Technical Test Thread

I have tried twice to get an extract of this info below, saved on my profile, in the signature box. But the website keeps coming up with a 'validation error'. I want to keep the html link that is there already, but I suspect that may be causing the problem. Any ideas?

I shall try putting the text, above the html, as up to now I have been putting it after it.

LG

The current twice weekly data checks will continue to the end of October, thereafter, through the winter, the data-download regime switches to weekly.

DYFI

Oct 30 - Nov 30, every 4 days

Dec 1- Mar 15, every 6 days

SWT

Another possibility is that the transmission may have switched from a four to six day cycle. This was not due to happen until the end of the month but can apparently sometimes occur ahead of schedule due to a programming error.

RD (Highland Foundation for Wildlife) Ad hoc blogs, not sure at present of Argos winter schedule, probably weekly.

Putting before the link does not work either.

doggie, no I was only putting the dates and initials like 'LG' But it is a format issue I think, I just tried 'xxxx' and that failed.

Test

Test 2

Test 3, that's as much as it will take....missed out RD , who is 'Ad Hoc'. Also SWT end date of the 6 days period, I am not too sure that is known.

doggie: Thanks for the support.

ChloeB said:

How is your computer now Cirrus? Did you manage to sort out what was causing the problem?

Thanks so much for your concern CHLOE - it does feel good to have others care about one's problems.

Scylla was instrumental in  giving me a link to the Dell site where I could find out about doing a self test on my monitor. I discovered my monitor was working correctly so then, there was no reason why it wouldn't shut off. I finally thought to look at the monitor menu. Couldn't understand  why the arrow keys wouldn't work  to navigate me up and down the menu !!!   a hem ... then thought to use the plus and minus buttons. Once I'd done that, of course, I realised that at some point without being aware of what I had done, I had actually locked the moniter. Took me a couple of goes to 'unlock' it cos there was no helpful dialog box to say ''unlocked''   or even ''ok''.  But that was it . Once unlocked the monitor button went from green to amber and I could shut it off.

DOGGIE - thanks once more for your support too. And SCYLLA  :)

Goodness, CIRRUS,  so glad you found out what it was!  I didn't comment because I can't help at all with techie things.

Have sometimes pressed the plus & minus on my monitor without knowing what I was doing.

Talking of pressing button without knowing it - I'm very light-fingered and can slip from one key to another.

Anyway, I was typing away and suddenly the Enter key wouldn't work - nor the Tab key and maybe others I didn't test.  In the end I phoned Dell and they said I'd have to have a new keyboard, they insisted it wasn't possible for me to have done it with a typo.  New keyboard fitted by handsome young engineer, who had to take the laptop to pieces (wonderful, Dell's next business day service), and a few days later I did exactly the same again :o  This time I had the sense to reboot (having not allowed panic to take over this time) and that fixed it, haven't done it since.

So if it ever happens to you... ;-)