The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => The Computer Room => Topic started by: Barman on September 23, 2008, 06:32:15 AM
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NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
sad24:
What a bummber of a start to the day... I may be some time... noooo:
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Don't worry, I'm sure it will turn up.
Perhaps it's slipped down behind the desk - I'm always finding things there.
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Don't worry, I'm sure it will turn up.
Perhaps it's slipped down behind the desk - I'm always finding things there.
doh:
Bastard thing has crashed big-time... I can't repair the disk... I'm gubbed for sure... sad24:
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So how come you are posting here then? rubschin:
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So how come you are posting here then? rubschin:
I am using my trusty XP 64-bit file server... cloud9:
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Microsoft Law # 145998: The more technology a person owns the more things there are to go wrong and the more money we at M/soft will make. whistle:
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What information is on the hard disk that you need to recover. If the OS is the same as for the file server then yank it out and attach it as an external drive. Then you can recover whatever data you need before fdisking it and reinstalling the operating system.
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It'll only be his porn stash anyway. That's what infects these things, causing the crashes, in the first place
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It'll only be his porn stash anyway. That's what infects these things, causing the crashes, in the first place
Personal experience? rubschin:
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It'll only be his porn stash anyway. That's what infects these things, causing the crashes, in the first place
Personal experience? rubschin:
Ahem ~ or so I'm told redface:
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It'll only be his porn stash anyway. That's what infects these things, causing the crashes, in the first place
He prolly needs the massive file server for the porn stash rather than the PC. Backs up the pub on the PC I imagine. noooo:
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It'll only be his porn stash anyway. That's what infects these things, causing the crashes, in the first place
He prolly needs the massive file server for the porn stash rather than the PC. Backs up the pub on the PC I imagine. noooo:
Taking that seriously for a minute ~ backing up the pub takes very little space or time. whistle:
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It'll only be his porn stash anyway. That's what infects these things, causing the crashes, in the first place
He prolly needs the massive file server for the porn stash rather than the PC. Backs up the pub on the PC I imagine. noooo:
Taking that seriously for a minute ~ backing up the pub takes very little space or time. whistle:
USB flash drive then. He's bound to lose that when falling off roofs (rooves?) or similar.
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I've given up the endless repairing process... have just bought a new disk... Banghead
Time to start alllll over again... sad24:
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It'll only be his porn stash anyway. That's what infects these things, causing the crashes, in the first place
He prolly needs the massive file server for the porn stash rather than the PC. Backs up the pub on the PC I imagine. noooo:
Taking that seriously for a minute ~ backing up the pub takes very little space or time. whistle:
USB flash drive then. He's bound to lose that when falling off roofs (rooves?) or similar.
I knew you had a use!
Thanks TG you have reminded me of something I was meant to do today. It's been bugging me since SWMBO left for work two and a half hours ago.
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It'll only be his porn stash anyway. That's what infects these things, causing the crashes, in the first place
He prolly needs the massive file server for the porn stash rather than the PC. Backs up the pub on the PC I imagine. noooo:
Taking that seriously for a minute ~ backing up the pub takes very little space or time. whistle:
USB flash drive then. He's bound to lose that when falling off roofs (rooves?) or similar.
I knew you had a use!
Thanks TG you have reminded me of something I was meant to do today. It's been bugging me since SWMBO left for work two and a half hours ago.
Browse some porn on your USB flash drive...?
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It'll only be his porn stash anyway. That's what infects these things, causing the crashes, in the first place
He prolly needs the massive file server for the porn stash rather than the PC. Backs up the pub on the PC I imagine. noooo:
Taking that seriously for a minute ~ backing up the pub takes very little space or time. whistle:
USB flash drive then. He's bound to lose that when falling off roofs (rooves?) or similar.
I knew you had a use!
Thanks TG you have reminded me of something I was meant to do today. It's been bugging me since SWMBO left for work two and a half hours ago.
Browse some porn on your USB flash drive...?
