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Rather than sending them via email (and I realise you've said they're not very computer literate, but this is very easy), why not introduce them to something like Dropbox?That way he only has to copy the photos into a cloud drive on his PC and give you read access to them. The added benefit...

I picked up a Toshiba 500Gb external hard drive today.It appears to be working well at the moment.Thanks for all the advice.

Just what I was thinking, Eddy!

Thanks. I was more worried about importing anything nasty than anything else. No-one else round here can get Broadband and the only way we have it is through a Satellite connection with little choice of ISP's.

thank you all sorted and learnt something

As watergarden says just drag and drop. This screen shot may help you to get understand the process. 1 - I plugged in the USB stick and opened it. There's already a couple of folders stored on it. I used the 'restore down' button in the top right of the screen to 'float' the window of the USB...

Sneaky....but I like it !

not sure how it works, but thought that new sellers are initially restricted to £2000 so if you are using your account to buy and sell, that may be the prob contact them and am sure they will sort it

Why?

Yes Scottish table is (Toffee and its nice and soft and very moreish) In some places toffee hurts your teeth as its like a carmel.Sorry for taking the micky could'nt resist.

Thanks all I'll just have to wait and see what happens, for the time being I'll treat it as gremlins as you said Gcc. I just hope my computer's not sickening for something.

Hi Nathan. Normally when you connect your USB to your mobile through the computer you will get an information box appear in the bottom right hand corner near your clock (if on windows). It would say something like 'new hardware found' when you plug it in, and then 'new hardware installed...

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as soon as I read it I though that it must be a Linux joke

Here are three free programmes from that I use from Piriform.CCleanerOptimization and CleaningCCleaner is the number-one tool for cleaning your Windows PC. It protects your privacy online and makes your computer faster and more secure. Easy to use and a small, fast download. ...

Oh God, I'm having flashbacks of Windows ME all over again!EDIT: Y'know, that OS game was a joke in all, but there's some truth in it. It's ridiculous how useless error messages are nowadays. If I didn't have second computer to google the error messages, there's a very good chance I wouldn't...

No. I just can't find it at all! Am feeling like the village idiot really!

They probably hope that the user will accept that and buy another one.The trouble with our commerce is that there are too many managers and accountants and not enough personnel who have come up from the bottom. It's like BT, started having graduate entrants who made the same mistakes that...

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