Cartman
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Yes, cut back on your smiley-dosage
Your problem sounds suspiciously much like an IRQ conflict to me, BTW. Look in Device Manager for any large, yellow exclamation marks.
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Cartman
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quote:...note the stupid instructions: "remove old keyboard and mouse, plug in signal device, install software." - how stupid! Now I have no control over anything! So I plug the old keyboard in and have some control of my PC as I install the stuff...
Sigh. Read carefully:
1). Unplug old keyboard/mouse 2). Inplug new keyboard/mouse 3). RESTART 4). Install software 5). Remove leftovers from previous KB/M
The magical trick here is that your KB/M will be recognised as "generic types" (without their respective drivers) so there's no NEED to hang on to your old stuff.
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quote: Got the laptop from an online classified. Searching for my target now. I would nuke all of NJ, but I wouldn't get my computer that way.
Got the PDA from another online classified, and it's worked perfectly for all of... 36 hours.
Never buy from someone who you can't return the thing to, without it involving mail. If I were to buy something from a personal add, it would have to be someone local, who I could throtle, if needed. I have considered buying a Dell, and may yet, and that involves mailing, but at least it is a big company, with a good service record.
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See, the funny thing about my printer is that it's doing the exact same thing from both my PC and my Mac...
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Saltah'na
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Your Inkjet printer should have a "Clean Printer Heads" option that should be able to clean that clogged jet. Otherwise, the only other reason why this (and all other problems) may be happening is that Bill and Hilary are out to get you.......
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1). Unplug old keyboard/mouse 2). Inplug new keyboard/mouse 3). RESTART 4). Install software 5). Remove leftovers from previous KB/M
The magical trick here is that your KB/M will be recognised as "generic types" (without their respective drivers) so there's no NEED to hang on to your old stuff.
[ December 30, 2001: Message edited by: Cartman ]
Yeah, we thought so too but it didn't work like that. We unpluged the old mouse & keyboard and then plugged in the radar/infrared device and rebooted. Sod all happened and I had no control over anything as the device was not recognised and the computer couldn't find a keyboard or mouse! We needed something to activate the "NEXT" button. Grrrrr!
What's wrong with my dosage of smilies?
Oh and no big yellow exclamation marks. Even I know to look for that! Come on, give me a chance and some respect for my basic knowledge of my comuter. HEHE!
Oh yeah, the printer is now throwing "Spooler" error at me - but my Dad & I can't find anything wrong with it or any of the files.
Say, would re-installing Windows wipe my data from "My Documents"? I'd like to avoid a lengthy back-up and re-formatting session.
Next suggestion please folks! I like this, soooo many good people coming to my aid. Makes me feel as though there is hope for the world after all.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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If you re-install Windows on top of your existing installation, then "My Documents" would be find. As would your start menu, wallpaper, and everything else. If you did a more complete installion (by deleting your System Directories before trying to run the install program), then "My Documents" would still be fine. You'd have to delete the actual "My Documents" directory to get rid of it.
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OK, have re-installed Windows - bugger all happened. I still have no sound or printer! Grr!
OK, so we took the case off and found something interesting. The sound card is not actually a sound card. Where the speaker cable plugs into at the back is just a big plug for the sound, microphone and joystick. A grey cable then connects it to the motherboard.
Question 1: Could the motherboard be faulty? Question 2: Could someone have hacked into my system while I've been on the Net and not bothered to tell me? Question 3: What the fuck is wrong with my machine!?
Please help!
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You have an integrated soundcard. It is done my motherboard manufacturers to save money. It's also often done with graphics cards, and when it's done with graphic cards, they often don't put an AGP slot on the board. This is very, very annoying.
You don't have that problem.
"Question 1: Could the motherboard be faulty?"
Yes. It could.
"Question 2: Could someone have hacked into my system while I've been on the Net and not bothered to tell me?"
Possibly. But almost certainly not. Unless you're on a permanent dial-up connection (which I doubt, since you're in the UK), it's quite hard to hack other computers. Especially if you're not an idiot when it comes to downloading weird files and opening strange e-mails.
Even if they did, I'm not sure how they'd manage to muck up your sound and printer to the point where a driver reinstallation does nothing.
"Question 3: What the fuck is wrong with my machine!?"
I have no idea. Of course, if you just want your sound back. you could buy a new soundcard. You should almost certainly have a spare PCI slot. You could pick up a cheap SB 128 for a tenner, and put that in. It wouldn't help your printer though.
It's also possible that you're somehow turned off the integrated soundcard in the BIOS. Load it up and select "Load BIOS defaults", and see if that does anything?
And finally, did you have a habit of regularly pluging and unpluging the printer lead while the computer was on?
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I fixed the printer. Just took the cartridge out and sucked on the print head (let the oral sex jokes commence...) until all three colors of ink were flowing out. Works fine.
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I avoided actually contacting the head. Just need a tight seel around the edges.
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OK. After a week of stress, I am back. So what happened? I shall tell you.
1) Backed up my files 2) Reformatted HDD 3) Re-installed files 4) Jumped up and down with joy as got sound card & printer back 5) Cursed when found that mouse is still buggered. However . . . 6) My Dad dug up an old serial mouse and we plugged that in - works! But only with its lid off exposing the innards. (His mates at work are baffled by this as it shouldn't work this way - but I'm not complaining! - Much). 7) Based on all available information we think that the motherbaord is buggered & I'm considering replacing it. So far it looks like it'll cost me between �500 (for a P3) and �800 (for a P4). Almost the price of a new system I know, but at least I keep the HDD, CD-Rom, CD-RW, Zip drive, monitor, speakers . . . might be able to keep the sound card - will take something off the cost.
Ah! The joys of fucked up technology!
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