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

Crocodile - 16 Dec 2002 03:59

Digger - 09 Mar 2007 09:22 - 5533 of 11003

I have a problem with Outlook When a message is in the outbox and a send receive is activated the message does not move to the sent box. When I delete it fron the out box it continues(each time Outlook is in send receive mode) to resend the message as if it is on a send loop whilst showing the outbox as empty.Is a possible solution to reinstall MS office as I am unable to find the path to uninstall Outlook

porky - 09 Mar 2007 09:29 - 5534 of 11003

Haystack.
Thought you would like to know that Applemac sales are on the up percentage wise, and the experts predict that this percentage will increase markedly in the future.
Remember that the Applemac can now run OX10 and Windows, so you now have rthe best of both worlds.
So I don`t think Apple will be disappearing any time soon.
Regards.

Optimist - 09 Mar 2007 09:43 - 5535 of 11003

Digger

Is the email not being sent or sent and then not moved to the sent items?

If it is the latter then a reinstall might help but I suggest that you first try clicking Help then Detect and Repair...

If the mail is not sent, then it is most likely a problem with your SMTP settings.

ThePublisher - 09 Mar 2007 09:49 - 5536 of 11003

Op,

I can promise you it is being sent..............I'm getting the dratted stuff.

Digger and I are still chums.........but only juuuuuuuuuuuuuust.

TP

Digger - 09 Mar 2007 09:50 - 5537 of 11003

Optimist
Sent and then not moved to the sent items
Thank you will try the detect and repair when not connected to the net on the weekend

ThePublisher - 09 Mar 2007 09:58 - 5538 of 11003

Doc,

OK I've got that installed here and I'll do the same at home with the laptop.

What seems to take an age seems to the loading of masses of software. I have an addon to my Startup icon in the Control Panel called Startup Control Panel 2.8 by Mike Lin

http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

However, it does not seem to identify anything that I'd assume should not be there.

Someone told me that quite a lot of the problem is XP immediately looking around the MS site on the net to see if there is anything new to download. I don't mind that happening, but I'd quite like to be allowed to use my computer a bit first.

TP

hewittalan6 - 09 Mar 2007 10:02 - 5539 of 11003

Docproc,
I am very keen to get my PC running faster and to use the crap cleaner, but before I do, I have security certificates installed and several programmes that update via the internet daily (databases and applications). Are these likely to be affected by CC removing the bits it removes??
Thanks in advance,
Alan

Haystack - 09 Mar 2007 10:05 - 5540 of 11003

One of the problems with MACs is they cannot be upgraded like PCs. Just change the motherboard, hard drive, memory, CPU in any combination and you have a new PC. If your MAC goes wrong then you cannot do much yourself about it and it is an expensive process to get it fixed and you paid more for it to start with.

MightyMicro - 09 Mar 2007 12:01 - 5541 of 11003

Haystack:

A colleague has just taken delivery of a new Apple Mac Book, 17", Intel dual-core. It is a thing of beauty. It happily runs all the stuff from his old ThinkPad under XP as well as a proper Operating System, OS X, which is, of course, based on Berkeley UNIX.

But the other points you make have some validity.

And it's a pity that the iPhone is cr@p.

DocProc - 09 Mar 2007 12:15 - 5542 of 11003

hewittalan6

Anything you do using CCleaner will definitely affect your computer. Some things will speed it up, some might just mess it up completely. CCleaner obviously has to be used with a fair bit of care.

One of its best uses is to let it be informative to you and show you what is happening on your machine. You don't need to have every box ticked with a little green tick to run something on the cleaner.

As well as a large 'Startup' launching menu itself, programs within it, such as Windows Defender looking for the latest daily update, your virus software doing a sweep, and stuff like that, will all take quite a long time.

I think you want to question whether you do really need daily updates, particularly if this is happening with lots of your programs.

Haystack - 09 Mar 2007 12:21 - 5543 of 11003

MM
True MACs are much prettier than PCs, there is no doubt about it. The average PC is an ugly old thing.

