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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I fekkin fekkin fekkin hate it...... can't get it to download upgrades, can't find the disc to do a repair.... keep getting the same error message, hundreds of pages on the t'interwebby complaining about it yet none that actually help!......trying not to launch lappy out the window now. 
Rant over.... and breathe. Phew.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I fekkin fekkin fekkin hate it...... can't get it to download upgrades, can't find the disc to do a repair.... keep getting the same error message, hundreds of pages on the t'interwebby complaining about it yet none that actually help!......trying not to launch lappy out the window now.
Rant over.... and breathe. Phew. "
Open the window before you launch it  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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my firend is having major problems with the memory thing and the divided drives one drive empty the other one full up but he has nothing on it ???
he needs help too !! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I fekkin fekkin fekkin hate it...... can't get it to download upgrades, can't find the disc to do a repair.... keep getting the same error message, hundreds of pages on the t'interwebby complaining about it yet none that actually help!......trying not to launch lappy out the window now.
Rant over.... and breathe. Phew.
Open the window before you launch it "
.... did I tell you you might have been good looking when ye were younger? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I fekkin fekkin fekkin hate it...... can't get it to download upgrades, can't find the disc to do a repair.... keep getting the same error message, hundreds of pages on the t'interwebby complaining about it yet none that actually help!......trying not to launch lappy out the window now.
Rant over.... and breathe. Phew. "
What is the problem that you are having? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"my firend is having major problems with the memory thing and the divided drives one drive empty the other one full up but he has nothing on it ???
he needs help too !!"
I'm going to have to resort to a stiff one... perhaps he'd care to join me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I fekkin fekkin fekkin hate it...... can't get it to download upgrades, can't find the disc to do a repair.... keep getting the same error message, hundreds of pages on the t'interwebby complaining about it yet none that actually help!......trying not to launch lappy out the window now.
Rant over.... and breathe. Phew.
Open the window before you launch it
.... did I tell you you might have been good looking when ye were younger? "
Ow ! did they have mirrors when you were younger  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I fekkin fekkin fekkin hate it...... can't get it to download upgrades, can't find the disc to do a repair.... keep getting the same error message, hundreds of pages on the t'interwebby complaining about it yet none that actually help!......trying not to launch lappy out the window now.
Rant over.... and breathe. Phew.
What is the problem that you are having?"
I keep getting error 80070490 when I try to download updates. When I checked it out further it seems the system has NEVER downloaded any updates. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"my firend is having major problems with the memory thing and the divided drives one drive empty the other one full up but he has nothing on it ???
he needs help too !!
I'm going to have to resort to a stiff one... perhaps he'd care to join me. "
im sure hed love to join you laine !!!
think he might have aheart attack if told him about this site ...hes a vertical friend !!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Go to this site and download the system update readiness tool, Hopefully this will beable to repair the corrupted file so you can get updates. If not try and get a copy of vista the same as you are running and you can do a repair from the disc. Hope this helps |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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what ever you do ,if its amore uptodate computor or laptop dont do a system restore,,whether you have set a restore point or not it restores it to factory settings a compleat computor wipe |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"what ever you do ,if its amore uptodate computor or laptop dont do a system restore,,whether you have set a restore point or not it restores it to factory settings a compleat computor wipe"
Already done a back to factory settings last year.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"my firend is having major problems with the memory thing and the divided drives one drive empty the other one full up but he has nothing on it ???
he needs help too !!"
Imalady Your friends drive will possibly be full up from updates or temory files etc, Get him to move music/pic's and the like to second drive, if it still shows full he will need to do a clean up. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Open the window before you launch it "
And if Microsoft installed the window, firstly remove the rug from the loung floor, stand outside your front door for 2.45 minutes, remove all fish knives from your drawers, replace the rug and you can finally open the window.
Written, smugly, on a Mac.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Repairing a broken window would be easier with glue.
Simple really its ,,,,,
Get windows 7 or Xp - if you like something that is reliable,performs well and maintains stability when needed the most.
A quick fix you can try to just to speed things up ..
