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Sat, 19 Jan 2019 - 00:02
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Member Group: Members Posts: 10,460 Joined: 8 Sep 2008 Member No.: 22,424 |
Had some pretty good IT advice on this forum before so I thought I'd ask here first.
I've got a 13 year old laptop- previously had Vista, now has Windows 7. When starting up, it always takes at least 2/3 attempts as it reboots during the Windows login process. Theres a click and then it restarts. If I get past that point, the screen will either freeze completely, or it suddenly just goes all lines across it. I then have to take the battery and charger out to reboot it. Once it gets going, its fine. But it can be a good 15 minutes from trying to get started initially to getting it up and running without crashing/dying/rebooting. Any ideas on a cheap fix? I'm trying to avoid a new laptop- partially because I had a newer laptop which wasn't a patch on this one, and partly because I have a work laptop and only use my own one occasionally now (maybe once a week or so). The cost of them puts me off as well... call me tight but I'd rather spend my money on holidays or changing my car. |
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Thu, 24 Jan 2019 - 13:50
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Member Group: Members Posts: 3,306 Joined: 4 Mar 2017 Member No.: 90,659 |
I think at least in my sector extended support is more about security updates than technical support.
The response to any support request us that other, newer software is the issue, upgrade your bloody Windows CE machine if you want things to work properly. |
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