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Thanks, I'm going out shortly, think I will leave this till tomorrow! I've eliminated the external hard drive as an issue, as I've just tried with a memory stick and got the same thing happening :( ETA: Where do I do this from? "open up command prompt with admin rights"

Just connected the external hard drive again with a view to trying to transfer files and then seeing what is shown in the event log if there's a problem again. Now I've got "Windows Explorer has stopped working", and the following message: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: Explorer.EXE Application Version: 6.0.6002.18005 Application Timestamp: 49e01da5 Fault Module Name: kernel32.dll Fault Module Version: 6.0.6002.18449 Fault Module Timestamp: 4da47967 Exception Code: e06d7363 Exception Offset: 0003fc56 OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3 Locale ID: 2057 Additional Information 1: fd00 Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160 Additional Information 3: fd00 Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160 Not sure if this is connected to the previous problems or something different, AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH :(

Thanks. Nightmare :)

Be a little cautious - I got totally wrong info about train times from the National Rail Enquiries website the other day. Luckily the correct times were later rather than earlier than stated, so I didn't miss a train .....

Thanks Fox, I already know it is 32 bit - my query was whether to uninstall the existing Visual C++ programs first, not which one to then instal :) For clarity, I apparently already have: Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 ATL update k (string of long letters etc) installed 25 January 2012 AND Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable installed 9 November 2011. I'm assuming the first one was an automatic update as I wouldn't have updated it myself. ETA: I just don't want to mess things up further, therefore I need to be absolutely clear whether installing a new package will be OK if the old programs are still there, or whether I need to uninstall the old ones first.

The next Singaround is Sunday 11 November - it will be in the Mag if it's still open by then, otherwise please check the Goose website for details. http://www.thegooseisout.com Any requests for particular songs you sang at school, please let me know! Then if you're too shy to start them off yourself, somebody else can :)

So did any of you come to the Singaround last night (Sunday)? There were quite a few new faces :)

BytelLinks, do I have to uninstal the existing C++ programmes? I seem to have two of them at present (with slightly different names). Or will reinstalling the package automatically uninstal the existing ones?

right-clicking Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > These errors are caused by one or two things, A. > missing files from the visual C++ runtime library > B. installed program causing a conflict. Had you > installed a program around the time the problem > started? try uninstalling it and see if explorer > works normally. system restore would turn your > system settings back, but also wipe out any > updates as well. > Good luck!! Right-Clicking xxxxxxx Thanks, yes, I'll have a look and uninstall anything I don't actually use. The only thing I can think it might be is that I had to uninstall AVG anti-virus because it was causing a problem, and am now using the standard Microsoft anti-virus.

Thanks both, that's helpful :) But it's Windows Explorer, Artful, not ie (I never use ie). I don't want to spend money upgrading - not at the moment, anyway.

For the last few months, when I have been using Windows Explorer eg to move documents to an external hard drive, I am getting an intermittent error message headed "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library" and saying "This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information." When this happens, it is impossible to get rid of the message without starting Task Manager and closing Windows Explorer down from there :( The laptop runs Vista and it's only quite recently that this problem has started. I have tried googling and clearly this is not an uncommon problem, but I still don't understand how to resolve it and I'm hoping someone might be able to explain it in words of one syllable or at least non-techy. It's very very annoying and particularly as it doesn't happen all the time, but once it starts it just keeps on doing it :(

steveo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dinah Dinah show us your leg ...oh...no... that > isn't one xxxxxx We have been known to have rugby songs sung at the Singaround - who started them off shall be nameless (it wasn't me, but sadly I did join in .....) :):):) And Dinah Dinah was one of them .....

civilservant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ffs xxxxxx Is this a comment on the contents of the thread, or an unnecessary word? :) ETA: If an abbreviation is a word?