Open an explorer window Ie. documents,in the address bar delete and type %temp% whick will reveal a load of files - press ctrl + A (selects all) then press delete.
Then let us all know how orgasmic it feels using after ???
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Open the window before you launch it
And if Microsoft installed the window, firstly remove the rug from the loung floor, stand outside your front door for 2.45 minutes, remove all fish knives from your drawers, replace the rug and you can finally open the window.
Written, smugly, on a Mac. "
I've had a macbook and a macbook air.... my kids pinch them as soon as I get them. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Open the window before you launch it
And if Microsoft installed the window, firstly remove the rug from the loung floor, stand outside your front door for 2.45 minutes, remove all fish knives from your drawers, replace the rug and you can finally open the window.
Written, smugly, on a Mac. "
And read even more smugly on Linux Ubuntu..lol, this is the reason i'll never buy Microsoft windows again.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I have vista on the lappy and it keeps going down on me and takes ages to reboot, also says I don't have enough memory."
How much memory do ya need to remember ya lappy goin down on ya...  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Things go from bad to worse...... the dogs eaten my bar of chocolate.  "
Sooo... Expensive vets bill to pump stolen chocky out of teevin pooch... Or... Buy a new windows 7 and get rid of Vista and pooch... 
Mmmm... Decisions... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"my firend is having major problems with the memory thing and the divided drives one drive empty the other one full up but he has nothing on it ???
he needs help too !!
Imalady Your friends drive will possibly be full up from updates or temory files etc, Get him to move music/pic's and the like to second drive, if it still shows full he will need to do a clean up. "
weve tried moving pics and stuf was less than 1 gb there doesnt seem to be anything on the main drive but its sgowing 32gb and only . 5gb left
and weve defragged and cleaned up !!
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I am sitting here drinking a large vodka and contemplating sneaking up on the lappy when it goes to sleep later.... wrestling it to the ground... force feeding it to the dog and then ringing the dell service man to come out and repair it for me lol xxx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I fekkin fekkin fekkin hate it...... can't get it to download upgrades, can't find the disc to do a repair.... keep getting the same error message, hundreds of pages on the t'interwebby complaining about it yet none that actually help!......trying not to launch lappy out the window now.
Rant over.... and breathe. Phew. "
There is a common solution for Windows Vista, it thinks it has the right to see everything - hence the name 'Vista' - so, you have to remember to pull the curtains when you shut it down. |
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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago
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"Repairing a broken window would be easier with glue.
Simple really its ,,,,,
Get windows 7 or Xp - if you like something that is reliable,performs well and maintains stability when needed the most.
A quick fix you can try to just to speed things up ..
Open an explorer window Ie. documents,in the address bar delete and type %temp% whick will reveal a load of files - press ctrl + A (selects all) then press delete.
Then let us all know how orgasmic it feels using after ???
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Bllody hell! Just done this and 1018 files lurking!! |
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"I fekkin fekkin fekkin hate it...... can't get it to download upgrades, can't find the disc to do a repair.... keep getting the same error message, hundreds of pages on the t'interwebby complaining about it yet none that actually help!......trying not to launch lappy out the window now.
Rant over.... and breathe. Phew. "
if it's service pack 2, do a reset to before the upgrade.
sp2 was the final death of my old gfx card (luckily the rest was fine and the onboard graphics are actualy realy good till I buy kids a new card)
Bright side my new lapy has win 7  |
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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago
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we had the same problem laine,after much swearing,head scratching,and grinding of teeth.
we found the solution,it was so simple.
we felt so stupid,that we didnt think of it in the first place.
let an eight year old have a look it.
happy to help.xx |
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over a year ago
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I think I may have sorted it, found the windows vista disc, re-installed and now it's downloading 138 updates that should have been done over the years. Hopefully after this I'll be able to get it to accept an upload of windows 7 ... and all the other ones it's supposed to! xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I fekkin fekkin fekkin hate it...... can't get it to download upgrades, can't find the disc to do a repair.... keep getting the same error message, hundreds of pages on the t'interwebby complaining about it yet none that actually help!......trying not to launch lappy out the window now.
