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Title: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on May 01, 2009, 12:58:56 PM
Mrs TMR (to be) bought me a new laptop for me burffday  cloud9:

All I have to do not is set the damn thing up  Banghead
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Nick on May 01, 2009, 01:27:59 PM
Bastards. See my noo phone thread  bs: Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead

Top tip: do not try to read the manual
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Barman on May 01, 2009, 01:42:55 PM
Mrs TMR (to be) bought me a new laptop for me burffday  cloud9:

All I have to do not is set the damn thing up  Banghead
Vi$sta?
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on May 01, 2009, 02:45:24 PM
Mrs TMR (to be) bought me a new laptop for me burffday  cloud9:

All I have to do not is set the damn thing up  Banghead
Vi$sta?

Right, got the wireless working, uninstalled Norton, installed AVG and Firefox, now will run a full AVG scan. While I go to the pub.

Bloody hate Vista!

P.S. The laptop is a HP Pavillion dv7-2030ea
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Miss Demeanour on May 01, 2009, 02:52:43 PM
Bought you a laptop for your birthday  eeek: eeek: eeek:

Whatever happened to a new shirt or jumper  noooo:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on May 01, 2009, 03:18:31 PM
All I wanted is some new socks!

The laptop has a remote control!
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Nick on May 01, 2009, 03:19:15 PM
What distance?  rubschin:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Barman on May 01, 2009, 03:20:18 PM
All I wanted is some new socks!

The laptop has a remote control!
No TMR, that's a mouse...   ::)
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on May 01, 2009, 03:40:14 PM
When the laptop is in "video/TV" mode, you can use the remote to change channels/ fast forward / change the volume etc.

Fools.
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Barman on May 01, 2009, 03:54:48 PM
When the laptop is in "video/TV" mode, you can use the remote to change channels/ fast forward / change the volume etc.

Fools.
Are you sure its a laptop she's got you...?  rubschin:

Does it look a bit like this...?

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Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on May 01, 2009, 08:21:30 PM
When the laptop is in "video/TV" mode, you can use the remote to change channels/ fast forward / change the volume etc.

Fools.
Are you sure its a laptop she's got you...?  rubschin:

Does it look a bit like this...?

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Arse  ;D
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on May 01, 2009, 11:19:35 PM
Still installing "updates"  cussing:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on May 01, 2009, 11:44:48 PM
Two BSDs so far. Office 2007 wouldn't activate - "a communications error has occurred. Please try again in a few minutes".


Miraculously, all now seems fine. Beddy-byes now  surrender:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Bar Wench on May 05, 2009, 12:14:34 PM
When the laptop is in "video/TV" mode, you can use the remote to change channels/ fast forward / change the volume etc.

Fools.

I can do that with my iphone and laptop too.  cloud9:

Great for itunes when I am in the garden.
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on May 05, 2009, 12:30:21 PM
Microsoft Office 2007 - what were they thinking of?  noooo:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Barman on May 05, 2009, 12:34:53 PM
Microsoft Office 2007 - what were they thinking of?  noooo:
OpenOffice...  ;)
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on May 05, 2009, 12:50:27 PM
Microsoft Office 2007 - what were they thinking of?  noooo:
OpenOffice...  ;)

I may well...
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Grumpmeister on May 05, 2009, 12:52:53 PM
Microsoft Office 2007 - what were they thinking of?  noooo:
OpenOffice...  ;)

Installed that over the weekend after rebuilding my PC. No complaints with it so far  cloud9:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Snoopy on May 05, 2009, 02:19:20 PM
I have removed/replaced all Office 2007 installations around the various laptops, PCs etc in this house. It is shite!

I do get quite a lot of stuff for the magazine sent via email attachments ~ those I cannot open invariably turn out to have been created by someone with a new 'puter using Office 2007
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Pastis on May 05, 2009, 05:02:33 PM
A propos of nothing at all, i.e. not worth opening a new thread for  whistle:

Tesco's A4 Glossy Photo paper, 190gsm, box of 30 sheets... £2.91  eeek: eeek:  Less than 10p a sheet!

Have just printed out a large-ish presentation (in quadruplicate) for a meeting Thursday morning; I imagine each spread will be billed at around a fiver or part thereof...  razz:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on May 05, 2009, 06:43:45 PM
I have removed/replaced all Office 2007 installations around the various laptops, PCs etc in this house. It is shite!

I do get quite a lot of stuff for the magazine sent via email attachments ~ those I cannot open invariably turn out to have been created by someone with a new 'puter using Office 2007

You can download a converter that works well, from the Microsoft site.
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Snoopy on May 05, 2009, 09:06:46 PM
I hate Microsoft almost as much as I hate British Telecom
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on May 07, 2009, 07:50:08 PM
Another blue screen, straight after submitting a job application to somewhere...Tel will know...
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: tel on May 08, 2009, 08:39:59 AM
Another blue screen, straight after submitting a job application to somewhere...Tel will know...

I told you, you are being cyber-vetted.
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Pastis on May 08, 2009, 08:44:18 AM
Another blue screen, straight after submitting a job application to somewhere...Tel will know...

I told you, you are being cyber-vetted.

