Nerd/Boffin Technical corner. Page 39

I used to do IT support for a living & sorting out dead computers was a very frequent occurrence.

I built my own PC for the first time last year and aside from it being a confusing nightmare in terms of research - CPUs, Graphics Cards, Motherboards, RAM, etc. - the physical build was extremely easy.

I've managed to fix a few problems just by opening up the case, re-seating the various components and 'switching it on and off again'. Don't be afraid people, if I can master it, so can you!

R.C is the cover girl for Which? Magazine.

Quote: billwill @ January 26 2012, 11:33 PM GMT

The most likely culprit is either a driver of a new piece of equipment or an update to a driver of an existing piece of equipment. Use the Restore facility (start from the Windows HELP if you don't know where Restore is) to go back a few days & see if the problem disappears, if so install any driver updates one by one in the hope of finding which one is a problem.

Or it might be hardware; (etc)

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Thanks, Bill; I did do system restore, which didn't help. I've been trying to fix the registry, since that's how I interpreted my error message, but I can remember the amount of fluff in a previous PC, so I'll try that anyway!
Anyway, I've downloaded Ccleaner now, and so far (fingers crossed!) no crashing...

However, now I can't get AVG to work. I was going to uninstall it and reinstall it, but I was worried when it got stuck on the uninstall and so I got bored/chickened out and just updated it; which didn't help. Also I'm concerned about what might happen to the contents of the virus vault.

I'm bored of Blu-Ray. When do we go holographic?

Which is the best free photo editing software for download?

http://www.gimp.org/

Quote: Lee @ January 28 2012, 2:05 PM GMT

http://www.gimp.org/

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Wrong thread, Lee. The argument about jokes about the disabled is taking place in "I read the news today oh boy!"

>_<

Thank you.

If you're on windows Paint.net is very good

http://paint.net/

Query

If I was to watch hours and hours of BBC I-player all the time on my laptop - would BT chew off my bollocks?

Depends what your fair usage policy is. If you have one and you go over, you might experience slower speeds but I don't think theyll charge you.

Ah

No idea what my fair usage thingy us...

I might be completely wrong but I think unless you have a specific contract that limits your activity then it shouldn't matter? Because with iPlayer you're not downloading so it's not different to being on any website as long as your signal strength is constant. But if you have a certain amount of usage in your contract (I don't know how that could be worked out) then it might matter- but that would be more like using dial-up than broadband? I'm using lots of question marks because I don't really know what I'm talking about?