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I have an Excel worksheet with no borders, but if I send it as an email attachment the received worksheet has borders round random cells. I have received worksheets from other people which show the same characteristic. How do I stop,it?

Yes, that worked. Brilliant! Thank you. Do I need to do it for each pdf in turn or is there a facility for doing all at once? Yes, I did intend to make another donation following the help you gave me recently with Vista. Do I need to,do it again?

I had used Firefox satisfactorily on my pc for several years, but now it repeatedly opens new unwanted blank tabs at a great rate and is completely unusable. After uninstalling and re-installing, it was no better. Also, any pdf document now opens in Firefox, again with repeating tabs, so I have no means of viewing a pdf except on my tablet. I think these two problems must be relatted. The only way out in either case is to switch the computer off and re-boot. Can you help me?

Hi Nev and Ken, You guys are TERRIFIC!!! Your suggestions worked and my computer is now functioning properly again. Nice to have a clean installation, running fast and without frequent instances of 'Not responding'. As the hardware clearly never had a fault, what do you think caused my problem in the first place? A virus? The only problem I have now is that re-loading some of my drivers and programs is proving difficult. I had backed up all my personal files, but would it have been possible to backup drivers and programs as well? Mike

Nev, I sent you the first of my four screenshots but when I try to send the next I am refused because it would "exceed my quota". Mike.

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Nev, I thought I had replied to this yesterday, but again the post seems not to have gone. Switching the Mesh computer off and on again is what I have been doing all along. There are two CD drives, both in full working order as far as I know. Whether I put the Vista CD in rrive 1 or Drive 2 or remove it altogether I always get exactly the same results. I have taken photos of four screens which I have tried to send attached to a text post, but have run into difficulties each time. So will send this now as it is and hope to send the screenshots separately later. Mike

Sorry. I was only looking at page 1 of the thread without realising there was a second page. Also I hadn't noticed I did not have the authority to 'Post Quick Reply' without reloading and logging in again. Here is what I have been trying to say. For the last month I have been using my laptop for work. But now I have got round to trying to follow your instructions to bring my Mesh desktop back to life. On 22 October I described what was happening at that time including getting the message '"Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically" together with a status list that included "06. CorruptVolume". I still get exactly the same sequence of results whether the Vista "External Recovery" CD that came with the computer is in the drive or not. The light on the drive flashes briefly when the computer is switched on. I went into the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility and on the Boot page confirmed that in the Boot Device Priority list the '1st Boot Device' is "Removable". Still on the Boot page, I selected 'CD ROM Devices' of which there are two: SATA 3 and SATA 4 -- I switched the order to put SATA 4 at the top, but it made no difference. i don't know if I was doing what you intended. Can you suggest what I should do next? Many thanks Mike

Nev, the post I sent last night was showing afterwards as having been sent, but not now. Likewise, after testing that I could send the post at 11.18 today I sent the gist of last night's message again -- but as before it showed afterwards as having been sent, but not now. Should I send it a third time? (I begin each time by pressing Reply below the post I am replying to, and end by pressing 'Post Quick Reply'.) Mike

I thought I had replied last night, but today I see no record of what I sent. The same happened a while ago. I wonder what I am doing wrong. I will send this now, and if it is successful will re-write last night's post. Mike

Oh! Thank you for removing it, Ken. Mike

Nev, That disk says: SERVICE PACK 1 ... Contains 32- and 64-bit software ... C 2008 ...Part No X14 33274-01. But I have also found the Mesh Computers disk "For distribution only with a new Mesh PC" which says: Windiws Vista Home Premium SP1 ... External Recovery (32-bit). I thought I had told you two days ago about finding the recovery disk but I see that post didn't go. The product key code is **** Mike [ Product Code removed by KenB ] If you advertise this you will find that other ( not so honest ) people will use it and then, in a very short time, Microsoft will have it listed as an illegal Product Code.

