Thank you Optomist. Looked at the site - sent a query e mail - heard nothing. I'll not be buying from them. The reviews I read elsewhere seem very mixed on how effective are some of these antena etc. Often they appear useless or marginal.

Try http://www.openoffice.org/

Has all the MS programs - Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint plus Draw and Maths formulas/

Same functionality, always FREE and new updates all the time instead of MS once in a blue moon.

I have used both Open Office and MS Office but I never found the Open Office to be as good as Office XP. Now that MS Office 2007 is available, there is IMO no other choice.

why are moneyam monitor prices up to a hour behind LSE prices...advfns are fine

maestro,

They are not behind, the prices I am seeing are up to date and at the correct time. As I said to you when you called a few days ago, it would appear that for some reason the applet is getting stuck on your machine. did you try re loading the java as I suggested?

Ian

Ian - I have the same problem but a refresh makes it all start streaming again.

TOK,

Can you try reloading java by clicking on the word java above the stockwatch please?

Ian

See Tools, Internet Options, Advanced

Try ticking 'Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed' box

Ian and Doc - Done and done, thanks. I'll let you know if the hiccup recurs.

I am not sure how 'maestro' would know thay MAM prices were behind ADVFN bearing in mind that he claims to be banned by them!

Could be of some use to someone and its free :-)

Free Wi-Fi hotspots

At times my computer runs slow when running various trading software and platforms, it can take it,s time to respond to different comands but eventually catches up.

It has an AMD Athlon 3000+ with 2.16ghz 512mb of Ram and runs three monitors.

To overcome this problem can anyone offer advice as I've been told to upgrade the video card or add more memory to two 1gig matching sticks.

TIA

Sputnik, 512 mb of ram is really nowhere nearly enough for what you're doing - I'd go with the memory option first. I'm not sure how much processing is required for the software so can't offer any advice on the processor.

What video card do you run?

I would say memory is the very first thing to try. It is also one of the cheapest improvements you can make. What anti-virus software are you running. McAfee virus software can seriously slow your PC.

So does Norton - big time!

I use free Avira antivirus as real-time protection and then scan regularly with a few others such as AVG, Lavasoft AD-Aware etc.

This is a great place from which to download FREE software. It is one of the website pages belonging to the business who looks after my machine.

Check out: http://www.computerdoctors.uk.net/pages/links.htm

Don't suppose you can recommend a similar Mac outfit in the uk can you DP?

I have used one up near Mansfield before, but always good to here of any more by recommendation.

Anti virus review site

Bitdefender site

Have tried it for a month and it seems quite light compared with the norton etc. Support seems good and prompt 3/4 mins for phone help.USA site seems to offer the best price .Seems user friendly and easily configured.