No ~ contact HP to ask their techies why some flash drives work on my PC and some don't. Those that do not work on the PC are fine on the wife's laptop (XP) and on my Asus (Linux) but the Vi$ta won't read them at all.
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It'll only be his porn stash anyway. That's what infects these things, causing the crashes, in the first place
He prolly needs the massive file server for the porn stash rather than the PC. Backs up the pub on the PC I imagine. noooo:
Taking that seriously for a minute ~ backing up the pub takes very little space or time. whistle:
USB flash drive then. He's bound to lose that when falling off roofs (rooves?) or similar.
I knew you had a use!
Cheers. cry:
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Its a driver issue with Vista Snoop. Linux and XP have been around long enough for the relevant drivers to be available but some items such as certain flash drives dont have that support yet.
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Its a driver issue with Vista Snoop. Linux and XP have been around long enough for the relevant drivers to be available but some items such as certain flash drives dont have that support yet.
So someone, at HP, with an Indian accent has just told me. Banghead
It's bloody annoying when you have done some work on a laptop, saved it and then can't download it onto the PC to edit/work on it. The PC give a little "Bllep" when you put the flash drive in and then it simply refuses to accept that it exists. Even going to "My Computer" and looking for it will not show it, then when I try to click off "My Computer" it refuses to let me until I remove the flash drive when everything starts working again.
Another flash drive will let me save to it from the PC no problem. Any of them, when plugged in, sit there with their little light flashing so the bloody machine is aware of them.
Where this gets to be a problem is that Wife and Daughter both have laptops but save to pen drives and use the PC to print from. It was deemed cheaper that having four printers. Also those connected to the PC, which being the most used piece of kit for business purposes, is the one with the expensive laser printer is the one they both want to use for their presentations. I really don't want to have to go back to them putting stuff on discs, apart from anything else the Asus doesn't have a disc or a CDR slot in it.
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Setup is formatting... 94% ::)
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Setup is formatting... 94% ::)
Oh I am pleased for you BUT I DOESN'T HELP ME cussing:
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Buy a typewriter and a pigeon. You know where you are with a pigeon
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Buy a typewriter and a pigeon. You know where you are with a pigeon
Indeed ~ they come with built in Tippex too. whistle:
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And they are ecological too cloud9:
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Coo ~ aint nature wunnerful.
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The cooing ones outside drive me nuts. All day long. Coo Coo Coo. Are they deaf?
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The cooing ones outside drive me nuts. All day long. Coo Coo Coo. Are they deaf?
They sit on my chimney pots and do that a lot.
Minimus crouches by the fire (when it is NOT lit obviously) and coos back at them. They answer him eeek:
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Setup is coppying files... 82%
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Its a driver issue with Vista Snoop. Linux and XP have been around long enough for the relevant drivers to be available but some items such as certain flash drives dont have that support yet.
So someone, at HP, with an Indian accent has just told me. Banghead
It's bloody annoying when you have done some work on a laptop, saved it and then can't download it onto the PC to edit/work on it. The PC give a little "Bllep" when you put the flash drive in and then it simply refuses to accept that it exists. Even going to "My Computer" and looking for it will not show it, then when I try to click off "My Computer" it refuses to let me until I remove the flash drive when everything starts working again.
Another flash drive will let me save to it from the PC no problem. Any of them, when plugged in, sit there with their little light flashing so the bloody machine is aware of them.
Where this gets to be a problem is that Wife and Daughter both have laptops but save to pen drives and use the PC to print from. It was deemed cheaper that having four printers. Also those connected to the PC, which being the most used piece of kit for business purposes, is the one with the expensive laser printer is the one they both want to use for their presentations. I really don't want to have to go back to them putting stuff on discs, apart from anything else the Asus doesn't have a disc or a CDR slot in it.
You could always try and set up a wireless network but Vista security is picky about those as well.
