Finally back on bored!
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Kazoo65
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Finally back on bored!
My old computer died earlier this summer, and I had to replace it after nearly 8 years of use. I got an iMac, and I love it. I also have an iPad, so I'm having fun with Apple products.
I'm just a game show nerd.
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MarleysGh0st
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Re: Finally back on bored!
Welcome back!
My desktop computer died last month. While I was able to use my laptop to continue logging in, I just picked up my new desktop yesterday. It's a Dell XPS 8700 with Windows 8.1, which will be a bit of a learning process. I've just started reinstalling all of my programs today and there are still a lot of files to restore from my external drive. At least I haven't lost anything important, I think.
My desktop computer died last month. While I was able to use my laptop to continue logging in, I just picked up my new desktop yesterday. It's a Dell XPS 8700 with Windows 8.1, which will be a bit of a learning process. I've just started reinstalling all of my programs today and there are still a lot of files to restore from my external drive. At least I haven't lost anything important, I think.
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SportsFan68
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Re: Finally back on bored!
Kazoo -- Welcome back!MarleysGh0st wrote:Welcome back!
My desktop computer died last month. While I was able to use my laptop to continue logging in, I just picked up my new desktop yesterday. It's a Dell XPS 8700 with Windows 8.1, which will be a bit of a learning process. I've just started reinstalling all of my programs today and there are still a lot of files to restore from my external drive. At least I haven't lost anything important, I think.
Marley -- Please post a report on how it goes with 8.1. I swore I'd never get 8.0 after all my friends had fits with it.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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MarleysGh0st
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Re: Finally back on bored!
So far so good. I got the Windows 8 for Dummies book from the library and skimmed through that before getting started, so I wasn't too surprised by the new "Start" screen with its dumbed-down apps that start when I want the full-power versions on the Desktop, and I figured out where they hid the shut-down button under those silly new "Charms" gimmicks.SportsFan68 wrote:Marley -- Please post a report on how it goes with 8.1. I swore I'd never get 8.0 after all my friends had fits with it.
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littlebeast13
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Just in time! I was afraid there'd be nobody to complain about the Christmas music in November this year...
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Bob Juch
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Re: Finally back on bored!
You can create a desktop shortcut for "shutdown" by specifying as the target this:MarleysGh0st wrote:So far so good. I got the Windows 8 for Dummies book from the library and skimmed through that before getting started, so I wasn't too surprised by the new "Start" screen with its dumbed-down apps that start when I want the full-power versions on the Desktop, and I figured out where they hid the shut-down button under those silly new "Charms" gimmicks.SportsFan68 wrote:Marley -- Please post a report on how it goes with 8.1. I swore I'd never get 8.0 after all my friends had fits with it.
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 00 /hybrid
and for "restart" this:
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /r /t 00
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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ToLiveIsToFly
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Re: Finally back on bored!
Welcome back!
Hey - some friends and I play trivia pretty regular at Bell's Sunday evenings. Care to join us some time?
Hey - some friends and I play trivia pretty regular at Bell's Sunday evenings. Care to join us some time?