The Digital Surgery (computer questions/problems here)

[Big Boy]

I didn't know - I just assumed USA would be the same as the rest of the world

What about the UK option - does that work for you?

[migrant]

I typed in the google.com here in Thailand, and also got the Thai commands, but below the buttons is a english place to click and all then appears in english

[buksida]

I want it to default to English when I type the address as well as in the Google search bar in my (FireFox) browser.

The easiest way to do this (in Firefox) would be to click on the arrow next to the Google logo in the top right search bar > then click 'manage search engine's > then 'get more search engines' > it will open the addons page, go down to number 9 in the list which will be 'always ".com" - Google.com (in English)' > click the green 'add to Firefox' button then check the 'start using it right away' box and voila!

Then you can change your default home page to HHAD and simply use the search box for Google.com!

[hhfarang]

Thanks Buksi! That worked "a treat" as you guys say!

[PeteC]

Thanks Buksi! That worked "a treat" as you guys say!

Yeah, for me too. I've been searching for a 'cure' for a long time, primarily with Google themselves on their site but never found this fix. Pete

[richard]

Another dumbo question for you 21st Century geeks to fathom

When I move over the smileys (not just on HHAD) I don't get a description. I suspect it is my browser (Firefox) but don't know where to look

Any ideas?

[Spitfire]

Have you got a 'pop-up' blocker working Richard?

I no expert....but perhaps that.

[richard]

Not that Spitfire. Checked

[poosmate]

hhfarang wrote:

Thanks Buksi! That worked "a treat" as you guys say!

Thanks from me also Buksida.

[pharvey]

Bit of a weird one.

I'm using an external hard drive and seem to have ''lost'' a fair few files. Capacity of the disk is 80GB, when in Explorer, I can see around 20GB of files (which is far less than I had), BUT Disk properties show that around 50GB of the disk is full. The 30GB difference sounds about right for the missing files......

I am using an up to date version of Comodo as a virus checker/firewall, so am confident that all files will be virus free.

This has totally flummoxed me ...... any suggestions as to how to get access to the files (or at worst actually delete them to free up memory) gratefully accepted

[buksida]

In Windows Explorer go to Tools > Folder Options > View > The make sure 'show hidden files and folders' is checked. This may reveal some stuff that was otherwise hidden.

[Orange]

Another dumbo question for you 21st Century geeks to fathom

When I move over the smileys (not just on HHAD) I don't get a description. I suspect it is my browser (Firefox) but don't know where to look

Any ideas?

richard,
One possible solution is that you need to enable Javascript in the Firefox settings - should be in the same section as the pop-up blockers. Hope that works for you.

[richard]

Javascript enabled Orange

[barrys]

Since yesterday, I've been getting the following error message when using Thunderbird to try to send emails:

An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: 5.7.1 Relaying denied. Please check the message recipient .........

It doesn't matter who the message recipient is, I still get the same message ....

Anyone have any ideas please?

[buksida]

If you're using Maxnet/3BB they've been having problems lately with their mail servers again so its probably that.

If not try using a different SMTP server or calling the ISP, 99% of the time mail sending errors are the fault of the ISP.