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Email Account

How do I add my email account to a new laptop? Please help an octogenarian Luddite. Many thanks in advance!...
18:56 Tue 15th Dec 20207 answers, last by poisondwarf 13:27 Wed 16th Dec 2020
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Scroll Bar Problem

If a received email contains a long gap between the opening text and further text below, I cannot reach the lower text because my scroll bar has too little empty space - if you can understand what I...
11:58 Tue 10th Nov 202015 answers, last by poisondwarf 15:40 Tue 10th Nov 2020
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Lost Email

I located an important email in my Spam folder. I tried to move it to my Inbox, but it disappeared. It is not in any of my other folders. I am running Windows 10 and BT Internet email. Please can...
13:42 Sun 30th Aug 20203 answers, last by poisondwarf 17:38 Tue 01st Sep 2020
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How To Open A Winmail.dat File

Please will someone explain to an 82 year old Luddite in simple terms how to open winmail.dat files or convert them to Word documents. I am at my wits' end, having tried twenty times this afternoon. I...
18:14 Wed 27th Feb 20193 answers, last by Joness777 09:13 Mon 18th Mar 2019
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Tv (Virgin) Subtitles

How do they work? Is it some very clever computer program that translates the words into type? BB...
11:05 Sun 16th Dec 20183 answers, last by poisondwarf 16:48 Wed 19th Dec 2018
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Bandwidth Problem

I have recently moved house. Now when I try to open BBC iPlayer, I am told that I do not have sufficient bandwidth. Please can anyone suggest how I can solve this problem without moving house again?...
17:06 Sun 18th Nov 20186 answers, last by Buenchico 14:31 Tue 20th Nov 2018
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Gk Crossword Saturday 14 July

Please make an old man happy by helping me solve these two! Very much appreciated in advance. Thank you 44 Across - Quality of balance or proportion represented in Vitruvian Man S_M___R_ 48 Across -...
12:33 Sun 15th Jul 20187 answers, last by poisondwarf 12:48 Sun 15th Jul 2018
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Johanna Konta

Does anyone know why Johanna Konta appears to trip with every third pace when walking?
16:54 Thu 05th Jul 20189 answers, last by poisondwarf 13:43 Fri 06th Jul 2018
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Yellow Background To Text

Good afternoon all Whenever I cut and paste text from an Email into Word 2007, it appears with a yellow background. Strangely, it happens on both laptops. I have tried Page Layout - Background colour...
16:40 Mon 18th Jun 20183 answers, last by poisondwarf 19:20 Tue 19th Jun 2018
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England Rugby

Good morning all!In the wake of Saturday's 'no show' in the Calcutta Cup, can anyone tell me if England have ever won a match after falling ten points behind?Many thanks in advanceChick...
12:29 Tue 27th Feb 20183 answers, last by jourdain2 19:18 Tue 27th Feb 2018
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Microsoft Word Document Suddenly Changes To Read Only

Good afternoon all! Sorry to be a PITA yet again, but proofreading and correcting my Pal's 150 page document (MS Word 2007) and, nearing completion, the document has suddenly changed to 'Read Only'....
17:48 Mon 29th Jan 20183 answers, last by poisondwarf 12:47 Tue 30th Jan 2018
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Please Can Anyone Spell?

Please can anyone spell the Maltese word for miserly, which is pronounced PISO? Many thanks...
15:54 Sat 20th Jan 20184 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:18 Sat 20th Jan 2018
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Microsoft Works V Word 2007

Sorry to be a nuisance, but I am flummoxed! I am proofreading my pal's memoirs, a 150 page document, with photographs, in Microsoft Works ( .wps). I am running Word 2007. I have copied the whole...
13:15 Wed 17th Jan 20182 answers, last by poisondwarf 17:03 Wed 17th Jan 2018
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Gmail Does Not Accept My Password

Good afternno! I HAVE SERIOUS HEARING DIFFICULTIES. I opened a GMail account three days ago, and suddenly my password is not being accepted. All the GMail help and support sites appear to be telephone...
17:24 Wed 13th Sep 20179 answers, last by TaylorOBrien 14:03 Tue 31st Oct 2017
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Producing One's Own Family Tree

Sorry to be a PITA, but about twenty years ago, when I had Windows XP, I started drawing my own Family Tree, using Monotype Corsiva because it is like my handwriting. Now that I have Windows 7, is...
14:38 Sun 13th Aug 20173 answers, last by poisondwarf 18:51 Tue 15th Aug 2017
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Rugby Union: Army V Royal Navy

Please can someinr tell me the result of the Army v Royal Navy reugby match at Twickenham this afternoon? I am hoping that the Navy will have recorded only their third win since 1997 - or is it 'In...
19:03 Sat 29th Apr 20172 answers, last by poisondwarf 20:13 Sat 29th Apr 2017
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Fao Buenchico Please

Sorry to bother you again, but I have had a repeat of yesterday's problem of a 'frozen' mouse. When I boot up, my laptop gets as far as the Windows logo - and I can't do anything after that! I have...
17:39 Mon 24th Apr 201725 answers, last by Old_Geezer 17:12 Thu 27th Apr 2017
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No Mouse Or Touchpad Response

Good morning all! When I booted up my laptop earlier, I found I had no response from my mouse. I took out the USB connector for the mouse and tried to use my touch pad, still no response. I have also...
11:27 Sun 23rd Apr 20172 answers, last by poisondwarf 12:19 Sun 23rd Apr 2017
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Windows Updates

Good morning all! When I got up at 0600, my laptop displayed the following message: Configuring Windows updates 30% complete Do not turn off your computer That was four and a half hours ago, and the...
10:39 Wed 12th Apr 201716 answers, last by robertosburn 07:30 Fri 21st Apr 2017
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Importing Email Address

I have installed Mozilla Thunderbird, but I have been unsuccessful in exporting my BT Mail Address Book to Thunderbird. Will someone please give me a step by step guide that an 80 year old Luddite can...
21:06 Sat 18th Mar 20176 answers, last by poisondwarf 17:31 Fri 31st Mar 2017

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