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25th June 2020, 10:10 PM
Thread: jerky YouTube videos
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jerky YouTube videos
My NBN was playing up until I discovered the phone cable had half worked its way out of the wall plug
Pushing it back in fixed every thing, well almost
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13th June 2020, 10:46 PM
Thread: You Tube videos blurry
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And to add to my woes, the videos are stop start....
And to add to my woes, the videos are stop start.
I don't have many lights on on my NBN connection box, could this be the stop start problem?
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13th June 2020, 10:27 PM
Thread: You Tube videos blurry
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You Tube videos blurry
My computer seems to have slowed down considerably. and my YouTube videos are all blurred.
Yesterday they were as sharp as a pin
Any suggestions?
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10th December 2019, 11:48 PM
Thread: Virus protection
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Virus protection
I suspect i've picked up a virus with the file name TIRSMILE. I've tried to delete it but to no avail.
Any suggestions for a free virus eliminator or should I just go for Nortons 360?
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22nd May 2018, 11:49 PM
Thread: Dead iphone 4
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At what age does Old Timer's Disease kick in, or...
At what age does Old Timer's Disease kick in, or mental constipation? There's nothing more pathetic than a grown man holding back tears, walking around with a dead phone in their pocket trying to...
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21st May 2018, 10:15 PM
Thread: Dead iphone 4
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Dead iphone 4
This morning my iphone 4 was working perfectly with 85% charge. A couple of hours later my phone would not turn on, dead as a door nail.
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8th February 2018, 10:53 PM
Thread: Internet outage
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rudy hell, lost the internet connection again...
rudy hell, lost the internet connection again yesterday pm. I was really peed of because I could'nt watch the cricket.
Took 12 hours to fix, what is going on?
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4th February 2018, 01:18 AM
Thread: What is this wood type?
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What is this wood type?
Gentlemen and ladies, can you identify this wood species? I'm told it's Japanese.
My son has to do a 3d image of a box made of this type of timber.
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19th January 2018, 12:02 PM
Thread: Internet outage
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Bloody hell, the internet went off again...
Bloody hell, the internet went off again yesterday, back on now. Rang Telstra who told me the internet had been restored, not so. They referred me to an overseas call centre, what a joke.
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18th January 2018, 02:29 PM
Thread: Internet outage
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Internet outage
I'm really peeded of with Telstra, three times this month, (twice this week), the internet has dropped off overnight.
That means no TV, no phone, no computer. Telstra don't hesitate to wack $15... -
11th January 2018, 03:09 PM
Thread: Turn off cellular data
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How can mobile data turn itself on when I turned...
How can mobile data turn itself on when I turned it off ages ago? Ghosts?
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9th January 2018, 10:18 PM
Thread: Turn off cellular data
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Thanks forrestmount, found mobile data under...
Thanks forrestmount, found mobile data under mobile, not very clear
I investigated this when I got an email from Telstra telling me I had used $44 worth of data.
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9th January 2018, 09:31 PM
Thread: Turn off cellular data
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Turn off cellular data
I have an iPhone5 and wish to turn off cellular data.
According to Google, it says go to settings, then general, then cellular data etc etc
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8th December 2017, 11:19 PM
Thread: system restore
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I'm not really on top of Win 10, how do I disable...
I'm not really on top of Win 10, how do I disable auto update?
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24th November 2017, 11:13 PM
Thread: system restore
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system restore
Talk about bloody difficult to find system restore.
I think windows 10 did an automatic update that buggered my screen up.
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28th October 2017, 12:47 AM
Thread: Can't open email
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I often get a problem when trying to open emails,...
I often get a problem when trying to open emails, I get a message "no internet connection"
Fortunately a dialogue box comes up with a trouble shooter that always fixes the problem
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9th July 2017, 01:09 AM
Thread: Can't play Youtube videos
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Hi Big Shed, I tried updating Flash which didn't...
Hi Big Shed, I tried updating Flash which didn't change anything, also I did fiddle around with some flash settings, and I don't know what I did, which is annoying, but Youtube videos are now playing...
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8th July 2017, 04:51 PM
Thread: Can't play Youtube videos
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My computer skills are abysmal also, scanning the...
