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Try booting from a linux Distro/ Live CD My old Compaq with a Microsoft Expericence rating of 2, and Ubuntu 11.04 (32-bit) takes approximately 3 minutes to get to the "Try" screen and a further 50 seconds to get to the "desktop", from which I can navigate around the hard drive with relative ease. Mike

Assuming the hardware is ok, it could be one or more of the following Hard disc full: should be at least 20% free space Hard disc heavily defragmented: backup data before running defragmenting software malware: install and run CCleaner and Malwarebytes Trying automatically to connect to a remote server for backup or other purposes: check applications that load on startup

Veolia say you can now provide your own green sacks see the following link http://www.veoliaenvironmentalservices.co.uk/Sheffield/Waste-and-Recycling/Kerbside-Collections/Your-green-sack-service-has-changed/

Judging by the amout of painted hieroglyphs on the road and walkways, the work will take several months. Mike

"Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. " President Kennedy: 1961

This Ofcom page gives instrucitons on what to do. http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2010/08/switching-broadband-provider/ Mike

Along long time ago there were a couple of amercian series called "The Outer Limits" and "The Twilight Zone" both series had quite spooky endings to each episode. Mike

Have you seen this goverment web site. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/index.htm

May I suggest you get your daughter a computer with a decent sized screen say 15.6 inches. Netbooks are really designed for business people who attend meetings and give Power-point presentations. Some people think it’s really cool to own one but in reality they are just hard work to use. What you don't want is to be squinting at a small screen with even smaller text giving yourself and your daughter eyestrain. John Lewis have a Toshiba Satellite C660-125 Laptop for £320 including 2 years guarantee. You could also get a wireless mouse for £20, it will make the computer experience a whole lot better. Mike

Have a look at this site http://www.soundbox.co.uk/gramophones/gramophones.html Mike

I use CCleaner setup such that it deletes the contents of < C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Temp >. I run CCleander daily. There appears to be a lot of stuff collected in the <AppData> folder by various applications some of which is important. Be careful when deleting items in this area. Anything you delete is down to you and nobody else! Mike

try http://www.cpubenchmark.net/

See the latest edition of Click on the BBC iPlayer The program doesn't give any info on what to buy, but does indicate what others are buying if you have the money http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b012czbg/Click_02_07_2011/ Mike

According to Microsoft you cannot downgrade from 64-bit to 32-bit (or upgrade) it requires a clean installation. You should also ensure you have the appropriate 32-bit hardware drivers. see the link below http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/32-bit-and-64-bit-Windows-frequently-asked-questions Mike

Overseas students pay the full cost of their tuition and are usually the most talented from their country ( but there are exceptions ) Mike

BT are running trials: see the following BBC link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11911478 Mike

I moved from Pipex to BT August 2010, The line speed was getting slower and slower, and Pipex customer service was vitually none-existant. The only good thing I can say is the connection never dropped out. I was with them for about 5 years. TalkTalk (who aquired Pipex) phone me every couple of months with a "Special" deal, I ask them not to phone but they take no-notice. I recently had a sales-rep knock on the door, saying he would like to test my phone line to see if it was good enough to be connected to their high-speed service. He did not say he was from TalkTalk that infomation took several minutes to extract from him. So beware of pimpled faced little gits wanting to enter your home and test the phone line. I realise I'm paying a bit of a premium to BT but the connection speed is usually in exess of 6Mb/sec ( I live in Crookes and the exchange is at Broomhill ) and I can get to talk to someone even if they are on another continent. Regards Mike

Hi Everyone, I have just had a phone call from the 'Accident Investigation Bureau' wanting to know about the accident I have had. But I have not had an accident I replied, The response was has anyone in your household had an accident within the last 2 years. This is clearly some form of phone scam. The caller also with held his number. Does anyone know who to report this sort of call too? Mike

Read the short story "The Last Question" by Issac Asimov

Hi everyone, I have an elderly relative who yesterday received a phone call from an 'Agency' offering help with the switchover from analogue to digital TV. Has anyone else received a similar call or know of an agency thats doing the calling? Thanks Mike

Download and install autoruns from the site below Autoruns is an aid to finding which applciations are being run by what services Allow up to 5 minutes for all the data to be collected Select the logon tab and see if you can identify the offending progam. If found uncheck the tick box next to program and restart. Use the Autoruns application with care! http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx

You could try Phoenix computers, they are based in Sheffield http://www.phoenix-comp.co.uk/service_maint_helpdesk.html

On Townend Street (S10), a new Give Way sign has been installed, presumably because the original had changed colour from the red/white to black/white probably caused by bleaching of the sun. So have the council removed the original sign? NO. Townend Street now has two give way signs the first is about 15 inches behind the second. Sheffield is littered with disused street furniture that requires digging up and taking away and the pavement surface making good.

For general surfing and email PC World have the Advent 6301 for less than £400 You should expect it to last 3 years and then buy a replacement Regards Mike