How come before today I'd never heard of Hans Theessink? I've been like a twelve year old kid with his music playing without a break since about midday. Yet to hear a song I don't instantly like. Right up my street. Vin
Clone HDD sounds easy if you say it quick, so you think I can do that, only to find it's one of those things that you follow to the letter, get an error which means absolutely nothing and is not mentioned anywhere. This is when I email my big brother to stop myself throwing it out the window, having wasted too much of my life swearing at it
A friend recently sent me this which I didn't understand but you geeks may well do: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A woman wrote to tech support, and their reply is a stroke of genius... This young woman is no different from the rest of us, both family happiness and heartbreak are familiar to her. She is simply looking for an answer to her questions. How do you maintain a relationship? How do you bring back the excitement of the first date? She wrote a letter to the tech support to find her answers. She sent the letter as a joke and only remembered about it when she suddenly received an email notification with a response. Dear Tech Support,’Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as: Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as: NBA 5.0, NFL 3.0 and Golf Clubs 4.1. Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and House cleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do? Signed, Desperate Dear Desperate,"First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an Operating System. Please enter command: I thought you loved me.html and try to download Tears 6.2 and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewellery 2.0 and Flowers 3.5. However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1. Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Farting and Snoring Loudly Beta. Whatever you do, DO NOT, under any circumstances, install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.) In addition, please, do not attempt to re-install the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0. In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend: Cooking 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7. Good Luck!” Tech Support
I have long since given up attempting any repairs. The instruction usually tell you to do 3 steps, but forgets to tell you about the other six steps which no one tells you about because ''everyone knows that'' (providing they have studied the subject to degree level). And if you ask anyone who does know....they use a meaningless collection of letters which ''everyone knows about'' (providing they have studied the subject to degree level). It is best to decide what you need the computer for, then do nothing else, no matter how much everyone else thinks you should do. And with any luck, you will only need a new computer every couple of years.
If Helen buys a new unit, say like a Humax, she potentially loses all the stuff on her previous HDD. If she buys a new HDD for the Sagemcom she doesn't have to clone it, but the replacement HDD will be a damn sight cheaper than the Humax. Besides which, with a little research, she may find that she could put a much bigger HDD on the Sagemcom. I'm not suggesting these things are foolproof, but one certainly doesn't have to immediately think Buy New when something fails. Kit is often surprisingly easy to repair. Which, incidentally is why ebay is awash with faulty Smartphones and TVs, and Youtube is rammed with techy How To... videos. People are buying, repairing, and either using, or reselling at a profit. I've never repaired a Smartphone but it looks as though I may be getting a chance in the next few days, depending on whether a friend wants me to have a go or not. Looks fiddly, but I have the tiny tools for it.
I see Leonardo De Caprio got best Best Actor at the Baftas. Was Tom Hardy nominated in the same category?
This is why I call my brother (hoping he will do it for me and not just give me instructions). He has been in computers all his working life. He loves taking things apart and trying to mend them. Started off in hardware and moved to software so if he can't sort it out it's time to buy a new one. Then he can help me set up the new one!
I have the week off also as new software and new robots have to be installed at work Then work for one more week and then a holoibob
I'm supposed to be off all week, but have to go to the office for a meeting Thursday. It's going to cost me big that!!!!
You mean when I saw on the Sunday papers it was Valentine's Day, so went back home after paper round and said, "Happy Valentine's Day" to the wife? Er no, zero brownie points.
I only get a card and flowers for the wife, earnt brownie points so we sat in the pub all day yesterday and watched all three games
See. The 12 year old option is not always the best. The 44 year old would have gone home via Waitrose or M&S. You just didn't consider the consequences, did you? Or was a day out in the kennel on your list of "To Do"?
