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    Blocking Peer to Peer via a router.

    Jeeeeeeeesssssssssssss.......... Right now you should change your WPA PSK. The neighbour could be downloading flippin kiddy porn and guess what..... you would be guilty. Try telling this to the Police. "Honest it was my neighbour using my wifi". Officer says Neighbour doesn't have a...
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    virus eliminator

    Yep I used this on my 5 machines. So it made my life easier. :-) I also kept all my faviourites on the network (accessable from anywhere). Cheers Bob
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    Windows Vista start-up time

    OKay that is a cracking machine. BUT you Need More RAM. Get 4Gb. The future of computing IMHO is virtual-machines. There i no way that your computer should take that amount of time. My New system is going to be a high end machine running A fast-boot Linux and a virtual environment. Then...
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    Upgrading to Vista from XP

    Even More annoying than the famous office paper clip. I use XP at work for email and web and sometimes swear at it. I grew up on Amiga and RiscOS. I did my PhD on a Mac so I've used lots of OS's. I also have a 2 processor dualcore (2x2) Mac as well with 8Gb RAM and it is fast. And for Travel...
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    RCD tripping and MCB has 3 rings coming out of it

    Yesterday it wouldn't stay on and was tripping continuously. It has never tripped before but now it is okay (just home from work). Just before the trip I'd washed the floor but didn't use much water. And certainly not as much as previously. I can only assume water got in somewhere. Should...
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    virus eliminator

    Not Nessesarilly. When Running Windows her eis a tip that you should do. Partition your harddrive. Make one partition your C drive and dont put anything in this except the operating system. Use the other partitions as data partitions. Install thet operating system and ALL updates plus...
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    How to read an .XML file

    Exactly. If they lock you into upgrades to read a file then simple.... Bin the OS. I'm using PCLINUXOS and Open Office. Never looked back and the Money I saved allowed me to Buy an Asus EEEPC. Cheers Bob
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    RCD tripping and MCB has 3 rings coming out of it

    Oooops Sorry I forgot to say that everything is unplugged from the circuit. And it happened when were were doing nothing. AND I have to say that this is a great site. A reply in about 10 mins. Thanks for the help Best regards Bob PS I can help with Computer/software stuff So I'll...
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    software for downloading videos of you tube.

    I dont think it can view them but you can download them. It is called downloadhelper. Really handy to ge those Led Zep O2 gig vid's before they were pulled. And real player does it as well. PS you ar ebetter off with these than getting dome dodgy bit of code from a crackers site. :-)...
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    RCD tripping and MCB has 3 rings coming out of it

    Hi All. IN my CU I have an RCD controlling 2 MCB's. One MCB is causing the RCD trip. The offending MCB is used for my livingroom and 2 bedrooms. Now it has 3 live (red) wired coming out of the top if it. I intend checking the area that each of these wires cover by disconnecting one at a...
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