
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DVD not recognised?

Why can I no longer just put a dvd into the player and have it play? The light flashes on the front for a few seconds then stops. I use Media Player 11 and I've tried VLC, but nothing seems to play my...
14:44 Mon 30th Nov 20098 answers, last by Grandpappy 17:22 Wed 02nd Dec 2009
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Laptop connection?

How can the passenger in my car,during a trip, connect to the WWW on their laptop and would they be able to use the cars' cigarette lighter as a power supply? Any advice please and many thanks....
11:17 Tue 24th Nov 20093 answers, last by rojash 18:10 Tue 24th Nov 2009
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Caps Lock?

How do I enable an audible notification when I press the 'Caps Lock' key? Many thanks...
14:39 Tue 17th Nov 20091 answer, last by ChuckFickens 14:43 Tue 17th Nov 2009
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Correct procedure for switching On and Off an external hard drive.

I've just bought an external drive ( Seagate 1Tb.) which comes with a cable for power and a cable for USB connection. There is no switch or button to power off or on and so I'm concerned about the...
12:08 Wed 11th Nov 20091 answer, last by VHG 14:13 Wed 11th Nov 2009
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Unable to remove backup of my system?

I tried to replace my system with an earlier 'Acronis backup' because I'd lost my 'D' drive and all of the drives E,F,G,H,I. so I tried to install an ACRONIS Backup from an external drive , when...
07:59 Sat 24th Oct 2009
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CD/DVD drive?

Why doesn't my DVD drive (D) recognise DVD's or anything other than plain CD's? I'm sure that I used to play films & stuff on this drive. I'm running Windows Home Edition on a Dell Dimension 5150...
18:20 Wed 14th Oct 20095 answers, last by rojash 17:25 Sat 17th Oct 2009
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Acer Aspire 5735

I've just bought the above for my wife(Christmas box). Before I give it to her on Christmas day will there need to be anything done to it? Can I download AVG for example or configure it so that she...
12:50 Tue 06th Oct 20092 answers, last by looobylooo 21:09 Wed 07th Oct 2009
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Device Manager

The following problem has just appeared recently: When I open the Device Manager and scroll down to Storage volumes I now see 5 yellow apostrophe marks and the names Generic Volume. If I then open any...
14:34 Fri 28th Aug 20091 answer, last by ChuckFickens 14:38 Fri 28th Aug 2009
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Glaswegian Italian?

I'm off to Glasgow next month ,for a week, and will be staying near the Central Station. I like Italian ( real stuff,not the ponced about marketing exercise)and am asking for suggestions or...
12:44 Thu 16th Jul 20093 answers, last by Grandpappy 13:04 Fri 21st Aug 2009
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Audio Reminder?

Morning All! Is it possible to setup an audible reminder on my computer so as I'm working it will alert me to an event that is scheduled? I've finally worked out how to schedule Acronis to do a backup...
12:18 Thu 16th Jul 20095 answers, last by ACtheTROLL 22:20 Fri 17th Jul 2009
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Screen Font?

My screen font seems to have disappeared and I just have the 'default' boot font , which looks faint and spidery? I used to have a nice solid looking font which was easy to read from any angle on the...
11:28 Fri 10th Jul 20092 answers, last by ACtheTROLL 21:01 Fri 10th Jul 2009

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