If you don't like the new to some font on here you can change the default font size in your browser.  In Google Chrome click on the spanner icon and then go Options/Under The Bonnet and the font settings are in the second group down Web Content.  A teensy bit easier in Internet Explorer, go Page on the Command bar and then Text Size.

Broadband is running slow in Framlingham and won't be fixed until the end of next month.  Here's a general cludge that might work, turn your router or modem off, count to ten and when you reconnect you might pick up a line with fewer users on it and run a bit faster ... until more users come on that is ...

If you haven't defragmented your Windows XP hard disc for a bit it's a good idea even if defrag says you don't need to, hopefully it will speed up disc access.  You should be able to find Disk Defragmenter in Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools but if it's gone missing you can run it from a command window by going Start/Run, enter cmd in the Open: text window and then dfrg.msc at the > prompt.

Have you had this appear next to the start button?  So have we and we don't know how it got there either, but if you want it to go away point the mouse at it, press the right mouse button and select Disable... or uninstall it by going Start/All Programs/Google Quick Search Box/Uninstall.

When viewing a single photo in Flickr clicking on the photo or pressing L will toggle the lightbox mode on and off.  In lightbox mode pressing the right or left arrow keys will move to the adjacent photo.  The cursor control → and ← keys are usually kept on the right of the keyboard with the ↓↑ keys.

When updating Adobe apps, Reader for example, don't install the offered freebie McAfee as well if you already have anti-virus/malware protection.  Double protection is unlikely to be better protection, may cause conflicts and will certainly slow things down.

USB external hard discs that don't need a separate power supply (they get power from the USB socket) keep getting physically smaller, their storage capacity bigger and cheaper; fifty quid should get you a 500Gig one.  They are just such an easy way to back up or move data about you should have one ... and they don't have to come in black or dark grey.

Google Earth has gained a timeline control so now like us you can see you old car in 2000 and that the park you played in as a child was still allotments in 1945.

When you click on an album photo in Facebook for a while now it's been popping up in 'theatre' mode which has the advantage that it's aware of the window size and resizes the photo.  The ESCape key puts you back to the album but user key F5 displays the photo in the old non-theatre mode.

Ntc, I've just taken your advice and installed Google Chrome on this circa 2000 original Tiny (SOL freebie) and yes, you are right.  It's much, much faster.  I hardly have to wait after typing in I P 13 9DH Punch and Judy and it's there!  That's the way to do it!  Pat

The logs show half our visitors (and we cherish every single one of you) are still using Internet Explorer and only one in four Google Chrome.  What's the matter with you?  Not being the usual bloated Microsoft code Chrome is fast, virtually never falls over and even downloads and installs fast ... go on, improve your life!

The typically 20Meg broadband BT Infinity due last year in East large town near Chelmsford might now arrive in June so our advice near the coast is don't put off booking your holidays.

Here's one herwithabrainetc showed us; when defining a group click on a file, then click on another whilst holding down the Shift key and all the files between the first and second will be added to the group.

If you've been working away for a bit, say in Word or PhotoShop, it's a good idea to save (Ctrl+S usually does it) otherwise you'll loose what you've done if something happens ... the pc locks up or your mum pulls the plug out so she can use the vacuum ...

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