Setup is coppying files... 82%
Setup has farted and fallen over 99% whistle:
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Setup will complete in approximately: 39 minutes
That'll be two fucking hours then... noooo:
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Its a driver issue with Vista Snoop. Linux and XP have been around long enough for the relevant drivers to be available but some items such as certain flash drives dont have that support yet.
So someone, at HP, with an Indian accent has just told me. Banghead
It's bloody annoying when you have done some work on a laptop, saved it and then can't download it onto the PC to edit/work on it. The PC give a little "Bllep" when you put the flash drive in and then it simply refuses to accept that it exists. Even going to "My Computer" and looking for it will not show it, then when I try to click off "My Computer" it refuses to let me until I remove the flash drive when everything starts working again.
Another flash drive will let me save to it from the PC no problem. Any of them, when plugged in, sit there with their little light flashing so the bloody machine is aware of them.
Where this gets to be a problem is that Wife and Daughter both have laptops but save to pen drives and use the PC to print from. It was deemed cheaper that having four printers. Also those connected to the PC, which being the most used piece of kit for business purposes, is the one with the expensive laser printer is the one they both want to use for their presentations. I really don't want to have to go back to them putting stuff on discs, apart from anything else the Asus doesn't have a disc or a CDR slot in it.
You could always try and set up a wireless network but Vista security is picky about those as well.
I could ~ I could also set up them both up with a wireless connection to the laser printer and sh*t myself everytime it bursts into action from some unseen command from elsewhere in the house but I am not going to.
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Its a driver issue with Vista Snoop. Linux and XP have been around long enough for the relevant drivers to be available but some items such as certain flash drives dont have that support yet.
So someone, at HP, with an Indian accent has just told me. Banghead
It's bloody annoying when you have done some work on a laptop, saved it and then can't download it onto the PC to edit/work on it. The PC give a little "Bllep" when you put the flash drive in and then it simply refuses to accept that it exists. Even going to "My Computer" and looking for it will not show it, then when I try to click off "My Computer" it refuses to let me until I remove the flash drive when everything starts working again.
Another flash drive will let me save to it from the PC no problem. Any of them, when plugged in, sit there with their little light flashing so the bloody machine is aware of them.
Where this gets to be a problem is that Wife and Daughter both have laptops but save to pen drives and use the PC to print from. It was deemed cheaper that having four printers. Also those connected to the PC, which being the most used piece of kit for business purposes, is the one with the expensive laser printer is the one they both want to use for their presentations. I really don't want to have to go back to them putting stuff on discs, apart from anything else the Asus doesn't have a disc or a CDR slot in it.
You could always try and set up a wireless network but Vista security is picky about those as well.
I could ~ I could also set up them both up with a wireless connection to the laser printer and sh*t myself everytime it bursts into action from some unseen command from elsewhere in the house but I am not going to.
Diarrhoetic then?
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Its a driver issue with Vista Snoop. Linux and XP have been around long enough for the relevant drivers to be available but some items such as certain flash drives dont have that support yet.
So someone, at HP, with an Indian accent has just told me. Banghead
It's bloody annoying when you have done some work on a laptop, saved it and then can't download it onto the PC to edit/work on it. The PC give a little "Bllep" when you put the flash drive in and then it simply refuses to accept that it exists. Even going to "My Computer" and looking for it will not show it, then when I try to click off "My Computer" it refuses to let me until I remove the flash drive when everything starts working again.
Another flash drive will let me save to it from the PC no problem. Any of them, when plugged in, sit there with their little light flashing so the bloody machine is aware of them.
Where this gets to be a problem is that Wife and Daughter both have laptops but save to pen drives and use the PC to print from. It was deemed cheaper that having four printers. Also those connected to the PC, which being the most used piece of kit for business purposes, is the one with the expensive laser printer is the one they both want to use for their presentations. I really don't want to have to go back to them putting stuff on discs, apart from anything else the Asus doesn't have a disc or a CDR slot in it.
You could always try and set up a wireless network but Vista security is picky about those as well.