But as far as flexibility, upgradeability, mendability, price, functionality ... the PC wins. PCs run the same applications as MACS. There is also much more software in general written for PCs. The ability of a MAC to run windows and in particilar XP applications does seem of dubious value except to a dedicated MAC fan. The solution would seem to be to buy a PC, which is cheaper in absolute terms and also in power per and then run the windows software plus all the MAC software that works on PCs now anyway.

The argument for MACs has always seemed to amount to MACs being better looking. I know that MAC people like their MAC sitting in full view as an ornament, but PC users tend to stick their PC chasis under their desk.

I imagine that you have your company overrun by MACs and you will say that MoneyAm was developed on a singe MAC in about 20 minutes. Of course MAM also runs on a 2 MAC cluster (one for backup).

Of course the shift to Intel processors is gradually turning MACs into PCs. How long will it before we see the Apple branded PC. Isn't that what you were almost describing above. If that is even remotely the case then the price issue is even more significant.

hewittalan6 - 09 Mar 2007 12:24 - 5544 of 11003

Cheers Doc,
The windows updates and that baloney I can do without, but the retail financial market information must be kept updated and my back office is held by a remote server, so they need access constantly. The other worry is the key and security certificate I have installed to allow me to access individual credit files. Losing those would be a disaster of Pompeii proportions.
Think I'll run it and only clean out the things I know are not linked to the above applications.
Alan

Optimist - 09 Mar 2007 12:35 - 5545 of 11003

hewittalan6

If you hold really vital information on your computer then you should not have to worry. If it goes wrong, you simply restore it from the backup.

Unless ...........

DocProc - 09 Mar 2007 12:38 - 5546 of 11003

hewittalan6

If your information is so vitally important, I trust you also have a good backup system in place?

Perhaps something like a removable external hard drive (A) backed up with another similar one of the same sort (B) ? And not just the drives but also a routine to follow, with a log to keep, complete with date and time? All designed so as to make you do your backup routine regularly and with discipline.

hewittalan6 - 09 Mar 2007 13:23 - 5547 of 11003

Such touching concern!!!!!!! LOL
Seriously, all data on these systems backs up automatically to a remote server several times a day. There is a second system to ensure that my, and my business partners machine exchange data and update each other automatically, so that if one goes down, the other has the record, even if the auto backup has failed and finally, the applications we use are outsourced to bespoke software designers, who retain a copy of the application and all updates / patches.
The real concern was the key / certificate for the credit referencing as this is, apparantly, a one off specific to each machine / user. It cannot be copied or backed up and takes several days and a long application process to replace if damaged or if required for a new PC.
I am sure you are all glad to read of the safeguards to your personal credit details!!
Alan

hewittalan6 - 09 Mar 2007 13:26 - 5548 of 11003

BTW,
Done the CC, cleaned 750MB of crap, not lost a thing that was important to me and the machine now appears much quicker.
Top marks to the programme and to Doc for the tip off.
Thanks
Alan

DocProc - 09 Mar 2007 14:22 - 5549 of 11003

Alan

750MB of crap, eh? It's so nice to be appreciated, and especially in connection with removing crap.....

:-)

You should be telling us about backup - not the other way round. ;-)

Oh, and when you say, "....your credit details....", well, whose credit details do you actually mean?

hewittalan6 - 09 Mar 2007 14:31 - 5550 of 11003

Everyone in the UK............potentially.
Don't worry. Your secrets are safe with me......
Alan

Haystack - 09 Mar 2007 14:41 - 5551 of 11003

Presumably as a result of access to Experian or similar for credit reference/scoring purposes. It is quite interesting what they have on people. I have had quite a bit of experience of that application.

hewittalan6 - 09 Mar 2007 14:47 - 5552 of 11003

Bullseye.
Thats why i am so ultra cautious about messing with my machine.
The info is incredible. Particularly some of the newer components such as Hunter and the GAIN network.
The media stuff about identity theft is largely scare mongering. It exists, but these applications are so refined nowadays that the vast majority of attempts are rooted out straight away, but you can never be too careful.
alan
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