RANT CORNER

[gazuty]

Got the message on my desktop PC this morning to do a Windows update. I thought Saturday morning was a good time to do it.

And that was all she wrote - never booted up again. I can’t even get to the bios screen. Faaaaaaaarrrrrrkkkkkkkkk.

On the plus side everything is backed up, I don’t use it for work or for bet angel (I use vps).

But working out whether it is the motherboard or is it the C Drive it’s just so frustrating. I can’t even get it to boot off a bootable USB.

[Derek27]

Got the message on my desktop PC this morning to do a Windows update. I thought Saturday morning was a good time to do it.

And that was all she wrote - never booted up again. I can’t even get to the bios screen. Faaaaaaaarrrrrrkkkkkkkkk.

On the plus side everything is backed up, I don’t use it for work or for bet angel (I use vps).

But working out whether it is the motherboard or is it the C Drive it’s just so frustrating. I can’t even get it to boot off a bootable USB.

Sounds like a BIOS/UEFI or motherboard problem if you can't access the setup screen. Good luck with it!

[gazuty]

Sounds like a BIOS/UEFI or motherboard problem if you can't access the setup screen. Good luck with it!

Yep. (long answer follows).

I plugged the hard drive into the kids gaming computer (after taking the boot drive out of the kids gaming computer and replacing it with the drive from my desktop). The windows installation was stuck at 35% implemented. I have been able to complete the Windows update and get it to boot up on the kids gaming computer.

Returning to my desktop computer and reinstalling everything I still do not even get the BIOS screen. So Derek you are right - it is the motherboard.

Put the screwdriver across jbat 1 but still no luck.

[Derek27]

Sounds like a BIOS/UEFI or motherboard problem if you can't access the setup screen. Good luck with it!

Yep. (long answer follows).

I plugged the hard drive into the kids gaming computer (after taking the boot drive out of the kids gaming computer and replacing it with the drive from my desktop). The windows installation was stuck at 35% implemented. I have been able to complete the Windows update and get it to boot up on the kids gaming computer.

Returning to my desktop computer and reinstalling everything I still do not even get the BIOS screen. So Derek you are right - it is the motherboard.

Put the screwdriver across jbat 1 but still no luck.

That's odd. I would have thought booting a hard drive in the wrong computer would result in all sorts of boot/hardware problems as your booting an OS configured for a different PC with its own hardware setup.

[greenmark]

Why does windows refuse to dsplay the audio volume on right-click.
Aaaaaarrggghhhhhh!!!!

[gazuty]

Sounds like a BIOS/UEFI or motherboard problem if you can't access the setup screen. Good luck with it!

After wasting a few hours yesterday (does that count to my weekly total?) I’ve decided to buy a Mac mini. Pick up in an hour or so.

Eventually I’ll pull the data off the old drives or turn them in to network storage or something like that.

[Derek27]

Sky Sports seem to know that the Portland/Inter Miami match starts around 22:50 but Betfair doesn't! I wonder how much of my 60 hours is wasted waiting for a match to start.

[Derek27]

Just received another email from Scottish Power demanding payment for an overdue bill. Looked at the bill, "please pay by 3rd Oct"!!

I think I'll take time off the rant thread and direct my abuse their way.

Did just that. My emails were quite abusive as you can imagine. Got a grovelling apology, IT error sending out overdue letters at the same time as bills, and got a compensation payment.

Much like my automation was doing yesterday, opening a trade at the same time as my green-up rule triggered.

[firlandsfarm]

Kit Malthouse, Minister for Crime and Policing: If you're in any doubt about the authenticity of a police officer who [tasered and] arrests you, you can dial 999.

What these idiots are saying is absolute crap ... if Sarah Everard had followed all of their suggestions she would still have been killed because she would have been told on every occasion that he was puka! And every criminal now has a ready made defence against resisting arrest.

[Derek27]

Kit Malthouse, Minister for Crime and Policing: If you're in any doubt about the authenticity of a police officer who [tasered and] arrests you, you can dial 999.

What these idiots are saying is absolute crap ... if Sarah Everard had followed all of their suggestions she would still have been killed because she would have been told on every occasion that he was puka! And every criminal now has a ready made defence against resisting arrest.

It's got worse since I made that comment. A police chief said women should be more street-wise and Sarah shouldn't have got into his car - as if you have a choice when arrested!

As for talking to the controller - he could just have a radio linked to his mate!!

I feel really sorry for the good guys. I've never had much problem with the police despite being of Asian origin and living in London when I was younger but now, with another PC being charged with rape, making arrests is going to be difficult.

[firlandsfarm]

Kit Malthouse, Minister for Crime and Policing: If you're in any doubt about the authenticity of a police officer who [tasered and] arrests you, you can dial 999.

What these idiots are saying is absolute crap ... if Sarah Everard had followed all of their suggestions she would still have been killed because she would have been told on every occasion that he was puka! And every criminal now has a ready made defence against resisting arrest.

It's got worse since I made that comment. A police chief said women should be more street-wise and Sarah shouldn't have got into his car - as if you have a choice when arrested!

As for talking to the controller - he could just have a radio linked to his mate!!

I feel really sorry for the good guys. I've never had much problem with the police despite being of Asian origin and living in London when I was younger but now, with another PC being charged with rape, making arrests is going to be difficult.

Totally agree Derek ... this is going to open a whole can of worms. I'm not expecting to be arrested of anything but if I should be I will just refuse to be arrested ... they will say I resisted arrest and I would say I couldn't trust them and claim my legal right to defend myself. Some may say "but you are not a woman' well that's another issue I haven't raised yet but in 2019 twice as many men as women were murdered and in 2020 three times as many ..... why can men not be protected .......... Male lives matter!!

[Derek27]

Don't you get sick of making an online purchase and being offered £16.87 off your next purchase? You click on the link and find you have to pay £15 per month for the privilege!

[Derek27]

Just changed my PayPal password, they won't colons, hyphens or underscores!!

[firlandsfarm]

I think this is my first rant and strangly I'm not going to say anything I'll just leave it to this Mirror page but I'm raging inside!

[greenmark]

I think this is my first rant and strangly I'm not going to say anything I'll just leave it to this Mirror page but I'm raging inside!

Don't rage. They're not worth it. I'm 60. I assess risk and take chances accordingly. How can you compensate for someone that is drunk? They could throw themselves off a building, How do you protect people from their own stupidity?
I've often wondered about bungie jumpers, base jumpers, hang gliders. Is that joy of life or reckless stupidity?
I should point out here I've ridden a motorbike at 90 mph down a country lane. That was reckless stupidity.