MickJ

Thanks pumphypete Nothing added and nothing taken away, now where have I heard that before? Will try your suggestion and see if improves the situation.

After posting on a problem with a friends machine, mine is now playing up. At boot, the POST (Power on self test) loads and then either hangs with a black screen and the monitor showing the 'going into sleep mode' notice. Or, it shows the windows 'splash screen' and then hangs. After 2 or 3 attempts we finally have lift off and windows loads OK. From this point everything works with no problem, until the next cold boot. Running WINXP Home SP2 on an Athlon 2100 with 512MB of DDR SDRAM. Motherboard is a Leadtek WinFast K7NCR18D / K7NCR18D Pro / K7NCR18DM / K7NCR18DLM. Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400. Hope to get an answer before the fatal crash. Is this a sign of a Hard Drive on the way out or something less sinister like some software corruption?

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Will get back to you all in about a week, when I can get a look at the machine again. Plenty of useful information here, thanks. Why WIN ME? Beacause it was installed when she bought the machine and she does not mess with anything, leaves it all to me. At least if it goes wrong she can blame me.

Wish I knew why it was partitioned like that, they said that WIN ME does not like partitions above 30GB, but why 17GB? Funny thing is the original HD was 60GB in a single partition, as set up by the 'box shifter' and it worked with no problems, that is until it burned out! Will look at the bios next time I am over. Thanks guys

A friend has just had a new hard drive fitted by a computer repair shop after the old drive died. The drive was supposed to be 120GB but we cannot find any information to confirm this in Device Manager where right clicking on the drive and choosing properties usually brings up the volume of the disc. The drive is partitioned into: C: 7.98GB D: 17GB E: 17GB F: 17GB G: 17GB Total 75.98GB A hell of a lot less than the 120GB drive that was claimed to be fitted. Even allowing for losses for formatting and partitioning. The system is running WIN ME with FAT32 file system. Will try Everest next time I go over, but in the meantime any thoughts and information would be appreciated. Information needed before the invoice has to be paid, makes it easier to argue your case!

Sherbert

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What you might call a couple of bright sparks.

Brian The leaflet was delivered between 8:00am and 8:45am Well after the Polling station opened. But according to an election officer at the local council they did not break any election rules or the Law. I was with you on this and was surprised by the Council officials answer. More research needed I think.

A definition of canvassing found on Google. quote: Promotional activities undertaken by political parties and candidates with the objective of gaining the support of the voters.It is therefore not confined to the doorstep or face to face communication.

I have received a leaflet from the Lib Dems this morning, election day. I always thought that it was illegal to canvas on the day of the election? Someone please put me straight on this. Contacted the local Council for information, still waiting for them to get back to me, seems they are rather busy today, for some reason.

Cumberland

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shock I think rockchick72 & Cyranne 12 are trying to hi-jack the word association thread?

It's looks like an Anvil.... .....or perhaps Concorde full on, complete with drooped nose.

Moon

A Farmer goes to the Vets with his Duck and tells the Vet it is a bit lethargic. The Vet examines the Duck and tells the Farmer it's dead. The Famer is not happy with the diagnosis and requests a second opinion. The Vet goes out into the waiting room and calls in a patient with a Labrador. The Dog sniffs the Duck and also declares it dead. The Farmer is still not convinced, so the Vet calls in a Cat owner. The Cat walks round the Duck giving it a good look over and confirms the two previous diagnosis. The farmer accept that the Duck is no more and asks the Vet how much he owes. The Vet tells him the bill is £230. The Farmer says he thinks that is a bit steep just for telling him the Duck's dead. Ah! says the Vet, but you also had a Lab Report and a Cat Scan.