Thank you TSS. I couldn't see anything alarmingly wrong in the Boot sequences but I'm no expert. I managed to reset the setup to it's default and that allowed the PC to start to load up Windows 10, but then it said something went wrong and had to restart and I was back at square one. Some more playing and I managed to get to Windows 10 loading screen which offered me a reset PC option, which I did (it asked me if I wanted to keep my files), and a few hours later I was back on my computer, although as it was reset I had to re-download apps/chrome/adobe pdf etc. Panic over. Hopefully I never see that again, as nothing was changed from two days ago to yesterday, system-wise (+ no USB sticks were plugged in!).
Good to see that you got it resolved. Windows 10 is pretty good at giving you options to resolve problems. Selected earlier versions would have left you with a non-functioning computer and that would be that.
Well that's frustrating given the frankly ludicrous amount of time I devoted to whether to say "I may be a suitable candidate" or "I might be be a suitable candidate"! Vin
Not positive enough. What's wrong with "I am certainly a suitable candidate"? I didn't get where I am today, etc., etc.
You must laugh in the face of us pathetic one-language speakers. I bet you speak about six languages as well. People like you make me sick.
According to DuoLingo I can speak 56% Italian now, so I guess I'm just over one and a half. Quarter-sick.? Just feel a bit nauseated.?
If DuoLingo a course? One of my goals this year is to speak Italian - I've got Rosetta Stone and Michael Thomas to help
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-38973685 Guns N' Roses yell 'Hello Sydney' - to Melbourne crowd
Man arrested for drink-driving after he turned up drunk for a job interview with....the Metropolitan Police.
I've used Michel Thomas myself. Have to admit I lost interest although that was due to strong distracting circumstances. I'd certainly recommend his method. Yes, Duolingo is a course, but also it's a bit like a game. In the same way that Michel Thomas urges you to not try to remember and don't do homework, the only thing Duolingo encourages you to do is keep going. There are no rules other than keeping going. It doesn't explain anything apart from very basic stuff. You learn like a child does - or a person newly living in the country. No parent tells a kid to use a first person singular, and neither does this. The only difference is that you get as much or as little immersion as you want, depending on how much you can take in at any time. Be prepared though. If you want loads it'll let you have loads and then it'll expect you to keep it up for a fair while. Every person in my family who has wanted to learn their 'other' native language has had a copy of Michel Thomas, and we've all had a go to pretty low levels of success, I think because it's a properly structured course. We are all now learning from Duolingo, mostly via picking up the smartphone or tablet app, rather than sitting down for a scheduled time at a computer [although you can do that] and I think it's fair to say that we are all making better progress than we've ever done before. One thing you have to remember is that, because you're learning as a child might, it's a good idea to be patient, because it'll take a while. After all, it takes a kid years to learn from the parents and outside world. I've been doing it since the end of September 2016 and I feel like I'm doing quite well, and I have often felt that in the past that I'm the worst person ever with a language. By the way, I should say that Duolingo is free, and there is the odd advert. I don't really notice them and DL apologises for putting them there, so I can forgive them for that. Here's the link for Italian: https://www.duolingo.com/course/it/en/Learn-Italian-Online
