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yeknomyeknom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We use peppermint essential oil on cotton wool > balls. Works well This has got rid of all your moths? Both male (flying) and female (creeping)? How big a problem did you have? Sorry to be cynical, but I'm amazed if that is a permanent solution (though if it is, I will deffo try it!)

I've been there in the past, and it was really interesting :)

Have had a helpful response from HP via Facebook messaging. Involves uninstalling and reinstalling stuff so shan't be doing it yet.

Yes it is wireless, however I have now printed a Word document from my laptop on somebody else's printer connected by a USB cable. This came out absolutely fine, in the usual A4 format. Therefore that implies Word is OK and there must be something wrong with the printer settings on my new printer, no? I don't have my printer with me here, so I can't look again.

The best route on Google maps will be different every time depending on the time of day and the traffic conditions ... Your best bet is to look at it just before you leave, then keep it on during the journey in case of unexpected changes in traffic conditions eg a hold up due to an accident, so it will reroute you to avoid it.

joom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The best thing for that site is a roundabout... Agreed! But it won't make anybody any money, so it isn't going to happen ......

edcam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pay the fine and move on. Lucky you if you can afford to lose ?65 when you acted in good faith!

Loutwo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I?ve been considering downsizing for a while, and > recently was introduced to Dagenham by a close > friend. House prices are quite a lot cheaper than > around here, and Lakeside is within spitting > distance, which is ideal for my shopping addiction > and brilliant by car. However, I am a lifelong fan > of Bromley and the surrounding areas (including > Swanley which I know well), and I. Terms of > pricing Bexley is a much cheaper borough than > Bromley, but has all the beautiful outdoor spaces, > greenery and wonderful shops I so crave. I am now > finding myself torn between two relatively > affordable neighbourhoods, in different > directions. Does anyone have any comments to add? > Any experiences of either area they wish to share? > Any comments welcome. Hmmmmm. That's my comment.

Steffie2411 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes. Gave it to the police and to the owner Great! Hope they catch the bastards!

ED - NAGAIUTB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As a very loose rule of thumb - your vehicle > (van/lorry/car etc) needs to be open to be > considered loading. So tailgate/boot open if it's > a car. > > Even then you're still more likely than not to get > a ticket because y'know.....Southwark. But surely depending on how far you have to carry the goods you are loading or unloading, you aren't going to leave your car unattended with the boot open???

Steffie2411 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Witnessed 3 men do just this yesterday on north > cross road/upland road. In the middle of the day > may I add! Just before school run. I only noticed > because they looked very shifty/nervous and were > wearing duffel coats and caps and I couldn't > understand why there was a 3rd man in there get > away car with the engine on! Please be vigilant > even in the day time! Did you get the reg number of the car?

I will try taking my laptop elsewhere and printing a Word document on somebody else's printer. Can't do that till the weekend though.

seemster Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > To do the reinstall that I was suggesting. Go to > HP website and search for your printer. Opt to > download software or drivers and then it will ask > if you want to uninstall old - then follow > instructions (I think that?s what I did anyway) I did do that, but it didn't ask if I wanted to uninstall the old printer, just to click on a link to install the new one. Then I couldn't find the exe file to click on that. I've tried several times. Perhaps I need to uninstall the new printer first before I can reinstall it. Maybe it won't override the existing file, or whatever it is. As I think this is a Word issue, I don't really want to uninstall the new printer and then reinstall it, until I have printed out what I need to (in particular, I need to print out a ticket list for 27th which I can't do yet as it's provisional).

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, do you still have your old printer showing up > as installed on your PC? I have uninstalled the old printer but still have to uninstall the drivers, which seems more complicated > If so either uninstall or make sure your new > printer is the default. My new printer is definitely the default, and the old one doesn't show up anywhere > Are you able to print correctly with any other > Microsoft programme such as excel, paint etc? > (Adobe is not the same) Yes, it prints Excel spreadsheets with no problem. I haven't tried it with Powerpoint. > > It could also be Word issue.. you might want to > consider reinstalling the package. > Yes that had occurred to me, but I will need to dig out the physical package, I think it had some kind of password rather than a CD, so not sure if I can instal it again? Will have to investigate. It was for only one device I think. > Are you able to test the printing on another > PC/laptop/tablet etc to see if the problem follows > over? I could try it from my mobile or ask my partner to bring his laptop over, but don't have time to do that at the moment, too much else to do, need an hour or two with no distractions! Thanks so much for your help, everybody!

singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am not ?bigging it up?and am not asking for a > referral code.. It came out on top on a BBC > consumer programme. As I said, I was not suggesting anybody here was doing so. Some months back, a lot of people were, on social media, and they were all asking others to sign up so that they would make money from it. If it came out top on a BBC consumer programme, great. I always do a comparison on various websites, and it's never come out top for my particular energy use. If it did, and if it has good customer service reviews, then I would switch to it. But one energy company is not necessarily the best for everyone.

ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Actually Sue I still think it's a Word issue > rather than a printer issue. Logically Word and > Adobe Reader are using the same software to access > the printer so I can only assume that Word is > sending some information that renders the page as > A5 rather than A4. Ah, OK. Not sure where to go from here, then!

franki_k Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's always been pretty pricey, Humdinger, > particularly on the food front... And the standard of food has been very variable since the pub reopened as The Great Exhibition, ranging from excellent to crap, presumably depending on the chef ......

seemster Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, agree with Ed-pete - and when you save it as > a PDF you?ll then be able to compare what adobe > does to what the printer does. If the Word doc > looks normal when saved as a PDF then it?s even > more likely to be a problem with printer / > printer driver / printer software. > > I had this weird thing where one of my laptops > was, quite literally, shooting blanks. Everything > I sent to print came out as a blank page. I had to > uninstall the HP printer software - then reboot > (that is so important!)- then reinstall from the > HP website and all fine now. May be worth a try. Thanks very much Ed_pete and seemster, the pdf workaround has - er - worked. I'm very grateful. I'll use this for the time being until I have a few spare hours to do all the other stuff :)) ETA: the PDF printout looks exactly like the Word printout (using my previous, now dead, printer) so that deffo means it's a printer problem rather than an issue with the Word settings?

diable rouge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Check the option in Word for a print review before > printing, if it shows the print like you're > experiencing then it's a Word problem, if it shows > a correct A4 preview then it's the printer that's > causing the problem... Sorry, I had missed this. It shows the correct A4 preview, so it's a printer problem? This is really stupid of me, but when all this started I tried to reinstall the printer driver, but when I had to find the exe file I couldn't find it. I thought it would be in downloads but it wasn't there, then I did a search on the whole of the PC (laptop) and still couldn't find it. Also, I presumably need to find the existing driver files to uninstall first. Where would they be? Long time since I've had to do anything like this, and I'm getting more senile by the minute :)

Thanks, will try that tomorrow!

LadyDeliah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- refugees who have > been dispersed across Northern France. They have > their belongings regularly confiscated by the > police including sleeping bags, tents and clothing That's appalling. Whatever happened to human kindness? (Obviously I'm referring to the police and not to people like LadyDeliah who are helping the refugees).

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Sally Eva Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Or put it in a clothes re-cycling bin -- I've > > been > > > told there's one on North Cross Road > > > > > > I've never seen one on North Cross Road, but > there > > used to be one outside the Mind shop by Goose > > Green roundabout, don't know if it's still > there. > > There's one on Upland Rd / Hindmans Road next to > the corner shop When I passed that bin the other day, there was a woman going through a huge pile of clothes on the pavement in front of it. I don't know whether they had overflowed from the bin, or never been put into it, or whether she had pulled them all out of the bin (if that is possible). I was in a hurry and didn't stop to investigate (didn't feel it was my business anyway).

You can go onto a comparison site (eg Via MoneySaving Expert) and put in your postcode, annual usage etc, and they will tell you what is the cheapest deal for your particular circumstances (obviously you also have to bear in mind customer service ratings). Last time I did this, Bulb was not competitive at all on price, at least for me. I'm not suggesting anybody here is doing this, but I have previously got the impression that people are sometimes bigging Bulb up because they get money for referring others.

RichH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > ...The printer firmware is up to date, and > also > > Windows automatically updates on my laptop. > > You mean the printer driver? > > A bit of a long shot but double check that you are > actually using the latest, genuine HP driver: > > https://support.hp.com/gb-en/drivers/printers > > The last time I had printing problems it was > because my genuine Epson drivers had been > surreptitiously replaced for Microsoft ones during > a Windows Update. Took me ages tinkering around > before I noticed that they weren't the real McCoy > :)) Thanks for that, I only got the printer on Friday and I don't think there has been a Windows update since then, but just in case I will do as you suggest, deffo worth a shot. Not till tomorrow though, I've been out most of the day and I'm knackered :))