Recent content by nedflanders

Hi guys, Well he came and fixed it on Wednesday, and now it's absolutely excellent! Really fast again. He added another 2GB and used that MalwareBytes thing on it (which ran for 2 and a half hours!), and installed Google Chrome, though I've kept IE and Google, and that's instant as well...

Thanks for that, everyone. It is 64-bit, and it only has 2GB RAM. Even I didn't think that was much by today's standards! Got a guy coming tomorrow afternoon to check it all out, and install another (probably) 4GB. He thinks maybe there are some corrupted files or something, and he's gonna...

Sorry I haven't been back to you guys. This thing is still playing up, and I didn't get your last messages, and then I had to log in again!!! Thanks for everything, though. The local repair bloke is coming this week, so we'll see how it goes. Fingers crossed!

Hi, I've just checked it. It tells me 'RAM 2GB...1.75 usable.' And the C Drive: 218GB free of 289. (Should be ok?). It was a bit sluggish to start with this morning, even though yesterday I switched Norton from doing automatic scans and things; I was hoping that would have made a...

OH!! Something else I meant to mention! I'm sure that the Yahoo toolbar may be playing its part in all this because sometimes it opens up ok and sometimes it doesn't. And it mainly only gets spam anyway. But I do sometimes use it. So, this morning I disabled it in Add-ons to see if it makes any...

Okay guys, thanks for your help. The only trouble is, the more I read the more confused I get!!! But then, I am really old, and always a bit nervous about downloading something new: which is why I 'm more than happy to pay someone who knows what they're doing to come and do it. But...

Cheers. I'll try that community thing later today. In the meantime, I'm using Windows 7 and Norton 360. Years ago I had problems with Norton taking up so much memory on my old pc, and I changed to something else, which helped at the time. But with this newer one it was already installed, and...

Thanks for all your help. I did try the link you sent, but not being that knowledgeable about pcs I couldn't understand half of what they were saying!!! :) However, what you said about Norton doing stuff first thing sounded like a good thought, and sure enough, I just checked and it starts...

"Maybe your computer is just not a morning person" Thanks for your reply. Funnily enough, I'm a very early riser and I start up the pc at around 5-5:30 am. (That's when I have the problem, after it's been going, it's ok for the rest of the day.) (So maybe you're right!) We have a guy...

Hi, I have this HP Compaq sg 3210, which is plenty good enough for my needs. BUT recently it's started to play up THE FIRST TIME I TURN IT ON in the morning: IE in particular, is really slow, and often tells me it's 'Not Responding', and even when it does get going, it's really really slow...

Hi, Had this new wall built along the front of our house/pavement. Lovely job, but a few weeks later the salts are seeping out and completely spoiling it. I phoned the builder, and also looked online for a solution. Both said, scrub, hose, detergent wash, hose... Well I did that very...

Thanks for that; I've sent it on. I'll let you know what happens.

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help with this? I'm asking on behalf of an elderly friend who is not very computer literate, and I can only help by phone and email as she recently moved away. Here's the problem: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010187l If you follow this link it takes you to the...

Yeah, well, don't judge everybody by yourself, a**hole.

Well living not far from clydach (birchgrove)myself - you must be unlucky - it does happen - had a person booked to do an EPC for me last week didnt turn up rang firm they couldnt be bothered to ring me back so contacted someone else turned up on time as well..... Recently had bathroom done by...