The trouble with getting a new machine
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My new Dell arrived today and here is my new to-do list, * Open case and reseat all the cards that are lose. * Replace cheapo network card * Remove AOL, MSN Explorer, Real Player and all the other crap that OEM's like to put on * Download 30mb of Windows Updates (on a 64k idsn line) * IMPORTANT - Put my Gillian Anderson desktop backdrop on * Install all my software * Copy all my document and source code from my old machine * Run adware and find out what little presents have been left by Real Player * Figure how I'm going to get my new 21 inch monitor up two flights of stairs without dropping it. Looks like I'm in for a fun day Michael :-) Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority. - The Doctor
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My new Dell arrived today and here is my new to-do list, * Open case and reseat all the cards that are lose. * Replace cheapo network card * Remove AOL, MSN Explorer, Real Player and all the other crap that OEM's like to put on * Download 30mb of Windows Updates (on a 64k idsn line) * IMPORTANT - Put my Gillian Anderson desktop backdrop on * Install all my software * Copy all my document and source code from my old machine * Run adware and find out what little presents have been left by Real Player * Figure how I'm going to get my new 21 inch monitor up two flights of stairs without dropping it. Looks like I'm in for a fun day Michael :-) Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority. - The Doctor
1. Buy a machine that does not come with an OS on it ( this involves owning a non-OEM OS and keeping it when you discard the old machine, or buying an OS seperately ) 2. NEVER install Real Player. 3. Make a rescue CD with all your drivers and backdrops, etc on it. Then you'll find this stuff goes much easier. I did it just the other day. Christian I am completely intolerant of stupidity. Stupidity is, of course, anything that doesn't conform to my way of thinking. - Jamie Hale - 29/05/2002
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My new Dell arrived today and here is my new to-do list, * Open case and reseat all the cards that are lose. * Replace cheapo network card * Remove AOL, MSN Explorer, Real Player and all the other crap that OEM's like to put on * Download 30mb of Windows Updates (on a 64k idsn line) * IMPORTANT - Put my Gillian Anderson desktop backdrop on * Install all my software * Copy all my document and source code from my old machine * Run adware and find out what little presents have been left by Real Player * Figure how I'm going to get my new 21 inch monitor up two flights of stairs without dropping it. Looks like I'm in for a fun day Michael :-) Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority. - The Doctor
Michael P Butler wrote: * IMPORTANT - Put my Gillian Anderson desktop backdrop on Simple solution. Email said backdrop to me... errr... friends for safekeeping while you do your upgrade and then we can email it back once you are ready for her... errr... it. Michael P Butler wrote: * Figure how I'm going to get my new 21 inch monitor up two flights of stairs without dropping it. Find the neatest dutchman and ask how they managed to hoist a piano four flights up a house no wider than 6 feet! regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge Michael P Butler wrote: Some people fantasise about "real people", others about celebs
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My new Dell arrived today and here is my new to-do list, * Open case and reseat all the cards that are lose. * Replace cheapo network card * Remove AOL, MSN Explorer, Real Player and all the other crap that OEM's like to put on * Download 30mb of Windows Updates (on a 64k idsn line) * IMPORTANT - Put my Gillian Anderson desktop backdrop on * Install all my software * Copy all my document and source code from my old machine * Run adware and find out what little presents have been left by Real Player * Figure how I'm going to get my new 21 inch monitor up two flights of stairs without dropping it. Looks like I'm in for a fun day Michael :-) Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority. - The Doctor
Michael P Butler wrote: * Figure how I'm going to get my new 21 inch monitor up two flights of stairs without dropping it. I'm sure I can manage it for you. ;) "Programming is really just the mundane aspect of expressing a solution to a problem. There are talents that are specifically related to actually coding, but the real issue is being able to grasp problems and devise solutions that are detailed enough to actually be coded." -John Carmack [^]
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Michael P Butler wrote: * IMPORTANT - Put my Gillian Anderson desktop backdrop on Simple solution. Email said backdrop to me... errr... friends for safekeeping while you do your upgrade and then we can email it back once you are ready for her... errr... it. Michael P Butler wrote: * Figure how I'm going to get my new 21 inch monitor up two flights of stairs without dropping it. Find the neatest dutchman and ask how they managed to hoist a piano four flights up a house no wider than 6 feet! regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge Michael P Butler wrote: Some people fantasise about "real people", others about celebs
