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    Video link won't play.

    Works for me - and appears to be playing in flash player. Try this link to download the latest version: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
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    expert help needed...very urgent

    If you were that way inclined then I'm sure it would be. It's also a great way of getting autocad drawings onto websites by PDFing them and then turning them into JPEGS :)
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    Door fit in a supporting wall

    If you're going for a lentil I'd suggest avoiding the baked variety, as they tend to cause unwanted gas emissions :) You'll need a lintel - that wall will either be supporting the floor above, the roof or one hell of alot of bricks - or quite likely all of the above. Catnic do a good range...
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    Safe Mode Doesn't Work

    Have you still got your windows XP CD? If so, you could run a system restore booting directly from the CD - you'd have to go into your BIOS and check that the boot sequence has CD/DVD before the hard drive. You may have to do a full install of windows, but your files should still be...
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    expert help needed...very urgent

    If you have a version of Adobe Photoshop you can also open PDFs directly with that, then do whatever cropping/overlaying you want.
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    Lots of Spam today

    Something I'm now used to is that spam is something we all have to live with. I was working late the other night and had 2300 messages in 4 hours (I do have to check the 'catch all' account for our domain). One of the company directors has recently been complaining about the spam he gets. I...
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    Cavity wall insulation

    My parents and their neighbours have pretty much all had it done in the last few months, gratis or discounted on the council grant scheme (mostly over 60s). The only bad experiences they had with it were: 1. The houses were all pebble dashed and the holes made to inject the insulation...
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    Cost for load bearing wall opening

    Spanning 7 metres! That's not a small thing, and you will need it to be designed properly. You're looking at £150 minimum just for the calcs, then the builders costs on top. To get a decent SE try www.findanengineer.com and get yourself some quotes.
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    Steel lintel fitting

    So who defines the fine line between paranoia and justifiable? Ask an Engineer (myself included) to design something, and it will be designed. The codes state what has to be taken into consideration. The end result may be 'over-engineered', but that's the way the codes work. If something...
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    Soakaway near concrete raft

    Getting an Engineer's report isn't the solution to all problems. In a case like this, I doubt many Engineers would be willing to report back positively without a published paper or recognised book to back them up. I'd try researching the BRE digests for some guidance. I suspect however that...
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    caption competition

    "Oi, Canute, we're gonna need more than one of these bloody things to stop it!"
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    Internal wall

    They won't have anything on record - and even if they did, they probably wouldn't be able to find it! They'll want to come and see the property at some point, quite probably once the lintel's in place but not covered up. I would have thought a scale sketch with the details of the lintel...
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    Internal wall

    They don't seem to offer a definition of their different loading types, but as it's just a floor above, assuming that you've not got any massively long rooms above, I would think that this would relate to standard. Email them or give them a call - if they think you'll buy off them I'm sure...
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    RAM NOT REGISTERING

    One diagnostic test you can do is to remove the 64MB RAM and leave just the 512MB in. See if the computer works with that. Also, try putting the 512MB in the slot that the 64MB comes out of. I've found in the past that if you have two different banks of RAM which are incompatible, the...
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    Internal wall

    You'll have to inform the local council building control office anyway, but they won't just tell you what size you need. They will however advise you if they think your proposals are not up to scratch. Either got an experienced builder to put forward a proposal for the size beam they'd use...
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    Sending documents from Vista to '98

    What kind of document is it? If it's word, try 'save as' an office 97 document. Similarl in excel.
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    Loft Advice

    You mean truss internal members? You're right in thinking you can't just get rid of them. You can do something about them, but this will involve a specialist to design an alternative for you. Can you provide a picture or sketch of what is there? Advice could be more specific then, though...
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    Program requesting server access

    Interesting - lxbXcoms.exe is linked to Lexmark printers and might well be genuine. What you might have is a dodgy bit of spyware or malware which is trying to appear to be this genuine programme. I'd personally block it and forget about it - if you don't have any more problems and your...
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    Lintel for extension with flat roof over a patio doorway

    http://www.corusconstruction.com/en/products_and_services/building_products/catnic/
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    Patching internal wall

    I wouldn't worry about it - the brickwork above will arch over it. As long as there aren't any nasty looking cracks in the area plaster over it and forget about it.
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