martymas

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  1. hi all so far so good my compt has been turned on for 36 hrs and all seems to be ok since i switched the slots petes post is quite interesting as the ram connections have a gold metal base and maybe the build up is the cause of it not working properly how ever it is going now so thanks all for your help marty
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    Bananas

    you mention potassium levels i have to watch my potassium intake as because im a diabetic my kidneys cannot process potassium quick enough so i have to limt my bananna intake marty
  3. my good ness that is huge sounds like a prehostoric animal makes my two drives 30. and 10 caparable to a mouse and and elephant marty
  4. hi go to start- control panel-sound and audio devices and see if your volume box has a check mark if it has uncheck it then recheck it and see if you get an error message or if it is greyed out post back as your volume control needs reinstalling then post back marty
  5. ha ha drastic but it keeps harmony in the home liz tell your husband to take a turn to wearing the pants ha ha marty
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    Bikers

    while were on the subject of accidents isnt this what happened to drew from drews world it wasent his fault and look were he is today the sooner we go for public transport in the citys and outer transport lanes the better as you know the roads are filled with traffic all day long and you only have to lose concentration for a split second and your most likely dead poor drew not his fault but he got the s-----y end of the stick marty
  7. thanks it may be that slot as since i changed the slot it has been going for twenty four hrs non stop with out a hitch tho last night i turned it off to see if it would start this morning and it didnt i got a black screen ha ha ha i hadent switched the monitor on how ever it is going at the moment yes i have had bad ram in the past but ive used this stick for over twoyears do you think it is deteriorating marty
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    Foxclocks

    hi barb you are a darth vader stealing the time clocks i musy try one from my area take care darth vader marty
  9. ok i i have had this trouble with my compt stopping fpr ni reason well ive tried all ive learned from you guys and this morning in despweration i shifted my ram stick from one slot to another and it has been going all day ive let it run all day and so far so good can any one tell me whya shift to another slot make it work and another wont thanks marty
  10. hey that is a good tip to know normally i was told to insert the xp cd go to the instaltion page press repair at the prompt type your drive number mine is 1 then your adminstrative p-word then type fixmbr and verify it at the bottom of the page is that the same fix ive just coppied and pasted that tip into my note pad thanks marty at the prompt
  11. hi lefty1953 well you may well be right it is a cd ive just has given to me and it is the first time ive had it in the compt since ive reinstalled in the past game cd's havent affected my sys but you can never tell thanks for the suggestion marty
  12. can the bios detect your hdd you need to have it detected there before you can use it in my bios i can scan for detection if youve have installed ubutnu [linux] you may have to fix the mbr to boot back into windows try it then post back marty
  13. hi shanihan as you know i have been better testing for ad-aware now im sure that us the reason twice i reinstalled and started the better testing and my sys failed twice so im sure that was the cause of my compt crashing they warned us that it would happen and it would probly better to pull out in case of damage to my sys it was my first try so ime happy with that ive just finished installing so i thought ide better let the board know on the progress there are some new things comming and i like the looks of them im not at liberty to say how and what marty
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  15. thanks JS much appreciated owe you one marty
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    Bananas

    how many here eat bannanas well going by this post you will never have to go to your doc ever again i know they are good for you but not to this extent how ever fruit is good for you no matter which one so ime of the buy a ton of bananas marty BANANAS A professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression "going bananas" is from the effects of bananas on the brain. Read on: Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!! This is interesting. After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again. Bananas contain three
  17. hi team i need advice my sys crashed and it corrupted windows so i had to reinstall xp it was while i was playing a card game from a cd this blue screen appeared i thought it may have been heat as i use two hard drives and i havent added any more fans or one of the drives was buggered how ever i tested the drives with the maxtor tester and it said my drives were well and healthy since then ive taken out one drive and and installed windows on the other and so far it is working does any one think heat was the problem ive used this compt for years and it may be feeling my age any sugge
  18. yes i agree it isnt doing any harm but it is annoying when it pops up while ime working tho like you i will never use it as you say this board is quite fast in normal mode marty
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    Bikers

    i have a feeling those guys were stoned or drunk thw coener is notorious for fsat car or bike accidents there is a notice right on the corner but if they are going to fast it is to fast to see it today i understand the guy is in hospital a bit bruised but not critical that is different to what i was thinking at the time it scared that stuff you sit down to do marty
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    Het, Marty

    ha ha mark we are allowed to grow one for our own use any more and you are deemed a pusher yes i saw that on teletex but not alot of detail in my case they gave me alternate plants as ive never been a pot smoker nor a juice drinker poor old lady haha marty
  22. with sys restore i leave it at the maximum and when i clean my sys i delete the present restore accumelations then go in and set a restore point the danger of having it to low is some times you dont have a enough restore points to change the sys it happened to me once and like you i had it set to low so i learned my lesson but each to his own and what works for you may not work for others ---------------- do you delete or defrag the prefetch folder some times that saves space jsk had a tutorial on it what i do i defrag it because if you delete the folder you have to save the f
  23. hi all i actually know some one like this Oh to be on a helpdesk Actual call centre conversations !!!!! Customer: "I've been ringing 0800 2100 for two days and can't get through to enquiries, can you help?". Operator: "Where did you get that number from, sir?". Customer: "It was on the door to the Travel Centre". Operator: "Sir, they are our opening hours". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samsung Electronics Caller: "Can you give me the telephone number for Jack?" Operator: "I'm sor
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    Bikers

    hi team i witnessed my first moter bike accident this afternoon i was at a bottle store getting milk ans as i crossed the road a double lane highway two bikers were comming from amile away but u nearly didnt make it as they were going so fast the out side biker crashed and hit a pedestrian guard rail well there were bike bits arms and legs going every were now th point of my post at that moment i was hoping he would kill himself they were racing on a built up highway quite near a pub were lots of people cross the road all hours of the day i was so up set after i cooled down i tho
  25. go to your isp website and look for broadband options i have mine in my favourites and to access i have have to put in my pin number and a password marty