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#16

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:43 am
by Randa france •

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Before cleaning however, please make sure you have all the passwords for your favourite websites like this one to hand as the cleaning process knocks out any saved passwords.
Randa

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#17

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:57 am
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: Randa france wrote in post #16
Before cleaning however, please make sure you have all the passwords for your favourite websites like this one to hand as the cleaning process knocks out any saved passwords.
Randa

Not if you make sure that the cookies and saved password boxes are unchecked in both Windows Internet Explorer and Applications (in Firefox or Chrome or whatever browser you use).

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#18

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 04, 2015 5:09 pm
by Bryn •

| 1.027 Posts

and I thought 2015 was going to be less complicated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#19

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:24 pm
by Bigloue (deleted)

Best tip is to ditch the desktop and buy an iPad !!!!!!!!!!!!

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#20

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:27 pm
by Ribski •

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And/or buy an iMac!

#21

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:15 pm
by hob (deleted)

Quote: Bigloue wrote in post #19
Best tip is to ditch the desktop and buy an iPad !!!!!!!!!!!!

I never had one, do they have much storage space ? I've used up 185 Gb so far on my desktop.

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#22

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:43 pm
by Bigloue (deleted)

32 gig but I use icloud and can use as much as I want and accessible from your phone and Mac book also my windows note book and I also use drop box again accessible from all devices.

#23

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:59 pm
by Deeps (deleted)

Oh please don't let us go there - the PC v Apple route he says reaching once more for the Prozak.

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#24

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:11 pm
by Agger (deleted)

I use a tablet and before that just a mobile (before that I was apparently a luddite!) I can switch memory cards in either my phone or tablet (I have 300gb of compatible cards from my photography days) I also use an OTG (On The Go) cable and can link my 2tb hard drive to either my tablet or phone! PC's are yesterdays tech for home use, Laptops are ok but unwieldy now we have smaller just as capable tech.

I do what others do I'm no different, I just carry most of it with me, always

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#25

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:12 pm
by hob (deleted)

Hmm none of those will play my music, and if there's no connection for any reason all my stuff is still available.

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#26

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:18 pm
by Agger (deleted)

Quote: hob wrote in post #25
Hmm none of those will play my music, and if there's no connection for any reason all my stuff is still available.

I can play all mine, and more if I want to, of course if you have yours on different media you would need to switch it over, but thats easy peasy, and I don't need a connection for anything unless I'm downloading (which I don't) or making a phone call which I can do from either my phone or tablet (signal dependant) but then thats no different to yourself? assuming you carry a mobile?

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#27

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:38 pm
by Bigloue (deleted)

If I turn my iPad on its ready right away with my windows I wait 1/2 hr or more just to boot up and then spend most of my time watching the spinning blue circle!!

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#28

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:41 pm
by Agger (deleted)

Quote: Bigloue wrote in post #27
If I turn my iPad on its ready right away with my windows I wait 1/2 hr or more just to boot up and then spend most of my time watching the spinning blue circle!!

I remember the blue circle but I have a Samsung tab s and like you it's instant! I have fingerprint recognition switched on backed up by a simple alpha / numerical password, and I can track it if someone "nicks" it

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#29

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon Jan 05, 2015 8:09 am
by crow (deleted)

I installed an SSD, to this new PC, easy, it can also be used as an external drive.
Boots in seconds.

#30

RE: Computer Maintainance

in Anything that's not Eriba-related. Mon Jan 05, 2015 10:05 am
by Pepé Le Pew •

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Quote: Bigloue wrote in post #27
If I turn my iPad on its ready right away with my windows I wait 1/2 hr or more just to boot up and then spend most of my time watching the spinning blue circle!!

It looks rather as if you've given up on your PC, but even so it shouldn't take anything like half an hour to boot up. It sounds as if it could do with a good clear out and a defragment, and I'd bet my best conker that the list of programs in startup is as long as a stair carpet.

For what it's worth, this PC - with five old-fashioned hard drives and none of those fancy Dan solid state ones - boots from stone cold to fully operational in 64 seconds, and that isn't desperately fast.

Windows computers do get a bit of a rough ride over their boot times and vulnerability to outside interference (amongst other things), but at least you don't have to throw them away when the battery expires or send them off to Apple when something goes wrong.

And they're almost infinitely upgradeable. This one here is a bit like an old pickaxe. I've replaced the haft five times and the head twice, but it's still the same machine underneath.

You pays your money and you takes your choice, but I'm not sure that a comparison between an iPad and a Windows PC is an entirely fair one.

Horses for courses and all that...

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