Is Snoopy aware of this procedure?  eeek:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Darwins Selection on May 08, 2009, 09:06:06 AM
Another blue screen, straight after submitting a job application to somewhere...Tel will know...

I told you, you are being cyber-vetted.

Is Snoopy aware of this procedure?  eeek:

Two bricks on the keyboard.  noooo:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on September 03, 2011, 11:43:45 AM
I have a new laptop - to replace the one stolen by the masked bandits.

Toshiba Satellite L755D. Dirt cheap and very good so far - AVG, Sybot S&D and Firefox all loaded now, just have to dowload all the music and stuff I lost  ;D
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on September 04, 2011, 10:07:20 AM
Hmmmm....I have to log in here each time, despite tellinng it to remember me. Solution, anybody?
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Nick on September 04, 2011, 10:21:02 AM
 crash:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Darwins Selection on September 04, 2011, 11:58:42 AM
Hmmmm....I have to log in here each time, despite tellinng it to remember me. Solution, anybody?

Leave it switched on and logged in forever?
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Snoopy on September 04, 2011, 12:54:44 PM
Hmmmm....I have to log in here each time, despite tellinng it to remember me. Solution, anybody?


I have to do that with my desktop but my laptop goes straight in.

I set the desktop to do that so that prying kids & wives could not get in here but I forget how I did it. redface:

It was a matter of fiddling with the "History"settings, cookies etc is all I can offer.


PS The Laptop can only be accessed by my fingerprint so I figure that is reasonably safe from other people's eyes.
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Just One More on September 04, 2011, 01:49:19 PM
Hmmmm....I have to log in here each time, despite tellinng it to remember me. Solution, anybody?


I have to do that with my desktop but my laptop goes straight in.

I set the desktop to do that so that prying kids & wives could not get in here but I forget how I did it. redface:

It was a matter of fiddling with the "History"settings, cookies etc is all I can offer.


PS The Laptop can only be accessed by my fingerprint so I figure that is reasonably safe from other people's eyes.

They could dust your mug, then lift the fingerprint onto sellotape and transpose it to your laptop. Sometimes I think I watch too much telly  ;)
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Nick on September 04, 2011, 01:52:05 PM
Hmmmm....I have to log in here each time, despite tellinng it to remember me. Solution, anybody?


I have to do that with my desktop but my laptop goes straight in.

I set the desktop to do that so that prying kids & wives could not get in here but I forget how I did it. redface:

It was a matter of fiddling with the "History"settings, cookies etc is all I can offer.


PS The Laptop can only be accessed by my fingerprint so I figure that is reasonably safe from other people's eyes.

They could dust your mug, then lift the fingerprint onto sellotape and transpose it to your laptop. Sometimes I think I watch too much telly  ;)

Ooh, like in Diamonds are FOrever, like  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Just One More on September 04, 2011, 01:53:21 PM
Snoopy is James Bond  eeek:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Snoopy on September 04, 2011, 01:58:26 PM
Snoopy is James Bond  eeek:

I couldn't possibly comment

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Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on September 04, 2011, 01:59:29 PM
Mine has face recognition :-)
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Snoopy on September 04, 2011, 02:01:38 PM
Mine has face recognition :-)


Mine too but I can't be arsed with it.
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Snoopy on September 04, 2011, 02:03:34 PM
Oh ..... it's a HP Probook (64 bits) running on Windows 7 Professional.


It is also very shiny.  whistle:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Nick on September 04, 2011, 02:03:46 PM
Mine has face recognition :-)
shocked003 shocked003
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on September 04, 2011, 02:07:56 PM
Oh ..... it's a HP Probook (64 bits) running on Windows 7 Professional.


It is also very shiny.  whistle:

64 bits?  Mine's all in one piece.
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Snoopy on September 04, 2011, 02:11:55 PM
I figured that burglars would have more difficulty if they had to locate and carry all the bits  whistle:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: The Moan Ranger on September 04, 2011, 02:14:28 PM
Well played!
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Barman on September 04, 2011, 03:07:54 PM
Mine has face recognition :-)

Does it recognise you covered in cuts 'n' bruises...?  rubschin:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Snoopy on September 04, 2011, 03:32:47 PM
Mine responds to my "Courting" finger  whistle:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Barman on September 04, 2011, 03:39:18 PM
Mine responds to my "Courting" finger  whistle:

Do dogs have fingers...?  rubschin:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Snoopy on September 04, 2011, 03:40:22 PM
Mine responds to my "Courting" finger  whistle:

Do dogs have fingers...?  rubschin:


Oh Yus ...... If you know where to look.  angel1
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Barman on September 04, 2011, 03:42:52 PM
Mine responds to my "Courting" finger  whistle:

Do dogs have fingers...?  rubschin:


Oh Yus ...... If you know where to look.  angel1

 eeek:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Just One More on September 04, 2011, 04:45:07 PM
Mine responds to my "Courting" finger  whistle:

Do dogs have fingers...?  rubschin:

Only when they visit the vet, and the dog looks like this   eeek:
Title: Re: New laptop
Post by: Barman on September 05, 2011, 04:37:40 AM
Mine responds to my "Courting" finger  whistle:

Do dogs have fingers...?  rubschin:

Only when they visit the vet, and the dog looks like this   eeek:

happy001

I thought that was the thermometer look....  rubschin: