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Dad asked me to repair brother's computer, "It doesn't work."
Posted on 10/3/14 at 7:59 pm
Posted on 10/3/14 at 7:59 pm
I turn the fricker on this afternoon. Here's why it doesn't work:
I also found it funny that of the 7 desktop icons I could actually see, 5 of them are malware/crapware.
It's almost irresponsible of me to suggest a new computer, because of what it would become.
That's all. Carry on.
I also found it funny that of the 7 desktop icons I could actually see, 5 of them are malware/crapware.
It's almost irresponsible of me to suggest a new computer, because of what it would become.
That's all. Carry on.
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Posted on 10/3/14 at 8:01 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Your brother has a strong load.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 8:05 pm to ellunchboxo
Posted on 10/3/14 at 8:19 pm to ILikeLSUToo
how did that computer get Ebola?
Posted on 10/3/14 at 8:35 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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malware/crapware
Why is it that people with PC's feel the need to download that shite, but I have never had a problem with any of that since I bought a Mac?
I guess I know nothing about computers since I no longer have to defrag my hard drive and clear my cache every day...
Posted on 10/3/14 at 8:41 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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I also found it funny that of the 7 desktop icons I could actually see, 5 of them are malware/crapware.
That got my attention too.
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It's almost irresponsible of me to suggest a new computer, because of what it would become.
No kidding.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 8:42 pm to Bmath
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I guess I know nothing about computers since I no longer have to defrag my hard drive and clear my cache every day...
I run Windows 7 and don't do either. Works like a charm.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 8:47 pm to ILikeLSUToo
How are you related to him? That doesn't even make sense.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 9:08 pm to Mr Gardoki
Seriously, which one of you was adopted?
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:10 pm to Bmath
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Why is it that people with PC's feel the need to download that shite, but I have never had a problem with any of that since I bought a Mac?
I guess I know nothing about computers since I no longer have to defrag my hard drive and clear my cache every day...
Your trolling is bad, and you should feel bad.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:14 pm to Mr Gardoki
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How are you related to him? That doesn't even make sense.
I only have half brothers, so maybe that explains it. But really, I just think my brothers are all just a tad too old to have been able to immerse themselves into technology at an early age. I'm the youngest of 5 boys. The second youngest is also fairly tech-oriented and owns a surveillance company.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:26 pm to Pilot Tiger
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how did that computer get Ebola?
Good call
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:57 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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Your trolling is bad
These were actual comments I had in another thread.
Posted on 10/4/14 at 3:00 am to ILikeLSUToo
Posted on 10/4/14 at 10:44 am to Bmath
quote:
Why is it that people with PC's feel the need to download that shite, but I have never had a problem with any of that since I bought a Mac?
I guess I know nothing about computers since I no longer have to defrag my hard drive and clear my cache every day...
Posted on 10/4/14 at 10:46 am to ILikeLSUToo
quote:It's different in each family. I'm the oldest of four and my younger sibling's capabilities in just about any tech, if registered in geologic terms, would be conidered Pre-Cambrian.
I only have half brothers, so maybe that explains it. But really, I just think my brothers are all just a tad too old to have been able to immerse themselves into technology at an early age. I'm the youngest of 5 boys. The second youngest is also fairly tech-oriented and owns a surveillance company.
I wanted to set up the family to have family meetings over video, so my mom and dad can see everyone, and you would have thought I was suggesting they put in a television production studio. I suggested Google Hangouts and the pushback at "having to learn how to operate a new program" was just too much for them.
Posted on 10/4/14 at 12:48 pm to ILikeLSUToo
WTF is that?
Would it boot in safe mode?
I would actually have fun seeing if I could get all of that crap off.
Might as well just reformat unless he has something he needs.
As you said, no sense getting a new computer because he will click on any blinking add that tells him he needs to scan his PC.
Would it boot in safe mode?
I would actually have fun seeing if I could get all of that crap off.
Might as well just reformat unless he has something he needs.
As you said, no sense getting a new computer because he will click on any blinking add that tells him he needs to scan his PC.
Posted on 10/4/14 at 1:39 pm to TigerMyth36
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Would it boot in safe mode?
Maybe, but I'd have to find a VGA cable to connect to a spare monitor to navigate around since the panel is destroyed.
I looked at some of the internals today, and I'm guessing this laptop is about 10-11 years old. 512MB DDR 333MHz, IDE hard drive, legacy serial and parallel ports, single core Celeron M... My dad I could try to sell the parts, but this shite is so worthless that I've practically lost money just by taking a few minutes to look inside of the laptop. The memory is expandable to a gig, but what's the point? I'm guessing that my brother was so desperate to make this thing go faster that he googled "speed up my PC" and just downloaded everything.
I'll probably recommend that my dad get a 256gb SSD and a $299 cheapo notebook from best buy, and then I'll lock UAC down as much as possible.
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I would actually have fun seeing if I could get all of that crap off.
There's no way I'd have the patience to perform any scans or uninstallations on that hard drive.
This post was edited on 10/4/14 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 10/4/14 at 3:43 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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There's no way I'd have the patience to perform any scans or uninstallations on that hard drive.
Well, since the system is so old there wouldn't be a point to it.
I don't need much patience. I just set it up near my tri-monitor setup and just look over every couple of hours to see if it is done.
One thing I love about SSDs is that virus and malware scans are so damn fast now.
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