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Can someone kindly tell me how to banish Cortana and the On-screen Keyboard from my laptop screen? Doesn't seem to be any way of switching these PITAs off in Windows 10. :inpain:

Is anyone using NLMD online livestock recording for recording their sheep, inc medical records? https://lt.nlmd.co.uk/FindOutMore.aspx It's free, (medical records cost £30 /yr) but one worries a bit about who can read it and the 'big brother' aspect? Or is it better to buy some 'proper'...

Has anyone used the above download which is said to improve your PC's performance? Toshiba keeps telling me I need it for my laptop. I've just run the free system check and surprise, surprise, it's found lots of 'issues'. Costs 'only' £24/yr for Tosh owners..... TIA

Have a first-time lamber who had a huge bag before lambing. On lambing, her lambs didn’t seem to be drinking enough milk to reduce it, so a couple of days after lambing I put her in the shed with just hay and water – after 1.5 days indoors her bag had gone down. But she now had a long swelling...

Is anyone using Dragon Naturally Speaking software? I need to transcribe hours of audio recordings. It seems Dragon will work with my Sony IC pocket recorder (Sound Organiser). At £79 not cheap, but can get a 30 free trial. Any advice appreciated. TIA:)

Any 'partners' out there doing their own tax return online (2wks to go)? Are you using any 3rd party software, or working through all the forms/boxes by hand. I'm struggling with foreign income. TIA

A nasty pop-up has appeared on my microsoft 'Edge' (windows 10), effectively blocking it, so I can't get on internet. Says to phone 0800 0488866, a known scam number. Fortunately I have another computer! Defender is up to date, and currectly doing a full scan. If that doesn't clear it, how do I...

I've got two Open Document text files (word files) in the same folder. They appear to have identical permissions. In Properties neither has 'Read-only' ticked. Under Permissions, both have 'Allow' all ticks (nothing denied), but ticks are greyed out. One I can edit, the other I can't...

We have some rough-ish pasture I'd like the ewes to graze off. But it has some damp areas, so I'm concerned about them picking up fluke. Should I dose them before putting them in? If so, with what? Advice appreciated. TIA

There are an increasing number of government-sanctioned carbon farming schemes around the world (Australia, California, Canada, NZ, ...), in which farmers can earn saleable carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and sequestering carbon on their land. Whilst some of the claims, eg...

My C drive is chocka, 1GB free in 74GB. MSE won't even update any more. Done the usual 'Disc Clean', CC-Cleaner, & removed restore points, but a minimal improvement only. Big directories are program files, and program data. Strange thing is there is 0.25GB data for AVG and the same for Skype...

Had some fields soil analysed by Farming Connect, but what fertilizer do we put on it? Summary for several fields pH = 6.1 soil type = SL Lime requirement (grassland) = 0.0 Extractable Phosphorous = 12 mg/L (Index 1) Extractable Potassium = 90 mg/L (Index1) Extractable magnesium = 90 mg/L...

I need a standby pump to pump1000L/day from a stream to farm header tank, 25m head. Either 25mm or 32mm ports would suit. Could be driven by mains electricity, petrol or tractor pto. Can anyone suggest a suitable water pump? TIA

Need to fit a new drive pipe to our hydraulic ram, as the galv steel screw & socket pipes, 2" nom diameter 12m long, now have corrosion pin holes after only ten years. I'm tempted to fit a thick-walled HDPE plastic pipe instead, which should last up to 50 years. Has anyone experience of...

What prices are folk paying for Crystalyx? 80kg tubs don't seem to be any cheaper than the 22.5kg (per kg). Maxx doesn't seem to be any cheaper either, and most say not as good. TIA

Need to put up some 'Private Keep Out' signs, so joe public knows he's not supposed to be there. Currently using home-made laminated plastic signs which last a couple of years if you're lucky. But would like something more permanent, eg metal or foamex signs for say ~£10 ea. Need to be a bit...

Can anyone recommend an oral dosing syringe (say 20ml cap) for dosing a single sheep? Needs to be a front loader with no pipe to the bottle. We try to avoid routine dosing of our small flock so often wish to dose just a few sheep. Having to connect up and clean out a pipe is a chore. Easier...

Anyone got one? A lot cheaper than a Kuhn Does it do the job? TIA

A recent chimney fire and burnt through liner (fortunately nothing worse) has forced a rethink on our open fireplace. Replacing the old pipe liner, which should be at least 9" for an open fire, will not be straightforward in a stone farmhouse - much easier to fit a 6" flexible liner. Everyone...

As above, Malwarebytes keeps finding it as a 'PuP' but doesn't delete it. Can't uninstall it using Windows uninstaller either - get error message saying it's '.. on a network resource that is unavailable..' Anyone recommend a better uninstaller? BTW, I'm still on vista. TIA