I could ~ I could also set up them both up with a wireless connection to the laser printer and sh*t myself everytime it bursts into action from some unseen command from elsewhere in the house but I am not going to.
Diarrhoetic then?
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Why on earth has it called my boot disk drive H: FFS?????????????????????????????????????? Banghead
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Typewriter. Pigeon.
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H as in Hopefully it will work now? whistle:
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point: point: point: point:
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H as in Hopefully it will work now? whistle:
It won't of course 'cos everthing assumes it will be drive C.... start-a-fucking-gain! Banghead
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LL will help
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I shouldnt laugh, I may have all this to come over the weekend. I'm testing a copy of Vista Ultimate on my machine just to see what happens.... scared2:
Why the hell Microsoft couldnt have released DX10 for XP I dont know, other than forcing people to buy Vista. Banghead
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It is a complete nightmare...
First it doesn't recognise my LAN cards, then I realise that the boot disk is drive H (you can't re-name it of course) so I am back to: -
Setup will complete in approxiamtely: 39 minutes
Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
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It is a complete nightmare...
First it doesn't recognise my LAN cards, then I realise that the boot disk is drive H (you can't re-name it of course) so I am back to: -
Setup will complete in approxiamtely: 39 minutes
Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
Possibly a stupid question but have you monkeyed around with the jumper settings on your drives?
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It is a complete nightmare...
First it doesn't recognise my LAN cards, then I realise that the boot disk is drive H (you can't re-name it of course) so I am back to: -
Setup will complete in approxiamtely: 39 minutes
Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
Possibly a stupid question but have you monkeyed around with the jumper settings on your drives?
His prolly wears a cardigan whistle:
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It is a complete nightmare...
First it doesn't recognise my LAN cards, then I realise that the boot disk is drive H (you can't re-name it of course) so I am back to: -
Setup will complete in approxiamtely: 39 minutes
Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
Possibly a stupid question but have you monkeyed around with the jumper settings on your drives?
Of bloody course bloody not it is a new bloody drive! Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
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User error
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User error
PICNIC
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que?
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I am temporarily fixated with the phrase 'Que?'. Please try to understand and excuse me…
From TMR = "Problem In Chair Not In Computer"
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It is a complete nightmare...
First it doesn't recognise my LAN cards, then I realise that the boot disk is drive H (you can't re-name it of course) so I am back to: -
Setup will complete in approxiamtely: 39 minutes
Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
Possibly a stupid question but have you monkeyed around with the jumper settings on your drives?
Of bloody course bloody not it is a new bloody drive! Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
Pull the drive out and check the jumper settings, depending on what he default setting was it could be conflicting with the other drives causing the confusion with the H drive setting.
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Should have got a man in noooo:
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It is a complete nightmare...
First it doesn't recognise my LAN cards, then I realise that the boot disk is drive H (you can't re-name it of course) so I am back to: -
Setup will complete in approxiamtely: 39 minutes
Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
Possibly a stupid question but have you monkeyed around with the jumper settings on your drives?
Of bloody course bloody not it is a new bloody drive! Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
Pull the drive out and check the jumper settings, depending on what he default setting was it could be conflicting with the other drives causing the confusion with the H drive setting.
Yes I know all that stuff... I've been working on 'PCs' for the past twenty-five bastard years! Banghead
For some reason it set the disk after the removable drives (even tho the last time it did it before)... I had to remove the removable drives (card reader) completely re-install and plug them back in... Banghead
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It is a complete nightmare...
First it doesn't recognise my LAN cards, then I realise that the boot disk is drive H (you can't re-name it of course) so I am back to: -
Setup will complete in approxiamtely: 39 minutes
Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
Possibly a stupid question but have you monkeyed around with the jumper settings on your drives?
Of bloody course bloody not it is a new bloody drive! Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
Pull the drive out and check the jumper settings, depending on what he default setting was it could be conflicting with the other drives causing the confusion with the H drive setting.
