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Hi All, I have a Mira Advance ATL shower and it is about 3yrs old. Yesterday the water pressure from the shower head dropped to almost a trickle and the temperature is unstable. My wife also said she can hear a click from the unit. I've consulted the handbook and tried a reset: Power on and...

Hi All, I am one of many (nearly 3 million) who has signed the petition to prevent Andrew Lansley from turning our NHS into a US style medical service, where treatment will be for those who can afford it. People with pre-existing illnesses will be left out in the cold because they will not be...

Scene one, Act Three on my Picasso repairs. I need to replace the centre & rear boxes on a Citroen Picasso, (same car as my other requests for help). I have the system and all the bits that are needed, what I don't have is know how (and someone young and strong) on making the job as easy as...

Hi All, I have a Micra K11 and yesterday I took a trip to town but the car failed to start after I tried to return home. The sound from the engine compartment was the dull thud of an engine labouring to turn over. I was lucky at the time because a chap had jump leads and he offered to help. The...

Thought I'd pass on a possible solution to rid a pest for those of you who are growing Gooseberries but do not like to use chemical pesticides. About this time of year the bush and other soft fruit bushes, except the Blackcurrant can be attacked by a pest 'Gooseberry Sawfly' and it will strip...

Friend of mine sent off for a garden pond pump on e-Bay. The pump was advertised as new and the price was right. When he received it this morning and opened the package, he was surprised that there wasn't a moulded 3 pin plug fitted and said it was against the law for retailers to sell them like...

Hi All, A pal of mine asked me to install a program (Pinnacle Studio 7) on his computer. The operating system is MS Vista and the PC (Acer) is a couple of years old but has plenty of space on the HDD. I turned the PC on and it asked for a password. He didn't have clue what I was on about...

I have been handed a Packard Bell Easynote E6 100 laptop to have a go at repairing but the problem is far bigger than described by its owner. What happens is, when I boot up the POST beep is audible, then the Packard Bell logo appears on the screen after a couple of seconds there is a short...

Recently, Sky News has been flashing a trailer for a new drama series, soon to be screened. The series is called MAD DOGS and it is set in Mallorca. The trailer is accompanied with a version of the George Gershwin song; Summertime and although I've tried to find out who sings it, via TV forums...

Hi All, Friend of mine is in a state of panic. He got one of those screens that said something like; "We have scanned your PC and there are 20876 virus, worms and trojans on your system. Download System Tool to remove them". He, in ignorance, clicked on the button and downloaded the pest and...

Hi All I'm in trouble again :( I bought a new CCTV security camera to install over the front door. To give it a trial I balanced it on the bedroom window ledge and ran the cable to the wife's 19inch Medion TV in the bedroom. The secuity camera worked fine, crystal clear picture for a couple...

Being of the older generation I like to listen to the radio, so I put a DAB wish out to my kids. I've looked at a few on various sites and I can't find a decent review of DAB radios per se. One reason I am attracted to owning one is the pause and replay feature that I heard DABs have. So can...

Hi All, I have a problem that isn't of my making and I'd appreciate some guidance if possible. To start! My old PC finally packed in so I had to bring an old laptop (AJP 8375) out of retirement. It had dual boot Win XP & Vista so I reformatted it with a genuinely purchased copy of XP. After...

Hi all, I have a Mira Advance ATL Thermostatic shower and it is about 2yrs old. Tonight it started a high pitched whistle and two red lights at the bottom of the unit started flashing. One warning said 'WATER SUPPLY and the other said RESET. Can someone please give me advice on how I can...

Hi All, I have a Philips flat screen TV (42PF5521D) and it has an annoying fault. The picture display is too high and wide for the screen. Sub-titles are lost because picture extends beyond the screen frame. I have the manual but I can't find any reference to adjusting the picture, other...

Hi All, My daughter's car has just failed the MOT because of a faulty offside CV joint. So it needs to be replaced quickly, otherwise mine will end up on the scrapheap. Can anyone give me some info on the best way to tackle it or direct me to a site that will give me some help. I have done...

Hi All, For some unknown reason my USB stick (8GB Toshiba) will not let me access the data that has been stored on it. The contents of the flash drive are important to me and I would like to retrieve them. The problem is; When I insert the stick into a USB port, it pulses as though it is...

Hi all, This a call for help and would be grateful for your advice. I have an old PC that has been such a reliable machine, but it has developed a serious fault. Make: Targa O.S Windows XP Recently the machine started showing problems by the screen going black without any warning. The...

Hello all, Since that icy blast that we had a few weeks ago my garden wall, which is about two years old, has a white powdery patch on the brickwork. I tried giving a good wash with a pressure cleaner but it's too stubborn for that. Is there a safe way to remove it chemically. I have quite...

Can someone please give me some guidance regarding the replacement of Fluorescent light part. My kitchen light has just blown and I need to replace it ASAP. It has been flickering for the past couple of days at start up, but I didn't think that unusual for a fluey. When I took the cover off...