Anybody else having kooky computer problems?

[myronb]

Came in this morning, had a machine(a dinosaur running win 98) wouldn't do anything but boot in safe mode. Messed with it for 30 minutes & finally sent it to the local guru. Early this afternoon, my laptop that I run flexi7.6 on stopped responding & i had to reboot(so far, so good) Just a few minutes ago the new dual core, hot rod, rip station stopped responding! Is it just me , or is this some enchanted moment in time, right between a full moon & Halloween?

 

[Shovelhead]

I once fried two motherboards in the same night.
Made me believe someone was hacking me.

 

[GK]

I once fried two motherboards in the same night.
Made me believe someone was hacking me.

That would make me believe I had some serious electrical fluctuations or some static. Remember, if it happens from inside the power supply...surge protection will not matter at all.

 

[Shovelhead]

They were on two different computers.

 

[cOrKinSA]

My issue is sometimes my right click won't work unless I close a window. Other times I need to close an application to open another application or even open a web page unless I close another web page.

This happen to anyone else?

 

[DARLAK]

my computer started talking to me yesterday, kinda like HAL in 2001, and my name is dave - so it really got freaky

 

[Gino]

No problems with the computers lately…… and that’s a good thing. However, we have a guy working for us though that can fix anything…. just ask him.

My only complaint is that I can't find the................
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[WhiskeyDreamer]

My issue is sometimes my right click won't work unless I close a window. Other times I need to close an application to open another application or even open a web page unless I close another web page.

This happen to anyone else?

yes, this happens to me as well...usually i do the same thing, close out the window i'm in and it works fine after that

 

[cOrKinSA]

yes, this happens to me as well...usually i do the same thing, close out the window i'm in and it works fine after that

I sometimes wonder if it is because I might be faster then the computer, but that's fools thinking. Time to backup a little more frequently.

 

[Replicator]

Computers $UCK . . . ! ! !

 

[fozzyber]

PEBKAC errors

Problem
Exists
Between
Keyboard
And
Chair

:Big Laugh:Big Laugh:Big Laugh

 

[Replicator]

PEBKAC errors

Problem
Exists
Between
Keyboard
And
Chair

:Big Laugh:Big Laugh:Big Laugh

ROFLMFAO . . . :Big Laugh

 

[fozzyber]

you also have the famous ID Ten Tee errors....

ID10T

 

[OldPaint]

or the one o leave on peoples monitor that i work on their computers...
98% OF COMPUTER PROBLEMS ARE OPERATOR ERROR!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fozzyber]

Want a fun one? this will piss people off.

1: put a small sticky note on the bottom of their mouse...
2: re-map their keyboard, ie change e to f and f to e (works better if you only do 2-3 keys...)

3: take a screen shot of a persons desktop , or workspace.
then set that to their background image, then move all icons / shortcuts off the desktop. then watch them try to click on the "background icons"

4: if something is not working tell them to press
(windows key + U + U) or (Alt + F4)

I'm not responseable if you do this and get your ass kicked.....

 

[Ken]

A good quality UPS is a good thing to have. Saved my bacon many times, I'm sure of that. An anti-virus (up to date) and a cookie thrasher (Ad Aware) should help. Have a minimal amount of applications running on the start-up taskbar.
Could be the fool moon..lol
Ken

 

[Samm]

Want a fun one? this will piss people off.

1: put a small sticky note on the bottom of their mouse...
2: re-map their keyboard, ie change e to f and f to e (works better if you only do 2-3 keys...)

3: take a screen shot of a persons desktop , or workspace.
then set that to their background image, then move all icons / shortcuts off the desktop. then watch them try to click on the "background icons"

4: if something is not working tell them to press
(windows key + U + U) or (Alt + F4)

I'm not responseable if you do this and get your ass kicked.....

heh heh heh heh

 

[gabagoo]

These problems happen because someone is surfing porn online!!! No just joking, but I bet a more than just a few of you perked up there lol I too had a mother board blow last week on a relatively new computer (1 year). It hung twice while printing banners and not at the beginning either it waits until the last 8 inches then it hung. After that happened twice the next time I rebooted...nothing she was down and out. Good thing it had a warranty. This brings me to a question . I felt really stressed knowing we couldn't print for 4 days while the comp was being repaired. Do you others here keep a spare computer loaded with all your software for just this reason? I was thinking of purchasing a laptop to be used strictly in emergencies for any of out 3 work stations as each runs different softwares. Good idea or a waste of time?

 

[Craig Sjoquist]

have 4 things happening to this computer
outlook express will not open nor reinstall
IE shuts down after leaving a website
chkdsk not in system 32 folder nor will install
flash player will not install..heeds on opera browser

grrrrrr

font crazy