womanofdulwich Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is there anywhere we can have a karaoke of these > locally? Rio Grande- great song. xxxxxxx If you want to sing songs like this, why not come to our free Singarounds? People sing all sorts of songs, and some of them are old English folk songs. The next one is on Sunday Upstairs At The Mag, 7.30pm. Friendly crowd and you don't have to sing if you don't want to! But people do sing along with the songs they know. Or just come and join in the choruses. More info at http://www.thegooseisout.com/aboutus.html#evec If there is a demand for folkie stuff for kids who aren't learning it at school (no idea whether they do or don't) Nyge and I will happily consider running something. PM me or contact me via the Goose website :)

What, they escaped with a load of sunbeds???

macroban Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Perhaps you could drop the LP in on John at Dream > Machine and he could make a bootleg CDR. > > I'd buy one. xxxxxxx Dream Machine? Is that still going somewhere? I still miss them every time I pass that basement next to the Palmerston :(

Where's the Cambria? ETA: Seems to be somewhere in Camberwell, but googling it brings up a load of "site not found" messages ..... ETA: Oh, it's round the back of Ruskin Park, I've been there, duh :)

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did you know that the timestamp on postings (at > least, the one I made at 19:14) is five minutes > slow. > I'm posting this at 19:17:10 xxxxxx ianr, that's a bit like the thread about the 176 running ten minutes late :)

Sorry, somehow misread Camberwell as Peckham :)

Somebody was killed by a falling branch in Kew Gardens a week or so back. I wonder if somebody is playing extra safe and felling any tree which might cause similar problems? No idea if this is the case (a tree in the middle of a pond would presumably only potentially kill ducks!)

I haven't heard anything either, though I signed up to the emailing list.

Oh no, I say both DYEsect and harASSment. Sorry PGC and CS. I also say SUBsidence rather than subSYEdence. Is that wrong too? Oh what a complex world we live in ...... You say potayto and I say potahto, etc etc .....

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Today's knocker apparently resembled a 12 yr old > claiming to be from ADT... went away rather > politely when advised he had two seconds to get > off the path before unpleasantries commenced. I > say apparently as I didn't see nor answer the > knocked door, certainly heard it though! > > No seriously he was a youngen. xxxxxx The ones who came to my door were quite young, but they weren't children.

buddug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What I objected to when one of them came round a > couple of days ago was that he started his spiel > by saying: "As you probably know, there has been a > spate of burglaries in this street recently." To > my knowledge this is untrue - to fearmonger like > that is bad enough, but it could really distress > an elderly resident. > > He was also incredibly pushy, taking a step > forward towards me while saying: "Is it ok if I > come in?". I had to square up and say firmly that > no, it was not ok, and shutting the door on him. xxxxxxx Yes - they were very very keen to get into my house to do their "security survey". And scaremongering, I agree. I'm considering getting a "no cold callers" sign now, unfriendly as it appears. It's bad enough getting constant spam phone calls despite being on the list for not getting them .... I've taken to waiting till the answering machine kicks in, to see who it is. Spam callers don't use the machine. (BTW be very wary if you call 1471 to see who it was and get a number which is unknown to you. There is a scam whereby somebody phones, hangs up before you answer, you call 1471 and phone back the number you get, and you'll end up paying an arm and a leg to call it. Googling the number will usually tell you what it is and whether to phone it - usually not.)

Thanks ianr, I wasn't clear whether Fox's suggestion was both a physical system kept in the home and some sort of online backup. The advantage of Carbonite was that it was easy to use, it backed stuff up automatically without my having to think about it (once the initial upload had been done) and once when I somehow permanently deleted a vital file, God knows how, I was able to reinstall it very easily. However I then discovered that anything I had previously had on my laptop (and had had backed up on Carbonite) but had transferred to an external hard drive to free up space was no longer being saved on Carbonite, and that if I wanted to back that up as well I had to pay an additional arm and a leg. Hence I'm looking for something else quite urgently, as my carbonite subscription is about to run out and I don't want to renew it as it has become too expensive for what I want it to do.