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hi gary, what a great thread to have on here, at the moment we havent got any problems, though i wish this thread was on here about 6 weeks ago before we paid out fifty quid to get our lappy sorted, think its a nice gesture u trying to help others in need xxx
Heaven1970 wrote:
hi gary, what a great thread to have on here, at the moment we havent got any problems, though i wish this thread was on here about 6 weeks ago before we paid out fifty quid to get our lappy sorted, think its a nice gesture u trying to help others in need xxx
hi gary, what a great thread to have on here, at the moment we havent got any problems, though i wish this thread was on here about 6 weeks ago before we paid out fifty quid to get our lappy sorted, think its a nice gesture u trying to help others in need xxx
Hi Heaven and Hell
...
Have been doin it at work for years.....got a lappie to fix tomorrow from work.....have built, upgraded repaired loads for folks at work....like to help.....get all sorts of questions lol.....
Cheers Gary xxx.....
Hope the thread is useful to people xx
Is there anything I can do to speed up my pc? I use IE to access the internet, I have tried Firefox but it's no faster and wont run chat (continually searches for plug-ins). I'm on wifi broadband (512k), and it currently takes about 20-30 seconds to load each page, that might not sound much but it does add up. I've checked my running processes because I wondered if they had anything to do with it, there's over 50 of them and I haven't a clue what most of them are. Oh yes, it's a sony vaio, about 2 years old.
Very handy thread
H.x
Very handy thread
H.x
Yep
Yep
and Yep
plus I compress all the files in my C drive to give me some breathing space (30gig was down to 1.2 free, now has 17 free) the vaio has two drives, I've moved all documents to the D drive which is a lot bigger and is 70% empty. I have quite a few large programs which are on the C drive and it wont let me move them. (Photoshop, Quark, Dreamweaver, Reason, Fruitloops plus umpteen (love that word) others)
H.x
Yep
and Yep
plus I compress all the files in my C drive to give me some breathing space (30gig was down to 1.2 free, now has 17 free) the vaio has two drives, I've moved all documents to the D drive which is a lot bigger and is 70% empty. I have quite a few large programs which are on the C drive and it wont let me move them. (Photoshop, Quark, Dreamweaver, Reason, Fruitloops plus umpteen (love that word) others)
H.x
Now then - here''s a question...
28th Apr 2008 - 5:23pm
I'm on Virgin-Media (cable internet) and usually just after lunch their cache-servers seem to decide to not bother updating any more, so if I repeat a search I did earlier in the day I get exactly the same results, but nothing after say 2pm. BUT if I do a 'new ad' search I get all the new ads I've been missing. Ctrl+F5 doesn't help and I know it's not my local cache because (a) I've cleared it, and (b) I've tried it on my laptop. Don't really expect a fix but it's worth a try before I try to explain it to a lovely 'suport person' at Virgin-Media LOL
cheers
Dave
cheers
Dave
See here for what your ISP does to your connections and at what time.
http://www.kitz.co.uk/isp/caps.htm
Makes surprising reading I can tell you
http://www.kitz.co.uk/isp/caps.htm
Makes surprising reading I can tell you
Help i''m invisable
28th Apr 2008 - 7:22pm
can anyone tell me why all of a sudden a photo will have coloured pixelation all over it then they can just go? they always start at the bottom of the photo and stop showing some of the photo at the top. it's done it quite a few times now.
it has done it to a photo that i have on my own site. i had sent said photo to dawnie and it was fine. went to send it to someone else and it has the pixilation. i had thought that as it's not part of the original photo that it wouldn't show if i put it in the pm but it does.
whips
it has done it to a photo that i have on my own site. i had sent said photo to dawnie and it was fine. went to send it to someone else and it has the pixilation. i had thought that as it's not part of the original photo that it wouldn't show if i put it in the pm but it does.
