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General Discussion Area / Re: warning...not a omega or anything close
« on: 12 August 2009, 17:10:23 »
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General Discussion Area / Re: Operating Systems
« on: 18 August 2009, 17:28:07 »Quote
hmm points taken.
will take more care in future
but he did uncorrupt my bios and sorted a non working pc into a working one. Couldn't work without it! was only glad we didn't have to restore the data drive from backups. 1.4TB takes ages to copy!!!
that would've taken a bit of time alright
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General Discussion Area / Re: Operating Systems
« on: 17 August 2009, 10:33:37 »
we did has i got bored of lookin 
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General Discussion Area / Re: Operating Systems
« on: 14 August 2009, 09:18:28 »Quote
I use debian.[/color]
Download a net install image http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ & burn it to a cd. Boot the offending PC with the cd & follow the instructions. You might need to do some reading
Personally I started with dos, then windows 1, 2, 3, 98 & XP. With every iteration from Microsoft I have come across situations where the system does mysterious things but you can't fix it because the code is secret. With Debian there is always a solution (but you may need to get your hands dirty to fix it).
Ubuntu & Knoppix are based on Debian. Knoppix is good if you want to boot from a cd without making any changes to an existing pc. You can use a Knoppix cd to boot an unbootable windows pc to investigate & fix the problem. http://www.knoppix.org/
i tried using it but couldn't work out how to start downloading it has it just showed me files on more files :-/
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General Discussion Area / Re: Operating Systems
« on: 14 August 2009, 09:13:17 »Quote
I use debian.
Download a net install image http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ & burn it to a cd. Boot the offending PC with the cd & follow the instructions. You might need to do some reading
Personally I started with dos, then windows 1, 2, 3, 98 & XP. With every iteration from Microsoft I have come across situations where the system does mysterious things but you can't fix it because the code is secret. With Debian there is always a solution (but you may need to get your hands dirty to fix it).
Ubuntu & Knoppix are based on Debian. Knoppix is good if you want to boot from a cd without making any changes to an existing pc. You can use a Knoppix cd to boot an unbootable windows pc to investigate & fix the problem. http://www.knoppix.org/
but i can't read :-/
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General Discussion Area / Re: Operating Systems
« on: 13 August 2009, 10:46:14 »
ta lads!
yea was goin to use open office
yea was goin to use open office
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General Discussion Area / Re: Operating Systems
« on: 13 August 2009, 09:06:00 »
is it hard to download has i need an operating system for a computer that will be playing powerpoint at our shop front dont fancy spending £95 on windowns just to operate powerpoint
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General Discussion Area / Operating Systems
« on: 12 August 2009, 17:19:57 »
anyone here use a linux based operating system? or any of the free operating systems out there?
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General Discussion Area / Re: Windows Sockets
« on: 14 August 2009, 09:10:21 »
it worked perfect, fixed all the problems am updated the pc to sp3 while offline, result
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General Discussion Area / Re: Windows Sockets
« on: 13 August 2009, 16:01:31 »Quote
QuoteOn the front of my house is a plaque with the house number on. It also has a picture of a cat because the previous owner was a cat-lover. Out of the mouth of the cat hangs a (Logitech) mouse because a friend of mine is a nutter.QuoteQuoteEverything you wanted to know (actually, you didn't - believe me!):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsock
Kevin
man that was boring
I think everything to do with computers is!!!
I think some things to do with computers are interesting.
PS. My house also has windows but they are very reliable!
if only computers could be doubled glazed
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General Discussion Area / Re: Windows Sockets
« on: 13 August 2009, 15:20:50 »Quote
Everything you wanted to know (actually, you didn't - believe me!):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsock
Kevin
man that was boring
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General Discussion Area / Re: Windows Sockets
« on: 13 August 2009, 15:16:44 »Quote
Windows Sockets, better known and WinSock, is a transportation protocol for stuff like the tinternet and local intranet etc..
thats the one alright,
downloaded something called winsockxpfix any one use it before? :-?
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General Discussion Area / Windows Sockets
« on: 13 August 2009, 13:57:37 »
Any one know what this is? If so how do you fix it?
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General Discussion Area / Re: Burnt Omega
« on: 12 August 2009, 17:34:03 »
Ta i'll take pics after work
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General Discussion Area / Burnt Omega
« on: 12 August 2009, 17:25:00 »
Any one from fermanagh see the burnt out omega at the top of chanterhill? she was my old one and was only a few doors down from me :-/ will post up pics soon if i can figure out how to.