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Thinking of buying a new one Current one says 1 TB HDD, and File explorer says 465 GB on C, 465 GB on D, so that sounds about right. I've only used about 150 GB on C and next to nothing on D. And 4 GB RAM. The one I'm considering has 512 GB SSD, which should be plenty for my usage. And 8 GB...

I'm going on holiday to India in March and need a visa. The website says The 30 days India Tourist eVisa - With the help of the 30 days India Tourist eVisa, visitors can stay in the country for a maximum span of 30 days, from the day of entry. It is a double-entry visa, thus with this visa, you...

I think this qualifies as a hardware problem. I have a W10 desktop, about 4 years old. Speakers and webcam worked fine until a few days ago. Also worked on a previous computer. Now both stopped working. Under Sounds in Settings, it says no input or output devices found. I know the speaker is OK...

I currently have a lousy cold, started Xmas day of all days. Thought it wise to test myself for covid, using a kit I've had for 12-18 months. Waste of time, the sachets of test liquid had almost dried up, the small amount left, put into the extraction tube, was absorbed by the throat swab, so...

My brother is with Eon and they have emailed him saying "we just wanted to let you know your electricity meter has reached the end of its life. When this happens there’s a legal obligation to check and exchange your meter with a new one." They then go on to imply, without actually saying so...

My son had an LG fridge/freezer, about 4 years old, which failed. He spoke to LG who said if it's the compressor that's failed, it has a 10-year guarantee, but he'd have to pay for the the labour. He didn't go that route, but is it legal? I remember from many years ago a discussion about new...

I have a big (> 12" dia) wasp's nest in my loft. Doesn't cause much trouble and I was going to wait till the end of the wasp season and then remove it. But a friend tells me wasps never reuse an old nest, but if I get rid they might build a new one in the same place, so better to leave. That's a...

Dear Admin There are Thanks and Like buttons. May I suggest Don't like and Disagree buttons as well?

I planted 3 courgettes, 2 cropped conventional, the other 6-8 like the curly yellow one. I'd never heard of it but I believe it's a tromboncino. Taste is excellent! Somebody might be interested.

Seen in today's paper A month-long festival at Kew Gardens will celebrate connections "between queer people, plants and fungi". The botanic garden in southwest London has commissioned four bespoke installations that will explore how sexuality "can inform perception of plants and ecosystems"...

Anybody know where I can get hold of a replacement seal? The original has shrunk, gone brittle, deformed and cracked. Tried my local guy and he says you have to buy the complete kit. Seems a shame to have to do that.

On natural gas maximum allowable pressure drop between meter and boiler is 1 mbar, it regularly comes up on this forum. Is there a corresponding figure for LPG, does anybody know? "Nominal" pressure 37 mbar I assume is after the regulator.

My 18 year-old Bosch fridge/freezer has stopped working. The freezer high-temp alarm light is on. Motor is hot and runs intermittently. The heat sink grid on the back is cold. Any opinions about whether it's likely to be repairable? I've heard about no-repair, no fee deals, but of course I want...

There was something in the news a year or so back about a house being taken over by crooks when the owner was away, and it being impossible to recover. The other day a similar case was discussed on the radio. Strangely, it sounded as if the crooks were still on the scene (they had rented the...

There's more in the news today about how easy it is for thieves to steal cars. It beggars belief that the automotive and electronics industries can't get get together and produce something better. But my question is about steering locks. All the cars I've owned or driven recently had a...

I was driving my Hyundai i30 the other evening, it was snowing moderately, and a warning light plus triangle lit up. When I restarted a bit later it wasn't on at first but soon came on again. Then if I remember right it went out while still driving. The icon looks like a big weight being dropped...

I have an Hyundai i30 with rear brake below. Looks like it needs a tool to retract the piston, and found this on eBay for about £10. But I'm curious, as it says it's good for "calipers fitted to most cars with right hand thread". As the brakes are mirror images, I don't see how it can be...

Anybody know how these things work? Seems very clever? Just had my low tyre pressure warning light light come on. Blew them up but the light stayed on. I groaned and thought it was going to be code reader issue, but after a short drive it reset. Inflated to 32 psi front, 33 psi rear, and the...

I’m looking for a voltage regulator for an American-built tractor. Problem is, it’s for a dynamo where the field winding is commoned with the dynamo output (D terminal) inside the dynamo, and the trembling regulator contacts are on the earth side. I believe that’s called a Type A regulator...

At one time, when I opened Google maps, it woke up centred on my place. Now it's centred on Old Trafford, for some reason. I must have done something that caused this, but I've tried all sorts to change it back, and nothing has worked. Can anybody help? It's not a big problem, but it's irritating.