If a small amount of water got into a domestic oil tank, would something happen right away or does the owner spend the next few weeks, months, worrying that the system could pack up at any time?
I acquired a small safe which sits on a fixed shelf in a storage room. I would like to fix it to the shelf (wall-fixing is not an option) but need some kind of fixing that goes up through the...
I want to install Win XP on a laptop that has Vista on it. I don't want a dual boot, so can I just format the drive and then install XP. Is there anything I should be aware of. Many Thanks.
I transferred all my Outlook Express inbox messages to a folder on my desktop (supposedly to save space) and now I can't access the messages. There are 77 of them and they are now all in ONE .dbx...
I tried to install a programme called Verse Editor Plus from a CD - my OS is WinXP. I only got to where it asks for your name and organization, when the mouse froze and the screen went blank...
I live in the Carlisle/Border area and central-heating and hot water are fuelled by bottled LPG gas. The cost is astronomical ! Am contemplating electric boiler to run central-heating, but will keep...
An elderly aunt, in Scotland, has made a will, dividing her estate between her only child, a daughter, and 2 grandchildren. Owing to recent incidents, she no longer wishes her daughter to receive...
Since moving, can't receive radio on my Technics system. There is a jack at the back which looks as if it takes a co-axial aerial. If I hooked up to the TV aerial, would I get the normal radio...
I want to put a shower over the bath, but do not want the hassle of putting in an electric one or anything where holes have to be made in walls. The bath has 2 separate taps, not a mixer. Would it be...
Just recently, the heating-up lamp has been coming on in my Renault Scenic 1.9 Diesel while I'm driving. It usually happens on the motorway, doing about 65-70mph, going up a slight incline. I can feel...
Thinking I had done a shockie in, I took it to my usual mechanic and he said it had actually broken off at the top, something he had never seen in his 40+ years in the trade. Anyone any ideas as to...
In Australia, we had washing machines that washed the clothes in cold water, and we bought special powder for this purpose. Is anything like this available in UK? I know you can get cold-fill...
I have downloaded some episodes of a TV series and want to put them on to DVD. I decoded them with Win Converter but when I tried to burn them with Nero, after the 1st episode, I couldn't add any more...
When the battery in a mobile phone needs charging, why can't it just be taken out and replaced with a fully charged battery, as in some digital cameras?
