The new AVG Free 2011

- one possible cause of the fax program problem could have been the anti-virus prog, but when I tried to stop it the AVG management prog wouldn't open. It just gave me a message saying this version has expired.

So I had to install the new version just to be sure I could stop it running.

AVG Free 2011 does seem OK, but it does give a few strange warnings ..it detects a virus in c:apps which is installed at the same time so surely it was installed by AVG to test it's own system.

when you leave the PC for a while AVG runs and then detects other viruses in the Restore files , presumably these are the template files for the old AVG or Spybot prog.

Fax problem in Microsoft XP - fix in msconfig

I have to one simple thing yet problems means it takes 2 hours . This is happening so often with PCs

I just had to send a quick fax, but suddenly the fax program just didn't work anymore.

Normally make an image file of the document I have to send and use the Fax prog in XP acessories/communication/fax.

but it just sat there doing nothing.. eventually it timed out with an error message.

The modem was working so it's not the cables.

- so I reinstalled the fax program from Add new program in control panel - MS progs

- still same problem

- I had a brainwave and checked to see if the fax service was running in Msconfig.. and I found it was unchecked ..when I checked it everything came back and it worked.

but now I have a strange new problem ... when I installed the fax program ..the other programs in accessories like Wordpad were removed ... and when I go back to Control Panel and reinstall them ..it de-installs the fax program

must be something to do with the new version of AVG free not liking to work with Spybot

Good IQ2 Debate tonight : podcast soon

STOP BASHING CHRISTIANS! BRITAIN IS BECOMING AN ANTI-CHRISTIAN COUNTRY

Wednesday November 3rd, 2010

http://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/stop-bashing-christians

Comment 1 : I say keep bashing Christians as they are minority, who have been imposing their values and laws on everybody else for years

Comment 2 : Christian church give us back our wealth so we can pay the National Debt. The Christian church has immense amount of land and wealth

from 1. Land taken 1000 years ago without consent of the people and 2. Stuff donated by our ancestors.

Since the Church is easily the UK's largest landowner once we take back the land and sell it we could easily pay the National Debt.

Ipad copies are cheap, shows new version of Android OS coming soon

I checked ebay today and the tablet PC versions are incredibly cheap Android 2.2, at £140 and 2.1 at £111 inc delivery (Buy now price)

..surely this means a new version of the Android OS is coming soon ... rumoured to be 2.3 next month and 3.30 in January

.. so I guess I should hang on for that.

They all have cameras ..Ipad doesn't

but I prefer something better than the 2m megapixels available now

I wonder if I can register as a HTC tester .. I like their products and they have a tablet PC coming soon surely

UK, Fly via another country to save tax

UK Long Distance Flight tax going up I just heard that the UK long distance flight tax (ie from Asia and Africa) is going up very soon from £55 to £85 so it's probably better to fly via another European country.. maybe Turkey

UK Hotel offer some rooms only €6

I notice that there are some good winter deals on hotels through the newspapers here www.dailyexpressonline.co.uk hotel rooms from £5 UK companies can be tricky so don't expect miracles like a £5 room in the midde of London on the day you want, but the law is strong here if some company advertises a product they have to provide it so there will be quite a few genuine cheap rooms around the country. Usually there is jus alimited number of "deal" rooms per hotel per week.

One trick they used to do was give vouchers for a free hotel stay, but the condition was you had to eat dinner and breakfast at the hotel ..and the food actually cost more than the hotel room, but these recent offers offers have not such catch.

another offer is just starting -

Stay at a Travelodge between November 2010 & March 2011, and only pay £9 a night. The Spring 2010 Travelodge room sale starts at 6am on Thursday 28th October, 2010 at www.travelodge.co.uk LIMITED : The £9 rooms will be available on selected nights in selected hotels for stays between 1st November and 31st March 2011. so will sell out quickly

The Daily Mirror newspaper had a promotion of Days Inn’s just £10 per night!www.daysinn.co.uk/mirror. And the NOTW hadwww.newsoftheworld.co.uk/notw/public/nol_public_offers/923242/Hotels-for-5.html
THESE HAVE FINISHED, but I am sure other offers will come up in future.