The Computer Megathread

[suburb]

Lololol my computer is better than yours.

I run multiple computers lol.  Plus your stuffty emachines thing just is a windows computer but my iMac runs windows 7 so I am fine.

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[Trymos]

I am planning on reformatting my new acer laptop, but I don't want to reformat it with the bloatware, would the OEM windows 7 key work on a downloaded CD/DVD?

[Boink!]

I run multiple computers lol.  Plus your stuffty emachines thing just is a windows computer but my iMac runs windows 7 so I am fine.

inb4macvspcwar

[KoopaScooper]

I am planning on reformatting my new acer laptop, but I don't want to reformat it with the bloatware, would the OEM windows 7 key work on a downloaded CD/DVD?

Yes it would, but you probably shouldn't download the disk because typically the OEM disk they give you isn't filled with bloatware, as my HP Windows 7 disk is clean as a whistle. If does have bloatware, I'm pretty sure it's removable.

[suburb]

inb4macvspcwar

This is the one thing that frustrates me most with society that involves computers.  People do not loving understand that PC stands for personal computer.  And mainly you, Boink, are the factor in this scenario that is the factor resulting in this thread that will cause a flame war because you lack the understanding that Mac's are equally PC's just to Window's computers are PC's as well.  So when people say "Macvspc" it's just a mac vs itself nothing else.  Mac's are built the exact same way any windows computer is.  The education of america, europe or anywhere for that matter fails at describing the basis between context of PC being an overall computer and Window's being Microsoft's counteractive to Apple's Macintosh system.  Nothing makes them special but their looks and user basis opinions of the two.  So next time, don't say PC means window's or it means Mac, because it means loving any computer system.

So go to hell 'Boink!'.  My argument is final.

[Boink!]

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Sorry man, geez. Didn't know it'd be that hard on you.

[KoopaScooper]

This is the one thing that frustrates me most with society that involves computers.  People do not loving understand that PC stands for personal computer.  And mainly you, Boink, are the factor in this scenario that is the factor resulting in this thread that will cause a flame war because you lack the understanding that Mac's are equally PC's just to Window's computers are PC's as well.  So when people say "Macvspc" it's just a mac vs itself nothing else.  Mac's are built the exact same way any windows computer is.  The education of america, europe or anywhere for that matter fails at describing the basis between context of PC being an overall computer and Window's being Microsoft's counteractive to Apple's Macintosh system.  Nothing makes them special but their looks and user basis opinions of the two.  So next time, don't say PC means window's or it means Mac, because it means loving any computer system.

i love you for saying exactly what i was thinking

[Snaffle J. Bean]

Guys I just got my new sweet awesome series gaming graphics card in.  It's so sweet that you can't even handle it's awesome.

dat single slot
dat agp
dat s-video
dat vga
dat small heatsink

Also: Holy stuff yes the package with all the parts for my PC is out for delivery forget YESSSSSS

[zefoo]

my Computer :(


Windows XP   - Service Pack 3

AMD Sempron Processor

448 MB of RAM

3G of Memory        (1 remaining)

1.79 Ghz

seriously, my PC sucks.

Ok I thought my sisters netbook was the worst computer I had seen.
3g of HDD Memory?
4 words...
YOU NEED TO UPGRADE.

Add one word and it's better.
YOU NEED A NEW COMPUTER.

[Trymos]

Ok I thought my sisters netbook was the worst computer I had seen.
3g of HDD Memory?
4 words...
YOU NEED TO UPGRADE.

Add one word and it's better.

YOU NEED A NEW COMPUTER.

Yes it would, but you probably shouldn't download the disk because typically the OEM disk they give you isn't filled with bloatware, as my HP Windows 7 disk is clean as a whistle. If does have bloatware, I'm pretty sure it's removable.

I'm pretty sure it's removable, but I would honestly have far less pain installing drivers over removing bloatware and getting fragmentation.
It would be far less painful just installing a clean copy and installing the drivers separately since i have separate computers.
Oh, and the Acer recovery DVD's still keep the bloatware, unfortunately.

And one last thing, my webcam drivers don't mix well at ALL with the bloatware. Main reason why I wanted to reformat with a clean slate.

[pecon98]

http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=193392.0

So I took out the hard drive and tried to boot it on another computer, same issue. I used checkdisk on it, and it said nothing was wrong with the hard drive; so what is the issue then?

[Uncle Bengs]

http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=193392.0

So I took out the hard drive and tried to boot it on another computer, same issue. I used checkdisk on it, and it said nothing was wrong with the hard drive; so what is the issue then?

i think that happened to me, i just installed a fresh copy of windows and then it worked

pretty sure it happens when you try using a harddrive from a store-bought computer on another motherboard than the one that came in the box

[Trymos]

http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=193392.0

So I took out the hard drive and tried to boot it on another computer, same issue. I used checkdisk on it, and it said nothing was wrong with the hard drive; so what is the issue then?

This BSOD means that the winlogon service or CSRSS has been fatally compromised and windows tries to boot into kernel mode, but since windows cannot run without csrss or winlogon it fails to start up.

Try pressing f8 and select "Last known good configuration"

If that doesn't work, can you tell me what you were doing before the time of failure?

[pecon98]

This BSOD means that the winlogon service or CSRSS has been fatally compromised and windows tries to boot into kernel mode, but since windows cannot run without csrss or winlogon it fails to start up.

Try pressing f8 and select "Last known good configuration"

If that doesn't work, can you tell me what you were doing before the time of failure?

It was a long while back, I don't think I was doing anything unusual. Right before it happened I had to force the computer to shut down because it was slowly running slower and slower until it was completely frozen.

[Trymos]

It was a long while back, I don't think I was doing anything unusual. Right before it happened I had to force the computer to shut down because it was slowly running slower and slower until it was completely frozen.

Could you recall anything you installed that could have caused it to start getting slower and slower?
Like drivers?

I assume last known good configuration didn't work.