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No thanks, at my age I leave household jobs to my kids and I don't interfere. I come on here for advice not a lecture.

I am not saying anything in an authoritive note, I asked the question and if you read the responses you will agree that it is all down to pesonal interpretation, although each person is convinced he is correct. I haven't any knowledge of regulations so I am not pushing my opinion. I am seeking...

Thanks to all for attempting to sort the quandary out. I'm still none the wiser, because there dosen't seem to be a definite answer. One of the reasons I put the question up, was because a year or two back, EU/local councils/Health & Safety Exec., deemed it unsafe/illegal for a householder to...

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...

Thanks EFC, I'll give that a try when I go over later on today. PM

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...

All drivers installed and Device Manager all correct. Bravo DIYnot

............but what happened when you installed all the relevant drivers,? That's my next task! PM

It's working!! I went to the Laptop Repair site and had a look at possible problems other than what I expected it to be. Under Laptop video problems was advice to do preliminary surveys before tearing the machine apart, and I saw this: It’s possible that the LCD lid close switch stuck in...

EFCLee1, Gregers, Igorian and Monkeh, I'm grateful for your help and support. You've done about as much as you can without doing the actual repair, so it's up to me now and I'm going to get stuck in. PM

Thanks again EFC, I didn't know about the 'F' Key, but the F11 key has a Monitor icon on it. It's a screen inside a square. Regarding the Driver d'loads, Packard Bell do not seem to store drivers for older models and I've got segs on my eyes searching for them in PBs online support. Seems to...

So can you only see the windows desktop when the monitor is attached? ***************** Yes. I have a spare Dell Monitor and I connected it to the Laptop through the serial port. The laptop screen stays blank shortly after boot-up, all commands are operated through the Dell screen. PM

Thanks for replying and keeping an eye on progress EFC, but I possibly haven't explained myself properly. Windows XP installed without a problem on the Hard Drive. Throughout the installing of XP the laptop screen was blank. I had to configure all commands via the external Monitor that I...

I considered the HDD. So I've just loaded Windows XP Home and everything seemed to go alright. Except, I only have the Recycle logo on the Desktop apart from the landscape background and Device Manager says I need Other Devices and VGA Controller is highlighted, (with others) so I'll try and...

The few clues I have to the screen working is; Boot up screen with the Packard Bell logo, Bios settings and the Windows start up with the running horizontal dots. What little I see is displayed in colour and clear. The external Monitor runs in tandem with the laptop screen and both shut down. I...

Yes, tried Safe mode, Last Known config, etc. After sseveral attempts to boot up, it started loading Windows but I heard the crackle and it shut down and started looping. Thanks for your reply, it's appreciated. PM

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...

Your first task is to get permission from the agency or bank that holds the mortgage, to rent the property out. If you're free to do that, have a look at the advice given in this address: http://www.propertyhawk.co.uk/index.php?page=bible&id=89

This story is hard to take in but it seems it's true and I agree with you. That they are unfit to keep dogs. I find it hard to believe that a person could tie their two dogs to the back of a car and the driver not be aware of their presence. For me it's incomprehensible. Surely the dogs...