Clean Up or Buy New PC? - Page 6

Juniper · 12-11-2008, 10:15 AM

The Oxford English Dictionary says yes, actually.

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topmost, a.

Uppermost, highest. Also absol., highest part.

1697 DRYDEN Æneid VII. 99 A swarm of bees..Upon the topmost branch in clouds alight. 1768 TUCKER Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 668 An ambition of..gaining the topmost summit of it. 1807 CRABBE Par. Reg. I. 442 Susan..had some pride Among our topmost people to preside. 1827-35 WILLIS Scholar of Thebet Ben Khorat 228 Wisdom sits alone, Topmost in heaven. 1875 MORRIS Æn. XII. 493 The eager-driven spear Smote on his helm, and shore away the topmost of his crest. 1899 E. J. CHAPMAN Drama of Two Lives 17 The topmost peaks were still aflame With the red sunset's dying glow.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-11-2008, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by tw

snip~ I periodically fix other's computers for peanuts or nothing. Why? Many times to simply learn that what I knew still applies to current technology. That is the only reason I fix their machines. ~snip

I believe you.

lookout123 · 12-11-2008, 10:51 AM

I think he does it to steal their pron.

Pie · 12-11-2008, 03:11 PM

Way to go, Juni! Want to come over and help me diagnose the very nice / POS vista machine I inherited this summer?

tw · 12-12-2008, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Pie

the very nice / POS vista machine

... often called a cash register?

Juniper · 12-12-2008, 06:43 AM

Um...that's piece of shit, not point of sale.

At least I think so...right? :shrug:

Pie · 12-12-2008, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Juniper

Um...that's piece of shit, not point of sale.

Yep. I was trying (somewhat incoherently) to say that the machine itself is pretty nice, but it's running vista, so it blue-screens every 15 minutes or so. I have a lead that it's a driver problem, but I haven't had the time/energy/inclination to chase it down. I just curse it, mutter darkly about Ballmer, and go back to my XP/Ubuntu box.

tw · 12-12-2008, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

... , so it blue-screens every 15 minutes or so. I have a lead that it's a driver problem, but I haven't had the time/energy/inclination to chase it down.

Those numbers and statements on the BSOD suggest where the problem is. Some just don't understand them; therefore assume the numbers and words mean nothing. BSOD screen is a useful indication of where a solution lies.

Pie · 12-12-2008, 01:44 PM

Hey tw, do me a favor and go sod off. I know that. I just haven't bothered.

Spare me your sanctimonious lecture.

Juniper · 12-12-2008, 02:07 PM

Hey Pie, did you know you can Alt-Tab and get to another window?
Did you know that Ctrl-C copies highlighted text?
Did you know that you can hit Ctrl-Print Screen and do a screen capture?

Just offering some pointers. You know, to help out.

Shawnee123 · 12-12-2008, 02:09 PM

Did you know the human head weighs eight pounds?

lol

lumberjim · 12-12-2008, 02:23 PM

pah....on average, maybe. I'm good for a cool dozen, easy

Pie · 12-12-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Juniper

Just offering some pointers. You know, to help out.

:giggle:

fargon · 12-12-2008, 03:55 PM

We just did a system restore, it only cost me all my pictures and music. And now my machine screams. It is a Compaq Presario I bought at Wal-Mart back in '05, it has Windows XP Home as an O/S and works better than any of the new machines I have seen latly. Vista SUX and needs to be replaced. My next machine will be a Mac.

Flint · 12-12-2008, 04:00 PM

Don't go that route! Eschew Vista, sure, but go Linux.

12-11-2008, 10:51 AM	#78
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I think he does it to steal their pron. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

12-11-2008, 03:11 PM	#79
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Way to go, Juni! Want to come over and help me diagnose the very nice / POS vista machine I inherited this summer? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

12-12-2008, 01:44 PM	#84
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Hey tw, do me a favor and go sod off. I know that. I just haven't bothered. Spare me your sanctimonious lecture. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

12-12-2008, 02:09 PM	#86
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Did you know the human head weighs eight pounds? lol __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-12-2008, 02:23 PM	#87
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	pah....on average, maybe. I'm good for a cool dozen, easy __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-12-2008, 06:43 AM	#81
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Um...that's piece of shit, not point of sale. At least I think so...right? :shrug:

12-12-2008, 02:07 PM	#85
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Hey Pie, did you know you can Alt-Tab and get to another window? Did you know that Ctrl-C copies highlighted text? Did you know that you can hit Ctrl-Print Screen and do a screen capture? Just offering some pointers. You know, to help out.

12-12-2008, 03:55 PM	#89
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	We just did a system restore, it only cost me all my pictures and music. And now my machine screams. It is a Compaq Presario I bought at Wal-Mart back in '05, it has Windows XP Home as an O/S and works better than any of the new machines I have seen latly. Vista SUX and needs to be replaced. My next machine will be a Mac. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

12-12-2008, 04:00 PM	#90
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Don't go that route! Eschew Vista, sure, but go Linux. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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