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So, pirates, traders and sunburn?

How did pirates, traders etc prevent sunburn in tropical climes? Just a thought as I sit at the bar in Corfu in 37deg heat.

neuron

Hard Drive Purchase

I need to replace a 320GB SATA II Hard drive in a Gateway desktop computer. The drive is making a clicking noise upon booting the PC and will not boot into Windows 7. The DOS window stops at...

Coldicote

American Megatrends

A few days ago during a thunder and light'ning storm I switched off and unplugged my recently installed new computer. When I switched on again all that came up on my screen was a page to do with...

eddiek

recently broadband speed has reduced.Tried the line- no probs- Rang ISP (BT)

went through the problem couldnt find any reason for it EXCEPT when taking off front plate of bt socket & using test point inside Cant get any broadband & hub light stays off. BT will come out...

rickoshea

slow loading laptop

Morning A/Bs I have a Toshiba satellite laptop only a few months old but loads Internet explorer and other programs very slowly there is plenty of space on the hard drive and has 4gb. I would be...

james412

What is MRT?

My E:\ drive should contain only mp3s but it also has 11 folders with names like 763217c588618ddb67799af153e92d. When I get inside these 'empty' folders I find they contain a 50MB+ anapplication...

muchlovex

Ebay - Retracting a bid?

How do I retract a bid on EBay please?

sherrardk

Sky+ box not behaving

Anyone any ideas why my sky+ box might be playing up? It says I have only got one input and it is refusing to record programmes. Is it anything to do with the new layout, etc or do I need to get...

johntywino

HIGH CPU USAGE

I seem to be getting a lot of the above messages lately on my pc. I got one when doing a "disc cleanup" And have just got another when reading a paper,although the pc was very quiet (didn't...

stanbesida

My wife has a Panasonic Lumix LS16 camera and I installed the drivers onto her laptop but I had to reset her laptop to factory settings so I lost the drivers. I have mislaid the CD so I have attempted...

hc4361

What wifi speed can I expect from my pc network adapter?

It is a Realtek RTL8191SE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC and the Virgin engineer has told me I am not getting the 60mg speed I am paying for because my wireless adapter can't reach that speed. I am...

nextqueen

password problem

on our apple macbook pro, when i try and send an email using a document from word for example, ie i have clicked on mail recipient after send to …, the computer is saying i need to imput a...

chris552

g mail

My g mail display is wrong. I have tried compatibility settings, but this does not work. Please help

chakka35

Is this hum curable?

My TV (fed from a PVR) has suddenly started producing a hum - sounds like a mains hum - behind the sound. This hum is dependent on the picture: a bright screen produces the loudest hum; with a darker...

Bbbananas

Is that old scr0te still giving medical advice on here.....??

Guess the identify... xx...

tinkerbell23

Old sewing machine manual

Aside from ebay....(where i will go i i cant get otherwise) Any idea where i could get or download a manual for a PFAFF 30 sewing machine please?? Id like it soonish an ebay will take a...

leahbee

photographes on computer

I have received some wedding photographes of my grandson's wedding in Sweden. At the end it asks for comments. I did this yesterday and a message has been put in front of my comments which say's Your...

telboy1938

iPad to HDTV

Can anyone guide me as to how to connect my Apple iPad (Model MC705B) to my Samsung LE37A457CID LCD TV please? i.e what cables etc required and which connections to use. Thanks....Tel

BuyRakhiOnline

I want to send rakhi online to India. Any online websites?

As Raksha Bandhan is coming nearer I am searching for some good sites t send rakhi online to India. Has anyone tried any website?

beeseejay

Mushrooms on toast

I've some uncooked mushrooms left over from a previous meal. My idea is to have them on toast in the morning but I feel that there should be something mixed in with them. But what? Suggestions more...

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