My computer skills are abysmal also, scanning the web for clues, I came across a suggestion of setting my Chrome browser to "incognito mode" and wallah, I can now watch Youtube videos again.
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7th July 2017, 08:27 PM
Thread: Can't play Youtube videos
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Can't play Youtube videos
For some stupid reason, I can no longer play Youtube videos, everything was fine until last night.
I can call up a video, view all the various choices, click on one and it doesn't load.
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7th June 2017, 11:59 PM
Thread: Another Acad14 software question.
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With help from a kind member, Mr S, problem...
With help from a kind member, Mr S, problem solved.
It was a matter of merging dellayer.lsp into Acad14.lsp after fixing the administrator issue.
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6th June 2017, 09:38 PM
Thread: Another Acad14 software question.
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Why is everything so difficult? From the top,...
Why is everything so difficult?
From the top, in Autocad-support-AcadR14 I'm trying to add to the list of lisp files and can do that, but, when it comes time to save the amended file, I get the... -
6th June 2017, 12:17 AM
Thread: Another Acad14 software question.
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Another Acad14 software question.
I've just figured out why dellayer.lsp fails to load. The lisp file is not there.
Would some kind member please post an unzipped dellayer.lsp text file for Acad14.
Many thanks,
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5th June 2017, 12:41 AM
Thread: Autocad R14 users
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I'm a silly sausage
I'm a dill, the MCR lisp file works, I was typing in mcr and getting "unknown command".
Typing in MR or CR gets the results I was after.
I tried this before seeing skot's post #21
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4th June 2017, 11:02 PM
Thread: Autocad R14 users
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skot, I decided to give your idea of putting mcr...
skot, I decided to give your idea of putting mcr into the support directory, under it's own name.
Double clicking mcr brought up the lisp text, so assumed all was well.
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4th June 2017, 10:07 PM
Thread: Autocad R14 users
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Thanks skot, the version I have rolls Move rotate...
Thanks skot, the version I have rolls Move rotate and Copy rotate into the one file.
The problem I'm having is this:-
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3rd June 2017, 09:24 PM
Thread: Autocad R14 users
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skot, thanks for your suggestion, but would...
skot, thanks for your suggestion, but would prefer it to be loaded each time I open a drawing. As an aside, my acad.lsp file fails to load. When I view the file of about 30 lines, part way down is...
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3rd June 2017, 02:10 AM
Thread: Autocad R14 users
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Hi Bohdan, If I copy all the text from Mcr.lsp...
Hi Bohdan,
If I copy all the text from Mcr.lsp and try to paste it into Autocad14/support/Acad.lsp at the end of that text, I get a message saying I don't have permission, contact the owner or... -
2nd June 2017, 11:45 PM
Thread: Autocad R14 users
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I'm currently in conversation with "easymike29"...
I'm currently in conversation with "easymike29" trying to solve a simple problem. Perhaps others can help also.
What I'm trying to do is, copy a file from a USB stick and paste it to Autocad as... -
1st June 2017, 11:38 PM
Thread: Autocad R14 users
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I'm still having difficulty doing anything with...
I'm still having difficulty doing anything with "easymike's29" MCR.lsp file.
I can view the text of this lsp file, I can highlight all the text, but when I try to paste it to a USB stick, there's... -
1st June 2017, 06:14 PM
Thread: Autocad R14 users
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Hi Gene, Many thanks for that, however I can't...
Hi Gene,
Many thanks for that, however I can't seem to unpack the file to Autocad R14 support folder, it just won't let me do it. It says I don't have permission to do this!
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31st May 2017, 11:32 PM
Thread: Autocad R14 users
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Hi Gene, Here is the link to the MCR.lsp file....
Hi Gene,
Here is the link to the MCR.lsp file. It's post #6
Move/Rotate Copy/Rotate lsp
Much obliged,
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31st May 2017, 01:20 AM
Thread: Autocad R14 users
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Prefer R14
Thanks Ray, I have Draftsight but prefer my old Autocad R14. I have it customised to the hilt where simple commands are reduced to one or two key strokes.
