bloody computers

[ausjack]

:dodgy: gee I've had some trouble with this bloody thing for quite a few hours now and just about ready to take to it with the axe but I don't know how I did it but I have it in some sort of safe mode thing but it still freezes on me so I might not be on for a little while I try and get a new one as this is xp so no point in getting it fixed but I'll keep :dead_horse: this one for as long as I can, and touch wood it can last til I get a new one  :good:

[robbiegal]

bummer

[ausjack]

:cray: thanks mate. Yeah I'll say as I want to do a few emails but I don't know when this thing will freeze again so don't want the agro of getting half done as I'm already :ireful: and have the axe on the ready :laugh2:

[Fulvio]

have the axe on the ready

I saw some really cheap 20" iMacs somewhere the other day. I'm not at all a fan of that particular model, as they used 16-bit displays and dithering to get full colour, but like I said, they were super-cheap. Want me to try and find them again?

Of you can have a really old Mac (good enough for email, not so good for surfing) for free if we can get it to you.

[Pedro]

Must be something in the water - my beast is refusing to connect with my external hard drive! Windows not behaving itself - a little blue screen activity  :dash1:

Hammer primed.

Pedro

[ausjack]

Thanks heaps Fulvio but it's all good as I have my computer mate on the job so hope to have new one tomorrow for $150 so that sounds bloody good to me :good:

Sorry your having trouble as well but thanks for reminding me Pedro I forgot about the 10lb hammer down the back..I'll fix it one way or another :laugh2:

[Basil]

AJ,if its another XP get your mate to upgrade it to 7 or 8,it will save a lot of grief in the long run.

[ausjack]

Thanks Basil, I think he said it has windows 7 but as long as I can look at feebay and come on here I'm as happy as a pig :friends:

[ausjack]

:yahoo: just got me newish puta, but now I have to learn how to drive it, a little different to my old system but it works so all good :good: It's a HP if that means anything and my monitor is heaps bigger :ok:

[Robster]

Have fun.!!

[ausjack]

Bound to mate, pretty bloody good for $150 :winkextra:

[Pedro]

Well done AJ - sounds like a bargain!

My prospective son-in-law is visiting for Easter and he has got my machine and it's offsider back on their feet (the external hard drive is over 10 years old so I probably have had a good run with it!).

Pedro

[Basil]

It didn't take long,maybe thats what happened to yours AJ?,my Neighbours XP started playing up yesterday so it looks like we will have to restore everything.

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-fixes-issue-that-caused-some-windows-xp-pcs-not-to-boot-up

Fix from Whirlpool,i'll try it this afternoon.
.......1. Boot in safe mode (F8)
2. msconfig > disable Microsoft Antimalware Service on the services tab
3. Reboot into normal mode (it wont hang)
4. Update via normal Windows Update to get the latest MSE updates
5. msconfig > enable Microsoft Antimalware Service on the services tab

You don't need to uninstall or "repair" anything to fix it.......

[ausjack]

Thanks Pedro and Basil :good:
Gee I hate trying to work out what's what as so many things have changed or moved or just not there any more but I'm getting use to it but keep hitting the wrong button and close what I wanted to look at, and my email address book has lost a lot of my addresses so please feel free to email me :good: but I still have to try and get them back from the old puter

[Pedro]

External hard drive couldn't handle the pressure :zomby:

Time for a new one!

Pedro