Paul Watson wrote: Simple solution. Email said backdrop to me... errr... friends for safekeeping while you do your upgrade and then we can email it back once you are ready for her... errr... it. LOL. It's okay, she's already back where she belongs, stretched across my desktop :eek: Paul Watson wrote: Find the neatest dutchman and ask how they managed to hoist a piano four flights up a house no wider than 6 feet! I might have to, the box is too big to fit up my stairs. It's going to be a two man job because of the narrow winding attic stairs. Should of got a plasma monitor instead. Michael :-) Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority. - The Doctor
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My new Dell arrived today and here is my new to-do list, * Open case and reseat all the cards that are lose. * Replace cheapo network card * Remove AOL, MSN Explorer, Real Player and all the other crap that OEM's like to put on * Download 30mb of Windows Updates (on a 64k idsn line) * IMPORTANT - Put my Gillian Anderson desktop backdrop on * Install all my software * Copy all my document and source code from my old machine * Run adware and find out what little presents have been left by Real Player * Figure how I'm going to get my new 21 inch monitor up two flights of stairs without dropping it. Looks like I'm in for a fun day Michael :-) Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority. - The Doctor
Michael P Butler wrote: * Download 30mb of Windows Updates (on a 64k idsn line) lol, that would take a minute or two for me. :-D Michael P Butler wrote: * Figure how I'm going to get my new 21 inch monitor up two flights of stairs without dropping it. show off ;P
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1. Buy a machine that does not come with an OS on it ( this involves owning a non-OEM OS and keeping it when you discard the old machine, or buying an OS seperately ) 2. NEVER install Real Player. 3. Make a rescue CD with all your drivers and backdrops, etc on it. Then you'll find this stuff goes much easier. I did it just the other day. Christian I am completely intolerant of stupidity. Stupidity is, of course, anything that doesn't conform to my way of thinking. - Jamie Hale - 29/05/2002
Christian Graus wrote: 2. NEVER install Real Player. Realplayer has spyware? :eek: :omg: :wtf: :eek: i better download and run adware.
:bob: Email: theeclypse@hotmail.com URL: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk:bob:
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My new Dell arrived today and here is my new to-do list, * Open case and reseat all the cards that are lose. * Replace cheapo network card * Remove AOL, MSN Explorer, Real Player and all the other crap that OEM's like to put on * Download 30mb of Windows Updates (on a 64k idsn line) * IMPORTANT - Put my Gillian Anderson desktop backdrop on * Install all my software * Copy all my document and source code from my old machine * Run adware and find out what little presents have been left by Real Player * Figure how I'm going to get my new 21 inch monitor up two flights of stairs without dropping it. Looks like I'm in for a fun day Michael :-) Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority. - The Doctor
Just skip all that with the following steps 1) Send machine back to Dell 2) Build my own machine with quality, name-brand parts instead of that OEM crap Dell uses. 3) Install Win2k without all the crap the OEM's like to put on there), and sp/2 4) At that point, you can start at the desktop image and continue on. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
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Christian Graus wrote: 2. NEVER install Real Player. Realplayer has spyware? :eek: :omg: :wtf: :eek: i better download and run adware.
:bob: Email: theeclypse@hotmail.com URL: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk:bob:
Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: Realplayer has spyware Never mind! It sux anyway! :) Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN! UIN: 50302279 E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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Michael P Butler wrote: * Download 30mb of Windows Updates (on a 64k idsn line) lol, that would take a minute or two for me. :-D Michael P Butler wrote: * Figure how I'm going to get my new 21 inch monitor up two flights of stairs without dropping it. show off ;P
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Onyeyiri wrote: lol, that would take a minute or two for me. I'm surfing on a ISDN 64 and 128 line too and know how suffering it is, so keep quiet Nnamdi! ;P Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN! UIN: 50302279 E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
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Just skip all that with the following steps 1) Send machine back to Dell 2) Build my own machine with quality, name-brand parts instead of that OEM crap Dell uses. 3) Install Win2k without all the crap the OEM's like to put on there), and sp/2 4) At that point, you can start at the desktop image and continue on. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Build my own machine with quality, name-brand parts instead of that OEM crap Dell uses. Ditto. I can't stand OEM machines, and I'll never buy another one for myself. Jeremy L. Falcon Homepage : Sonork = 100.16311
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Onyeyiri wrote: lol, that would take a minute or two for me. I'm surfing on a ISDN 64 and 128 line too and know how suffering it is, so keep quiet Nnamdi! ;P Rickard Andersson@Suza Computing C# and C++ programmer from SWEDEN! UIN: 50302279 E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu Speciality: I love C#, ASP.NET and C++!