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30th May 2017, 11:06 PM
Thread: Autocad R14 users
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Autocad R14 users
Dear members, does anyone have a copy of MCR.lsp I can have a copy of? It's for Autocad R14.
It's a lisp routine for Move and rotate or Copy and rotate objects.
I have found a copy of this... -
18th May 2017, 08:20 PM
Thread: Protection against the latest virus?
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My stupidity, all's good
I need a kick up the *rse, I was clicking the MAIL icon expecting all my emails to be there.
Looking more closely at the home screen, I discovered an icon call OUTLOOK so clicked it and wallah,... -
17th May 2017, 10:50 PM
Thread: Protection against the latest virus?
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Don't do what I did
Now I'm in trouble. I down loaded what I thought was a Microsoft security patch, but oh no, it down loaded an entire updated Windows 10 that took about 1.5 hrs.
After firing it up, my first... -
15th May 2017, 11:03 PM
Thread: Protection against the latest virus?
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Protection against the latest virus?
I have Win10, what do I have to do to protect myself from the latest virus?
I think I have Windows defender.
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10th May 2017, 11:28 PM
Thread: Windows can't start
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Sneaky Microsoft
Ubernoob,
In answer to your question, back when Windows 10 was free, I was plagued by Microsoft to install W10. At the time I had win 7 so declined their offer time and time again.
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9th May 2017, 11:52 PM
Thread: Windows can't start
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xp fixed
All fixed, rather than stuff around and bugger up something else, I employed a professional team.
Apparently is was a bit tricky taking two and a half hours to sort out.
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No Google
I can't take a trick this week.
I can't fire up Google anymore. If I hit the Google icon, nothing happens.
Where do I begin to look for the problem?
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29th April 2017, 02:05 AM
Thread: How to block unwanted mail iphone5
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Thanks Derek, I was hoping there was a way...
Thanks Derek,
I was hoping there was a way within the iphone, thanks anyway.
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28th April 2017, 11:32 PM
Thread: How to block unwanted mail iphone5
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Hi Derek, is Spamdrain a free program? Ken
Hi Derek, is Spamdrain a free program?
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28th April 2017, 11:09 PM
Thread: How to block unwanted mail iphone5
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How to block unwanted mail iphone5
Every morning I wake up with 30 to 40 unwanted messages, "cheap flights, meet Russian girls, Aldi" they come from all sources, so annoying.
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28th April 2017, 10:18 PM
Thread: Windows can't start
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Thanks elanjacobs, would a kind member walk me...
Thanks elanjacobs, would a kind member walk me through loading a file that runs under XP and getting it to run under Windows 10 in compatability mode.
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25th April 2017, 05:39 PM
Thread: Windows can't start
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Hi Necromancer, the answer to your question is...
Hi Necromancer, the answer to your question is no. I didn't even know you could do that.
How would I go about doing this?
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20th April 2017, 11:08 PM
Thread: Autocad 2000i
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Autocad 2000i
Q1. I wonder if some kind member could lend me a copy of Autocad 2000i, I seem to be missing all the help files on my copy.
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11th April 2017, 05:55 PM
Thread: Windows can't start
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Just my bloody luck, I went back to my computer...
Just my bloody luck, I went back to my computer shop to make an appointment, gone!
It was MLN and the nearest store is miles away. Can't take a trick
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11th April 2017, 04:12 PM
Thread: Windows can't start
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Windows can't start
I have a fairly new computer with two operating systems on it.
At the time of purchase I had Windows 7 and XP installed on my new computer. XP was installed so I could run my old version of... -
5th April 2017, 02:30 PM
Thread: Annoying phone calls
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Hi Ian, ignoring the call is exactly what I do...
Hi Ian, ignoring the call is exactly what I do now, I guess eventually they will give up.
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5th April 2017, 02:11 AM
Thread: Annoying phone calls
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China, I'm talking about my mobile phone, no...
China, I'm talking about my mobile phone, no answering machine involved.
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4th April 2017, 09:53 PM
Thread: Annoying phone calls
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Annoying phone calls
I am being pestered by a caller who rings me two or three times a day and my problem is NO CALLER ID
Does anyone know of a way of tracing the caller, preferably free.
There's a good web site...