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Homepage hijacked

My homepage in Windows XP has been hijacked by a search engine and no matter what I change it to when I reboot the pc and open explorer again it reverts to this unwanted search engine. I am also...

craigyb85

Good Memory Needed

About 30 years ago, there was an advert for a holiday/travel company. At the end of the advert, a young boy appeared and said 'And treasure!' Anyone know what company that was?

Inkie

Everytime I try and send an email I get an error saying....The host 'POP3' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'POP3', Server: 'POP3', Protocol:...

roomby

How does a plug work?

Can anyone explain in simple terms how an electrical plug works? e.g power comes in to the plug through the live wire but what does the neutral wire do? what does the earth do? how does the fuse work?...

Cetti

Is there another way?

At some time we will be upgrading from our 98SE to an XP. On our present model we don't have a DVD/CD Re-writer, but we do have a spare bay for one if necessary. Is there a way of moving 400+ photos...

Kos

Silent dial tone

How do I get my audible dial tone back when dialling my ISP under Windows ME? Until recently I had the comfort of hearing my phone 'purring' dialling then connecting but since being 'hit' by a trojan...

boognish76

Queen Jane?

Why do we not call Lady Jane Grey - Queen Jane? She had a legitimate claim to the thone (albeit not as strong as Mary's) and she was actually crowned. Yet she is never referred to as Queen Jane and...

jesschant

coca-cola ad

what is the music and lady who sings it, on the lastest coke advert? she is black and hands out coke bottles!?

cafc2002

Monarchs

Which year in the 20th century saw three different monarchs on the British Throne

gmc2002

Jeremy Clarkson TV Advert Music

What was the music behing the advert for Jeremy Clarkson's programme where he hits a laptop with a hammer ?

bubbles1981

cryptic clues music quiz

1. what is 'one sheep's noise'?2. what is 'wearing a bit of barbie'?

cafc2002

Gandalf.

What sort of creature/being is Gandalf if J.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit

Alan2

obscure record

I heard a song on John Peel's radio show a while back, I think it was called 'I wish I could Sprachen ze Deutsch' does anybody know who sang it?

kriskwery

Inky Pinky Parlez Vous

A silly song from my childhood 50 years ago went along the lines 'A fart came rolling down the street, knocked a copper right off his feet, inky pinky parlez vous' Did we feel naughty, singing that?!...

Fluffyudders

Coca-car engines?

Is it true that Coca-Cola was originally invented to clean the carbon out of car engines, or is that a horror story to try (and fail) to save kids teeth?

Bert

Church clocks

I read somewhere the reason why the faces of most church clocks are pale blue, but I cannot remember the reason or where I read it. Can anybody help?

petethehoop

lancaster bombers

of a crew of 7 which had the highest survival rate of lancaster bombers shot down in ww2

DebbieB

California Dreamin

who sings california dreamin in the saab advert?

answerbok

Outlook [express].

What is the difference. between Outlook Express 6 and Outlook?