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OT: Windows 2000 Pro to XP Pro upgrade without having to reinstall applications?
All variants of the '286 had a sort-of-MMU. It couldn't handle invalid accesses by re-running the instruction (which you must have for virtual memory), and there were no pages anyway - just...
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Help please to resolve a sticky situation.
Being the recent owner of a satnav I wished to mount it on the dash. However the surface is too rough for the suction pad to adhere properly, so I bought one of the pads that stick on with 3M's...
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Gap between floor tiles and wall
Hi, I have a room which has percelain tiles on the floor with water based underfloor heating in the slab below. The tiler laid the floor with a gap of a few mm from the walls as the original plan was...
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Cable locators like Fluke 2042 to find faulty electric ufh?
The underfloor mat is a ProWarm generating 200w per square metre (the area is about 12sqm) - it worked perfectly for about nine months then it went co ld all of a sudden....I've checked the resistance...
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Tools
I know we've had variations on this before, but I thought one or two of them were quite good... http://www.jumbojoke.com/a_mans_guide_to_tools.html
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Can some identify these fittings please.
I'm looking to extend the hose of my power washer but seeing as its a Parkside washer I can't get any ready made hoses so need to identify the fittings that are on my machine. Could someone please...
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bath panel retaining clips - name? source?
plastic bath panels are usually held "on" by some sort of spring clips (plastic or metal) so that they can be removed for access etc what are they called and where can I get some? trawled ebay but...
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TV aerial?
Adrian presented the following explanation : Digital / analogue it is the same so far as the antenna is concerned. The only difference might be the band/s the antenna needs to cover for digital. Have...
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Multi tool blades at Aldi again
I see the blades are at Aldi again tomorrow. I got some a while ago and they fitted my PMF180 just fine (of course that's no guarantee they'll have the same fittings this time!) Just for info, but at...
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OT: Bosch/Siemens/Neff Dishwasher "recall" 1999-2005 models
Came across this yesterday when looking for the instruction manual for a newly acquired Bosch dishwasher. Seems any Bosch/Neff/Siemens model[1] from 1999-2005 can, in extremis, catch fire. Tiny...
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Good toaster
I know this question has been asked before, but new models come out and things move on. A few months ago we moved from toasting under the grill to a toaster. The toaster is almost useless, it toast...
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Sealant for metal
I have need of a mastic to weather proof the join between two painted metal components that can be over painted but still allow reasonably easy dismantling of the two components. Any suggestions for...
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DeWalt Driver screeching noise - fixed
Turns out (tg) it was an easy fix. The slider that changes speeds is a spring-type wire that is flipped from one position to the other. It is operated by a plastic slider. The slider arms had broken...
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Removing cork tiles
Have some cork tiles on a wood floor stuck on with some form of 'rubber' based adhesive. What's the best way to remove them?
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CPU Cooling Fan
The cooling fan on the CPU of my Packard Bell PC is getting noisy, especially when it's working hard to cool the CPU at times of peak activity. I've opened up the computer case and cleaned the fluff...
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