whips
H-x wrote:
Yep
Yep
and Yep
plus I compress all the files in my C drive to give me some breathing space (30gig was down to 1.2 free, now has 17 free) the vaio has two drives, I've moved all documents to the D drive which is a lot bigger and is 70% empty. I have quite a few large programs which are on the C drive and it wont let me move them. (Photoshop, Quark, Dreamweaver, Reason, Fruitloops plus umpteen (love that word) others)
H.x
Yep
Yep
and Yep
plus I compress all the files in my C drive to give me some breathing space (30gig was down to 1.2 free, now has 17 free) the vaio has two drives, I've moved all documents to the D drive which is a lot bigger and is 70% empty. I have quite a few large programs which are on the C drive and it wont let me move them. (Photoshop, Quark, Dreamweaver, Reason, Fruitloops plus umpteen (love that word) others)
H.x
Might be worth running a disk scan against your hard drive. Open Windows Explorer (or the Windows key and E), right click on the hard drive (usually C) and selct properties/tools and then click "Check Now" on the error checking section. Make sure you tick the options boxes. It usually needs wait until you reboot. If you have a large hard drive it may take some time, but it can often fix problems with slowdowns.
Re: Help i''''m invisable
28th Apr 2008 - 11:09pm
funin_and_mike wrote:
Hiyas,
I am having probs being seen in the chatroom and I can not see any typing, the whole of the chatters lists or even type.
Whats happened to me!!!
hugs funin
xxxxxxx
Hiyas,
I am having probs being seen in the chatroom and I can not see any typing, the whole of the chatters lists or even type.
Whats happened to me!!!
hugs funin
xxxxxxx
You need to reload the chat room page by pressing F5 on your keyboard, you may need to do this several times..
If that doesn't work, check that you have the latest version of Flash installed!
cu3b4ll wrote:
Might be worth running a disk scan against your hard drive. Open Windows Explorer (or the Windows key and E), right click on the hard drive (usually C) and selct properties/tools and then click "Check Now" on the error checking section. Make sure you tick the options boxes. It usually needs wait until you reboot. If you have a large hard drive it may take some time, but it can often fix problems with slowdowns.
Might be worth running a disk scan against your hard drive. Open Windows Explorer (or the Windows key and E), right click on the hard drive (usually C) and selct properties/tools and then click "Check Now" on the error checking section. Make sure you tick the options boxes. It usually needs wait until you reboot. If you have a large hard drive it may take some time, but it can often fix problems with slowdowns.
Thanks, I'll give that a try.
H.x
H-x wrote:
Yep
Yep
and Yep
plus I compress all the files in my C drive to give me some breathing space (30gig was down to 1.2 free, now has 17 free) the vaio has two drives, I've moved all documents to the D drive which is a lot bigger and is 70% empty. I have quite a few large programs which are on the C drive and it wont let me move them. (Photoshop, Quark, Dreamweaver, Reason, Fruitloops plus umpteen (love that word) others)
H.x
Yep
Yep
and Yep
plus I compress all the files in my C drive to give me some breathing space (30gig was down to 1.2 free, now has 17 free) the vaio has two drives, I've moved all documents to the D drive which is a lot bigger and is 70% empty. I have quite a few large programs which are on the C drive and it wont let me move them. (Photoshop, Quark, Dreamweaver, Reason, Fruitloops plus umpteen (love that word) others)
H.x
Hi....
Sounds like you have already had some good advice from this thread.....glad people are takin an interest.....you have done lots of the obvious ie.defrag.scandisk.cleanup etc.....I was always under the impression that compressin files was a bit of a stopgap that never really works cos the process itself (compress and decompress) tends to slow down the pc considerably.....a good rule of thumb is to never fill a c:drive over the 75% mark.....a good idea if you have 2 partitions is to store created files photos web pages etc on another drive.....programs will install by default on to your c:drive but could also be installed on another partition/drive.....you can't move a program that has been installed so best just reinstall on another partition/drive.....runnin as few programs as possible simultaneously is best as well obviously.....if all this fails to help.....then try runnin "window washer" a very useful prog on a pc with a small hard drive.....or bite the bullet and use the dreaded restore discs.....nothin speeds a pc up more than restoring it.....maybe get an external drive as well these have come down in price and could be added to your home network.....good luck
Cheers Gary xxx
anais wrote:
Sexybabe44 wrote:
Ok Gary got one for you............every now and again my pc just switches itself off lol any ideas ?
