This computer's going out the window

[bobmac]

:angry:
2 days ago I formatted my PC hard drive.
Save all my stuff, booted from the disc and a lovely new computer came out the other end. So far so good.
Then I started to download my usual stuff I use and something has gone wrong.
Sometimes pages load fine, some only sometimes and some never seem to load. Some even load but in a skeleton format with no pics.
IE wont load anything. It starts to load my Aol home page then stops and says it cant and action aborted.
I had to do a system restore this morning as I couldn't get onto the internet at all...........something to do with proxy servers.?
Anyway, I've looked and cant find anything in the programmes that shouldn't be there but you know what happens, stuff hides.
Can some please help or do I have to start all over again.
Thanks

 

[bobmac]

Turn it off and on again I hear you shout....
So I did, it installed 4 updates and bingo, it's working again... touch wood.
Stay tuned

 

[One Planer]

Turn it off and on again I hear you shout....
So I did, it installed 4 updates and bingo, it's working again... touch wood.
Stay tuned

Was this before, or after it went out of the window? :smirk:

 

[Matty]

I'd make sure all of the other available Windows updates get installed sooner rather than later too.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Sounds like Driver Updates Bob

How many times have you formatted this PC now?

 

[bobmac]

Sounds like Driver Updates Bob

How many times have you formatted this PC now?

Not many.
Maybe twice in 3 or 4 years

 

[PhilTheFragger]

is it still the steam driven XP one?

 

[bobmac]

is it still the steam driven XP one?

Very funny
I did a system restore and it's now just downloaded 75 updates which seems to have fixed it.
We'll see

BTW, it's not steam driven, it's Vista Home premium, Intel Core 2 duo 2 GB ram 2.2 Ghz and 250 GB hard drive.
Not immense but great when it was new.

 

[vkurup]

Very funny
I did a system restore and it's now just downloaded 75 updates which seems to have fixed it.
We'll see

BTW, it's not steam driven, it's Vista Home premium, Intel Core 2 duo 2 GB ram 2.2 Ghz and 250 GB hard drive.
Not immense but great when it was new.

Agree, it is not steam driven.. more like horse pulled..

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Oh well only 2 operating systems out of date then, thats not bad for you Bob

All i can say is that it is not the sort of machine you want to spend ANY money on, at all, ever

Hope it brings you joy and happiness

 

[bobmac]

I've got a separate issue now.
I got a pm earlier and now its still showing as unread so every time I change a page, it pops up again.
I even deleted it and it's still there
Any clues?

 

[PhilTheFragger]

yeah Forum is playing up a bit, Mike is aware, we had a similar issue last week, pages not updating

 

[Evesdad]

Simple solution get a mac!

 

[sydney greenstreet]

Turn it off and on again I hear you shout....
So I did, it installed 4 updates and bingo, it's working again... touch wood.
Stay tuned

Have you thought about upgrading to ZX Spectrum ?
all in all Bob I know what it is like to know very little about a computer.

 

[MarkE]

Firstly, don't use IE. Firefox all the way and Vista is the devil's work. Pile of junk when it was released. Get yourself a copy of XP and start again.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Whats AOL?

 

[SyR]

Whats AOL?

I thought they went bust years ago?

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Simple solution get a mac!

Or buy the equivalent PC and a car with the change.