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I find the Christmas and New Year period is a great time to unwind and spend time with family and friends away from the usual rigours and stresses of a busy working schedule.

However, there is one aspect of the post Christmas festivities that I am increasingly coming to dread. That is the loading on of the PC computer games that the members of the family received as presents. It’s a lottery as to whether they are going to work first time. Invariably these days I find they don’t. It may be something as relatively simple as adjusting the screen resolution but on other occasions it could be about downloading the latest video card drivers, or even replacing a bit of hardware. To be frank, this is all a bit too much when all you want, and indeed should expect, is to...

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