Recent content by DickyP

Oil is the problem with a lot of foods. Fish and chips was traditionally cooked in beef dripping which makes a far less greasy, crisper product. Have to find chippies that still use it though which are few and far between.

Very sensible since we can't agree. However, we will, of course, tell you when you are wrong.😂 Wrong here is defined as "I disagree with you" whatever the actual evidence.

Not disputing pizza is Italian but what is fun is the way every town down the Amalfi coast claims it is them who invented it! It also isn't necessarily unhealthy - just the sugar and fat laden commercial versions with the ultra processed toppings!!

Came across another difference today which surprised me. I got talking to two American tourists in my home city of Norwich. I used the expression "to throw the baby away with the bathwater", which they'd never heard before. Do our US members recognise this expression?

Can now ignore this problem as stated as I have run the cause to ground - the .ini file is on my NAS. For some reason best known to itself at random intervals the new Win 11 PC wants the drive's credentials verified. Seems to be about every 7 to 10 days, despite instructions to remember the...

Has anyone had experience of using GetPrivateProfileSection / string etc in Win 11. Can't find any relevant bits on internet but what works on Win 10 (and Win 7, 8.1 before it) just doesn't work on 11. *** I hate Windows 11!!

What this thread highlights is the downside of everything online. I've still got my Reilly 'In a Nutshell' books for VBA, VBScript, Access, Excel, Word and Office. These have all the things I ever need to look up. Can look at multiple detailed references as I code! In fact, unless you have...

I didn't even realise it was Father's day until I was given a card.

This post is, in many ways, the core of the problem with using ChatGP et al. All the accuracy you could want BUT no 'feel' for the results. I would be making my choices based on the impression the firms reps gave me when the visited to evaluate the job and comparing what the told me with what...

No it was just the settings to allow VPNs. Setting them to off solved the problem. I have no idea why I might add!

Thanks every for your help. Of course the question now is why should something that's worked for 4 years in its current form suddenly stop working?

Seems to have worked!

Thanks - I'll have a look but as they are all mine and as I never installed a VPN I don't hold out much hope.

Done all these (unfortunately).

It's attached directly my network as are all the PCs via ethernet connection. No cloud usage.