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PC & MAC CLINIC - On line problem solving. (CPU)     

Crocodile - 16 Dec 2002 03:59

Bolshi - 17 Aug 2006 11:31 - 4872 of 11003

Speaking of the 'Windows' key. Is it possible to disable it (or any key for that matter)?
I like to have a go at war-gaming (Black Hawk Down) and sometimes in the heat of battle (ladies - it's a man's thing!) I inadvertantly hit the Windows key, and the whole thing screws up, taking me back to desktop and dropping me out of the game.
Frustrated soldier.

Optimist - 17 Aug 2006 12:51 - 4873 of 11003

Bolshi

I don't know whether it can be done on your computer, but why not put some putty under the key?

Bolshi - 17 Aug 2006 13:50 - 4874 of 11003

Ooooh? The best solutions are the easiest?

Perhaps I should learn to 'stay cool under pressure' :-)

Haystack - 17 Aug 2006 13:52 - 4875 of 11003

Connecting 240 volts to the windows key might work as an aversion therapy.

Bolshi - 17 Aug 2006 14:03 - 4876 of 11003

My missus says I should get the 240 volts but not on my finger! :-0

MightyMicro - 17 Aug 2006 14:04 - 4877 of 11003

My IBM ThinkPad doesn't have a Windows key: I have to press CTRL+ESC to get the same effect. I feel deprived [not].

Bolshi - 17 Aug 2006 14:12 - 4878 of 11003

Optimist. I suddenly realised. ----- If I put putty under the key the beggar will be more depressed than I am all the time !

Or should that be de-pressed?

Haystack - 17 Aug 2006 14:13 - 4879 of 11003

You learn something every day. I also have an old Thinkpad and some old keyboards without windows keys, but I didn't know about about CTRL+ESC .

Bolshi - 17 Aug 2006 14:15 - 4880 of 11003

My old keyboard is carved out of stone and in Hebrew.

Iain - 19 Aug 2006 11:49 - 4881 of 11003

Thanks. Sorted

Iain - 19 Aug 2006 16:08 - 4882 of 11003

New problem.
When I insert a CD or a DVD in the D drive it opens as "Files currently on cd" They wont autoplay.Checked that this option is ticked in D drive properties,it is
Any ideas?

Iain - 19 Aug 2006 19:37 - 4883 of 11003

Uninstalled Google Earth, which was the only thing Id added prior to this. Ok now.

Guvnor - 23 Aug 2006 11:23 - 4884 of 11003

Bolshi, Do away with the stone keyboard and get one of these.

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3V1N&CategorySelectedId=11117&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11117,50550

Bolshi - 23 Aug 2006 12:27 - 4885 of 11003

Guvnor. Ooooooh! I like the look of that!

"The G15 also features a switch that turns off the 'Windows' key, so hitting that button accidentally won't end your game"

Thx for info. Now can I wait until Chrimbo?

RogerD - 23 Aug 2006 17:09 - 4886 of 11003

Had a few weeks off for the summer. Now back but seem to have lost java. Anyone know which version, or what I need to down load.

Thanks in advance

DocProc - 23 Aug 2006 18:34 - 4887 of 11003

Best to go through MoneyAM to get your Java.

Go to it via, eg, Stockwatch, for your download.

RogerD - 23 Aug 2006 19:02 - 4888 of 11003

Funny, thats what I thought I'd done before. However it seems to have vanished from my stockwatch screen?

ThePublisher - 24 Aug 2006 08:44 - 4890 of 11003

I had to get rid of a small number of bad sectors a few days ago.

I am, touch wood, experiencing no current problems but my IT chappie feels it would be wise to swop my hard disk soonish.

A short while ago we discussed the various software alternatives that one could use to minimise the number of programs that would need re-installing from scratch. On a photographic forum that I follow someone has suggested:-

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

Has anyone around here used it?

EDIT. I now see that they do something more specific:-
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/migrateeasy/

And the alternatives? Ghost is often mentioned. One that someone around here mentioned was PC Relocator.

All suggestions welcome.

Rgds

TP

Kyoto - 24 Aug 2006 09:01 - 4891 of 11003

TP - I use Acronis True Image for regular backups to an external USB hard drive and it's excellent.

I looked at a lot of backup products in April after moving away from more manually-oriented DVD-RAM backups and although Acronis isn't the market leader (I'm sure Norton Ghost still will be) I was convinced it was the better product.

One small word of caution - I tried buying online from their website but it didn't go smoothly - although customer service was excellent and the screw-up was soon sorted. UK-sourced boxed version 9s used to be cheaper than downloading direct from Acronis US but now the dollar has gone down so much maybe it isn't any more.

edit: I'm not quite sure about what the Migrate Easy product does that True Image doesn't - since I can use True Image to copy the complete contents of one hard drive to another. Maybe it makes things a bit easier but I wonder if it is as useful as True Image in the long run?

And one word of warning about 'ghosting' one machine's hard drive to another machine with XP - most likely it will regard the new location as evidence of piracy and you'll have to phone Microsoft to convince them to give you an unlock code.
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