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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #52680 on: June 28, 2014, 08:56:02 pm »

If she had the repair disk that came with her computer you might be able to revert to factory.  That might make it like a new computer without the bill.   Will need to back up pictures and documents first of course.

It was a previously owned computer. The only thing that came with it was the power cord, which she had to pay for alongside the cost of the computer.

And there is nothing on the computer worth saving.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #52681 on: June 28, 2014, 09:08:12 pm »

Grab windows key (if its not firmly attached to the case) using a program, download/burn an install disk if you don't have one, backup things you want to external hd or USB (preferably in safe mode with networking, can do a full disk image if necessary).  Reinstall entire thing.

If you want to go the extra mile, blow out the case fan cause its probably clogged too (man I've seen some bad ones).  And lightly wash laptop with a damp-not-wet, lightly soapy rag so its filth doesn't stay upon it.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #52682 on: June 28, 2014, 09:21:20 pm »

It doesn't actually have a fan. Not on the bottom nor on any of the sides.

And again, nothing worth saving. Actually, nothing has even been saved, aside from all the adware and viruses.

Plus the hardware is most definitely not up to par. It would be best to get something functional instead.
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« Reply #52683 on: June 28, 2014, 09:26:42 pm »

>Laptop with no fan

Well no wonder it runs like ass.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #52684 on: June 28, 2014, 10:04:38 pm »

I do believe that is the other definition of craptop.
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« Reply #52685 on: June 28, 2014, 10:07:00 pm »

>Laptop with no fan
What the hell kind of laptop is this?
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« Reply #52686 on: June 28, 2014, 10:12:11 pm »

A laptop that proves the woman who owns it is at least part wizard, considering the fact that it still runs.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #52687 on: June 28, 2014, 10:29:40 pm »

We're all wizards at this point, but no, no, a laptop actually can (do note, can =/= will) run for quite a while without a functioning fan. I had an acer laptop that went something like 4-5 years like that, and didn't even have the decency to die, in the end -- I upgraded to something else. Admittedly, I picked up a handful of first degree burns  over its post-fan lifetime -- hot metal is hot -- but still. It worked.

Now, if the laptop literally has no fans and no exhaust ports, damn. I don't even know what to think about that. Are we sure it's actually a laptop and not, in fact, some kind of fancy TV that's mimicking one? Perhaps there are tiny demons inside, rapidly painting new scenes on the monitor.
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« Reply #52688 on: June 28, 2014, 10:33:47 pm »

We're all wizards at this point, but no, no, a laptop actually can (do note, can =/= will) run for quite a while without a functioning fan. I had an acer laptop that went something like 4-5 years like that, and didn't even have the decency to die, in the end -- I upgraded to something else. Admittedly, I picked up a handful of first degree burns  over its post-fan lifetime -- hot metal is hot -- but still. It worked.

Now, if the laptop literally has no fans and no exhaust ports, damn. I don't even know what to think about that. Are we sure it's actually a laptop and not, in fact, some kind of fancy TV that's mimicking one? Perhaps there are tiny demons inside, rapidly painting new scenes on the monitor.
And the demons feed on malware and ads?
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« Reply #52689 on: June 28, 2014, 10:39:47 pm »

Of course, the best anti-virus there is: the infernal souls of the damned!

I think I've found the fan, actually. There is a tiny grate about 1.5 cm by 2 cm in the back left corner of the laptop. Air seems to come out of it, at least.

Nowhere near large enough to help much though. Not a laptop that you want to put in your lap.
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« Reply #52690 on: June 28, 2014, 10:53:17 pm »

With the current subject I decided it was about time for me to get a windows 8 CD.  So I check Digital river and see that microsoft never made the .isos available there.  A quick google search shows I can get them from the windows 8.1 upgrade option.  So I do that.

It wants my key, I put it in and...  It doesn't accept OEM keys, and tells me I need to purchase a retail copy in order to access the upgrade (as well as obtain windows 8 and 8.1 .isos).

WTF past self.  I know I was too buzy to go through the trouble of a computer build back then, but how did you not do the research to see that Microsoft decided to give manufacturers full sodomy rights to anyone who buys a prebuilt windows PC?
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« Reply #52691 on: June 28, 2014, 11:02:57 pm »

Greiger, just a friendly heads up.  Windows 8 is basically Satan incarnate.  It's really not worth a damn.  I've worked with a couple of them, trying to repair them, and my mother owns one.  Stick with 7 if you have it.

(You might've been saved by those weird proprietary Windows installations.)

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« Reply #52692 on: June 28, 2014, 11:04:24 pm »

all windows is same

it just runs more or less shit, but in the end, it's all the same damn thing

you could probably install 98 and get away with it after severe registry modifications to make it "modern"
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« Reply #52693 on: June 28, 2014, 11:09:57 pm »

So, in this town, there's a church just about every block. One of them had a sign today that said "Obedience is better than sacrifice". I thought for a few seconds about how that was probably the most ridiculous platitude I'd ever heard, there isn't really a comparison to be made there, but then I realized: what the hell did Jesus do??? He sacrificed himself to the Romans so that others wouldn't suffer for his disobedience! Are they saying Jesus made a mistake for doing what is the basis of their entire religion?

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« Reply #52694 on: June 28, 2014, 11:16:27 pm »

Greiger, just a friendly heads up.  Windows 8 is basically Satan incarnate.  It's really not worth a damn.  I've worked with a couple of them, trying to repair them, and my mother owns one.  Stick with 7 if you have it.

(You might've been saved by those weird proprietary Windows installations.)
Yea I tended to somehow always end up with the shit windows versions.  Before this I had Vista. Before that, ME. I've always managed to wrangle them into workable shape though.  I had vista looking and behaving like XP and now I have 8 looking and mostly acting like 7, complete with old school start menu.  I have disks for 7, but no computers with a key.
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