Thanks, Ian - some very helpful stuff there. I'll work my way through it and check out your recommendations. Meanwhile back to the coalface and...
Apologies - I've just noticed I never got back to confirm that it was the CMOS battery, for anyone who's interested. Issue successfully resolved....
Arie: true, but I've disactivated all the plugins. Tony: "Sometimes" OK, but every.single.time?? Ian: You may well be right, but I'm...
Well, I hear what you're saying, Ian, but I'm getting too long in the tooth to keep learning yet another browser... (I thought "Senior Member"...
Hi Doc and thanks for input. No, I haven't yet. I was going to wait and see first if this turned out to be a well-known problem and a bunch of...
Hi. I switched to Chrome several months ago and it was fine up to this week. Now it's started some really weird behaviour, every single time I...
Thanks, both. I never thought of that. Yes, I bought it second-hand (or maybe even more), and from one of the system info apps it appears to be...
I logged on as usual this morning, and didn't notice until I'd been working for an hour or so that my taskbar clock was running almost 12 hours...
Hi Pete - thanks for chiming in. In fact (I should have said) I tried CP > Keyboard as one of the first tries, but there are no such options....
Darn, but that was easy! I feel stupid - I'd never seen that particular option before, and it worked (even though I use Chrome as my default...
Hi Mr Bill, and thanks for input. Using XP Home SP3. Where might the default e-mail client be set?
Hi. My wife uses an ancient Compaq laptop. Recently the keyboard gave out, and rather than spend megabucks on a replacement for a machine near...
I guess that solves it! What a pity - it was a pretty useful feature. Thanks anyway for saving me any further frustrating experimentation.
Hi Arie and thanks for input. (Is Malta burning up in the heatwave like Italy?) I'm on Office 2007, and have been since about 2007, I think....
Hi Mitchell and thanks for advice. Delay in replying due to timezones. 1. Your second link: yes, I'd found that page and tried it, but the...
Hi. On my old PC, I somehow long ago found a way to include Skydrive in the options (like Desktop, Documents, Computer resources, Network...
Yeah, that fixed it. But I had to go back three tries before the printer applet in Control Panel started working again, which meant wiping a lot...
Hi Steve and thanks for input. Yes, it did. So I'll try a System Restore and report back on how it pans out.
PS (in case it's relevant): Since submitting this post, I also tried in protected mode. When I opened Control Panel > Printers and faxes, there...
I was printing with no problem up to yesterday. I've been doing some system maintenance, but nothing involving the printer. Today, I went to...
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