Technology Thread.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Them powerline things can be a bit hit and miss depending on your wiring. When they work, they work well

That's what we use. Piece of piss .... well, so it said on the wrapper. As with about 50% of plug n play things it simply refused to work. I had got it from Maplin's & the very helpful nerd who sold it me had said "call by if there's any problem" ... so I did.

He came round to mine with an "I don't know, you techno-phobes" face on him expecting it to be sorted in about 3 minutes. He was here almost 2 hours. Being a nerd he was not going to be beaten. He had to reconfigure things, re-set up other things, and swear ... very, very quietly ... rather a lot.

He sorted it in the end and it's been totally perfect since then, but fck knows what he did.

you mean the smell hasn't drawn you to the hidden sacrificed chicken entrails yet?

[thebish]

mine works well - i now have two - one attaches to internet to the x-box so that I can watch netflix - the other attaches my eldest son's super-massive-games-computer to the internet so he can play WoW in glorious HD and top speed... no buffering on either... the wireless is shoite through the ceiling - i suspect it is lead-lined!

[Bruce Rioja]

Greetings from the box room

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Them powerline things can be a bit hit and miss depending on your wiring. When they work, they work well

That's what we use. Piece of piss .... well, so it said on the wrapper. As with about 50% of plug n play things it simply refused to work. I had got it from Maplin's & the very helpful nerd who sold it me had said "call by if there's any problem" ... so I did.

He came round to mine with an "I don't know, you techno-phobes" face on him expecting it to be sorted in about 3 minutes. He was here almost 2 hours. Being a nerd he was not going to be beaten. He had to reconfigure things, re-set up other things, and swear ... very, very quietly ... rather a lot.

He sorted it in the end and it's been totally perfect since then, but fck knows what he did.

you mean the smell hasn't drawn you to the hidden sacrificed chicken entrails yet?

He probably forgot to press the on switch on the socket or something

Glad it is working for you Bruce.

[Bruce Rioja]

Cheers AT. It's faster than it was before too

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Even better Bruce

I heard they'd recently introduced faster broadband speeds in my area. Went to see what I could get and how much...

285 quid for 100mbps. Not including phone or anything else Think I'll give it a miss!

[Bruce Rioja]

Even better Bruce

I heard they'd recently introduced faster broadband speeds in my area. Went to see what I could get and how much...

285 quid for 100mbps. Not including phone or anything else Think I'll give it a miss!

Crikey

I've just spunked my lot in with B fecking T and they've just upgraded me to this fibre optic stuff (which is why I had to move the router to downstairs) and have to say (quietly) I'm impressed.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Even better Bruce

I heard they'd recently introduced faster broadband speeds in my area. Went to see what I could get and how much...

285 quid for 100mbps. Not including phone or anything else Think I'll give it a miss!

Crikey

I've just spunked my lot in with B fecking T and they've just upgraded me to this fibre optic stuff (which is why I had to move the router to downstairs) and have to say (quietly) I'm impressed.

I'll be looking into getting that when we eventually return. Can't wait to be able to get proper telly again. We pay over a 100 a month for broadband and tv repeats with a recording facility that either records the wrong programme, misses the start or most often misses the end off. They also take a movie in English that has subtitles for any foreign bits and remove the subtitles so you don't know what is going on

[Lost Leopard Spot]

My missus has got a new computer for home. I turned it on yesterday to set up the broadband. Jaysus Feckin H Christos on a donkeyyyy!
a) what's happened to the start button?
b)where the feck do I now find stuff, like for example, the Character Map?
c) and last but not least, how the fxck do you turn it off without a start button?

What are these people trying to do to me, why can't they leave stuff alone? Arrrrghhh

Google Start8. Download free trial. Feel relief. Part with $4.99 to keep relief.

Good luck...

Well I fecked about for hours last night battling windows fxckin 8.
I eventually managed to wrestle GoogleEarth and Google Chrome onto the effing computer. Once I had chrome on searching for sites became a damn sight easier.
I had a look at your start8 thing AT, but in the end went with something from these bods > http://www.classicshell.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (which is free!)
Here is a site that explains it ... http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wind ... shell.html
with a bit of blurb...

