Links, tools and places to visit

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Internet access
Web Hosting	Simply.com - Low-priced, high quality domain & site hosting (details) Hostway.co.uk Clara.net (details) FileSaveAs hosting - Information on UK hosting solutions
Internet providers	ConsumerDeals Internet - Summary of current UK deals

UK Specific
Online directories	BT Directory Enquiries 192.com electoral roll BT Yellow Pages Royal Mail Postcodes AFD Postcode Finder
People finders	Email search engine UK Info - CD of 60 million UK names and addresses Yahoo Email address Lookup UK - Powerful lookup engine Friends Reunited - Find schoolfriends and colleagues Myoldmate - Help tracking down old friends The UK Gazette - List of public announcements & bankruptcies Were you at my wedding? - In a similar vein, the name says it all... Family tree links - Links I've found useful in tracing ancestors
UK Maps & Info	Get Mapping (Overhead images. More info) Multi Media Mapping - Maps & images from postcodes Streetmap - Add maps to your site by postcode Mapblast - Worldwide maps Homecheck - Check a property for local dangers! National Statistics - Detailed info on your neighbourhood Land Registry online - Pay £2 for details of any UK property Be safe - Information on credit checks and Identity Theft protection Isle of Sweat - Details of the island Satellite images from space Earthcam.com - List of English webcams Southend-on-Sea information - Selection of Essex links UpMyStreet - Local info & FindMyNearest:
Telecom / Mobiles	BT Friends and Family O2 - Free SMS's from your mobile Uboot - SMS and messaging service SMS - details of text messaging, pricing and services FileSaveAs Mobile - Information on UK mobile phones ConsumerDeals Mobile - Lowest prices and UK deals
Travel	Roads RAC Live (from RAC breakdown) AA searchable roads (from AA breakdown) Trafficmaster (Via Vauxhall's site) Trains National Rail timetable Trainline Live train departures C2C Rail update (c2c info page) London The Tube status info London Transport update (TFL) Tube status (BBC) Click for more on online and mobile travel services
News/Weather	Ananova News Online Weather Daily Telegraph Met Office
Consumer	ConsumerDeals - UK shopping bargains and deals Equity Discussion Forum - Discuss Equity, Regis, CPM, MSH and Pier
WebCams	London TravelCams UK WebCams
Recruitment	Monster Job links - more job links Radio and Telly - Information on media jobs and courses

Leisure
Movies	Internet Movie Database Popcorn film info Guardian Film reviews Movie mistakes database DVD database Film & TV bloopers
Music	CDDB - CD database Links to lyrics sites Hard to find records Parody Songs
TV	DigiGuide offline TV Guide Classic Kids TV UK TV shows Comedy database BT Vision - The new digital TV service Radio and Telly - UK TV info, nostalgia and comedy

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Rated!!
Worth a look	Phone Bashing going-underground.net Classic Tube announcements
Fun	Easter eggs - Hidden gems in TV, films, DVDs and software 80snostalgia.com

Misc
Broadcasting	UK Media Directory OfCom - TV and radio regulators Radio and Telly - Sister site with UK Radio and TV links
Computing	Symantec Anti-Virus Centre Virus information Microsoft Knowledgebase Stop errors - troubleshooting blue screens of death Belarc PC Audit - A snapshot of your hardware & software Driverzone, Drivers.com , Windrivers, - Windows drivers Skype - Information on making phone calls over the Internet FileSaveAs PDA - Information on PDAs and smartphones Computing and GBAinformation pages on ConsumerDeals
Links to friends	Alan Heighway Carl Reader Carl Schofield John Salim Mark Himsley Matthew O'Neill Mave Sipple Natalia Vargas Nick Piggott Nigel Hunt Richard Waghorn Sarah Sipple Steve Clack Tish Hashaday Other friends' links: Radio Presenters and Mugshots gallery
Health	Fitness Calc - Body mass and calorie intake calculators Tiscali Calorie Counter
Family Tree	Family Search Public Records Office - Genealogy advice More links on the Sipple Family Tree site

A short list of PC-problems that I've found answers to...

Problem	Solution
"Cannot read subscription data. You may need administrator privileges"- Norton Antivirus 2003 error message	Appears to pop up at random (Windows XP). Tried several solutions (including re-downloading Live Update and Live Reg, as advised by Symantec. An un-install, then a re-install of Norton Anti-Virus solved this. Update: Aug 2003. Thanks to Mike for supplying a full solution from Norton - This has now been added to the FileSaveAs solution page
Unable to open the file medctroc.inf (Appeared when trying to Add/Remove a built-in Windows XP application)	Managed to resolve this by assuming the file was corrupt and replacing c:\windows\inf\medctroc.inf with the copy found in C:\windows\ServicePackFiles\i386.
Outlook problem: MAPI was unable to load the information service PSTRRX.DLL	Error appeared trying to start Outlook 2002 after messing around with an old version of Outlook 2002 on a secondary user. Article 293058 on Microsoft Knowledgebase is helpful. Suggests installing Office XP Service Pack 1, which was already installed. Tried installing again, but was told it was installed. Tried uninstall of Outlook, then downloaded large Service Pack. Didn't fix it. Eventually, all I had to do was a quick fix in Control panel: Control panel \| Mail \| Show profiles. "Use this profile. Always use this profile:". Change this to "Outlook". Don't know if the Service Pack helped, but try this before downloading the SP, just in case.
Slow boot-up of Windows XP	Found a useful snippet in a PC magazine, suggesting using a tool released by Microsoft, Bootvis . This shaved a few seconds off boot-up time, and appears to have mixed results depending on your config. Worth a try!
Fax printers are inaccessible	If you have a problem with fax printing from Windows XP, and see "connection error" or "All fax printers are inaccessible" in the "Fax Printers Status" area, try running faxfig.reg. This is a small registry file that fixes the Windows XP problem with the fax monitor. clicking this file adds a registry entry to fix the problem. Save the file onto the hard-disk, then from File Explorer, right-click the file and select 'Merge'.
Panasonic SV-SD70-A	If you're hunting for the software for the Panasonic SV-SD70 or SV-SD75 MP3 player (SD card), or can't get running with the SD-Jukebox, Panasonic Media Manager, or the RealJukebox for Panasonic plug-in, take a look at the Help with SV-SD70 page.
Motorola TA200 walkie talkie	Excellent walkie-talkies, sadly they don't seem to be available any more. If you're looking for a review, or a copy of the manual, go to this site's Motorola TA200 page.

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