Thanks for that detailed advice. The main problem seems to be fixed now and you are quite right in supposing that I have disabled some of the...
I think I may have solved this now. I noticed that the Events Log in Admin Tools (which I found out how to use here) kept showing this error in...
Hi Newt, I like to keep startup programmes well trimmed and take quite frequent soundings with HJT to weed out any nasties as well as...
Sorry, I don't understand what you meant by click on any "Taskbar access "... I've tried disabling all startup programmes butthere is still...
This is curious but not particularly serious, just irritating. On start-up in Windows XP Home Edition if I try to access anything in the task...
An intriguing extension to my query has just occured to me. I have a Speedtouch wireless router. Mine is the main computer and my son's is the...
Thanks for that. It acts as a backup check to the very comprehensive-looking Interenet Monitor...
So far, the Monitor records very little downloaded but things might change when my son gets home from university this week! :o
Thanks for that information. I can see how to change the cache settings in Firefox, but cannot find just how much has been downloaded into it...
The Bandwidth Monitor seems to work fine, and I'm double-checking the amount of downloaded traffic by monitoring the growth of the Temporary...
Thanks Tony, That does seem like a good plan. I'll try it. The word seems to be that 2Gb is well beyond what most people download in which case...
I'm thinking of upgrading my Broadband account to a faster connection, but one of its conditions is a 2GB monthly download limit. Unfortunately,...
Thanks Pete. Will check all those things next time I visit.
A friend's 2-year old Dell computer has an internal V90 modem and is using Windows XP Pro which was connecting to AOL just fine until a couple of...
Thanks for that. Since posting this topic, I've solved a shedload of problems by switching my browser to Firefox. Instead of fighting problems,...
OK. I didn't have to re-install. I selected the "repair installation" option after inserting the loading disk and it quickly re-installed some or...
Just as a postscript to the "about:blank" problem, which I believe I've now got under control, does anybody know exactly what is planted in the...
I'll re-install Office if it's really necessary, but I was wondering if there was some other tweaking of Office that is possible before I do that...
OK. I wasn't quite sure where it fits as a thread because it does seem to straddle various aspects. I recollect somebody advising me to...
Blackboard problem I use the Virtual Learning Environment platform Blackboard Version 6 extensively at work and at home. I have Windows XP Home...
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