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Martin's Money Mutterings 4 January

Former_MSE_Archna
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  • Shawz
    Shawz Posts: 1,054 Forumite
    The link for the download video doesn't appear to work :(
    Looking to raise some money ;)
  • tiff
    tiff Posts: 6,608 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Savvy Shopper!
    None of the links work for me either.
    “A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.” - Dave Ramsey
  • Former_MSE_Dan
    Former_MSE_Dan Posts: 1,593 Forumite
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    None of the links work for me either.

    Hi Tiff,

    On the audio or video? Let me know and i'll look into it.

    Cheers

    Dan
    Former MSE team member
  • tiff
    tiff Posts: 6,608 Forumite
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    Its the video, havent tried audio. Thanks.
    “A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.” - Dave Ramsey
  • Former_MSE_Dan
    Former_MSE_Dan Posts: 1,593 Forumite
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    Cool, Can you give it a try now or whenever you get a sec. Hopefully it's fixed.
    Former MSE team member
  • tiff
    tiff Posts: 6,608 Forumite
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    Yay I can get my weekly fix of Martin now! Thanks :money:
    “A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.” - Dave Ramsey
  • Former_MSE_Dan
    Former_MSE_Dan Posts: 1,593 Forumite
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    No Probs, enjoy!
    Former MSE team member
  • kingmonkey
    kingmonkey Posts: 846 Forumite
    Does Martin swear often on these mutterings?

    + wouldn't it be easier to delay the screensaver/monitor power saving mode than get a person to wiggle the mouse each week?
  • sra
    sra Posts: 4,676 Forumite
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    kingmonkey wrote:
    Does Martin swear often on these mutterings?

    + wouldn't it be easier to delay the screensaver/monitor power saving mode than get a person to wiggle the mouse each week?

    lol

    If Martin wants to free Natasha from the clicking, but doesn't want to mess with the default settings, he could take 5 minutes to...
    • Download Wizmo (only [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif][SIZE=-1][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif,MS Sans Serif][SIZE=-2]37k[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] from the great GRC) and put it somwhere it won't be disturbed (I have mine on the the in the C:\ folder)
    • Create 2 shortcuts to it on the desktop.
      • Rename the 1st "Screensaver On" then right-click it and in its properties add autoblank=1 to the Target line (So it might read C:\wizmo.exe autoblank=1)
      • Rename the "2nd "Screensaver Off" and in its properties add autoblank=0 to the Target line
    That's it. Screensaver Off will disable autoblanking and On will put it back on. Of course you can stick the shortcuts anywhere

    There are much simpler applications, but I prefer it since it's a switch rather than a running program so takes no resources.
  • MSE_Martin
    MSE_Martin Posts: 8,272 Money Saving Expert
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    No Kingmonkey I rarely swear, this was a one off, i get a bit agitated talking about some debt firms.
    Martin Lewis, Money Saving Expert.
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