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jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 13 7:47 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

I made some killer Marie Rose sauce last night. Want a recipe?

Yes please! I love a good old fashioned prawn cocktail.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 13 8:04 pm Post subject:

toggle wrote:

i can't get into xp. at all. it bluescreens partway through boting into safe mode

Isn't the option for the last known good configuration on the same screen as the option to use safe mode?
But if it won't boot to safe, I doubt that'll work.

nats

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 2374
Location: Swindon but not a Swindonian

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 13 8:16 pm Post subject:

If you can boot from an XP "disk" (either a bootable XP image on a USB stick or using an external disk drive - netbooks don't have DVD drives do they?) then you should be able to do a repair of XP. NOT from the recovery console (that's NASTY!) which is the first possible repair option but going through pretending that you are going to install XP afresh it should find the current install and say something along the lines of "you are being a bit silly here you already have XP on this. D'ya want me to try and fix it?" Select EVERY option possible within that and you'll be amazed what you fix. Then install Malwarebytes, and run that in safemode. (you have to install in normal mode).

HOWEVER (and it's a big one) I have found that often I can't find this option. I still haven't worked out if it's not on the disk that I am using at the time or it's something to do with the install I'm working on. If you can find it then this is your best bet.

If you can't, and you have enough disk space and you have the XP code to initialise a new install of XP then you can install a second copy of XP to boot to, use that to save any files etc, then format and fresh install. Either which way it's a PITA and I suggest extra chores for a very long time.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 13 8:30 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Nick wrote:

I made some killer Marie Rose sauce last night. Want a recipe?

Yes please! I love a good old fashioned prawn cocktail.

Squirt of Heinz ketchup, good mayonnaise, lemon juice, black pepper, Tabasco (although last night it was a decent slug of Nandos piri piri sauce). Probably not the classic recipe, but worked.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 13 8:42 pm Post subject:
Ah - same as mine then.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45540
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 13 1:00 am Post subject:
fixing poorly pooters and recipies for lice in the same thread is a first even for ds

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 13 7:50 am Post subject:
Dont have any advice re the IT problems, but TOTALLY sympathise re child........... .......glad you had a rant......by the sounds of it, wont be your last regarding this scenario. You have my complete and total understanding.

MarkS

Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 2626

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 13 5:47 pm Post subject:
Nuke it from space. Sounds like this machine is totally compromised - it will be quicker and easier to reinstall from scratch. Boot from your ubuntu stick and backup the data files he needs, then nuke it.

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 13 6:04 pm Post subject:

I've considered the option of an ubuntu install. be a good learning exercise for him. but in practical terms the machine is of far more use with MS office installed. which means fixing the current install. at the very least enough to get the XP key. whatever open office may claim, it isn't compatable.

actualy, i'm sure someone told me ages ago vista keys work with xp. I do have the documentation of my last machine that was vista. prob have the key with that. it's just a damn nuisance the disks i had from when i was running xp are defunct

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 13 10:19 pm Post subject:
check out Libre Office 4, see if it meets the bill. or Apache Open Office The little sweetie can do you, his classmates and the rest of us a big favour by doing a compare and contrast with MS Office.

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 13 12:18 pm Post subject:
i know libreoffice has the same issues. they are absolutely fine for simple text, but do anything more complex than that and the formatting all goes to hell.

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 13 5:20 pm Post subject:
allegedly, you can install MS Office in Ubuntu using "WINE": https://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/06/how-to-install-microsoft-office-suite-2010-in-ubuntu-12-04-using-wine-1-5/

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 13 5:49 pm Post subject:
ohhhhhhhh. interesting

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
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Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 13 5:56 pm Post subject:

toggle wrote:

ohhhhhhhh.

interesting

suspect that it might rival sweet little boys for sheer frustration, but surely a little more productive than lurking round here

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 13 6:01 pm Post subject:

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