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Cheers Noseall! So basically it's down to personal preference as oppose to any regs?

Hi I've got the perfect link question here between computers & DIY! I just wondered if anyone had any experience of doing their interior house designs etc. on a CAD program? I work in IT so I'm not afraid of something a bit more complex but at the same time I don't want something thats going...

Hi I've currently got some lattice walls in my hallway, or atleast I think they are called lattice, when you have thin pieces of wood running across the studwork and then plastered over? Anyway the plasters all blown so I'm going to rip it all down, take the lattice out and replace with...

As I mentioned in a previous post the quotes to replaster my living room from scratch are higher than expected, so I was wondering... If on the 2 longest walls I put up some battons, got some 25mm insulation and boarded over the top would this be feesable? I wouldn't do it on the 2 end walls...

I've not yet used any of the manufacturers recovery, but when you say it's locked you out what kind of error message are you getting? If you can't get your recovery partition to work then it would be a case of backing up all your data and reinstalling from scratch (using the XP & Driver CD's...

Replacing the processor won't make any difference either now or in the future. As for the hard disk then yes they do go faulty / become full and need upgrading etc. I think you will find that both editions will activate with no problems! I've just remembered doing a job for someone a while back...

I remember one of the guys at our place forgot to use our Coporate edition once before creating an image and since we had deployed it we ran with it. I think if I remember correctly we were getting approximately 5/6 activations per OEM license key. Graphics card / processor shouldn't make a...

Hi I've had an estimate of roughly £800-£1000 for my living room to be plastered. Since chasing in the electrics we found the majority of plaster to be blown and looks like it will all come off (hence estimate as we've not stripped it all yet). The room is L 5.6m W 3.1m H 2.4m 1930's house...

I think forums use your hostname, supplied by ISP and maybe even your email address to stop you signing up again, though it's not fool proof! You're right you do tend to get a new IP each time your routers reset / switched on / off, which for most people isn't a problem but if you wanted to...

Thanks brist! I'll do the scrim taping, but thats where my plastering skills end... I'll leave the rest to the pros!

Hi I'm stripping the wallpaper on my dining room ceiling, expecting to find plaster undrneath, but there's just plasterboard! Would this be ok to plaster directly on to after having the wallpaper on it? or would I be better just ripping it all down and putting new plasterboard up? Thanks

Superspec is right, in XP you need to go to Control panel - Add Remove Pragrams then on the left hand side select "Set program access & defaults" then expand the custom option, Choose a deafult web browser and make sure IE is selected (don't use the 'use my current web browser' option) If...

Just to rule it out, when you installed XP on to your new hard drive did you opt for FAT32 or NTFS file system?

I agree that a fresh install as oppose to upgrade is always better but I think that most people who experience problems with Vista are those who have installed it regardless :) Anyways I've heard a little rumour that you can get an upgrade version of Vista to work as the full version, here's...

Hi I'm not too hot on the maths of electrics but I remember once being told that if I was spuring off a 32A ring main (albeit for an additional socket or FS) that I should always use 4mm2 cable as the load on the earth (or cpc to be technical) could potentially be higher than that on the...

I'm not an Ipod / ITunes user so someone else will be able to help you out, but to point you in the right direction it's to do with synchronisation... your Ipod is sync'ing with your pc, so whatever you have (or don't have) showing on ITunes will replicate on your Ipod.

Hi Neal 512Mb ram is ok but would recommend going closer to 1gb rather than upgrading the processor. The best way software wise is to backup all your data and reload everything from scratch (make sure you have disks for everything before you do this). I know thats not always practical...

Hi Freddy, I assume you've checked in device manager (right click 'my computer' - manage- select device manager) to see if there are any unknown or uninstalled devices (usually shown with a exclamation mark in a yellow circle. If you are certain it's a hardware fault then (someone correct...

Had the router been 'unlocked'? Sky put their own firmware on to what is a standard Netgear router, but it means you can't enter username etc. or access alot of the features. The easiest way to tell is if you login to the router if there are any 'sky' logo's etc in there. To get round it all...

This is Cisco's explination of CHAP authentication: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/471/understanding_ppp_chap.html I used to have one of these routers using Sky as my ISP and had alot of problems with 'noise' on the line. It might be worth just trying a different mircofilter. Other...