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Importing Firefox favourites into IE8

I use Firefox as my default web browser. Sometimes I need to use IE8 to open a webpage and I've noticed that when IE8 opens, the favourites list is empty but it fills with my Firefox favourites within...
21:37 Mon 28th Dec 20091 answer, last by gumboot 21:38 Mon 28th Dec 2009
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Hair dye on laminate flooring

Does anyone have a good suggestion about how to remove a red coloured hair dye stain off a light (beech) coloured laminate flooring panel? I don't know where to start with this one! Thank you....
12:53 Sun 22nd Nov 20098 answers, last by Kjohn 17:50 Sun 22nd Nov 2009
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Sky TV, Broadband and Phone Package

I'm considering changing from from my current ISP and phone provider (Tiscali) to Sky. If I take up this offer it will cost around £64 per month including line rental instead of the eighty odd...
13:41 Fri 20th Nov 20093 answers, last by tammo5151 23:55 Fri 20th Nov 2009
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Email address

I'd like to change my email addresss to something classy for business purposes. I'm thinking along the lines of something like [email protected] or [email protected]. I've had many...
21:38 Mon 16th Nov 20094 answers, last by ChuckFickens 08:46 Tue 17th Nov 2009
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vista to windows 7 upgrade

I'm a bit confused about upgrading from my genuine vista home premium installation to windows 7. On this website: http://www.computerac...pgrade-vista-windows7 it says that the PC must have vista SP1...
00:17 Mon 16th Nov 20093 answers, last by rojash 02:47 Mon 16th Nov 2009
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Firefox Find Function

I use quite a lot of the "find" function in Firefox 3.5.2 for researching technical publications on the internet. I don't like the fact that each time I search for a word using the "find" function...
02:37 Sat 22nd Aug 2009
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Vista versus ME

I've read many comments about people's dissatisfaction with Windows Vista recently and it reminds me of the criticism directed at Windows Millennium Edition in the months following the release of ME?....
13:56 Sat 06th Jun 20097 answers, last by whiskeryron 09:58 Mon 08th Jun 2009
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Flatscreen vs CRT pixture quality

I've just transferred wedding photographs from a PC attached to a LCD monitor to another PC with a CRT. The photos are very much darker when viewed on the CRT screen. The photographs taken outdoors...
21:41 Tue 19th May 20094 answers, last by fo3nix 12:20 Wed 20th May 2009
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Next of Kin

My wife has been previously married and has two daughters from that marriage. The youngest daughter, who is twenty, recently married. The daughter has two daughters herself, one from a previous...
17:56 Tue 19th May 20097 answers, last by gumboot 21:18 Tue 19th May 2009
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Linking PC's via Wireless Router

We live in a huge house and our daughter disappears for hours on end to use MSN and Bebo etc on her own PC in her bedroom. The living room PC is connected to the internet via an ethernet cable which...
17:24 Fri 30th Jan 20097 answers, last by ChuckFickens 13:46 Sat 31st Jan 2009
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Cheapest Mamma Mia! DVD

Hi all Can I have an update on the cheapest place to buy the Mamma Mia DVD from a retail outlet? It looks like the information given in previous posts is now out of date. Argos seems to be selling it...
01:37 Sat 20th Dec 200812 answers, last by gumboot 03:05 Sat 20th Dec 2008
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Sunday Times Where Was I?

As usual, I'm flummoxed with this week's treasure hunt. I've got roughly half the letters needed (I,L,I,N,N,G) but I'm missing ( I think ), four others to complete the name of the "castle". I can't...
14:28 Mon 15th Dec 20083 answers, last by Etch 17:29 Mon 15th Dec 2008
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Welder Puzzle

Hi all My son recently bought a Powercraft electric arc welder made by Woolf Tools. The machine has a rating of 40 to 160 amps and the instruction booklet mentions that the welder cannot be exceed a...
22:28 Sun 28th Sep 20082 answers, last by buildersmate 08:34 Mon 29th Sep 2008
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Sky Reception tonight

Anyone else having problems with Sky reception tonight? I've not even got BBC1 - the menu reports "there is a technical fault with this channel". Thanks
22:44 Sat 16th Aug 20082 answers, last by shylock73 23:45 Sat 16th Aug 2008
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Mininova Torrents

To date, I've always downloaded entire music albums to my hard drive and burnt them to disk via Nero. I usually use Mininova and uTorrent. Is it possible to just download only the tracks I want off an...
12:33 Mon 04th Aug 20084 answers, last by gumboot 12:50 Tue 05th Aug 2008
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New Broadband Connection

I'm having a senior moment right now and can't for the life of me remember details of my broadband connection. Because of this, I'm not certain what do about a problem I'll have in the near future....
15:24 Mon 02nd Jun 20086 answers, last by gumboot 18:39 Mon 02nd Jun 2008
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DT Where In The World?

Is it possible that the answer this week is as obvious as Russia? It can't be Siberia surely bearing in mind the "continent-stradling country"? Thanks
20:25 Sat 23rd Feb 20081 answer, last by pega 21:41 Sat 23rd Feb 2008
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Grinding Stainless Steel

I need to enlarge a 55mm diameter hole in a stainless steel kitchen sink to 90mm in order to fit a waste disposal unit called an "insinkerator" to the sink. It looks like I'll have to grind the...
23:12 Wed 20th Feb 20083 answers, last by billandhiscat 19:51 Thu 29th Dec 2011
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Dt Where In The World? Saturday

I'm very confused about this one. Is the answer The Democratic Republic Of Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome itself or Sao Tome and Principe. If it's the first, it must be the longest answer ever! TIA
15:05 Sun 09th Dec 20074 answers, last by Catron 22:27 Sun 09th Dec 2007
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Walkers Squares Crisps mystery ingredient

I've just bought a multipack of Walkers Squares crisps. The ingredients list of the salt and vinegar variety states that they contain a substance called saccharose. What could this stuff be I asked...
16:34 Tue 17th Jul 20076 answers, last by bigbanana 23:59 Wed 18th Jul 2007

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