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My Asus mini (media box) Win10 home edition updated yesterday, no problems, ran the update overnight. Will leave the two laptops with Win10 Pro until I have to.

20 hours ago, recom273 said:

Please feel to shoot me down if this is old news.

It was news to me. As you say the app shows a handful of outlets signed up so far, though you'd think with the plethora of food stalls and outlets around Hat Yai there'd not be enough demand. Maybe it's our Malaysian tourists that are responsible, Food Panda is popular across the border. Would be good having Homeless sign up and A Little, plus a couple of the Japanese restaurants, I might be tempted then.

19 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

"Shoot me down"...likely an apt description of what may happen to delivery people there...

Double yawn.

Came through Swampy last Thursday, the wife did the talking and we were allowed to use the Thai Passport desk (not the e-gate). Went up to the desk together, wife with both passports. No problem.

25 minutes ago, SunsetT said:

Me too, and I begrudge the extra £8 the PO costs.

I wish! It's £12.50p these days.

5 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

Not offering this up as a recommendation, but personally I've posted in applications for many visas in the past, and always ignored the postal order requirement they stipulated, figuring it was safe to send cash with registered post (my passport was in there anyway). The embassy always accepted the cash and issued the visa. 

Actually the website says cash or postal order, sending cash just seems risky, but as you say with registered post, and you're already risking your passport, sending cash is more efficient, saves on the post office charge. The only caveat I'd add is with a PO I have proof of how much money was in the envelope.

8 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Off topic but amazed postal orders are still available!

The venerable postal order still exists but is no longer sold as fixed denominations, rather they look like a cheque. The details of  payee and amount are printed on the cheque.

Indeed!

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Biometric scanning was first introduced at Phuket Airport earlier this month

No it wasn't, it's been up and running at Hat Yai Airport since February!

Do you have the license key?

If so you should be able to uninstall KIS and install the global version and then register it to the same key. KIS uninstalls easily, I've recently had to uninstall reinstall when upgrading from Win7 to Win10. The issue with uninstall mentioned above was with a version on ASUS computers. I've had no problems with Dell.

If it won't let you register the key on the global version it's easy to buy a license key cheap on eBay.

14 hours ago, SpaceKadet said:

OOPS! Seems Kaspersky has done it again.....

Done it again? That's the original claim from 2017 - nothing new there.

Reading the responses on this thread I fail to understand why there are so many sneering comments. Thailand is Thailand, not a facsimile of the US or UK, if folks want life as in the West why on Earth do they bother staying in Thailand? In recent years TV seems plagued with whingers; if you want 'tea like mom makes' for pity's sake just go home!

6 hours ago, PhilAtUbon said:

Balloon "festival"?!?!

It's all relative, Hat Yai's not somewhere in the UK.

It's Thailand, there's more than one balloon, so why not call it a festival.

My granddaughter enjoyed seeing the balloons so job done.

2 hours ago, Formaleins said:

Stay away from Kaspersky AV, the one that comes bundled free with Asus MB's. I tried it on Win 10 and hated it - But then came the fun, trying to uninstall it! It took 3 weeks with daily support from Kaspersky.

There's nothing wrong with the version that comes direct from Kaspersky.

There is a term for this "whitecoat hypertension"

15 minutes ago, killerbeez said:

This could be a tough sell as no scanner and no color.

Good small office option, though.

The OP said "I need a good printer" - the Brother HL-1210W is a precisely that.

Brother HL-1210W

Compact, inexpensive mono-laser printer with wireless connectivity.

Good luck!

Kaspersky has a free version, but you can pick up a licence on Ebay for very little cost.

Just personal preference. Having tried both I prefer the Windows option - and you don't need BlueStacks or any other Android emulator, I can access everything I need through Kodi or a browser.

Thanks, I'm back in the UK next week and will be renewing my multi-O before flying back early June. Was very easy by mail last trip, hope it's the same this time round.

8 hours ago, alphason said:

Phatthalung

You're only 90km away from Hat Yai, better selection down here I suspect. We've a choice of Avis, Hertz, Sixt, Thrifty, National, plus a few Thai rental companies - most are based out of Hat Yai airport.

I can't imagine you'll find much beyond Thai Rent a Wreck in Patthalung!

13 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

So for the folks here who are recommending using Windows PCs as a TV streaming platform, what are you using to control them???

I'm happy using a Rapoo wireless keyboard with touchpad, means I can get the most out of my mini-PC both as TV and PC. I was using an air-mouse before that but prefer the larger format keyboard.

Save all the hassle just buy a Win10 mini-PC.

I gave up on Android boxes and bought a Asus VivoMini - not the cheapest option but cheaper in the long run.

6 hours ago, helloagain said:

When leaving or arriving thailand i just follow my wife through the thai only part of immagration no problem. When arriving in uk my thai wife follows me through my border control section no problem. 

That isn't always possible now that they have E-Gates for Thai passport holders, sometimes there are no manned desks for Thai passports, E-Gate only - in that case you can't follow.