Claw75
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« on: December 04, 2008, 08:19:26 PM » |
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My laptop doesn't seem to be recognising my DVD drive. The device status says:
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware because a previous instance of the device driver is still in memory. (Code 38)
Help!!!!
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"Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon....no matter how good you are the bird is going to shit on the board and strut around like it won anyway"
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Claw75
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« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2008, 08:42:25 PM » |
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"Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon....no matter how good you are the bird is going to shit on the board and strut around like it won anyway"
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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2008, 09:02:11 PM » |
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make/model of laptop ?
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Claw75
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« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2008, 09:39:55 PM » |
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it's sorted now - I just turned it off and on again (don't know why I didn't think of that myself!)
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"Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon....no matter how good you are the bird is going to shit on the board and strut around like it won anyway"
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« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2008, 12:38:26 AM » |
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As the great Colin Asbury once said, 'never under-estimate the power of the on-off switch'.
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It's better to be looking at it than looking for it.
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cia260895
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« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2008, 01:33:05 PM » |
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another 1??  on my pc screen i cannot view the whole screen the black area around the page wobbles a bit,Ihave tried changing the screen size on the monitor menu but this doesnt seem to work,it increases the size of the page but doesnt open the whole page up any ideas how i get rid of it or is the monitor foooked?
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« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2008, 01:36:18 PM » |
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Hit monitor hard with a 12lb sledgehammer ... then go out and buy a new one that was made this century.
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« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2008, 01:40:20 PM » |
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2/10 in a potential 'rate my computer desk' thread.
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cia260895
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« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2008, 01:44:47 PM » |
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its on afookin building site what more can i say???
all the 19" flat screens are kept nice and clean in head office.
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« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2008, 01:45:54 PM » |
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That definitely looks like changing the settings on the monitor menu would fix it (by that I mean the buttons on the actual monitor rather than anything through the computer).
But if you've tried that then I guess the next solution would involve a hammer.
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« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2008, 01:49:01 PM » |
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I take it you've saved the settings on the monitor once you've changed them and not just exited? (if there is an option to save) A quick tidy up wouldn't go a miss either 
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cia260895
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« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2008, 01:59:57 PM » |
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That definitely looks like changing the settings on the monitor menu would fix it (by that I mean the buttons on the actual monitor rather than anything through the computer).
But if you've tried that then I guess the next solution would involve a hammer.
hammer it is then.. I take it you've saved the settings on the monitor once you've changed them and not just exited? (if there is an option to save) A quick tidy up wouldn't go a miss either  Mondays are for tidying
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cia260895
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« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2008, 08:16:05 PM » |
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Woahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
1 dropped laptop which wont turn on at all....
is it terminal or is it cheaply repairable?
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« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2008, 08:52:07 PM » |
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BTW its not my lappy it's charlie boys...
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