tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post1069906641446008012..comments2024-01-09T00:39:13.955+00:00Comments on Oh what NOW!: By the deathbed stands the heir apparent trying to retrieve the last secrets of the realm.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-72444235020659501232011-10-28T17:44:42.561+01:002011-10-28T17:44:42.561+01:00Router may be restricting the connections by '...Router may be restricting the connections by 'MAC' address.<br /><br />My Wireless Linksys does that. It allows you to stipulate the other wireless Mac addresses that may connect. <br /><br />Higher standards are supposed to be backward compatible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-13047887295943996732011-10-24T21:11:23.886+01:002011-10-24T21:11:23.886+01:00Have you told your router that there's a new k...Have you told your router that there's a new kid on the block?<br />Check the router's logs.FrankChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349761659165064987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-62397656976854570152011-10-24T00:10:43.128+01:002011-10-24T00:10:43.128+01:00Know anyone with a crossover network cable? Plug ...Know anyone with a crossover network cable? Plug in at new and old machines RJ45 network ports and Robert is ones fathers brother, as one might put it.<br /><br />Alternatively, if using a desktop; remove old hard drive from ageing desktop, open up guts of new machine, plug into power and IDE or SCSI cable (Not forgetting to set jumpers to 'slave') and there is your new backup. Easy. Job done.Bill Stickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285528897339442436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-58102485499887464082011-10-23T23:01:14.390+01:002011-10-23T23:01:14.390+01:00Thought of putting the old hard disk into the new ...Thought of putting the old hard disk into the new machine - as a slave?<br /><br />Won't connect? Is it a wireless connection or 10bT?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-83733393519256603592011-10-23T20:56:51.859+01:002011-10-23T20:56:51.859+01:00BTW FE, when you do get all your files transferred...BTW FE, when you do get all your files transferred to your new PC, may I suggest you then <i>immediately</i> back them up. <br /><br />New PCs (or Macs!) are most susceptible to component failure very early in their life.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-61622601535570533722011-10-23T20:51:24.984+01:002011-10-23T20:51:24.984+01:0017000? that's all? My old XP machine registere...17000? that's all? My old XP machine registered more than that the 1st time I defragged it. it liked me whole lots more after I started defragging the drive once a month...whether it needed it or not.Da Curly Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07631427436506831892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-83912580121062972132011-10-23T20:49:13.226+01:002011-10-23T20:49:13.226+01:00If something costs say 25% less than something els...If something costs say 25% less than something else, but doesn't do what you bought it for, have you saved 25% or wasted 75%? ;-)<br /><br />http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20083928-64/mac-vs-pc-via-mcdonalds-wi-fi-guide/Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-27701491922231078802011-10-23T20:01:12.814+01:002011-10-23T20:01:12.814+01:00TBY.
I just hope this machine lasts through the ni...TBY.<br />I just hope this machine lasts through the night. If we get a power outage I'm fucked.<br /><br />Yesterday it took me four hours to coax it into life. What do you expect with 17,400 file fragments on the disk?<br /><br />I shall soldier on.The Filthy Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584236558282159183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-58780513737237194242011-10-23T19:57:31.341+01:002011-10-23T19:57:31.341+01:00Macs are for the elite. I just prefer to buy somet...Macs are for the elite. I just prefer to buy something that has high computing power and is cheap. QED, not a Mac.The Filthy Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584236558282159183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-34119916823621345722011-10-23T19:53:52.916+01:002011-10-23T19:53:52.916+01:00May your old comp rest in peace and you still have...May your old comp rest in peace and you still have a full head of hair by the end of your deliberations. I feel your pain.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072165710888952465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-47530016718370535172011-10-23T19:49:03.916+01:002011-10-23T19:49:03.916+01:00So it's not a Mac then?So it's not a Mac then?Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.com