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Has anyone replaced a keyboard on the S531? There is no removable battery!

How times change. My old Fluke 73 complete with soldering iron burn is still going. I bought a cheap meter for my tool case as the Fluke stays in the workshop. It packed up so buy cheap buy twice comes to mind. I picked up a new Fluke for the car. How times change

I was sitting in with a client yesterday who is a home based business and the webinar we were watching was an Amazon demo on Amazon Workspaces. There are plenty of videos on Youtube and this one will shortly be on there. I was really impressed with the demo and my client is almost certainly...

I'm looking for ideas on tracking all sorts of things particularly on an Ipad/Iphone. We have 3 vehicles and a caravan and of course a house and all that goes with it, contents and building insurance, breakdown cover etc. Looking in the App Store I can see many Apps that do this sort of thing...

I know some internet providers track your usage but I'm looking for a standalone free program to track usage. I have a new elderly client that wants me to see why he has going over his 10GB monthly bandwidth. I've never has a call like this but it got me thinking of how to track per computer...

I'm looking for recommendations for a decent mobile phone which doesn't have to be a smart phone. I know other factors come in to play such as providers and area but on a level playing field what phone shines? The important thing is that it is a good solid performer for making and receiving...

I'm sitting here waiting for my wife to finish shopping at the Hatfield Galleria. My phone on 02 3G .23Mbs download and .45 Mbs upload My ipad on EE 4G 51Mbs download and 15Mbs upload!

I'm looking for ideas on suppliers of foil labels with my contact details for laptops and desktops. At the moment I use PCRT Dymo labelling which is great for tracking when I my possession. I usually leave the labels on the computer/laptop but on the latter they rarely survive and wear out...

I'm having a clear out of my workshop and especially techie books. I find it very difficult to throw out books that cost a lot of money at the time but in reality everything is found on the net and I never refer to them. They've got to go! My last clear out a few years ago was all NT study...

For the last 3 years I've been using PCRT for handling my jobs and invoicing. I have been doing my accounts with an Excel spreadsheet and I'm very lazy leaving the accounts to the end of the business year then entering all the data(running costs and purchases). PCRT have no plans to do full...

Is anyone doing this sort of jobs onsite? I always bring the job back but because of a cock up by a supplier of my hard drives and a need for my client to do some work I have temporarily put a 2nd hand drive in and will have to do two round trips when the new drive arrives. I am testing a...

I've been reading quite a lot on here about Ubiquiti products and was wondering about getting into this company's products here in the uk. I see they do courses in Suffolk for two days and am looking into going on one of those. Has anyone been to one here in the uk or elsewhere? I see the type...

I've got an Acer Extensa 5230 laptop here that is used by my local Land Rover garage for diagnostics. The laptop keyboard doesn't work at all but an external keyboard does. Can you emulate the fn keys in any way with a standard extended usb keyboard? I've Googled around and cannot find a sure...

I'm interested in getting to more wireless installations on a larger scale and seen various various discussions about the Ubiquiti hardware. They are available in the uk via Amazon and other distributors. So I would like to start a discussion on where you are using them. I.e. Residential...

Just saw this on the UK Ebay site but thought of USA techs who might want to go for it. I paid over £200 for mine, it's a great bit of kit. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fluke-Networks-Intellitone-Pro-200-Probe-and-Toner-in-a-Fluke-carrying-bag-NR-/201070670588?pt=US_Cable_Testers&hash=item2ed0bef2fc

What are your recommendations for spam mail and residential users? I know it can be a real issue but just wondered what techs try to drive their client to use?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX0Iy93nqKs

I've had a few people(homeworkers) lately have problems with power surges and I saw these online. http://www.amazon.co.uk/APC-BE700G-UK-Interface-Power-Saving-Back-UPS/dp/B002RXED6A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390985533&sr=8-1&keywords=apc+es700 Anyone using them or similar?

Has anyone got a set of restore disks for the above laptop? My supplier hasn't got any and they have checked with Asus and they haven't got any either! I had a hard drive failure so the restore has gone and the client hadn't made a set up :rolleyes: I've tried a basic Vista disk and drivers...

I was just reading about Open Mesh in another thread. It reminds me that I started looking at this a couple of years ago but didn't go any further. Is anyone in the UK using it? The main website here is http://www.openmesh-uk.com/ I'm looking at other avenues of income and as I go around...