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  • System
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    You have a nice Birthday Gem?
  • System
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    Gem7321 wrote:
    Ask Rob he can probably explain better than me
    And Chris can explain better than me but I know the basics. Firefox is another web browser like Internet Explorer and Opera. IE7 has also adopted many of the Firefox features such as tabbed browsing; this is where instead of having multiple Internet Explorer windows open along the bottom, you only have one window open with multiple tabs along the top. I personally dislike it since I kept clicking the 'X' and closing them all down accidentally.

    Firefox is also supposed to be much more secure than IE but that may be down to its relative rarity in use rather than for any particular technical magic, I wouldn't know.

    If Mandy has the "blue screen of death" it could be hardware related rather than software, a memory, hard drive or motherboard problem. It's not unknown for people who experience problems with software installations to subtly kick the PC in temper and damage internal components!

    However, you could try uninstalling MSN or if it was loaded fairly recently, use System Restore to take it back to the time when it was all hunky dory. This does depend on how much space you've devoted to System Restore so this might not work.

  • System
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    DAW1986 wrote:
    You have a nice Birthday Gem?

    Yeah it was really nice :) nice meal with my dad and my brother, but me and my ex/bf fell out on saturday so ended up not doing anything with him :( and now my nan and grandad are down for a week :) I got 6 cards the same though :?
  • System
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    blobbyh wrote:
    I personally dislike it since I kept clicking the 'X' and closing them all down accidentally.
    Are you still doing that? Can't you train yourself not to?
    blobbyh wrote:
    If Mandy has the "blue screen of death" it could be hardware related rather than software, a memory, hard drive or motherboard problem.

    Mine was memory - 4 different engineers faffed around until one considered it might be that. Touch wood - no problems since.
  • System
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    Gem7321 wrote:
    DAW1986 wrote:
    You have a nice Birthday Gem?

    Yeah it was really nice :) nice meal with my dad and my brother, but me and my ex/bf fell out on saturday so ended up not doing anything with him :( and now my nan and grandad are down for a week :) I got 6 cards the same though :?

    I hate it when that happens, i got like 8 of the same on my 18th, after the second i didnt read them, i just took the money out, selfish i know but they should have been abit more unique :P
  • System
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    Maybe they all just thought that you'd like it. You can't really blame them for that!

    :?
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
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    It's the thought that counts!
  • System
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    blobbyh wrote:
    I personally dislike it since I kept clicking the 'X' and closing them all down accidentally
    Baggybooks wrote:
    Are you still doing that? Can't you train yourself not to?
    No, I disabled it in IE7. I prefer having multiple windows open but I suppose some would prefer tabbing too, it's just a metter of choice.
  • System
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    Damn double post... might as well make the most of it!

    I think the meter's run out on the website 'cos mine's going really slow at the moment!
  • System
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    blobbyh wrote:
    I think the meter's run out on the website 'cos mine's going really slow at the moment!

    Is it limping along again? Anyone have 50p?
  • System
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    Thanks for the tips, I think you are right, it could be the memory as the blue screen does mention "Memory Management" or something like that. I have two hard drives so one could be playing up.
  • System
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    I couldn't do without tabbed browsing now but then as Robert said it's a matter of choice. You could always turn off the tabbed browsing in Firefox

    IE7 is a distinct improvement over 6 but Firefox is still better in so many ways.
  • System
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    X5wrangler wrote:
    Thanks for the tips, I think you are right, it could be the memory as the blue screen does mention "Memory Management" or something like that. I have two hard drives so one could be playing up.

    I would first run a DSKCHK, an Windows in-built utlility. Will check for corrupt data on your HDD and if poss Fix them.

    Have you altered the Page File Size for graphics and system performance? if so revert it back to the default setting see if that helps.

    Download AVG Anti Spyware 7.5, install it, run it and choose full system scan including memory - if there's a problem with your memory it'll possibly show up in there.

    Once finished, uninstall AVG if necessary.

