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Oh, I'm not in rush - he can walk all the way...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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You do realize that the call-out-fee timer starts running when I walk out my door?
And that expenses are all chargeable?
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how much is 2 pints of brains and a sheep for the night nowadays?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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On expenses? Quite a lot of money...
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That's why Apple computers are so popular - I tend to suggest Apple computers, or mobile devices, to people who have little to no understanding of computers as you can't do much with them to break them - plus I can't support them
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: plus I can't support them The best part about Apple, really
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GuyThiebaut wrote: I can't support them
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
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Um, it's even easier to reset to factory defaults on iphones/ipads.
You just have to hope that Granny won't do it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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OriginalGriff wrote: but there are no saved restore points, no nothing...
Simple job? I think not. Sure it's simple. Sounds like you're all done. There's nothing left to do.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I lost something, so I pressed 'restore'
Send it back to the store. Maybe they need a "Restock" feature.
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After this is done you'll set up a separate admin account and reduce her account to standard user?
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Only if I can't find a "dangerous user" that has less privileges than "standard"...
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bin it and go buy her an etch a sketch instead
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Hope she's got a good interwebz connection. I replaced my home PC a few weeks ago, and it took five hours to install all the updates that had been released since it was built.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I've brought it round to my place - 40Mbps FTTC as opposed to her 7Mbps wired broadband.
It's currently downloading 138 updates, and after one whole hour of "0KB downloaded" (but the disk / network usage being 90%+ in Resource Monitor) it's just started installing the first update now...
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OriginalGriff wrote: after one whole hour of "0KB downloaded" (but the disk / network usage being 90%+ in Resource Monitor) it's just started installing the first update now...
That's exactly what I had - one hour of "0KB downloaded", followed by four hours of installing.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I think it was written by the same guy who did the Windows File Copy Dialog...
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"Your computer must be restarted..."
And one I've not seen before: "Your computer will be restarted in 2 days if you don't restart now"
Holy Moley! 2 days?
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OriginalGriff wrote: "Your computer will be restarted in 2 days if you don't restart now"
Does it have a count down? Or will it still say the same in 1 day and 23 hours?
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The toughts-and-events chain from "My Dolphin is gone" to "Let's click on Restore factory settings and ignore all warnings" must be quite interesting to trace back.
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I wish I could...
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OriginalGriff wrote: hopefully including an update to 8.1
The upgrade to 8.1 isn't available via Windows Update; you have to install it from the App Store.
I suspect you'll get yet another load of updates to install once you've upgraded.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Yeah - I noticed. But you have to upgrade at least parts of 8.0 first in order to upgrade to 8.1.
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