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yep, Chrome for me too!

Hi,Thanks ricky101. At least bikes in those days looked like bikes. When I bought my BMW; my friend Tony (Thunderbird) and I rode to Ossett to gain the M1 Motorway; on the slip road I stopped and let Tony take over with me on pillion then headed down the slip road; as I sat pillion I thought...

Hi,Well it did do an update last night and it now seems to boot in 55 seconds, so seems the update has had some effect.Its got 4gb of ram, though do not think I want to get into all the detail of that Bleeping Computer thread, would be totally lost with all that !Would use Linux, but have...

That takes me back. I visited the Cable and Wireless base on Ascension Island 57 years ago when I was working out that way.

Today' top tip:Bluetooth equipment can interfere with your 2.4Ghz wifi signal. Where you can - use 5Ghz wifi to avoid any problems.My new bluetooth speakers were causing havoc with the Fire TV - until I changed over to 5Ghz.

Hi @flamingjune ,Thanks for the reply, though things have changed since that post and we no longer need such connections, mainly as we are moving the cameras off the PC onto a dedicated DVR box which has all the modern bells and whistles, when we can get around to understanding them all 4CH...

Well, I managed to install 2004 in just over an hour late last night but, on restarting, found I had lost my Internet connection It was too late last night to get into a search for the problem mode so I left it until this morning. I checked all the cables, reconnected the Router cables...

Hi,Not something we have done before and its a very long time since we even looked at video editing.Asking for help on what Free progam to use to help us create the video and upload it to Ytube ?Its only going to be a few minutes long and not looking to do any fancy graphics etc.The...

Good choice, I am on an HP at the moment but a 2 year old Pavillion.

Anyway ordered the smart one last night from Currys ,what a palarvour that was. I can't just go to the store and buy it I have to click and collect. But they deliver to their stores in the afternoons and I can't collect it till after 5pm on Friday, the store closes at 6PM. But I can...

Hi,Just better add to @Fat Controllers comment about "just unplugging" the usb drive.Do so, but only after you use the "Eject USB device" and get the "USB Safe to Disconnect" system message or you could loose some data.

Hey- Ho Seems like I pressed all the right keys. My details had been stored by skype, just had to use new password.. My name has come up as Michael Allen. I might change that to the familiar Mike Allen later. Anyway the face will be familiar.Thanks folks for your help.

Alexa controls all the lights and technical equipment in my daughter's house. I was staying with them last Christmas and often last to bed. It would have been quicker to flip switches than battle Alexa to get the lights turned out.

Hi,Appreciate any advice/ comments on the following.1. Looking to use the CDRipper program ( as recommended by @Fat Controller ) to put about 30 CDs (pop) onto our PC, but not sure what is the best Format and Bit rate to use ? Would have used higher rates before, but these days seems the...

Cheapskate!

I keep getting that message as well,using chrome.

Never, pete, never

Recurring Payment is much less of an issue than it was, particularly if you do it using a credit card (gives you more protection) - most companies are very good at cancelling if and when you want to cancel, but in the event you do have an issue, you let the credit card provider sort it out.

There are video editers which can change audio and video,I've got Short cut and VSDC they're free but can be hard to use, mind boogling, not use audio on these but i've used the video sideLook on youtube to find out how to use them,There is also other editor out there as well

Ahggg... Sorry, misread your post ! Old age again !!