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Burial Plots

How do I find details of a burial plot,in Wales, from 1952?
11:50 Mon 19th Apr 20102 answers, last by Grandpappy 08:40 Thu 10th Jun 2010
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Grandpappy

Internet connection

I keep losing my connection after about 45mins. for no apparent reason.I'm using a Belkin N Wireless Modem Router which is only about 18mnths. old. I've tried swiching everything off & unplugging...
15:21 Mon 17th May 20107 answers, last by northboy 11:40 Tue 18th May 2010
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Gladeian

Sat Nav systems

My sat-nav shows the current speed of my vehicle - how accurate can I expect this reading to be?
15:19 Mon 17th May 20102 answers, last by Gladeian 15:49 Mon 17th May 2010
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Grandpappy

"Inverted Comma's"

Can someone tell me which font uses the 'correct' format of the inverted commas? That is the opening and the closing double commas? Failing that, which font uses two identical dashes,neither opening...
12:35 Thu 29th Apr 20107 answers, last by Grandpappy 11:46 Fri 07th May 2010
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Windows 7 Startup Tune

When I used XP I had a nice little .wav file that said 'welcome' when I booted my system. Now, Windows 7 is supposed to be better and more advanced, so why can't I by-pass the startup tune? I can...
16:23 Tue 30th Mar 20102 answers, last by Grandpappy 16:30 Wed 31st Mar 2010
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Security

Surely all I need to be completely safe is Microsoft's -" Windows Security Essentials" and Phil Zimmermans "Pretty Good Privacy".? JOB DONE. What's all the fuss about???...
10:57 Wed 24th Mar 20103 answers, last by Grandpappy 12:46 Sat 27th Mar 2010
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Re-installing Windows

I'm going to format my hard-drive and re-install Windows, following instructions downloaded from Microsoft and I would like to know if there is a preferable procedure for getting my computer 'back to...
13:34 Wed 24th Feb 201010 answers, last by Grandpappy 16:56 Thu 25th Feb 2010
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Scanning photgraphs

I've recently found some old photographs of my parents(sadly now deceased) and I want to scan them onto my hard drive in order to work on them.I'm using the scan function on my HP Photosmart C4280 and...
11:49 Mon 25th Jan 20109 answers, last by Grandpappy 11:14 Sat 30th Jan 2010
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ISP address

Is it possible to 'hide' your ISP address and subsequently provide a greater degree of safety ( I think) when 'surfing' the web? Thank you...
08:37 Sun 20th Dec 20095 answers, last by enaval 04:54 Wed 05th Feb 2014
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Thunderbird

Somehow, I lost my Outlook Express 6 and couldn't get it back without having to resort to a re-installation of Windows XP so I decided to try Mozilla Thunderbird 3. I've tried it for ten minutes and...
11:02 Thu 10th Dec 20092 answers, last by Grandpappy 10:57 Sat 12th Dec 2009
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DVD not recognised?

Why can I no longer just put a dvd into the player and have it play? The light flashes on the front for a few seconds then stops. I use Media Player 11 and I've tried VLC, but nothing seems to play my...
13:44 Mon 30th Nov 20098 answers, last by Grandpappy 16:22 Wed 02nd Dec 2009
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Laptop connection?

How can the passenger in my car,during a trip, connect to the WWW on their laptop and would they be able to use the cars' cigarette lighter as a power supply? Any advice please and many thanks....
10:17 Tue 24th Nov 20093 answers, last by rojash 17:10 Tue 24th Nov 2009
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CD/DVD drive?

Why doesn't my DVD drive (D) recognise DVD's or anything other than plain CD's? I'm sure that I used to play films & stuff on this drive. I'm running Windows Home Edition on a Dell Dimension 5150...
17:20 Wed 14th Oct 20095 answers, last by rojash 16:25 Sat 17th Oct 2009
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Printer prints blurred, is it worth getting fixed

My Lexmark printer is printing out blurred. Is it worth getting fixed? I have tried to look at it myself but I'm not very technical and not sure what I'm doing Thanks...
09:34 Tue 06th Oct 20091 answer, last by Grandpappy 11:55 Tue 06th Oct 2009
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Glaswegian Italian?

I'm off to Glasgow next month ,for a week, and will be staying near the Central Station. I like Italian ( real stuff,not the ponced about marketing exercise)and am asking for suggestions or...
11:44 Thu 16th Jul 20093 answers, last by Grandpappy 12:04 Fri 21st Aug 2009
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Audio Reminder?

Morning All! Is it possible to setup an audible reminder on my computer so as I'm working it will alert me to an event that is scheduled? I've finally worked out how to schedule Acronis to do a backup...
11:18 Thu 16th Jul 20095 answers, last by ACtheTROLL 21:20 Fri 17th Jul 2009
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Screen shutdown

Why does my computer not switch off when I click on the 'switch off ' button. It closes down ( I think) but then goes into a colour recycle screen and doesn't close down, as it used to. The little...
13:01 Thu 02nd Jul 20094 answers, last by Grandpappy 07:18 Sat 04th Jul 2009
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Hard Drive Format!!

I need to format my hard drive because it has become so corrupted that I'm having problems just running ordinary programmes. I can't find the search options or the companion and an installed copy of...
11:23 Thu 11th Jun 200912 answers, last by trish432 18:02 Wed 17th Jun 2009
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Grandpappy

Microsoft Search Companion

Not only have I lost the 'search companion' ,but also the complete option of searching. When I click on the search image ( magnifying glass) I get a box that contains headings , but the drop down...
08:18 Sat 06th Jun 20092 answers, last by Grandpappy 08:51 Sun 07th Jun 2009
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Patch package??

I've just tried to install Acobat Pro. 6 and after a few seconds I'm getting an alert message on screen to the effect"This patch package could not be opened.etc.etc." How do I overcome this and...
17:17 Thu 04th Jun 20096 answers, last by ACtheTROLL 21:03 Thu 04th Jun 2009

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