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There are at least four licensing verisons of Windows OS 1) OEM volume: installed on the computer by the manufacturer, when the machine dies so does the operating system 2) OEM system builder:,purchased at the time of components, when the machine dies so does the OS 3) Retail package: when the machine dies the OS can be transfered to another computer 4) Corporate / Enterprise: available only to large organisations, there are penalties for any organisation distributing an OS without due regard to the licenseing agreement. all the above require some form of activation usually via Microsoft servers with the use of a product key. Anyone offering cheap or heavily discounted Microsoft products is probably trying to rip you off! So whats the worse that could happen: all your computer equipment confiscated and destroyed, heavy fine, if its your first offence then probably suspended sentence. Subsequent offence imprisonment, lose your job disgrace on your family. Hardly worth it, is it?

The following link provides useful infomation on cooking and reheating food http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/sfbbcmcooking.pdf

This link may be useful http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/191/tn_19166.html#main_VerifyIE

Bethany faith school science curriculum web page http://www.bethany.sheffield.sch.uk/curriculum/science/

Your description suggests that Outlook is blocking suspicious messages The following link provides info on how to turn off the junk filter http://www.outlook-tips.net/outlook-email/disable-outlook-junk-mail-filter/ The reason the messages are not appearing in your junk folder maybe because you are configured as POP3 (but thats pure speculation on my part). I have a gmail account thats configured as IMAP. I run Office 2010 and I've turned off the filter as described in the link just to see what happens. Sorry I cant be more helpful

MS outlook default port numbers are: incomming 110; outgoing 25 Entering 'virgin email account settings' into google produced the following links @virgin.net accounts require ports incoming 995 with SSL enabled; outgoing 465 SSL enabled http://ems00750.egain.net/system/selfservice.controller?CONFIGURATION=1002&PARTITION_ID=1&TIMEZONE_OFFSET=&USERTYPE=1&VM_CUSTOMER_TYPE=Cable&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=105623 http://help.virginmedia.com/system/selfservice.controller?CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=37902&CURRENT_CMD=SEARCH&CONFIGURATION=1002&PARTITION_ID=1&USERTYPE=1&LANGUAGE=en&COUNTY=us&VM_CUSTOMER_TYPE=

I have 2 compact cameras both of which are a couple of years old, the first an Olympus X-890, cost about £80.00, as a point and shoot camera its RUBBISH. the second is a Panasonic DMC-FS62, cost about £130.00 which is quite good. So if I was buying another point and shoot camera, I would look at the Panasonic range and read the reviews. http://www.cameras.co.uk/details/panasonic-digital-cameras.cfm

With respect to WIFI, if this is to be believed then in 3 or 4 years we will be on 'Wireless Gigabit' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15467740

There's a play called 'Understand' it occasionally appears on BBC Radio-4 extra. Its about a guy who is had an accident and is treated with an experimental drug, its an interesting story, below is a link to the text, its well worth a read http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/under.htm

Windows-95....... so what size hard drive was that?

If I understand correctly (inferred from the messages) the OP thinks there is a problem with the internet connection, so when trying to test download speed RegClean Pro was inadvertantly downloaded, installed and run, on completion RegClean Pro indicated there was lots of errors. I have a Windows-7 machine I use just for trying out software, I keep a backup image of HDD so in the event of complete software failure I can re-install the OS to a known state. Below are my notes on RegClean Pro The test machine OS is up-to-date and the lastest version of CCleaner (3.12) is installed and has been run. Computer restarted. Connect to Speedtest web site download and run RegClean Pro A couple of browser windows are opened, wanting me to download 'Babylon' The browser is closed down. RegClean Pro takes less than 10 minutes to run, and reports a total of 229 errors. On closer inspection some of the errors relate to 'Babylon' others relate to missing links or files. Re-launching the Browser, the home page appears to have been set to Search.Babylon.Com Babylon, its related browser toolbar and RegClean Pro can be uninstalled via programs and features but you have to reset the browser home page. During the unistall process several browser windows are displayed wanting to keep Babylon and RegCleanPro. In my opinion RegClean Pro is a mild form of ScareWare and should be avoided.

I've seen it today in 1) Poundland - Hillsboro 2) Morrisons - Hillsboro

Oh Crikey! IMHO the risks far out-weigh the advantages of this type of product please not do even consider it. The following link gives a brief description of the hazzards. http://www.internethomealliance.org/bio-ethanol-fireplaces-are-they-safe/

Here are a couple of links http://news.sky.com/home/technology/article/16103728 http://www.freep.com/article/20111106/NEWS07/111106013/Quarter-mile-wide-asteroid-coming-close-Earth?odyssey=nav%7Chead

You could try an inverter and a 71Ah 12V car battery Inverter from Halfords http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_185370_langId_-1_categoryId_255206 You must follow all the safety precautions when operting the system. Carry-out a dry run to ensure the battery will drive your devices for 12 hours.

Story on this link http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/utilities/2011/10/solar-subsidies-to-be-slashed-under-government-plans

I'm with BT mainly because the previous ISP were good at taking the money but hopeless at providing service. BT are a little more expensive than the others but I reckon your Silver Surfer would prefer to have the same company provide both phone and broadband without the hassle of switching. I'm not a fan of T#lkT#lk, their sales techniques smack of sharp practise. I had one rep saying he wanted to enter my house and test the phoneline to see if it was good enough to connect to their server, he did not say he was from T#lkT#lk, that infomation was difficult to prise from the spotty faced little oik!

Buying any product from high street retailers on finance is a bad idea Comet Financial products related to purchases have an annual APR of 24.9% A £600 computer with repayments spread over 4 years will cost around £900 thats about £19.00 a month http://www.comet.co.uk/static/services/payment-finance/finance

Create a simple textfile with your questions and send as an attachment explain to the recipient what you expect them to do with the file example layout ........................................................... 1) why is the Sky blue? answer ........................................................... 2) Do you believe in man-made climate change? answer ........................................................... 3) What is the square root of minus 1? answer ..........................................................

Is it? .... who says? .... There's not much of the month remaining. cherries, grapes, diced carrots, diced swede, baked spuds

The term you are looking for is image persistence, yes it does occur but alas I have never a seen demonstration on how to cure it. There is some info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_persistence

See this link it expalins to charges if you board without a ticket http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/purchasing_tickets/penalty_fares.html

The sony web site only shows drivers for Vista 32-bit for your laptop which verison of Win-7 did you install? the site also says (note the word majority) ....'that the majority of Windows Vista drivers will work under a retail version of Windows 7' and ....'Sony cannot assume any responsibility for stability and performance issues after this upgrade' I cannot find anything on the Sony site saying the camera will not work but they clearly think there are issues

There's nothing on the status line or on the network status page 0800 169 0199 BT broadband status line http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15036/kw/network%20status/c/345,353,375

First time I've heard of triage calls There's a walk-in centre on broad lane I've never used it, but short off walking into an hospital operating theatre laying down on the operating table and shouting cure me or kill me.... http://www.nhs.uk/Services/Trusts/PctServices/Service/DefaultView.aspx?id=6605