If you start getting pop-ups on a light blue background from a company called Security Shield - adivisng you of all sorts of nasties on your hard-drive - you have picked up a seriously nasty virus. My...
It now seems that Andy Gray has been sacked. The reason given is a 'suggestive remark' made to a female presenter in respect of the placing of a microphone pouch. I smell a massive rat here. If this...
One of my pet hates about singers is those who replace emotion with tehcnique, soul for effect - the apex being Whitney murdering 'I Will Always Love Yahoo' one of the most unfeeling renditions of a...
... goes to Kelly LeBrock. I watched her last night in the Steven Segal film 'Hard To Kill'. it was one of his earlier films, not very good really, but I was struck by ms. Lebrock because - she has a...
When my PC starts up - it opens my Roxio System, and my Roxio Media Centre, as well as my Windows messenger. How can I make it open the Roxios only when I open them myself, and not on Start-Up - as...
What do Richard Briars, Margaret Thatcher, John Craven, David Jacobs, and Barry Gibb all have in common? They have all had orthodontic work done that has noticably altered the way they sound when they...
Does anyone else think Karen Brady has had some 'work' done? On 'the Apprentice - You're Hired' when she was in the audience, she looked really good. I know she has had her hair cut and tinted, but...
Yes I was disgusted and outraged when I watched Christine Aguilera on the X Factor ... I'm disgusted and outraged that with all that money, she still turns up looking Wurzel Gumidge in drag! Who...
For those of you who wonder what I actually look like - step into your local WH Smith and head for the magazines section. Pick up a copy of Rhythm Magazine (for discerning drummers) and turn to Page...
It looks like Limewire has finally been shut down. For someone like me, who downloaded the occasional vintage single, rather than wholesale modern album piracy - is there a free alternative to...
I have always considered the former MP to be odd on many levels, but having caught sight of him briefly on 'Celebrity', I realised I had never noticed that his face is all odd angles - especially his...
I taoe my music interviews using a digital recorder. I want to burn them onto CD, but my PC has saved them as WMA files, which Windows Media Player will not recognise. Is there a simple way to convert...
Finally, she has crossed over and become a hideous aural parody of herself. Hearing her sing Love Is All That I Can Give To You sounds like a good impressionist doing a very cruel take-off of her...
Following on from AOG's thread - why do we British (and it does seem to be only us!) have the 'Monday / Friday' Feeling? As far as I can tell, we British are unique in treating the working week as...
Since my recent crash / re-nstall, every time I open my Word programme, an old document opens up first - is there any way I can get rid of it, and just open to a default document as I should?
I installed a bona fide 'customer service' prog which corruped my start-up programmse so badly, a techie had to come in - save everything, wipe the drive and re-install. Now, some folders have data...
I used to have a Roxio label programme on my PC - it was quite a few years old - maybe even more than ten years. It enabled me to load labels by clicking on Track One, Track Two etc., to make the...
Everyhing I had on my PC is back - more or less - except - we had two separate accounts - for me and the present Mrs Hughes - no i can;t find and restore her 'Favourites'. I think they are in a Folder...
I have installed the latest AVG 'Customer Service' programme on my Windows XP PC - it gives you faster connection, cleans up files, blah de blah - it is genuine but ... it frizzed my Statup orogramme...
