Hi I've just had a call from a number beginning 0252957.., but there is no such area code & it doesn't look like an international call. I didn't answer it (don't answer numbers I don't recognise) but...
Hi Does anyone know where I can download the Sunday Express General Knowledge Crossword? I didn't get the Sunday supplement today & I like to do the crossword. Just to be clear, I don't want the...
Hi I just bought a shade which is limited to 60W Incandescent bulbs, but it doesn't give any alternative ratings. What do you consider the highest rated LED or Halogen or CFL I can safely put in it?...
Not quite sure if this is the correct section for this. My daughter has recently bought her first house. It has central heating & a shower which runs off the combi boiler. The heating seems fine, but...
Hi My daughter has bought a house, which is not new so there were previous owners. She has owned the house now for over 12months. Yet almost every day she still gets post for them or earlier owners....
Hi If I buy a light fitting & it says maximum 40W bulb, could I put say an 8W LED in it, which should give around a 60W normal brightness? So my wattage is much less than the limit for the fitting. Or...
Hi I have a small peer to peer Network at the office (4 computers), using a mix of Windows XP and Windows 7. I am gradually replacing the XP machines with Windows 7, but I have a problem with the...
Looking to get a hard drive recorder for TV and wondering if anyone can explain the difference between a conventional hard drive recorder & a YouView plus Box? Are there more channels on YouView or is...
Hi I hope someone can help me here. We were recently burgled whilst we were out, so there was a forced entry. All that was taken was jewellery and cash. My question is this. I know a lot is down by...
Hi My daughter has just got the latest Sony Experia, having had the previous model fro a couple of years. Managed to transfer her contacts & using explorer I can transfer any photos & videos she has....
Hi I've had a BT Vision TV Box for a while & just been persuaded by BT that since I now have their fast Broadband, their YouView box would be better. I'm having trouble connecting it up correctly &...
Hi I have a YouView box in an upstairs room adjacent to the room where the broadband router is located. The cable supplied was not long enough so I got a 10m cable. This has worked fine for 12 months...
Hi we've just changed out TV & it seems to have no ON/OFF button. I thought you weren't supposed to leave a TV on standby, especially overnight. It's using power even on standby isn't it & what about...
Hi My daughter has bought herself an IPod Nano, thinking it would be very easy to add lots of CD albums to that she can then listen to when she goes to the gym. Unfortunately it does not seem to be...
Hi One of my telephones here at the office is very crackly, so I bought a new one. If I plug it into the existing cable it doesn't work, but if I plug it in with the lead that came with it, it seems...
Hi Any thoughts / ideas would be most welcome. Currently I have a boiler which is capable of being a Combi ("Instant Hot Water"), but is presently running my Central Heating & has a hot water cylinder...
Hi I just wondered whether it's worth paying a credit card charge when booking a holiday, so you can claim from credit card company if the holiday company goes bust. Or is it enough to make sure its...
Hi my daughter has a Ford Fiesta which has a single CD player (Ford's own brand) in the car. She wants to add a multichanger in the boot. Can she get any mutli CD player or does it have to match the...
Hi a friend of mine has a Nokia 6500 classic which she uses a lot on Facebook. The phone keeps locking up (screnn freezes & you can't do anything) which she says "Oh its just facebook I think...
Hi I have a secondary VHS recorder that I sometimes use to record when there are several things on at once. I don't plan to replace it with a digital recorder anytime soon, so how do I set it up to...