Gemmill 46032 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Ok, I think it's basically time for you to buy a Mac. ok, lets not get dramatic My pc is broken.... I'm not a pretentious Gay. Silly tithead! I've got two, would you like one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 goto http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm you need #278 right click Save As, once it's downloaded double click it might give you some message about Merge to Registry or something Click OK or Yes reboot afterwards and try system restore again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10966 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 Ok, I think it's basically time for you to buy a Mac. ok, lets not get dramatic My pc is broken.... I'm not a pretentious Gay. Silly tithead! I've got two, would you like one? we talking about mac's or pretentious gays? tbh I wouldn't think twice about having a Mac and a pc if I could afford it. I think they have each cornered a different niche in the same market. I know they're essentially the same, but the differences are enough for me to at least consider it.. god I'm a fucking idiot... the one computer I do have doesn't work and here I am talking about trying to run two at once.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46032 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Scroll up and look at the advice above daft lad. Just making sure you don't miss it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46032 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I've got both btw. Both good for different things. Although I think if I could afford one of the top of the range macs, I wouldn't bother with a PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10966 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 goto http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm you need #278 right click Save As, once it's downloaded double click it might give you some message about Merge to Registry or something Click OK or Yes reboot afterwards and try system restore again but now at least I've got the start menu back and most of the programs are working, still won't let me system restore and it doesn't recognise an audio device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 you could try #371 on that page some drill as last time is it a dell system your using mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10966 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 you could try #371 on that page some drill as last time is it a dell system your using mate? yeah it's Dell... fucking Dell THOSE FUCKING RATBASTARDS AT DELL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 it's sounds like a Restore to Factory Settings is on the way, tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10966 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 it's sounds like a Restore to Factory Settings is on the way, tbh I think I'm going to puke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10966 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 Ok is there another route to "restore Factory Settings?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 you don't have the system restore disk ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46032 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I thought Dell had some killer customer service. Can you not get on the blower to them? I'm sure they would provide you with the system restore disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10966 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 you don't have the system restore disk ? if I do it's not with the other 30 fucking dicks... Jesus I'm so fucking sick of Dell I could .... well probably politely phone them up apologise for taking up there time and beg for forgiveness to be honest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 this works with most Dells Press and hold Control Key+F11 during boot up to go through the restore wizard thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10966 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 this works with most Dells Press and hold Control Key+F11 during boot up to go through the restore wizard thing sure, but if this doesn't work I'm doing three things. 1) holding you personally responsible for the bloodbath that will undoubtedly follow and 2) letting Wacky and Smo do whatever they like to the people who own/run Dell and finally 3) buying a Mac with the money I demand from this shite- hawking company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46032 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I tell you what, Karl is doing his best for The Fish here. Deserves some sort of Toontastic award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I know how he feels my old Dell had all sorts of problems and despite making you buy a Windows license Dell wont give you a windows cd and cos I'm a nob i never made the restore cd (they don't give you that either) the ctrl+f11 thing saved me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 this works with most Dells Press and hold Control Key+F11 during boot up to go through the restore wizard thing sure, but if this doesn't work I'm doing three things. 1) holding you personally responsible for the bloodbath that will undoubtedly follow and 2) letting Wacky and Smo do whatever they like to the people who own/run Dell and finally 3) buying a Mac with the money I demand from this shite- hawking company. good luck if you do ring Dell, the support centre is in India and their grasp wasn't too great when i last spoke to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46032 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I'm not racist, but.......... There's nothing more annoying than getting a customer service representative in a call centre in India (or anywhere else for that matter) that doesn't speak sufficient English to provide customer service. Wholly fucking unacceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 i just thought, Fish you are aware that this restore will actually format the hard disk and all data on it would be lost i maybe should have mentioned this earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31207 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Technical help call centres based anywhere are usually shite in my experience. Anyone with the intelligence to fix the problem is usually in a better job, the idiots in the call centres are reading from a help database that can probably be found online somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10966 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 i just thought, Fish you are aware that this restore will actually format the hard disk and all data on it would be lost i maybe should have mentioned this earlier No, I knew that, but was hoping to find a way around doing the the whole "system dump". if I get a mate with an external hard-drive round and copy over my music/games/tvporn etc. is it likely that whatever problem there is with my system will be carried across with it? basically I'm asking is it worth me trying to save anything, or should I just be a man and say g'bye to it all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15721 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 i just thought, Fish you are aware that this restore will actually format the hard disk and all data on it would be lost i maybe should have mentioned this earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10966 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 I'm not racist, but.......... There's nothing more annoying than getting a customer service representative in a call centre in India (or anywhere else for that matter) that doesn't speak sufficient English to provide customer service. Wholly fucking unacceptable. I've many a time asked to speak to an assistant in an English call centre and when I'm challenged in that self righteous "How fucking dare you" tone I reply that quite frankly I cannot understand half of what the guy/girl is saying and it's my fucking phonebill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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