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Airport Conundrum

Six of us will fly to Barcelona next month from Gatwick. We all fly back to Heathrow, 2 of us earlier than the others. The earlier arrivers have to drive straight back up to Cumbria. We have 3 cars...

chakka35

Uninstalling Windows ME

I gather that to install my new OEM version of Windows XP Home I have to get rid of my present Windows ME. Is there any way of doing this without having to format my hard-drive?

Oneeyedvic

Repatriation - a sensible debate?

Much has been said on AB in the recent months regarding repatriation, integration etc and Enoch Powell's speech has also been mentioned. Questions: 1) If you support repatriation of everybody who you...

pdkels

network

I have just had ntl broadband installed on my desktop, how can my son get this on his laptop?

crispynugget

dvds

can someone give me a definition of all the different types of DVDs and CDs eg CD+R, DVD+RW etc

ronnierose

Unfortunate Names

Do you know anyone with an unfortunate name? Maybe it's a foreign name with a different meaning in another language? Or just an old fashioned word which means something quite rude? Or an unfortunate...

mydogsandme

Isle of Wight

Has anyone here been to the Isle of Wight? What did you think to it? We're planning a holiday there later in the year- if we like it we may look into buying a second home there and maybe retire there....

matt_london

Liverpool Museums

<PRE>I am currently working on a project and need to find the following information:</PRE><PRE>How many musueams in Livepool? What are they? Average price to get in. Average annual...

lizw

New hardware found

Please help! I have a lap top with Windows XP. I was deleting some programes to speed it up and now am left with following message whenever I turn it on and I have no idea why or what this file is:...

cheyla

is this a scam?

Has anyone heard of a company offering personal or business loans called Netwest finance? These people are operating from Nigeria, UK and Scotland? We have sent to these people a total of $1,300 US...

Drusilla1S

Security Scam

Please help with a possible scam to get me to pay for additional security that may not be required. When I got my computer last year I bought Norton Internet Security and have had no problems until...

janetweiss

how do I transfer files from a laptop to a p.c?

Hi, I have some downloaded files that are on my laptop that I want to transfer to my home p.c, they have wireless connection through a linkskey gateway at the moment, I am sure that you can network...

Mac attack

Sky plus subscription

If you buy a sky plus box from a 3rd party (ie not from sky) do you still have to pay the ?10/ month subscription? Thanks

Cacciotti

Cheap PCs?

Apart from Dell, where is another good place to find a good, cheap PC?

silverdaler

sky tv linked to every room?

we have a Sky box upstairs, can anyone recommend an easy method of getting it linked to the other rooms please ? we have tried a Technik sender and receiver but there is a lot of interference with it....

Dick Daskell

Michael Crichton

Has anyone noticed any common themes throughout his books? In many of his books he is very scientific (e.g. Jurassic Park, Terminal Man)

cliffsdoll

water

water must have been free to everybodt at one stage, so how did yorkshire water get it? did they just come along one day and say... i,ll clean up all this dirty water and sell it to people? what wuld...

crisgal

london cheapo break

is it possible to take a break in london without it costing the earth? We have 3 kids and are on a tight budget but we really would like to go if possible. Someone said to stay in a hotel on the...

Gef

Stupid FA?

Why didn't the FA schedule the FA quarter-finals for next weekend and play next weekends fixtures during the coming midweek? It would have meant that all teams would have had a reasonable time to...

nikita**

Pension questions

Everybody is part of the system we all have to pay our taxes ?" to safeguard our future" ? so why government appears helpless for pensioners? Is it because their system does not work? Or is it another...

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