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  1. Martyn

    Microsoft is providing free upgrade to Windows 10 .... even for pirated OS

    That's going to be interesting with some of my village clients who have very slow internet. So Microsoft will be hogging all the bandwidth when the client wants to use the computer? Let's hope the updates aren't too big ;)
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    The Car Maintenance Thread

    I've had a few animals wander out but missed them all :). A few years back we were in Turkey and were being taken to the airport by a transfer vehicle. There was just me and my wife plus the Turkish driver in this big people carrier. It was half light early morning and a wild pig wandered out...
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    The Car Maintenance Thread

    Well I suffer from claustrophobia and its absolutely great. I even thought of buying a bigger car on the business but i would miss this one.
  4. Martyn

    Strange keyboard issue on a desktop

    Found it. ATI hot poller running as a process,
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    Strange keyboard issue on a desktop

    Ive had this problem. Will check my notes
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    The Car Maintenance Thread

    I'm saying nothing it works well for me. I'm lucky if I see a vehicle to crash in to . Maybe a cow or two
  7. Martyn

    Fab's AutoBackup 6 Pro - a must have tool for techs

    Yes been a user for about 4 years now. Great program, worth the money
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    Wireless clients not getting IP address

    If it's only on wireless check the channel it's using, clash of channel? Try fixed channel after doing a wireless survey
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    Small town techs

    Same for me. Was an IT Consultant travelling the UK, away in hotels. Already paid the house off and got redundancy at 58. Love working for myself and answering to no one oh except for my wife
  10. Martyn

    Bootmgr not found

    Ditto. MS Refurbisher is the way to go, easy to become one. Just picked up a free Dell running Vista today and am refurbishing it now with Windows 7. Already has dual core processor and 4GB of ram and I've just replaced the failed drive with a Crucial SSD.
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    Milage Tracking

    How do you mean? I have my mileage reports for the last 2 years saved in the application. I have Hobit 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and i need to complete 2014 - 2015. Yes you define the dates, I have each tax year April to March
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    How do you deal with customers looking over your shoulder?

    Just a story about this. I was working as a Maintenance Engineer for Unicliffe (TCP before Pfizer) back in the 70s. Whenever there was a stoppage on the bottling machinery I would have a look at it and immediately the foreman was right over my shoulder. Someone told me that he had corns on...
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    Milage Tracking

    I use Miletracker the last two years or so with IOS http://www.silverwaresoftware.com/MileTracker.html I've tried a few and this one is just right
  14. Martyn

    EU peeps - any comment on the Cameron win?

    I posted on Facebook if ever there was a call for proportional representation this election results was it. UKIP got 1 seat, SNP got 56 seats and yet UKIP got 3 times as many votes!
  15. Martyn

    word help

    When you create the pdf, what do you use? Create it with another pdf writer, they don't always conform to the Adobe pdf standards
  16. Martyn

    Quickbooks errors

    <anything> Internet Security can cause problems. I would uninstall them completely and look at the problem without their interference. I had a problem with printing and scanning in one business. They has Kaspersky Internet Security installed and that was causing the problem. Reinstalled cured...
  17. Martyn

    Talk Talk/ Tiscali UK useless

    How does that work on any adsl network Andy? You mean you configure the adsl login to the respective provider?
  18. Martyn

    Post Interesting Tips (Extra Compensation) You've Received

    There is this disabled couple I look after and I always sit down and have a cup of tea with them. I also charge them less than my normal rates. I can't remember the flavour and if it was ever used :) I gave it to my wife. I don't really eat jam.
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    Pictures of Technicians Work Areas

    Nice area there Paul, I could only dream of that.
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