MadMonkey: sounds like either it's a problem in the mother board or possibly the processor is screwed up and shot

They helped my brother to get me back on-line..1 problem tho...they told him that you don't have to run a DSL modem when you get back on (or something to that effect) I tried re-installing att/yahoo so I can have High Speed. When I got everything registered an such..all the files associated w/ it...I'll get a box saying please wait a couple of minutes before I re-start, it had that message for more than that...I played an entire music CD! LOL....when I get the boxes cleared, there would be 1 box saying system rebooted. Would that mean that the system is being re-booted to att/yahoo instead of MSN & how long would it take before the modem is actually put into the comp? Before, I always had to turn the modem on before I even start the comp.

MadMonkey: that exact thing happened to a friend of mine 2 months ago, he had it diagnosed and it was the HDD. He ended up buying a new laptop as this was the cheaper option

Anyone out there help please lol

As much as i know about building & repairing PC's i have a problem

A friend of mine gave me his laptop as he said it would not start up at all, so i had a look.

You switch it on, and it does its normal stuff, showing processor, memory and all that stuff, and will let me get into BIOS if i want, but this is where it stops.

It will let me boot in anything, Safe Mode, last known working config etc..... but when it does, it shows the windows logo for a bit as if it is loading, then very quickly shows you a blue Screen of Death as we call it, then starts re-booting, and does the same thing again no matter what i try

If i had time to read the blue screen it may help, but its only there for less than half a second.

Anyone bods out there have any thoughts

2 Firefox bits of news from last week:

Mozilla collapses under 14,000 downloads a minute

Company wraps with 8million downloads

paully: this may be easily checked out by trying other cd-roms... .

generally, many progs and drivers still do not work properly under vista - but your equipment should at least read your cd-roms.

I am having a lot of problems with software and I suspect it is to do with Vista.

For example, we have Scrapbook Deluxe that installs on our XP PC downstairs but on our new laptop running Vista, it wont even recognize the CD to even attempt an installation

Does this sound like a Vista problem or does it sound more like a CD Rom drive problem?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

coan.net:

they are seperate add-ons

awesome: I checked both out - are they both the same add-on?

Haven't tried it yet - but looks very cool.... if it works that fast. I may try it out when I get some free time.

rod03801:


the 2 greatest add-ons known to mankind:

http://www.piclens.com/demo/



http://www.cooliris.com/

Bernice: cheers got it!!!!

Well, the news on the World Record attempt is....................................................


...................................Over 8 million — way to go!

Hey kool Bernice.. I tried right click an copy then paste but paste was greyed out..

if one of you clever ppl here could please tell me how to copy and paste using the safari browser please


I have just copy and paste your Q....same as IE control C and then control V....worked just fine

if one of you clever ppl here could please tell me how to copy and paste using the safari browser please

coan.net: Monkey got 30 Add-ons

coan.net: I use firefox 3with a lot of addons and it flies on BK

coan.net: I just downloaded Safari. It is almost the same as Advant which I used on my laptop to play here. I like both. I am not really keen on FireFox and only used it because I simple cannot get on Brainking via Explorer. And I cannot read anything on the boards on my desktop on Advant . Advant works fine on the laptop though.

coan.net: I have at least 12 to 15 addons with FIrefox, and this site speeds along for me. Firefox rocks.

Snoopy: If you would like to do some expreiments, it would be cool to:

1. know what addon's you have in firefox.

2. Disable all addon's in firefox and try to use it for a little bit to see if there are speed differences.

... Not that I'm trying to get you away from using Safari - but would be cool if we could narrow down what addon's might cause issues.... in which that might help others who are also having issues.

coan.net: well i didnt have that many addons on firefox
2 i think it was but tonight using Safari ive managed to make more moves in 2 hours than i did for a week using Firefox

There was a conversation on the BrainKing.com board which I would love to talk about more - so I thought I would try to bring the topic here since hopefully it will be something that can help others.

I'm a firefox fan, and I do have speed issues occasionally with this site - but not "REALLY" bad for many months now.

Anyway, it seems that a few think that Safari is working a lot faster then Firefox, so even though I have not downloaded Safari yet (but probable will try it out), I'm wondering how many add-on's you have in Firefox?

Myself - I have adblock plus & forecastfox. (of course it is obvious the more stuff you add to it the slower the program will go, so I don't try tons of add-ons)

MadMonkey: i think it should be pointed out if im reading it correctly that download day dosnt actually start until Time is fixed on Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 10:00 San Francisco time which means in the UK ppl shouldnt download it till after 6pm tonight

Baked Alaskan:

you dont have to take it out of the tower - just disconnect the cable once.

and you may enter the BIOS to auto-detect the hard drive again and then restart your operating system!

;-)

coan.net:

Any other suggestions for locating my slave drive before taking it out of the tower?  I really dont wanna do that  LOL   Might get me in trouble 

O.K. Firefox 3.0 official release is June 17, 2008

So far 1.2 million people have pledged to download it on that day, setting a new software download record

You can get Firefox 3.0 RC3 from HERE (RC3 may not be the final version)

I will post the final link as soon as i can track it down

Mozilla are to release a third candidate for Firefox 3.0

coan.net:

OK  I'ts not there on the list  :(   
I hate to think I need to take the HD out  :(  
Wasnt easy for me to get in  LOL


Dang!

coan.net:

Awesome, I will try that as soon as its done downloading current windows updates  :)


Thanx

Baked Alaskan: You could try right click on My Computer, and choose "Manage"

On the left side, under Storage, choose "Disk Management"

Then in bottom right, you should see all the drives connected to the PC - and should be able to right click on the un-mapped hard drive, and choose to assign a drive letter.

