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New laptop
« 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

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Re: New laptop
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2009, 01:27:59 PM »
Bastards. See my noo phone thread  bs: Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead

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Re: New laptop
« Reply #2 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?
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Re: New laptop
« Reply #3 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
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Re: New laptop
« Reply #4 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:
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Re: New laptop
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2009, 03:18:31 PM »
All I wanted is some new socks!

The laptop has a remote control!

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Re: New laptop
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2009, 03:19:15 PM »
What distance?  rubschin:
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Re: New laptop
« Reply #7 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...   ::)
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Re: New laptop
« Reply #8 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.

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Re: New laptop
« Reply #9 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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Re: New laptop
« Reply #10 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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Re: New laptop
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2009, 11:19:35 PM »
Still installing "updates"  cussing:

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Re: New laptop
« Reply #12 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".


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Re: New laptop
« Reply #13 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.

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Re: New laptop
« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2009, 12:30:21 PM »
Microsoft Office 2007 - what were they thinking of?  noooo: