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Thread: Computer repair, Montana style
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07-13-2022, 10:08 PM #1
Computer repair, Montana style
I am writing this on a 2013 Toshiba laptop. It is well past its prime and all I really use it for is the Internetz. Yesterday there was a notice from MS that I needed to run a critical update and restart. I hit, do it later..
Later I came into the house and went to the laptop to be socially media but the screen was blank and the system was locked up seemingly. Dope may have been involved in the next decision but I pushed the power button and held it until the system shut down and then I restarted it.
System came up all weird and kept giving a Winhttp.dll file missing or corrupt. Couldn't do much of anything with the system, fucked with it for a few hours. Well its old and I got my use out of it but I was a little pissed so I gave it a good toss. Afterwards I remembered there were probably a few files and address's I might want so I started the system. It loaded up, ran a system restore on its own and now it right back where it was before that critical update.I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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07-13-2022, 10:16 PM #2
Was dope involved with this post? It seems like that's how most Windows updates go for me too.
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07-13-2022, 10:34 PM #3
I performed a similar repair on a buddy's tv awhile back. Replace dope with alcohol. I fall into the tv stand, knocking tv off. It does the pixelation of death in one corner. I put it back on the stand and give it a good thunk. et voila.
swing your fucking sword.
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07-14-2022, 09:24 AM #4
Throw it in the Gallatin and buy a 250$ Chromebook.
Let off the heroin as well..
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07-14-2022, 09:32 AM #5
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07-14-2022, 12:16 PM #6
I am not an Apple user, sorry. And when this Laptop really dies I plan to empty a magazine of .40 into it.
I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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07-14-2022, 12:27 PM #7
Who said anything about getting a fucking Apple?
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07-14-2022, 12:31 PM #8
The voices in his head? The heroin?
"timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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07-14-2022, 12:33 PM #9
Chrome books suck
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07-14-2022, 12:34 PM #10
Jesus.
Bunions playing colecovision by candlelight
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07-14-2022, 12:36 PM #11
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07-14-2022, 12:41 PM #12
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07-14-2022, 12:45 PM #13Registered User
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I like the couple of lenovos i've had and IBM before that and I think both of them we refurbished
my buddy the electronics dealer tells me less lenovo's shit the bed than any other brandLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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07-14-2022, 01:30 PM #14
If you don’t have an internet connection a chrome book can be used as a door stop
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07-14-2022, 03:27 PM #15
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07-14-2022, 05:11 PM #16
Says the guy living in a van down by the river....
Sorry, was thinking Macbook, don't do Chromebooks either. and yeah this this is just for surfing the net and getting all kinds of malware, keeps me from surfing while working. My business systems are all Windows based, not going to learn a new OS at this late date.The main difference between Chromebooks and laptops is of course the operating system. While laptops run on the most popular operating system Windows, Chromebooks run on web-based Chrome OS, which is basically a skinned version of the Chrome browser with some added functionalities.I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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07-14-2022, 06:14 PM #17
If I need that kind of adjustment I just leave it in one of my teenagers' rooms.
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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07-14-2022, 07:19 PM #18
Chromosomebooks are a no. Ask any kid who attended public school within the last 5 years.
Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forumsswing your fucking sword.
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07-14-2022, 08:58 PM #19
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07-14-2022, 09:41 PM #20
No barbed wire, rubber boots or rusty car parts?
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07-14-2022, 10:00 PM #21
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07-15-2022, 06:22 AM #22
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07-15-2022, 07:40 AM #23
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07-15-2022, 07:55 AM #24
^^^ Next life.
I have been in this State for 30 years and I am willing to admit that I am part of the problem.
"Happiest years of my life were earning < $8.00 and hour, collecting unemployment every spring and fall, no car, no debt and no responsibilities. 1984-1990 Park City UT"
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07-15-2022, 08:11 AM #25
My phone was acting wonky but the other day I dropped it in the river and it seems to be working fine now.
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