If it is not there - I guess the next thing I would do is manually disconnect the slave drive - boot up PC, then shut down - and then install the slave drive again to see if the PC will auto-find it.

I had to do a factory reinstall on my desktop and now I cant find my "slave" hard drive 
Anyone know how to locate that please?


Thanx

Eric

The pledges to download Firefox 3.0 on official download day has now passed the 1,000,000 mark.

One million pledges!

Adaptable Ali: Firefox website www.mozilla.com and either download the latest version or the update

Andersp: I have to say, i have never had any problems with firefox until today......

Badinage:  Where do i, or how do i find the download that will fix it?

Adaptable Ali: Thats why i dont like Firefox. It 'gives" you so many "surprises" you havent asked for / need. Happens many times that you get a message "Firefox is uploading blah blah blah and will start in a few minutes".
Not to mention problems like yours with a frozen screen :( No i prefer a reliable browser as Internet Explorer.
Those who like new "toys" can play with Firefox LOL

Adaptable Ali: I had a similar problem and found out that it was an incompatability with one of the Microsoft Updates, by simply downloaded the update for firefox it fixed itself

MadMonkey: and TigerCat, this time once you have your machine all nice and happy again, with all your own personal programs installed, internet settings etc i would suggest that buy a small portabale USB drive (20gb is sufficient) and use Norton GHOST to ghost an entire image of yur PC. That way if an error ever presents itself again you simply plug it in, select the GHOST option and bingo......in record time it will wipe your PC and GHOST it back to a nice working position....similar to the RESTORE in XP but much MUCH better

Actually, doing a complete reformating of your puter is preferred.. it is very simple to do for XP. You take the disk. Insert it in the puter. shut off puter.. and restart. it asks two questions similar to are you sure you want to? YES. It will delete everything on the HD.. Yes.

Definately make sure you back up the files you want on your puter that you need. Such as pictures and recipes and anything you created on your word programs. You can always redownload Spybot. And for free virus software AVG
Like any other virus software though, you can't have anyother virus software installed.

TigerCat: Right, here we go lol --- No safe mode needed as long as you can set the following:

1. make sure that anything you need saved is backed up to DVD or another means, if not a problem do not worry.
2. make sure your Boot sequence is set to go from DVD first
3. load your DVD Windows install disk into machine
4. reboot
5. first thing it should say is Hit Return to Boot from cd ??? (if i remember correctly)
6. then just follow instructions, as i said when it asks about formatting the drive, YES

I do not really want to go into partitioning etc... as hopefully once we have your PC up running it will be ok.
Just post here and one of us will tell you the Main things to install to have a safe PC

I am pretty sure thats all you will need to get up running, if not Gordon Shumway or someone else will say something

Then of course you will have to reinstall any of your own software you use (internet connections etc...)

MadMonkey: Thank You so much Mad! I haven't re-booted in such along time & was getting very much confused ( which isn't 1 of my strong points) LOL Can I be able to do this when I'm in safe mode?

TigerCat: If you have the original disk, just make sure your boot sequence boots from you DVD-ROM drive first

The first option you should get is Press Return to boot from DVD (or words to that effect) which of course you want to do. Then just follow the instructions. for setting up a new system.

Make sure you have the Product Key number though (25 digit code in 5 blocks of 5, numbers and letters) which will normally be on the install disk or the side of the machine, and like i said make sure you have anything you need to keep backed up first.

Its always best when problem get to much to start fresh

p.s. (edit) Do not worry about deleting anything, on install makes sure disk is formatted, which it will ask you, and all should be fine

MadMonkey: I have the disk for a complete re-install..just wondered if I have to delete everything in the task manager box or would I be able to do that when I'm in a "safe" mode? Compared to what I had to deal w/ earlier this is heaven at the moment! LOL

TigerCat: If you are having that amount of problems, i would advise a complete clean install of Windows
Of course you will need the Install disk that should (hopefully) of come with the computer, or a new one. Of course you will have to back up any important stuff either to DVD or use an on-line storage site ( ADrive will give you up to 50gb of space ).
This is a much better idea when having so many problems. System Restore is only OK if you know you have a good Restore Point.

wetware: I can get the Task Manager up....would I have to delete everything (if possible) to do a re-install?

For some reason when I click on start, the things that are missing are Control, help, search & something else. I still can't get into the security tho...

Whoo Hoo! Actually got something accomplished! LOL....I downloaded both SpyBot & Ad-aware. SpyBot did what others didn't...It actually worked! It got rid of alot of things.

wetware: Ah I see. I have never come across it greyed out that must be what TigerCat means.

Mousetrap: Yes...right-clicking on the "taskbar" should bring up a mini-menu having "Task Manager" as an item.
I think "Task Manager" should always appear there on that list, but it can be greyed out if Task Manager has been disabled by the Administrator...or by a virus.