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Create icon
Could someone remind me how to use a jpg file as a shortcut icon? I have done it before but I cannot for the life of me remember how. Thanks
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Migrating Windows 10 to new SSD
I?m not having much luck with upgrading my daughter?s Windows 10 laptop with an SSD. I?ve worked out how to make an image file but that doesn?t seem to be bootable so I?m obviously missing something...
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How much????
Just browsing through Screwfix catalogue in preparation for some electrical work and came across these: will be careful not to drop too many of those. Adam's going to have to ration them out with his...
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Garage doors for maximum height
I have bought a new (to me) tractor and to my pleasant surprise the cab is lower than the ROPS system of my old tractor and thus the new tractor will fit into my garage if I change the up and over...
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Where to buy 2.5 metre lengths of studding?
Can anone suggest where I might buy a couple of 2.5 metre long lengths of (something like) M10 studding? I can find 1 metre lengths by the dozen, but nothing longer.
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Compact colour laser?
Hi all, I'm possibly looking out for a compact colour laser printer and have some requirements (sort of in order of importance). 1) Reasonably compact, height being the least important. 2) No 'sticky...
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Surge protection
I have a surge protection extension in the kitchen, used for TV, decoder box and radio. It is very old. I read here recently that these devices may present a fire risk. To my knowledge we have never...
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replacement doors for house
We need two doors in our house replaced, one in the kitchen going out to the yard, and the front door to the house. Who would do such work in my area, London SW12? I can spend a little more money, I...
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5 years ago
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Speedfit to cap gas?
Someone has written 'gas pipe under floorboard' on the upstairs wall. You pull the board up and there it is, with a speedfit cap on. That can't be OK, can it? Or can it?
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5 years ago
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OT: offer of help
Hil's remote pacemaker monitor stopped working, so I rang the NHS contractor. They arranged to exchange the unit. The next day the new unit arrived. I went down the drive to get it because it would...
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5 years ago
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OT: Snow chaos in Basingstoke
Isn't that where that (in)famous roundabout is ?. Must be hilarious when you cannot see any white lines too. Hardly any snow in Sussex. What we had overnight (about an inch) went fairly quickly and...
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Kitchen wall prep before refit
I'm undecided, Whether to make good the kitchen walls, then fit a kitchen. Because it would be nice to start with, and work in, a nice clean, square envirinment. Or given that the vast majority will...
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Cable grip in back box
I got a 2 gang surface mount back box the other day that had cable grips in it, which I thought was a good idea. But it only had two, and they weren't opposite but one on the side and the other top...
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Genealogy - again
I asked this here before, so apologies for a re-run of the question. I am trying to get family tree data into a sensible and easily understood form. I am not really interested in the subject, but...
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How do estate agents get addresses?
A mix of council and privately owned in the street, postie this morning had an easy delivery round, just to some of the addresses, ours being one of them. The only item a card from an estate agent...
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