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Thank you for your reply. Yes that makes sense. Unfortunately, I don't have access to another battery or laptop. Maybe a local shop would be willing to allow me to test one. Kind regards Chris

Can you manage to get into the bios? If you can get into the bios, then possibly the HD or Ram is messed up. Try removing the HD and inserting another one to see if it will accept a clean install of win 10*. You can also try booting into windows diagnostics to check the ram is good. Also get...

I am servicing a Sony Vaio Laptop (C10FK4MA) running Win 10 64-bit for a friend. It seems to be working fine except that it says "No battery Installed". 1- I have removed the battery and cleaned the contacts. 2- I have installed all the latest drivers and bios from the Vaio update app. 3- I...

Thank you all for your advice. Unless I have major hardware failure, I usually like to change my whole system every 8 or so years. My budget does not allow me to change MoBo/Ram/CPU right now or upgrade to a completely new system. So, I will probably have to get by for now with a few OS/Software...

Thank you very much for your advice. I will check out some motherboards available locally. Kind regards Chris

I would appreciate some advice on how I can improve my existing System performance without breaking the bank. I don't want a completely new rebuild. Maybe I could change a component or two to get the best bang for my buck. I don't use the computer for gaming. My heaviest tasks are for Lightroom...

Thank you for your reply. Basically I am looking for the kind of 5 pin connector in your link but with an important difference. Three pins are for the earth, left and right channel. The other 2 pins are for the switch. The link shows a standard connector. The switch is on when there is no jack...

The PC Headphones and Mic input chassis jack plugs can easily be broken with continued use and sometimes need to be replaced. A standard 3.5 mm chassis jack with 5 pins/feet is easy to find at an electronics store. However there is a catch. The standard variety use 2 pins for the switch. The...

Thank you for all your help Colif. As you say, using Firefox is an option I can consider. In the meantime, if I find a solution I will post it here. Kind regards Chris

Colif, thanks for your reply. I tried Firefox and as you suspected, it doesn't happen. So as you correctly mention it appears to be an issue only with Chromium based browsers (Edge, Chrome and Opera). I installed "Unblock Origin". It appears to be a neat add-on but it didn't stop the language...

Thanks for mentioning this Colif and sharing the useful link. As you say, it must be related to specific browsers because IE doesn't do it, but Chrome, Edge and Opera do. I have tried the suggestions in the article but the problem is still there. All my Chrome settings relate to English and no...

Thanks rdg1101 and Colif. Both Chrome and Edge are set exclusively to English. Sync is turned off on my PC. I also tried unsyncing Edge and logging out of Edge but the problem persists. These websites have somehow been informed that I have a Sinhala keyboard installed on my machine and they...

Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried an incognito window in Chrome and it still happens. I only have a couple of extensions on Chrome that I installed recently, but it still happened before I installed them. But why does edge and Opera also do it? I have no idea about VPN proxy settings. I...

For Chrome, there is a sign in option to my Google account but most of the time I am signed out. The problem occurs with Chrome if I am signed in or out. For edge, I guess that its automatically signed in to my Microsoft account by default. I just installed Opera as a test, so I don't know what...

Thanks for the useful link. I didn't know about those settings. The location is set correctly. I tried turning "location" off but the problem persists. Also my region and regional format is set correctly. It's possible, that there is something stored in the cloud that relates to my keyboard...