NO...may it be proclaimed I HAVE BROADBAND!
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Just skip all that with the following steps 1) Send machine back to Dell 2) Build my own machine with quality, name-brand parts instead of that OEM crap Dell uses. 3) Install Win2k without all the crap the OEM's like to put on there), and sp/2 4) At that point, you can start at the desktop image and continue on. ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: 4) At that point, you can start at the desktop image and continue on. Now he didn't mention a screensaver. Would you do that before or after desktop image :) -:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179
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Paul Watson wrote: Simple solution. Email said backdrop to me... errr... friends for safekeeping while you do your upgrade and then we can email it back once you are ready for her... errr... it. LOL. It's okay, she's already back where she belongs, stretched across my desktop :eek: Paul Watson wrote: Find the neatest dutchman and ask how they managed to hoist a piano four flights up a house no wider than 6 feet! I might have to, the box is too big to fit up my stairs. It's going to be a two man job because of the narrow winding attic stairs. Should of got a plasma monitor instead. Michael :-) Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority. - The Doctor
Michael P Butler wrote: she's already back where she belongs, stretched across my desktop You lucky sod!!! Oh, you mean the wallpaper :-O Please tell me you mean the wallpaper...
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Christian Graus wrote: 2. NEVER install Real Player. Realplayer has spyware? :eek: :omg: :wtf: :eek: i better download and run adware.
:bob: Email: theeclypse@hotmail.com URL: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk:bob:
Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: Realplayer has spyware? I dunno, but it takes over your system like some sort of plague of locusts. Christian I am completely intolerant of stupidity. Stupidity is, of course, anything that doesn't conform to my way of thinking. - Jamie Hale - 29/05/2002
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Michael P Butler wrote: * IMPORTANT - Put my Gillian Anderson desktop backdrop on Simple solution. Email said backdrop to me... errr... friends for safekeeping while you do your upgrade and then we can email it back once you are ready for her... errr... it. Michael P Butler wrote: * Figure how I'm going to get my new 21 inch monitor up two flights of stairs without dropping it. Find the neatest dutchman and ask how they managed to hoist a piano four flights up a house no wider than 6 feet! regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge Michael P Butler wrote: Some people fantasise about "real people", others about celebs
You mean Paul and I agree on Gillian Anderson as being a babe? :omg: cheers, Chris Maunder "Sometimes everything is deep and philosophical and other times, well it's not so deep or philosophical" - Tom Archer, being philosophical.
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You mean Paul and I agree on Gillian Anderson as being a babe? :omg: cheers, Chris Maunder "Sometimes everything is deep and philosophical and other times, well it's not so deep or philosophical" - Tom Archer, being philosophical.
Chris Maunder wrote: You mean Paul and I agree on Gillian Anderson as being a babe? Is there anyone who disagrees? :-D James "Java is free - and worth every penny." - Christian Graus
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Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: Realplayer has spyware? I dunno, but it takes over your system like some sort of plague of locusts. Christian I am completely intolerant of stupidity. Stupidity is, of course, anything that doesn't conform to my way of thinking. - Jamie Hale - 29/05/2002
im not sure about that.
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You mean Paul and I agree on Gillian Anderson as being a babe? :omg: cheers, Chris Maunder "Sometimes everything is deep and philosophical and other times, well it's not so deep or philosophical" - Tom Archer, being philosophical.
Chris Maunder wrote: You mean Paul and I agree on Gillian Anderson as being a babe? Most definitley. A fine women like that I have no qualms about admitting how hot she is. The best bit about her is that she is more than just a pretty face. What about Catherine Zeta-Jones, now to my humble self that is a fine lady. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge Michael P Butler wrote: Some people fantasise about "real people", others about celebs
