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I agree. Not only have I been denying their invitations to 'update' to W11, I routinely avoid Windows Updates (by setting my active times as between 0800 and 0200, and telling them that I'm on a metered connection). Regardless of that, I do allow a WU after their offers have been ignored for a...

I keep receiving 'adverts' from MS assuring me that my laptop is perfectly suitable for the installation of W11. Having read this and other examples of how things go wrong, I have been ignoring MS's 'help'. I'm sure I'm not alone!

You might be better posting this in Computers/Software. Actually, when I had a problem with Photoshop Elements, when restoring my computer, I telephoned Adobe who were very helpful. Presumably, they will have a record of you when you first opened it and logged in.

Thanks for your advice. We did have the window frames replaced recently as they were rotten, so it could well be a wood beam rotting and failing to support the wall above. Actually, it's a bungalow, so no rooms above, but there is a gable end in brick at loft level. We'll get in a structural...

I'd be grateful for any advice about the possible cause of this crack near the bedroom ceiling, which is becoming wider. It is above a bay window, so I suspect possible movement in the ground outside. However, there are no visible cracks in the wall outside. I'd value some advice before we pay...

Well, at least it got the council's attention! Perhaps, if he continues, they'll make more of an effort to repair these potholes.

Yes f10 worked. Thanks.

Thanks for your help. To be honest, I had forgotten about this thread because the message I have been receiving seems to have gone away now. Nevertheless, I'll try the f10 on startup next time to see what happens.

Pointless trying to argue about this. The point is that 'we shall see'. (And that I was right all along!)

I don't burn diesel. I used to have a diesel Skoda, which was in many ways the best car I have ever had. Since I stopped working, diesel is not my best option because I don't regularly drive on long journeys which, I believe, is what diesel engines benefit from. Then, of course, the...

Thanks again for your help. I googled this and found: "Turn on the computer, and then immediately press the esc key repeatedly until the Startup Menu opens. Press f10 to open the BIOS Setup Utility" which I did but no Startup Menu.

Which I'm sure will happen! If the British car industry (assuming there will still be one!) has been so short-sighted in trusting the government, we will buy cars from foreign companies. Yes, they're all LH drive for their own consumption, but if there is a viable British market for RH drive...

I'm afraid that attempting to use more power at night may not be enough, and the speed at which the government is 'thinking about' implementing new nuclear power stations(!), are not going to provide very much more electricity to supply the projected expansion of numbers of EVs, certainly not by...

Thanks. I tried holding f8 and also Fn + f8 without any result. I'm afraid I don't know how else to enter BIOS.

I receive this message every day on my HP laptop (which is still under extended warranty) - please see picture. I restart the computer as requested, which then opens as usual, but the next day the same message is back. I have done this for several days with the same outcome. Apart from this...

And where are we going to get the additional electricity we're going to need for all these EVs? Windmills? Solar power?

Quite right. I back up to two separate external hard drives. I keep one in a safe and hide the other in a cupboard elsewhere in the house. If one fails, I have the other and would immediately buy another to replace the failed one. They aren't expensive.

Well said. The sooner our inept politicians begin to realise that, the better.

Sorry to leave this so long before replying. I can't see three horizontal bars at the top right. It occurs to me that you might be thinking about a phone app, but I'm using Facebook on my computer, so assume it is different. As it happens, I have tried it again recently and it doesn't seem to...

Thanks. I'd be happy to do that, but I can't find app settings.