Puter Problems

[GROWLER]

You need the IT hammer and safety boot kit, always werks for me.

Hard drives often respond to a swift crack with a screw-driver handle and come back to life, but that's another problem.

Disconnect PC from internet
Run disk cleanup software from accessories/system tools
Check installed programs for unwanted stuff
Run defrag from same place as cleanup

Only basic stuff but it may make a difference.
It's a start anyway.

I did a defrag a couple of days ago.

See you lot, I'm not a complete and utter thicko dicko on I.T. matters.

I'll try the other stuff as mentioned.

I keep coming across programme things you can purchase, claiming to 'speed up your sliuggish computer', but am very wary they may be a £30-40 rip off.
Any thoughts/recommendations oh wise one?

[tel]

Try -

http://www.tucows.com/preview/502676/Ashampoo-Magical-Optimizer

Otherwise, look for cover discs on PcPro or PCWorld.

[Barman]

Try -

http://www.tucows.com/preview/502676/Ashampoo-Magical-Optimizer

Otherwise, look for cover discs on PcPro or PCWorld.

Don't touch Ashampoo - you'll be plagued forever more with special offers... 

[tel]

Just ignore em, straight to bin I does.

[GROWLER]

Was'is mean then ey?
On me LFC footie site when I try to get on the latest news page.

Problem their end or mine?

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 26214400 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 19922944 bytes) in /home/robcharl/public_html/components/com_sh404sef/cache/shCacheContent.php on line 66076

Don't like that werd FATAL  , and who could that robcarl be I wonder?

[Nick]

Gubbed 

[Barman]

Was'is mean then ey?
On me LFC footie site when I try to get on the latest news page.

Problem their end or mine?

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 26214400 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 19922944 bytes) in /home/robcharl/public_html/components/com_sh404sef/cache/shCacheContent.php on line 66076

Don't like that werd FATAL  , and who could that robcarl be I wonder?

If you can access other sites (i.e. this one) it is likely to be their problem...

[GROWLER]

Gubbed 

Most helpful, as ever.

Should know better than to ask such questions and for advice when you're around, shouldn't I ey?  

[Nick]

Scallies.   Someone nicked the server  

[GROWLER]

Was'is mean then ey?
On me LFC footie site when I try to get on the latest news page.

Problem their end or mine?

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 26214400 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 19922944 bytes) in /home/robcharl/public_html/components/com_sh404sef/cache/shCacheContent.php on line 66076

Don't like that werd FATAL  , and who could that robcarl be I wonder?

If you can access other sites (i.e. this one) it is likely to be their problem...

Oh yes, indeedee, no problems apart from this junk heap being soo soo slow loading pages up all over the show.

[GROWLER]

Scallies.   Someone nicked the server  

  LMFCO!












Not. Pathetic.

[tel]

And how is the puter?

[GROWLER]

And how is the puter?

Sometimes it's ok, then it'll have a fit, jam on a page, then take 45 seconds to move again.
Sometimes it just doesn't load at all, and I have to keep left clicking.

I've done a 'disc clean up' and another defrag, but it's not made much difference in all honesty.

I may now try one of these other programme things you mentioned.
Aren't their any free ones available straight off the net?

This thing is over 7 years old now, and I'm wondering if it's just a bit tired p'raps?

[tel]

Probaly is tired and knackered. Could do wiv a rebuild.

I looked at a friends PC the other week and it was cheaper to buy a new one rather than go for any upgrades (the upgrades were very limited anyway cos of the age of the motherboard ie max 1Gb of RAM).

If it was me and I didn't need the all-singing hi-power games/work-station box I would go for a cheap PC (software is the expensive part).
I would even consider buying some of the stuff these people recycle (I have dealt with them before for power supply units) -

http://www.computer-reclaim.co.uk/

Cheap and cheerful, almost throwaway, but would do basic Internet and word-processing stuff etc.
And yes, I know that people might say it's a a gamble and that I would go for it cos of my background, but I had a friend who used to buy an old banger every year and bin it when the MOT ran out, similar sort of thing really. Did what was asked of it, no more, no less.

[Pastis]

Whilst I'm working on a different OS and kit I'd say that advice is sound and true. I'd got to the same point earlier in the year where the old kit could really not be upgraded anymore. Mind you I'd run it for more than 7 years so it'd done a good tour of duty!
What I realised this time was that I didn't need the top-of-the-range any more (for example I don't edit films or produce massive heavy weight presentations) and that domestic kit is (now) totally serviceable for modest business use.