Yes I know all that stuff... I've been working on 'PCs' for the past twenty-five bastard years! Banghead
For some reason it set the disk after the removable drives (even tho the last time it did it before)... I had to remove the removable drives (card reader) completely re-install and plug them back in... Banghead
noooo: I'd still have got a man in. whistle:
25 years you say ~ so you live on Cyprus because you like it or because you are in hiding from your ex-customers?
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Neither hound, they have lower roofs there point:
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Why is he on the roof fitting PCs?
My PC is in the house, surely they are hard to use if you have to climb on the roof to reach the slot to insert a disc.
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Adding the 'extras' Snoop. whistle:
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We're getting there now... cloud9:
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From Firefox on my newly rebuilt PC... whistle:
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It seems to me I've heard that song before
It's from an old familiar score
I know it well, that melody
It's funny how a theme
Recalls a favorite dream
A dream that brought you so close to me
I know each word, because I've heard that song before
The lyrics said: "for evermore"
For evermore's a memory
Please have them play it again
And (Then) I'll remember just when
I heard that lovely song before
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Just in case you need professional assistance BM, these may help. whistle:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/a7d4/ (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/a7d4/)
So does that mean you've gone straight on here without installing anything other than Firefox BM? whistle:
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Just in case you need professional assistance BM, these may help. whistle:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/a7d4/ (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/a7d4/)
So does that mean you've gone straight on here without installing anything other than Firefox BM? whistle:
Silly boy... noooo:
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Just checking, you wouldnt be the first IT 'specialist' who has made a daft mistake like that having finally beaten their machine into submission. whistle:
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Specialist... cloud9:
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Well everybody tells you that you are special BM whistle:
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I shall be downloading updates for the rest of eternity... noooo:
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I shall be downloading updates for the rest of eternity... noooo:
You sound really happy with your machine... (https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mysmiley.net%2Fimgs%2Fsmile%2Fanimated%2Fanim_20.gif&hash=220c8d793d86d5809fd04cc54362c3fa2bc59230)
whistle:
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I shall be downloading updates for the rest of eternity... noooo:
You sound really happy with your machine... (https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mysmiley.net%2Fimgs%2Fsmile%2Fanimated%2Fanim_20.gif&hash=220c8d793d86d5809fd04cc54362c3fa2bc59230)
whistle:
I will be... whistle:
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Just dont pull your hair out BM whistle:
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Just dont pull your hair out BM whistle:
happy001
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HE IS GUBBED noooo:
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HE IS GUBBED noooo:
I am not gubbed! cussing:
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angry041:
Bastard thing! Banghead
Just getting it together this morning then the ADSL went down... then my firewall packed-up... sad24:
I hate technology! cussing:
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He is gubbed noooo:
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He needs to get a man in.
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angry041:
Bastard thing! Banghead
Just getting it together this morning then the ADSL went down... then my firewall packed-up... sad24:
I hate technology! cussing:
Which firewall do you use? Did you monkey around with the router settings (silly question I know - you are a bloke and a techie) whistle:
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He is gubbed noooo:
I am NOT gubbed! cussing:
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Of course, of course happy100
He is ::)
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He is gubbed noooo:
I am NOT gubbed! cussing:
BM I hate to break it to you but if there is a world renowned expert of the art of gubbing things it would be Nick. If he says that you are gubbed then it must be so. point:
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He is gubbed noooo:
I am NOT gubbed! cussing:
BM I hate to break it to you but if there is a world renowned expert of the art of gubbing things it would be Nick. If he says that you are gubbed then it must be so. point:
Nick would be gubbed... but I am not... whistle:
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He is gubbed noooo:
I am NOT gubbed! cussing:
BM I hate to break it to you but if there is a world renowned expert of the art of gubbing things it would be Nick. If he says that you are gubbed then it must be so. point:
Nick would be gubbed... but I am not... whistle:
We'll see. I'm just waiting to hear that some dodgy cypriot landlord has managedd to take down one of the main t'interweb providers in the med.