I'm not sure if this is possible, but …. a friend's sister died and he now has her computer which has Vista loaded. However, he doesn't have her password. I've tried going into Safe Mode to see if I...
Our Epson XP-235's carriage won't move for us to change the cartridges. In the past, we've just had to press 'stop' for 6 seconds and the carriage moves - now it doesn't move at all. I can turn it off...
We've realised that, with PlusNet, since our contract finished we've being paying well over the odds for standard broadband and evening and weekend calls. I've phoned PlusNet and they've reduced the...
We have a Panasonic TV, connected to our PlusNet router, which happily plays content from Now and other internet services. However, whenever we try to play anything from BT Sport - accessed on the...
We are using Windows 10 and our ISP is PlusNet. When we send e-mails to our son, on his gmail address, it can take up to 3 days for them to arrive. I use Windows Live Mail and have Sophos antivirus,...
I've being paying for Now TV for Over a year and the service has become increasingly erratic, to the extent that it is no longer useable. Numerous online help sessions have actually not helped and,...
Last week sometime, I was driving and I put the radio on. I only caught the end of the programme: it was man talking about losing his parents. I have no idea who he was, can't remember what time it...
Running Windows 10 with Microsoft Edge, I've just started getting a 3" bar at the top of the screen. It seems to have thumbnails of the tabs I have open. It's huge and takes up a massive proportion of...
On a relatively old Windows 7 machine, it gets stuck on a blank blue screen after the Windows welcome message. I can see the mouse pointer, but that's all. Crtl+alt+del brings up the task manager, but...
I'm using Windows Live Mail on a Windows 10 machine. My ISP is Plusnet. This has been working well for over a year. It has suddenly started telling me: "We can't sign you in because the network isn't...
We've got a new Windows 10 laptop and need to transfer programs and files from the old Windows 7 machine. Do I need to buy a program to transfer these things? If so, which do people advise? If not,...
When applying for Probate, do the executors have to go together to swear the oath, or could they each go to a different solicitor, separately (obviously with the same paperwork)? My brother and I live...
My Fitbit Alta is synced to my laptop. However, I'd like to sync it to my iPad, because I'm assuming I won't need to find the dongle each time if I do it that way. I've downloaded the app on my iPad,...
I'm trying to do the probate application for my mother, who passed away recently. In order for her to claim my late father's unused nil band allowance for Inheritance Tax, we appear to need a copy of...
Our Now box had been working fine until yesterday, when it was 'unconnected'. I went to the Now website and it suggested several things, which I tried with not success. Finally, it said, try a reset,...
I'm not sure where best to post this, so have put it on Technology, but thought that photographers and people who make their own videos amongst the 'arts' fraternity might also be able to help. My...
We've had our Now Box for ages now and never had a problem. Today, I tried to use it and it wouldn't connect. It suggested going to Mac filtering on our router and allowing its Mac address. I duly did...
Anyone heard this saying before? Someone said it to me today thinking I'd know what they meant because they thought that it's an old Somerset saying, I've never heard of it and neither has anyone else...