Microsoft should be eternally grateful than people like the guys developing Classic Shell exist, because they have just saved their friggin business. Instead of allowing Windows 8 to flop, these guys have heroically put together this splendid little program that will allow so many clueless, helpless users to continue using Windows. It will also help those without a choice and in need of the latest Microsoft operating system use it without ever having to worry about the nonsense called Metro intruding on their productivity and fun.

The Metro interface, the menu and all that useless would-be modern tablety crap can be undone by using the Classic Shell. You get your sane desktop back and can now focus on enjoying many windows open at the same time and no flipping 180 degrees to access the menu or worrying about huge tiled applications designed for morons.

Simply awesome. Community vs. Stupidity 1:0. Yes.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Well I fecked about for hours last night battling windows fxckin 8.
I eventually managed to wrestle GoogleEarth and Google Chrome onto the effing computer. Once I had chrome on searching for sites became a damn sight easier.
I had a look at your start8 thing AT, but in the end went with something from these bods > http://www.classicshell.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (which is free!)
Here is a site that explains it ... http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wind ... shell.html
with a bit of blurb...

Microsoft should be eternally grateful than people like the guys developing Classic Shell exist, because they have just saved their friggin business. Instead of allowing Windows 8 to flop, these guys have heroically put together this splendid little program that will allow so many clueless, helpless users to continue using Windows. It will also help those without a choice and in need of the latest Microsoft operating system use it without ever having to worry about the nonsense called Metro intruding on their productivity and fun.

The Metro interface, the menu and all that useless would-be modern tablety crap can be undone by using the Classic Shell. You get your sane desktop back and can now focus on enjoying many windows open at the same time and no flipping 180 degrees to access the menu or worrying about huge tiled applications designed for morons.

Simply awesome. Community vs. Stupidity 1:0. Yes.

I looked at Classic Shell too. Can't remember why, but the review I read said Start8 was better. Either way, as long as it works it saves blowing a gasket. The Start8 folk do something else to take the apps into a window like proper programs. Haven't tried it yet, but for stuff like Skype I reckon it'll be handy.

One good thing about Windows 8 is the version I have allows me to do backups over the network. With Windows 7 you had to pay a shed load more for that functionality.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

One good thing about Windows 8 is the version I have allows me to do backups over the network. With Windows 7 you had to pay a shed load more for that functionality.

I noticed something about backup when I managed to find the windows explorer and eventually found the C Drive - I didn't explore that bit, I shall do so tonight.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I looked at Classic Shell too. Can't remember why, but the review I read said Start8 was better. .

To be honest, the only reason why I chose Classic Shell over start8 was that one was free and the other cost some tiny amount. How stingy is that?

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

I looked at Classic Shell too. Can't remember why, but the review I read said Start8 was better. .

To be honest, the only reason why I chose Classic Shell over start8 was that one was free and the other cost some tiny amount. How stingy is that?

Half a beer (in Dubai) is half a beer. Well, probably nearer a large mouthful, but you get my drift

[BWFC_Insane]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8r3tHUK6v4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Lost Leopard Spot]

^ Yup.

[thebish]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8r3tHUK6v4

i love Big Bang Theory!

[Athers]

I'm due upgrade from Galaxy S2 but I wonder how much marginally better can S4 be vs the cheaper 1 year renew options O2 have.

Big good quality screen, 8mb camera, enough storage, latest OS on it.. These are the things you used to buy phones to improve on but I doubt the difference is as great as it was when smartphones were getting big.

My battery went on it about 8 months ago but I just got a new better battery. Everyone I know with an iPhone is constantly out of battery and cracking their screens, **** that.

Could anyone convince me to upgrade?

[bobo the clown]

Maybe upgrade to the S3 which must be cheaper. A lot of the new facilities on tje S4are a bit experimental and a few i know have switched them off (eye tracking being an example. