Recent content by Howard

Whatever you do avoid the Baxi Promax like the plague! It used to be called the Barcelona. Mine worked fine for three years and then started locking out. British Gas have been fourteen times since Christmas and replaced most of the components. I wish I'd opted for a combi!! If you scroll through...

Fortunately I have a 3 star contract with British Gas! If I did'nt I'd be penniless by now. The neighbours think my wife has something "going on" with the gas man as today was his fourteenth visit since Christmas! They seem to have changed everything on our Barcelona but the casing and it still...

I'll reinstall it now. With thanks from the turkey!

Hi - thanks, I thought of that but when I started to do it I was warned that uninstalling may undo any protections applied with the "Immunize section". I'm just bumbling my way around so I hope someone can help!

Hi - hope someone can help me. I have Spybot installed on my PC but when I click on the icon in the task bar to run it the screen briefly says spybot is loading and then it disappears of the screen completely and it's as if I had'nt initialized any thing. Any ideas? Howard

Hi Eddie - many thanks for your help.

I'm like a dog with a bone when I get started! Have just emailed Watchdog with my thoughts regarding Baxi. Why don't some of you do it too? bbc.co.uk/watchdog. You don't have to volunteer to be filmed, but one of the questions they ask after you've written your email is whether you have any...

Have just read a post from uncleben which says Baxi have a responsibility reagrding its boilers for six years. Can anyone give me more information.My three year old Barcelona has had a new pcb, a new circuit board, a new gas valve and seal since Christmas. Thank God for British Gas 3* service...

Hi - Every now and then I get a warning on my desktop that Macafee cannot "access shared memory region". I have tried to find out what to do about it but even when I type the warning message into Macafees search box in the help section, nothing comes up. I'd be grateful for some help with this...

Hi - the answer to all your questions is yes. The BG man says he would'nt have one of these for a pension!

So I'm part of a large club then! My noisy Barcelona is three years old and has started to lock out. Fortunately it's in a utility room so when it does decide to work I don't have to wear ear plugs. I'm also fortunate that I took out an annual service contract with British Gas as "the gas man...