Thanks, Nev Having removed the hard drive from my PC and found it to be working perfectly, I copied its contents to an external drive and put it back in the PC. As KenB predicted, it behaves just as before, including showing the "6 CorruptVolume" error. What do you suggest I do next? Mike

Don't bother to answer query about read-only files -- sorry to have bothered you. I can copy files from the desktop drive to my laptop where they are no longer read-only and I can continue to work on them. Will continue to do this for a while before trying to put the desktop drive back in place. Mike

As I said, I am now working (temporarily) with the drive removed and connected (as G:) to my laptop, and all my files are accessible. BUT they have all become read-only, although their Properties do not show this. Is there a way to write to them other than saving as a file with a new name first? Mike

Great news! The drive from my PC is seen as G: on my laptop and all my files on it are accessible. I am backing them up to an external drive and now that I have a working computer again I will use it like that for a while as I have work to do. I am using the operating system on the laptop, of course, and I wonder what will happen when I put the drive back in the PC. If it behaves as before, I may need to come back to you for further advice. But thank you very much for your prompt help in sorting me out so far. Mike

I have ordered a 3.5 inch enclosure to receive the drive from my desktop and plan to try reading it on my laptop. Hope that's okay. Delivery due tomorrow.

Thanks, Nev i have a PATA enclosure and will now buy a SATA one and let you know the results. Mike

Thank you, Nev The computer is a Mesh Elite Pulse HD built by them in 2008.. The motherboard is an ASUS P5N-D Mainboard - Nvidia nForce 750i SLI - Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad/Extreme- ATX Your other questions may have been overtaken by my second post which overlapped with yours. Mike

(Sorry about all the typos in my original post.) Vista has now reverted ro its behaviour of yesterday, as follows. . After the motherboard opening process, the only available option is "Launch Startup Repair". After a while, the message is "Your computer was unable to restart" followed by "Searching for problems" accompanied by the warning that it may take over an hour, though in fact it takes only several minutes. The next message is "Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically". A drop-down list offers "View problem details" for "Startup Repair V2" which are: 01 AutoFollower 02 6060011800060600118000 03 3 04 the 6-digit number here varies from run to run. 05 NoRootCause 06 CorruptVolume 07 0 08 1 09 Chkdsk 10 0 OS Version: 6060012102561 Locate ID: 1033 "Advanced options for system recovery and support" are available after logging in as the user: Startup Repair System Restore Windows Comnplete PC Restore Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool Command Prompt Resrore CS Image but none of these does anything useful. Can anyone suggest what I should do next? "Corrupt Volume" looks ominous Could it prevent me loading Windows 8.1?

I have been using Vista successfully for a few years until yesterday when it could not load.and a Startup Repair was run automatically instead. The outcome of this was the essage "Windows cannot repair the computer automatically". Six oprions were offered including "Windows Comoplete PC Repair" and "Windows Memory Diagnostic Test" but each turned out either not to achieve anything or not to be available to me . This sequence was repeatable. But today, I only get the message "Disk Boot Failure. Insert Sysem Disk and press Enter". The only system disk I have is Vista SP1, and that is not accepted. Two questions. 1 Can anyone suggest how I can move forward? 2 If I buy Windows 8.1, is it likely I will be able to install it and regain access to all my Windows files? I have found the help available on this site in the past absolutely invaluable. Hoping it will get me our of a hole again now Thank you.!.

Problem solved! Thanks to anyone who may have wondering what to suggest. One of the USB connectors on the front of the case was evidently damaged and disconnecting the cable between the motherboard and it (and another USB connector) did the trick.

When I try to switch my computer on, the P5N-D opening screen appears briefly before being replaced by a DOS screen warning "USB device over current detected" with a timer counting down for 20 seconds after which the power cuts off again. It still does this even after I have removed every single USB device. Is there any cure short of replacing the motherboard?

Brilliant, KenB. Tapping F8 didn't bring up the predicted screen but instead one asking me to select the boot drive (or something like that). Chose SATA 2 and after a bit of fiddling about all is now well. Thanks for your help. As previously, FPCH response has been speedy and detailed. And worked! Will make another donation.

SATA 1 is empty, SATA 2 is the 750GB hard drive. In moving the cables to see the sockets I inadvertently unplugged a connector, but it is probably for S/PDIF Out (which I don't use) so it shouldn't affect the hard drive.