Rant over.... and breathe. Phew. "
Why don't you use something like OpenSuse 11.4 instead?
It's free, and you won't need to pay for spyware removers or anti-virus software or a firewall or a office works package.
You have to have a fair bit of technical skill, be willing to do some Google searches to solve issue XYZ, but most people could handle it if they gave it a go.
I've had SUSE crash on me, maybe twice in the last tweleve months, which is freaking awesome compared to vista. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If you want a stable system and have the money then buy a mac if you haven't got the money then look at one of the flavours of Linux
Ubuntu is one of the favourite distribution and its free for personal use, you can download it and make a bootable disc so that you can try it before installing it! Lots of free software applications too.
Go on give it a try and you may end up ditching windows and saving yourself some money in the long run? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If you want a stable system and have the money then buy a mac if you haven't got the money then look at one of the flavours of Linux
Ubuntu is one of the favourite distribution and its free for personal use, you can download it and make a bootable disc so that you can try it before installing it! Lots of free software applications too.
Go on give it a try and you may end up ditching windows and saving yourself some money in the long run?"
Yep i did the same thing, was a Linux newbie, now wouldn't do without it, reccomend Ubuntu which i believe has the best support, it updates itself daily and Free, if you need to run windows programs you can use the WINE emulator |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I fekkin fekkin fekkin hate it...... can't get it to download upgrades, can't find the disc to do a repair.... keep getting the same error message, hundreds of pages on the t'interwebby complaining about it yet none that actually help!......trying not to launch lappy out the window now.
Rant over.... and breathe. Phew. "
i used vista on the kapy an did found a few problems with it
an really thought it was a ram problem programs running slow etc,
i now use windows 7 which is far better |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Ubuntu is the way to go I think.
Many thanks peeps, lappy up and running properly now, accepting my hardware and performing well.
Dog on the other hand stole a whole packet of biscuits, a bag of dried dog food and two tins of wet dog food when I was emptying the car of shopping..... the bassa never had a can opener though... HA !!! so today I won. |
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By *adcowWoman
over a year ago
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"Ubuntu is the way to go I think.
Many thanks peeps, lappy up and running properly now, accepting my hardware and performing well.
Dog on the other hand stole a whole packet of biscuits, a bag of dried dog food and two tins of wet dog food when I was emptying the car of shopping..... the bassa never had a can opener though... HA !!! so today I won. "
awww jett being a pain again hun lol give him a chance and he may even learn to clean up after himself too |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Ubuntu is the way to go I think.
Many thanks peeps, lappy up and running properly now, accepting my hardware and performing well.
Dog on the other hand stole a whole packet of biscuits, a bag of dried dog food and two tins of wet dog food when I was emptying the car of shopping..... the bassa never had a can opener though... HA !!! so today I won.
awww jett being a pain again hun lol give him a chance and he may even learn to clean up after himself too "
He did steal it all very tidily though.... stashed it all in his fish box! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If you want a stable system and have the money then buy a mac if you haven't got the money then look at one of the flavours of Linux
Ubuntu is one of the favourite distribution and its free for personal use, you can download it and make a bootable disc so that you can try it before installing it! Lots of free software applications too.
Go on give it a try and you may end up ditching windows and saving yourself some money in the long run?
Yep i did the same thing, was a Linux newbie, now wouldn't do without it, reccomend Ubuntu which i believe has the best support, it updates itself daily and Free, if you need to run windows programs you can use the WINE emulator"
Can't think why more folk don't use Ubuntu/Linux Maybe they are too scared of the unknown and prefer to stay with Windows and all its problems? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Yep Win 7 for me, works fine and it cost not a penny. Downloaded it, removed the activation script file and 12months later still working tickety boo
If you do this, all the Microsoft updates still work, just don't download KB10713 (I think that's the one) or it'll tell you that it's not genuine. If that does happen though, the update can simply be uninstalled and your back once again running your very own free version of windows 7 Ultimate |
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