Desktop Screenshots Returns x3!
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  • Posted On: Jul 29 2004 3:55pm
Master Ahnk
Yeah, it must be nice to be the only one who uses a computer.


Four people use this computer. I guess I'm just used to this... multi-user account XP thing.
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  • Posted On: Jul 29 2004 3:58pm
Ahnk...

SimCoaster?
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  • Posted On: Jul 29 2004 4:02pm
Sam, 800x600?

Four people use this computer. I guess I'm just used to this... multi-user account XP thing.

Yeah, the user accounts are handy. Now and then when I get a new program, or start a new project I'll create a new account, and store all the files right on the desktop for quick access.
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  • Posted On: Jul 29 2004 4:06pm
Heir Raktus
Ahnk...

SimCoaster?


My dad is a sim maniac. My mom plays the Sims a lot, dad plays SimCity and SimCoaster.

I played SimCoaster for a bit, but I prefer Theme Park on the PS2.
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  • Posted On: Jul 29 2004 8:06pm
Well, I would be inclined to think that it is a hardware failure, but when the computer starts up after the wipe, it tries to load HP recovery, I think off of the recovery partition, and not Windows. Today I am trying a different HD to see if it is a hardware problem.



Back on topic.... this computer has XP, but my dad does not see the point in multiple user accounts and would be mad if I made them. I would post the pic for my family comp, but it's boring. Windows standard Azul background with about 20 icons. How... boring! :|
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  • Posted On: Jul 29 2004 8:25pm
If it's trying to restore HP, then it would be a recovery partition. Do what I did on my parents HP - wipe the recovery partition and use it for real backups. (this was after the HP died, and I built them a new computer)
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  • Posted On: Jul 29 2004 9:19pm
Well, guess I was right (and so are you lol). The problem is in the recovery partition because the different HD is working just fine. So all I've got to do is wipe it, But....



I've tried and tried but I have no clue how to wipe the HP recovery partition off of the HD, it wont let me even if I use DOS to perform a complete disk format. I guess the software was made to be 'idiot proof' but is really only being a pain in the ass...
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  • Posted On: Jul 30 2004 5:29am
http://members.aol.com/gowallsgo/desk.jpg

don't care to learn how to do the pic thing on the board upload thingy.. plus it's damn early in the morning here...
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  • Posted On: Jul 30 2004 7:22am
Mmmm, busty.

As if it would be anything else, eh Damalis?
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  • Posted On: Jul 30 2004 7:52am
Damalis, do you realize that you have a shortcut to Mplayer.com on your desktop? And do you also realize that Mplayer.com hasn't been around since the late nineties?