Mine does that as well.... Ok Gary got one for you............every now and again my pc just switches itself off lol any ideas ?
Hi both
....
Ok this can be caused by over heatin....which can be caused by the heatsink on the cpu bein full of dust....a screwdriver and a can of spray air are needed to cure this....always shut pc down before takin side off....switch off power at the wall but leave plugged in (helps to earth chassis)....DO not touch anything inside but carefully spray heatsink fins to clean them out....this is the easiest cause of shutdowns to cure....other reasons can be faulty memory sticks and voltage spikes from your home mains supply....fridges can cause this
....Another reason for random shut downs can be a on-its-way-out power supply.....these are fitted inside the tower and can be replaced when total failure occurs for 20-30 quid ....
Cheers Gary xxx
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gary-danne wrote:
Hi both....
Ok this can be caused by over heatin....which can be caused by the heatsink on the cpu bein full of dust....a screwdriver and a can of spray air are needed to cure this....always shut pc down before takin side off....switch off power at the wall but leave plugged in (helps to earth chassis)....DO not touch anything inside but carefully spray heatsink fins to clean them out....this is the easiest cause of shutdowns to cure....other reasons can be faulty memory sticks and voltage spikes from your home mains supply....fridges can cause this....am off to bed now but will carry on with this answer later xx
Cheers Gary xxx
anais wrote:
Sexybabe44 wrote:
Ok Gary got one for you............every now and again my pc just switches itself off lol any ideas ?
Mine does that as well.... Ok Gary got one for you............every now and again my pc just switches itself off lol any ideas ?
Hi both
....
Ok this can be caused by over heatin....which can be caused by the heatsink on the cpu bein full of dust....a screwdriver and a can of spray air are needed to cure this....always shut pc down before takin side off....switch off power at the wall but leave plugged in (helps to earth chassis)....DO not touch anything inside but carefully spray heatsink fins to clean them out....this is the easiest cause of shutdowns to cure....other reasons can be faulty memory sticks and voltage spikes from your home mains supply....fridges can cause this
....am off to bed now but will carry on with this answer later xx
Cheers Gary xxx
Thats exactly what ours was doing- and cleaning it out solved the problem. Get to it asap though as if it carries on it could cause damage
Whipsnspurs wrote:
can anyone tell me why all of a sudden a photo will have coloured pixelation all over it then they can just go? they always start at the bottom of the photo and stop showing some of the photo at the top. it's done it quite a few times now.
it has done it to a photo that i have on my own site. i had sent said photo to dawnie and it was fine. went to send it to someone else and it has the pixilation. i had thought that as it's not part of the original photo that it wouldn't show if i put it in the pm but it does.
whips
can anyone tell me why all of a sudden a photo will have coloured pixelation all over it then they can just go? they always start at the bottom of the photo and stop showing some of the photo at the top. it's done it quite a few times now.
it has done it to a photo that i have on my own site. i had sent said photo to dawnie and it was fine. went to send it to someone else and it has the pixilation. i had thought that as it's not part of the original photo that it wouldn't show if i put it in the pm but it does.
whips
Hi
...
It sounds like the problem could be an internet one....sometimes file transfer can cause this due to pic not bein sent correctly and random data bein lost....try emailin pics in future and on your site just keep updatin the pic....also the size of the pic counts if it has been altered apparently (just read that on the interweb).....if you are usin dreamweaver for your site for example then make sure the photo in the parent directory (the site stored on your pc) is ok....hope this helps....not really my field....
Maybe someone else could chip in here
Cheers Gary xxx
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Having a prob with dropping connection every time the phone rings ,have put all new filters on and have it going from the phone line to PC any ideas please
