I have about 20 old 2½ inch floppy disks that I don’t expect to use again - I prefer USB memory sticks My relatively recent computer will not operate the floppies, but I would like to check what is...
Does any reader here shop on-line with Amazon? It seems Amazon doesn't want any customer to 'sign out'. I've spent ages trying to do so but cannot find a place to click like most website have. Anyone...
I recently had some work done on my computer. I normally use Outlook Express 6 but now find that I also have available Microsoft Office Outlook which I haven't used. What is the difference between the...
I'm looking for a cordless electric kettle. Most of those I see advertised refer to 'boil dry protection' that automatically switches off when the kettle is empty. What I'm looking for is the kind...
A battery aided mobility scooter (buggy) requires checking the pressure of its tyres as part of its regular maintenance. Does anyone know of an electrically operated machine for that purpose, that one...
After an hour messing about with my laptop (Windows 7) I prepared to switch off but was told ‘please don’t power off - installing one of ten updates’. Why ten? This is a frequent sort of...
I started using a computer about 11-12 years ago with a free CD introducing me to Freeserve, which subsequently became Wanadoo, Orange, and now EE. BT are now trying to interest me in ‘Better...
I have a savings account with the Post Office and was concerned to read this morning that Ireland’s IBRC (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) is to cease to exist. I understand the Post Office...
At the right hand end of my task bar there is a dimmed out reference to Norton 360 (which has just been installed). At the left end there are just 3 quick launch icons, with dimmed pointers to click...
Since having my computer repaired (something happened to the motherboard) I see that I have two unfamiliar programs. One is ‘LogMeIn’ and the other ‘VIA HD Audio Deck’. I have only my desktop...
Someone has suggested to me that I should have an external hard drive. There are plenty advertised but what actually is the point of them and how are they any different from USB sticks for saving...
My computer recently had to go away for repair. Now when I go to Start I see a heading ‘My Recent Documents’ which I hadn’t noticed before and it opens to show a long list of recent docs and...
Until ‘pleb’ hit the headlines recently I’d never heard the word. As far as I know it’s just a slang word (like many others) for silly, that one might use in a moment of annoyance. Why all the...
I'm struggling to get used to a laptop. Every time I open MS Word or MS Publisher I am expected to read and accept the MS End-User Licence Agreement before going any further. Why isn't once enough and...
I have a desktop PC and a laptop, both for personal interest and a modest website. Occasionally I would like to upload amendments to my website from the laptop but Terrapin FTP, that I have used for...
Whatever one’s religious belief, most will know the symbolism of Christmas -the birth of Jesus Christ. It seems to me a travesty having religion mixed up with Santa Claus, reindeer and all the rest...
We seem to live in a age of abbreviations. There are thousands of them, including such as RCD (which can mean Rabbit Calcivirus Disease), PDO, TSB, and so on. Some I recognise, but those I don't I...