    When did it start showing on screen?... if you can rember, system restore to maybe a week before that point (but if it's hard ware, I can't see this making any difference).

    Have you opened the machine up and made sure all cards and expansions are slotted in tight and firmly?
  • System
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    J why aren't you my friend on myspace anymore? :cry:
  • System
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    Gem7321 wrote:
    J why aren't you my friend on myspace anymore? :cry:

    And why did you get that 5 mile exclusion zone round your house? I wasn't doing any harm, just sitting there.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
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    I cant get myspace anymore :(
    I had it once upon a time and then it deleted now i cant get past the log on page
    I use facebook now, anyone got that?
  • System
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    Gem7321 wrote:
    J why aren't you my friend on myspace anymore? :cry:

    I had a clear out of people who could potentially put me into Jail... and considering our episode with the "Pictures" I gathered it would be safest for me to remove all temptation :p

    I'll add you right back on again, and put you anywhere you want to be on my friends list :-) pick a number... any number (not one though) I don't want a divorce thanks.
  • System
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    Baggybooks wrote:
    Gem7321 wrote:
    J why aren't you my friend on myspace anymore? :cry:

    And why did you get that 5 mile exclusion zone round your house? I wasn't doing any harm, just sitting there.

    Hehe, Hi Helen.
  • System
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    Thanks J,
    you are great. I will try that tonight when I get home. If it doesn't work, I will try Roberts method and give it a hard boot :lol:
  • System
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    blobbyh wrote:
    It's not unknown for people who experience problems with software installations to subtly kick the PC in temper and damage internal components!
    X5wrangler wrote:
    If it doesn't work, I will try Roberts method and give it a hard boot

    Mandy, I was trying to say how the hardware might have become damaged - it wasn't a recommendation to fix the problem! :?
  • System
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    blobbyh wrote:
    blobbyh wrote:
    It's not unknown for people who experience problems with software installations to subtly kick the PC in temper and damage internal components!
    X5wrangler wrote:
    If it doesn't work, I will try Roberts method and give it a hard boot

    Mandy, I was trying to say how the hardware might have become damaged - it wasn't a recommendation to fix the problem! :?

    It sometimes works though Robert
  • System
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    I know it wasn't a recommendation Robert :lol: it does make you feel like doing it though!
  • System
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    Some friends bought a laptop 2 months ago and still haven't sent any emails.

    They've somehow triggered a password prompt and can't get past it.

    They took it to a workshop for beginners and they were stumped.

    :?
  • System
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    was it a second hand laptop?
  • System
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    No - brand new expensive Sanyo thingy.
  • System
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    Baggybooks wrote:
    No - brand new expensive Sanyo thingy.

    I wasn't aware that Sanyo made lappies - surely you mean Sony as in a Sony Vaio?

    If it was new, I can't see how it would have a password pre-installed unless they bought an ex-display unit from PC World or summat?

  • System
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    No - Sony. They did begin to use it and were trying to setup the internet connection.

    It took them a week to get to that stage - but to be honest, unless I looked at it, I wouldn't really know what they'd done.

    I did offer to help, but the 'bloke' said that he didn't need help...
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
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    Going off on a completely different tangent here... I've just been to Boots and bought my lunch. I bought the following:

    ' Three of the Best Sandwich - £2.49
    ' Chocolate Brownie - £1.19
    ' Innocent Smoothie - £1.79

    I paid £2.99 for all 3 as part of a Meal Deal. How can they justify charging that amount for the seperate items?
  • System
    System Posts: 100,537 πŸ€– Admin πŸ€–
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    Baggybooks wrote:
    No - Sony. They did begin to use it and were trying to setup the internet connection.

    It took them a week to get to that stage - but to be honest, unless I looked at it, I wouldn't really know what they'd done.

    I did offer to help, but the 'bloke' said that he didn't need help...

    You know what would be really funny? If the bloke who doesn't need any help accidentally set a "Boot" Password :-) lol
  • System
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    What's that?

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