<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 13 Feb 2021 at 14:38, Keith Edmunds via Swlug <<a href="mailto:swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk">swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Bill, if your default action is to reinstall, you might as well try Ben's<br>
suggestion - nothing to lose! Ben's instructions are straightforward (and<br>
will work!), so just give them a try.<br>
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