discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 2m 25d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 06/03/13 04:14 AM Share Posted 06/03/13 04:14 AM Malware bytes' anti malware is good (mbam)If it's got the clap bad try combofix but it's not pretty and is a bit technical. I only use that in bad cases.If you get a bug that hides all start menu items, do not clean temp folders of pc or run scanners, turn off and take to pc shop as your shortcuts are marked as hidden and placed into temp folder. If PC shop knows about this bug it is reversible with some googling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 3m 4d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 06/03/13 06:04 AM Share Posted 06/03/13 06:04 AM (edited) Its not a virus its a hardware issue on a brand new laptop.just bought a brand new HP laptop with windows 8. got it set up, thought it was pretty good, still working on nutting out windows 8 app system, but the real problem is this :it shuts down randomly. it might me after a few hours, sometimes its as its booting up. no warning, just "black screen, turns off". Edit: scratch that I now see your talkin about J@... :banghead: Edited 06/03/13 06:06 AM by Dagabond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 06/03/13 06:18 AM Share Posted 06/03/13 06:18 AM If you don't take it back to the shop within 7 days of purchase they'll send it away for repair rather than swap it straight over for a new one. I got caught by that with a faulty monitor once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 2m 25d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 06/03/13 12:00 PM Share Posted 06/03/13 12:00 PM Yeah you gotta hit em up for DOA instead of normal "faulty but under warranty". DOA is way better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKa Donating Members 4,243 Member For: 18y 5m 28d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 06/03/13 09:19 PM Share Posted 06/03/13 09:19 PM My sis bought a Sony Vaio for like $2500 a while ago. Now it's a slow pos, but she never looks after it. Her partner bought a new hp so I'm gonna try and tax the Sony.. I don't need a laptop but a free one I could use haha.. So my question is would formatting it restore some life back? Would I need to do anything specifically laptop related? I'd only be using it when my phone gives me the sh*ts and mostly to view web pages. I don't play games or anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 3m 4d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 06/03/13 10:01 PM Share Posted 06/03/13 10:01 PM Laptops are a waste of money/time get a tablet.They can now do everything a laptop does without having to close the lid, lug it round or boot up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 9m 23d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 06/03/13 10:09 PM Share Posted 06/03/13 10:09 PM Replace the HDD with a SSD if you want a really performance improvement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 6m 17d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 06/03/13 10:35 PM Share Posted 06/03/13 10:35 PM Laptops are a waste of money/time get a tablet. They can now do everything a laptop does without having to close the lid, lug it round or boot up. I call bullsh*t.. Show me one tablet that can run Civil3D or 12D effectively.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixy Angel Expert Donating Members 9,132 Member For: 19y 11m 22d Gender: Male Location: North Jamberoo, NSW Posted 06/03/13 10:43 PM Share Posted 06/03/13 10:43 PM Laptops are a waste of money/time get a tablet.They can now do everything a laptop does without having to close the lid, lug it round or boot up.I call bullsh*t.. Show me one tablet that can run Civil3D or 12D effectively..Looks like fight night.In the Blue Corner SDP all ready and suited up. In the Green Corner Dags all bug eyed and waiting.Fight!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 2m 27d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 06/03/13 10:45 PM Share Posted 06/03/13 10:45 PM I call bullsh*t toohow many tablets have usb or network ports and how much work is it to run windows or linux?only thing a tablet is good for is to look something up on the net quickly or sales guys but I use my phone to quickly get on the net so I guess the only use for a tablet is when selling sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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