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Call From Windows

Had my first ever computer-related spam call today purporting to be from Windows. An Asian voice (surprise, surprise) with an English voice in the background prompting him. Of course I immediately...

Caribeing

Identify Plant

I have just bought a large plant from garden sale no ID with it. It has green holly style leaves which may produce blue flowers, it looks well in large plant pot, I have tried to identify it via...

goldfish77

Hp Deskjet 1050A

I have uninstalled all of the hp setup and now i am going to do a fresh reinstall, but what do i go by as my printer says hpdeskjet 1050A but the disc that came with it says 1050. many thanks...

Tilly2

How Long Should A Hot Water Tank Last

before it needs replacing?...

janzman

...On May 31st I switched my broadband from BT to Virgin.I kept a BT Email account for 60 days free and it was cancelled on July 31st. A note on this account says all activity on said Email address...

ChipaChups

Windows Explorer Exe,stopped Working.

Hello All. Windows explorer exe has stopped working,(not internet explorer) I am running Windows 7. When i try to drag and drop files on to an external device,it says Windows Explorer stopped...

trt

Help Please With Plugins....

I keep getting panel up saying plugin not working or F/F busy, and I cant get lap top to do much. Its taken me ages to get on A/B. I am on F/Fox, windows 8, Thanks....

Beswad

How Easy Is It To Switch Over To Another Engergy Supplier?

Sick of British Gas incompetence, despite writing to them, swearing at them on the phone they still unable to send quartly bills to my home address, instead they chase up bill payments by phone.

Bathsheba

Help With Facebook Problem Please

My facebook page has gone back to that of a new user,...my profile pic is a silhouette, and I have no pictures, or friends, yet it appears normal to my friends who have checked it for me. More info...

ToraToraTora

Black Duck?

has anyone any experience of this? what does it actually search for? in source? in object? if you don't know what I'm talking about then do not attempt to answer this.

naomi24

Increasing Screen Brightness - Windows 10

How is it done please?

BJS

Unwanted Download

I posted a topic on Sun 31st re Windows 10 Restore. Ihave been unable to sort out how this can be done. The problem id that, in trying to download a weather app I have ended up with someting called My...

trt

Can You Press @ On Your Keyboard.....

when sending an e-mail, without having to press arrow at the same time?

Dennyblonde

I Put Water In My Car Oil

I put water into the place where oil should go by mistake. The warning light on the dash went off and I drove for an hour to get home. What should I do about this, there is now some gunk on the dip...

Postdog

Does Windows 10 Have Some Kind Of Restore Function?

Like previous versions. Mine updated and now can't access some programmes. Always used to use restore when this happened.

timberup

Invitation To Use Skype

Every now and then a small banner springs from the right side of my screen stating that someone who I have never heard of wants to talk to me on Skype. The banner disappears after around 6-7 seconds....

Tilly2

Windows 10 Help Please.

I am going to download it today. Is there anything I need to be aware of or scared of? Does it just download by itself? Can I just go away and leave it to it?...

Baldric

Which Site For Upgrade Please?

Atm I'm on OH's Laptop, she's away and rang up a while ago to ask me to upgrade it to W10 for her. When my Laptop upgraded it did it overnight as I had left it turned on, so I have no idea what the...

fiction-factory

Welcome Back Peter Pedant

As above

Togo

Dover Chaos Deliberate?

Do the French border police really think that the recent terrorists came from the UK. Or is this engineered delay just another example of frog truculence? // Highways England ‏said that “French...

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