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  1. richardhowell

    Adobe Flash Player - problem

    Thanks Vop. I had the correct version installed, but a little bit more investigation in Chrome told me that Flash player plugin had been (inadvertently?) disabled! So enabling it solved the problem. Cheers!
  2. richardhowell

    Adobe Flash Player - problem

    I have downloaded and installed the latest version of Flash player, (having first uninstalled the software). The reason I did this was that on the BBC website I couldn't pay any video. A message came up which said I needed to install Flash. It gave a link which I followed, and the procedure to...
  3. richardhowell

    Brother DCP 135C inkjet printer

    My printer (just over a year old) has stopped printing in colour. I've done the usual stuff - cleaned print heads, replaced cartridges (currently Brother originals) but it doesn't want to play. If anyone's got any suggestions I'd be very grateful.
  4. richardhowell

    Laptop HD - capacity question

    Many thankyou's. It's formatting as we speak. Regards Richard Howell
  5. richardhowell

    Laptop HD - capacity question

    Yep. 75.92gb is unallocated. Point is, can I allocate it? Eg. create an E drive with this space.
  6. richardhowell

    Laptop HD - capacity question

    It came with Vista loaded. No, there's no other drive. D: is the DVD RW. I've checked in Device Manager and it's definitely HM160HI
  7. richardhowell

    Laptop HD - capacity question

    I've just purchased a 2nd hand Dell laptop (from ebay) which has a Samsung HM160HI disc. This has a 160gb size. But when I view its properties (Explore, right click on C drive, Properties) it appears to have only 80 gb. Is this something to do with partitioning? If so how can I reclaim the other...
  8. richardhowell

    Problem booting laptop

    I've tested a mouse-less environment and it doesn't make any difference. I've also plugged in an external monitor, which behaves in the same way as the integral one. OK guys. I think I can live with the inconvenience of this. At least I know I can boot the machine at the n'th attempt and when...
  9. richardhowell

    Problem booting laptop

    Yes, I normally have a mouse attached as I hate these touch pads!
  10. richardhowell

    Problem booting laptop

    Decided to bite the bullet, format disk and reinstall xp. Wasn't such a big deal as my laptop is more or less a clone of desktop, so I had backups of data already. Well, this hasn't exactly fixed the problem, but my success rate for booting up is much higher (80 - 90%). Actually, I boot up...
  11. richardhowell

    Problem booting laptop

    Yes, I'm coming round to the idea of a clean sweep. If someone could just convince me that this is, in fact, a software problem.....
  12. richardhowell

    Problem booting laptop

    Thanks for all your responses, unfortunately to no avail! No - I don't get problems with windows freezing after bootup. When it's up it works fine. Also I think I've eliminated overheating as it's been failing on 1st attempt after being off all night. Could it be something to do with...
  13. richardhowell

    Problem booting laptop

    I was reloading windows when I received your reply. This didn't do anything, in fact I was unable to boot at all after many attempts. Switched everything off for an hour or more and tried again. Booted first time. Is it something to do with over-heating? I notice the fan kicks in every few...
  14. richardhowell

    Problem booting laptop

    I have a Dell Inspiron 2500. Lately I've had problems in booting which are becoming more frequent. It gets past the first phase (I'm on xp) where the windows logo appears, but never reached the WELCOME message. Screen remains blank. Only solution is switch off and try again. Sometimes it takes...
  15. richardhowell

    explorer.exe causing 100% cpu usage

    I tore my hair out for about a week over this problem. I was about to do a complete reinstallation of my system when I discovered what was wrong. It was a hardware issue. I noticed my cd burner wasn't functioning (Iomega) and when I unplugged it from the mains, hey presto, all my troubles were...
  16. richardhowell

    Where should explorer.exe be?

    Even if I haven't got one in c:\windows\system32, which is where, allegedly, it's supposed to sit?
  17. richardhowell

    Where should explorer.exe be?

    I've read in various articles that explorer.exe should be sitting in c:\windows\system32, and that if it's anywhere else I should be suspicious. I have 2 instances of explorer.exe, one in c:windows and the other in c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386. Both are 1,032,192 bytes. Should I be worried?
  18. richardhowell

    explorer.exe causing 100% cpu usage

    I know there have been several postings about this already, and I've read the responses. Unfortunately, my problem still persists. So far I've defragged my disks, done a full scan with my virus checker, I've run cwshredder, spybot and adaware (which was useful, as they found and fixed a number...
  19. richardhowell

    Outlook express - mail received to wrong identity

    I think this prob might have been solved by Jay's last posting. However, in answer to your questions - We have the same Windows login and different OE identities We have separate email addresses. Thanks for your interest and feedback everyone. Richard
  20. richardhowell

    Outlook express - mail received to wrong identity

    Jay - could you be a bit more specific please. Are you talking about settings in Tools/Accounts, or Tools/options or ....where?

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