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Posted by tasmin

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I had my computer looked at yesterday and I thought it was fixed, but now it is REALLY REALLY slow and I feel like throwing it out the window or taking an axe to it!!!

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Posted on April 28th, 2009 at 4:24AM
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Posted by tasmin on Apr 28th, 2009 at 4:36AM

I rang the people up and spent hours on the phone checking this that and another

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

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Posted by TendereyesPrincess on Apr 28th, 2009 at 6:23AM

...perhaps it is time for a new one. Funny pics, I love it!

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Posted by redman on Apr 28th, 2009 at 6:33AM

Sounds like you need to get a new tech to work on it.....

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Posted by tasmin on Apr 28th, 2009 at 7:55AM

Hmmm .. I have had a couple of men on the job ..

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Posted by datura on Apr 28th, 2009 at 8:10AM

My son is my technician. It works out well because I can nag and whine at him when he's home from college until he gets it taken care of right. Maybe you will have someone you can nag and whine at someday ;-)

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Posted by tasmin on Apr 28th, 2009 at 8:20AM

Hmmm .. have had 'family' on the job ..

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Posted by bcj on Apr 28th, 2009 at 9:36AM

lady tas

your computer is perfect. this is exactly what is meant to happen.

i believe that a computer tech is like a traffic cop. If you want to screw up the traffic, then place a traffic cop there.

hehehe.

b

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Posted by justmeonline on Apr 28th, 2009 at 12:43PM

What's wrong with it, what did they do, and what did they advise I wonder? Been building my own computers for about 13 years now :)

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Posted by tasmin on Apr 28th, 2009 at 2:42PM

Oh .. hallo justmeonline .. can you help me?

What's wrong is that it takes FOREVER to do anything
and it used to be instant

I do have a slow connection as live in the country but it used to be loads quicker

Also having stange sites come up that I didn't used to have

I have Norton security

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Posted by crosseyedlemon on Apr 28th, 2009 at 3:03PM

Chances are if you have a computer problem, someone else has had that same problem before you. A useful idea is to bookmark a good troubleshooting website such as smartcomputing.com to help you through the rough spots.

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Posted by tasmin on Apr 28th, 2009 at 3:21PM

I did that at first but then got my internet provider people to try and sort it out (as had other probs such as blank emails)

Since then had a computor consultant on the job

But it's all been over the phone

I guess I will have to take it into a shop

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Posted by Nyxie on Apr 28th, 2009 at 3:25PM

What operating system are you using, tas?

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Posted by bcj on Apr 28th, 2009 at 4:11PM

hello lady tas

i too use norton and that thing has a mind of its own. when it starts optimising or any other such thing in the background then it slows the machine down. this has very little to do wit the internet speed.

also, windows does auto updates in the background.

open the task manager and click on the performance tab. you should find that the memory is run at >90% and you should also see that the drives light is almost constanly burning.

b

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Posted by tasmin on Apr 28th, 2009 at 4:40PM

I have a vista laptop and Tiscali internet provider

I have spent the last hour just trying to write a story!!

The norton and windows thing has been a problem but I usually know when they are updating

The memory and power stuff was all checked and couple alterations made today .. by someone who knows what he is doing ( I think)

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Posted by Nyxie on Apr 28th, 2009 at 5:57PM

Ugh. Vista. :P

Has your browser cache been cleared? In XP, you go to "Tools" then "Clear Private Data." It's probably similar in Vista. Sometimes that can really slow things down and it is so simple it can be overlooked.

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Posted by tasmin on Apr 28th, 2009 at 6:39PM

Thank you Nyxie

I wil go and try that .. its not going to remove all my passwords is it?

Googled tiscali slow and it is a BIG problem apparently

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Posted by Evania on Apr 28th, 2009 at 8:27PM

I gave up and got a Mac. It's not perfect, it freezes some times, but nothing serious that an unplug won't fix. I still trust it more than the Dell which crashed big time last year. I don't like though that, because of sudden growth, their customer service, in my opinion, stinks. The machine better perform, because getting to them is going to be every bit as frustrating as trying to get Dell. Not so HP, they are very helpful.

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Posted by LonelyChef on Apr 28th, 2009 at 9:03PM

My computer does that too! Best fix for it is to back up every thing and do a total reload! Including reformatting your system hard drive. Just did mine couple weeks ago and it now flys.

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Posted by Nyxie on Apr 28th, 2009 at 10:06PM

It won't remove saved passwords unless you select that in the window. The only one you need to have checked is "cache" if you're afraid you'll lose important stuff.

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Posted by tasmin on Apr 28th, 2009 at 10:33PM

Thanks Nyxie I have done that and it is a little better but still crawling

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