Thank Very Much Kayak.
Ps Merry Christmas
Thanks for all your help and others, on here over the year.
Now! Can you be as helpfull with my trading ? ;-)))))

A merry xmas to everybody and especially those who helped me get my new system up and running.

techy dudes...once someone has sobered up...is it possible to set your default browser to anything apart from IE??

i have Netscape, Firefox and IE on my machines, i would love to get rid of IE but at the very least I want to use Firefox as my default.

any ideas?

Treble, not something I've tried but if you're running 2000 or XP, under Control Panel/Add/Remove Programs there should be a tab Set Program Access and Default. Set option and untick Show This Program to stop IE being shown (it will still be there though).

Treble:

In Firefox, go Tools . . Options . . . General and see "Default Browser" option.

D.

cheers dudes

Does anyone know if USB hubs work OK. I have 3 USB slots on my laptop but could do with 1/2 more. Do USB hubs work OK and can you recommend a make.

Jeffmack

They do work but bear in mind that the bandwidth and power supply is split between all of the ports on the hub.

If you have several devices that use power you can get round it by using a powered hub. If you have several high bandwidth devices then put each on a seperate computer port or use an expansion card.

For a laptop it's probably worth starting with a mini-hub (basically a multiple socket) because they are so cheap, small and convenient, but as Optimist says you may find you need a powered hub if you run into problems. Plenty on eBay.

Thanks
I believe I only need a mini hub. Its for things like synch cable for XDA and camera

one of my TFT screens (iiyama AS4611UT) has just gone blank,i have power going to the screen as i have changed over cables,
the power button on the screen will not turn on,
is there an internal fuse in the screen,
i have had screen for about 4 years and is on 8 hours a day,do they just give up like this,(no bang just went blank,i was on the Marks and spencer site at the time and went blank as i opened a window within the site,

steve

Scussy

Have you swapped the video cables as well, to make sure that it is not your graphics card at fault?

yes changed,still no good,
there is no power going into the screen,indicater power light does not come on,
power lead bypassed first switch on screen so hopefully a internal fuse,
trying to get into the inside now,

steve

no internal fuse found,i have a burn on the first conection board which takes the feed to the screen,
now the question is ,do i take it to a repair shop or just bin it as i can get a new screen for about 250,

steve

If you can find someone who understands them then it may well be worthwhile. I would be tempted to throw 50 at it or 100 for no repair no fee.

What tools are availabel to partially automate and schedule "browsing"?
(eg. download pages with known ULR's or as results of searching).
And what's the most flexible combinations of scripting/programming/software
to use if I wants to write a tailored solution?

thanks.

Help. I have some files that I am unable to delete. They are supposed to be temp internet files and they look like they are from a session on ebay. They do not respond to anything. I can't delete them or move them or open them. How do I get rid of them?

Thanks.

Robb

The normal reason for not being able to delete a file is that it is in use and/or you do not have sufficient user rights to delete them.

You can get round this by restarting the computer in safe mode and logging in as an administrator.

More important, is why are they in use. The reason is probably inocent but be alert for viruses.

Optimist - thanks. I have now tried that but it doesn't let me drill down to the files I want to delete. In fact it doesn't show the appropriate folders starting about 4 or 5 levels above. Hmmmmmm strange.

Robb

Have you set explorer to display hidden & system files?

Which directory are the files in?