Monthly Archives: May 2012

Another Nokia N8 “no signal” problem (required reboot)

Posted on May 30, 2012 by paulroberts69

Had that problem again last night, no signal, but my friend, also on Vodafone was fine. Tried changing profile to off line then back to General, but was greeted with the “unable to change profile to General” message. Sigh. Switch … Continue reading →

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That’s it, Avast and Firefox gone! Time for MSE and Chrome.

Posted on May 30, 2012 by paulroberts69

Well after my HP laptop decided to hang every time I tried to click the “Start” button in Windows 7, I decided it was time for a clear out. So I booted from the recovery partition and reset it all … Continue reading →

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WTF have they done to Avast!

Posted on May 24, 2012 by paulroberts69

I’m definitely going to have to review my anti-virus solution. Avast is now starting to nag me, WTF this never used to happen…

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Nokia N8 double lock-up

Posted on May 24, 2012 by paulroberts69

I noticed the time was wrong on the clock screen-saver yesterday. I was able to unlock the phone using the mechanical slider, but couldn’t do anything with it, none of the menu options worked and the touch screen was non-responsive. … Continue reading →

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Time to junk Avast?

Posted on May 5, 2012 by paulroberts69

I’ve noticed quite a bit of ad-ware and bloat-ware creeping into Avast lately. Apart from every update trying to get you to “upgrade” to the non-free version, I’ve noticed now it is trying to install Google Chrome and set Google … Continue reading →

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Nokia N8, no signal

Posted on May 4, 2012 by paulroberts69

Had another Nokia N8 issue yesterday. When I got home, the phone would not connect to my Vodafone Sure Signal femto cell. In fact, I had a little cross where the signal indicator was. So I did my usual trick … Continue reading →

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