My BLOODY laptop.....

[Adz]

Well i thought it was me being thick which is what it normally is

But

Its this stupid laptop

It wont download or open certain files

It opens links but goes straight to home pages

Its only a Tescos cheapy from last Crimbo ( 2009 ) & i know Vista is $hit

Should i bin it or can i have it wiped by somebody in the know how & get Office put on it



All sensible replys / advice or offer of Re-Software welcomed

[briggie]

Originally Posted by Adz

Well i thought it was me being thick which is what it normally is

But

Its this stupid laptop

It wont download or open certain files

It opens links but goes straight to home pages

Its only a Tescos cheapy from last Crimbo ( 2009 ) & i know Vista is $hit

Should i bin it or can i have it wiped by somebody in the know how & get Office put on it



All sensible replys / advice or offer of Re-Software welcomed

get clivvy to fix it remotely ..... hes a superstar

[zippy656]

Originally Posted by briggie

get clivvy to fix it remotely ..... hes a superstar

can he do my fridge like that too please?!

[R1cho]

u should be able to put office on it no probs

[Adz]

Well anybody in the know is more than welcome to play

The shells ok Its whats inside BLOODY VISTA


The wireless having said that randomly throws me off sometimes

[briggie]

Originally Posted by Adz

Well anybody in the know is more than welcome to play

The shells ok Its whats inside BLOODY VISTA


The wireless having said that randomly throws me off sometimes

clivvy sorted mine .... been sooper ever since .....even my wireless printer works now !!!

[zippy656]

ah wirless printer... i know how thats what i need to work

[Peasgood]

I've got Vista on my pc and had no problems with it in the last couple of years. I quite like it, but then never really had problems with 98 or XP.
Seems to me that everyone slates the latest OS just because everyone else is.
Your problem sounds more related to the browser than the OS. (not that I know much about such things)
Or maybe you have parental controls on.

[Adz]

Originally Posted by Peasgood

I've got Vista on my pc and had no problems with it in the last couple of years. I quite like it, but then never really had problems with 98 or XP.
Seems to me that everyone slates the latest OS just because everyone else is.
Your problem sounds more related to the browser than the OS. (not that I know much about such things)
Or maybe you have parental controls on.

All the controls are off, its Vista i'm sure

98 or XP is what i need i think

[briggie]

Originally Posted by Peasgood

I've got Vista on my pc and had no problems with it in the last couple of years. I quite like it, but then never really had problems with 98 or XP.
Seems to me that everyone slates the latest OS just because everyone else is.
Your problem sounds more related to the browser than the OS. (not that I know much about such things)
Or maybe you have parental controls on.

i also have vista , and no problems either

[briggie]

the only trouble i ever have is with my 3 dongle , but after clive sorted some settings out , that hardly happens

[felixthelogchopper]

Originally Posted by briggie

the only trouble i ever have is with my 3 dongle , but after clive sorted some settings out , that hardly happens

Must be your age

[Adz]

Originally Posted by felixthelogchopper

Must be your age

I didnt wanna say it

[rustic]

I would be lost without the Home PC, last year when It had a virus, it was off line for 10 days, I bought a net book (with windows 7) and I can do most web surfing with that, so at least I am still on line if one goes down.
I can use it at BT hotspots as well, but I wouldn't send credit card or bank details on it.

I use the main one for photos, typing, file handling, printing and I have a couple of 8Gb USB memory sticks.. Just the job. Oh and a seperate hard drive for back-up.

However on the netbook with windows 7, internet explores usually crashes most nights..
I may use another system. Firefox possibly?

Pc's are great WHEN they work, but a pain when something happens that shouldn't.
Doesn't sound that bad to me, but I took mine to PC World and they sorted it for £20-£30 I think.
It wouldn't let me get on line, so no one remote could help on this one.

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by Adz

Well i thought it was me being thick which is what it normally is

But

Its this stupid laptop

It wont download or open certain files

It opens links but goes straight to home pages

Its only a Tescos cheapy from last Crimbo ( 2009 ) & i know Vista is $hit

Should i bin it or can i have it wiped by somebody in the know how & get Office put on it



All sensible replys / advice or offer of Re-Software welcomed

Are they pages youve selected or just random ones.....if the latter then you definitely have a trojan thats hijacked the system and you need to run a complete virus/spyware check - it may even require a complete software rebuild depending on how nasty a trojan it is.

Not sure how wiping the operating system and installing a word processing package is gonna fix owt though?!

Nothing wrong with Vista but it is very resource hungry.....to downgrade to XP you need to get someone to do a complete operating system install. But for £50 or less you can upgrade to Windows 7.....MUCH less resource hungry and runs faster.