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@lostinthelight 'wrong head on'... this is exactly why i asked on here (y) Was starting to question my sanity regarding basic maths... By the sounds of it £2k isn't just top whack.. but seriously taking the mick

@Mr Chibs The lead across the whole length came off with the asbestos (gonna make me some sea-fishing weights with it).. am absolutely sure roofer would have let me know if new lead needed to overlap the flashings that he put on as part of the flatroof. No timescale, only a start date. Render...

yeh yeh.. i know Am in a tricky situation.. very small community.. people/families easily offended if you don't buy local (am born and bred here).. think WickerMan country but with more 'politics' and long-lasting resentment... considered as a bit strange if yer not into rugby/sport.. am sure...

Stone build house, external render 7x1m between flat-roof and main roof, replace guttering and fascia. Will need hacking off but this shouldn't be difficult as half of it could be kicked off... Easy access through house as straight through from front-door to back-door, no tip-toeing needed as...

Thought occurs... we have 2 laptops that can and need to be improved... and nothing to lose.. soo Transfer important stuff (docs, pix, etc) from Lappy_1 to Lappy_2 On Lap_1 install a windows-esque version of Linux - from ongoing Win>Lin transition experience I would suggest MXLinux...

Hey OP.. (Agile)... Can you let us know: i) Make & model number of the laptops so we know what hardware specs we're dealing with ii) What you use your laptops for... internet browsing, docs/spreadsheets, streaming Netflix, photo archiving/editing, syncing with your personal surveillance and...

It's not the processor you need to be worried about... Win10 is unreliable in itself.. hence so many updates.. ;-)

possibly crack open the original battery and just replace the actual cells inside?

That kit deffo too old for Win10... unless you're a masochist May I suggest MXLinux or ZorinOS... both a really familiar environment to using Windows. ..and prepare to be amazed.. seriously... I know I was! ps.. I am no techie expert.. am still using Win7 and gradually moving over to Linux...

Dell's consumer grade PC/laptops tend to hitchhike on the reputation of their business grade kit. Depending on the model you have.. (which one?).. it could be thrashing the CPU/GPU depending on what you are using it for.. I would also go with the behaviour being symptomatic of overheating...

Extension built c1960... external walls are 9" potblocks.. heavy ones. Groundfloor onto concrete.. bathroom having a full ripout... including ceiling. Am having PVC(?) panels fitted to all walls (not ceiling) Can these PVC panels be dotndab straight onto the external wall or will it need a...

I fully agree.. Currys/PCWorld not only sell garbage (if you know anything about specs) but their aftersales service falls WAY short of the mark..

"Laptop for daughter.." Sounds like a fair swop.. what's she like? ;-D

If the board is capable of 16Gb RAM then chances are that whatever else is on that board (CPU, GFX) it is STILL way more than capable than average user will throw at it. Vendors are selling stuff on the back of how big the HDD is.... the processor and RAM is far more important. The analogy I...

aaah.. but I should imagine that: i) you didn't buy the cheapest doorstop available on a whim whilst doing your weekly shop ii) you didn't literally use it as a laptop/tv-tray... on a fluffy cushion whilst placed on yer lap and tipping McFlurry over it iii) you didn't actually believe that you...

:ROFLMAO: Currys/PCWorld have an outsourced CustService 'function' (I use the term very loosely) whose job it is to ick you about until you get fed up of paying £/min to get anywhere and eventually give up. That is how a sub-contracted CustServ makes a profit as a business service. Only the...

I think OP may be looking for a lower-tech option... Yottie... if you're still reading, if you can contact me via private message/conversation, I will take you through a step-by-step install (having done this a few times now).. I will do one from absolute scratch at my end using an XP-era...

send me a PM/conversation...

just to add... if having USB driver issues during OS install.. If u have an old keyboard with the round socket.. (PS/2) and the motherboard has the input sockets, this should work well enough to [tab] your way through an install. If mobo has two PS/2 sockets and you also have old mouse.. even...

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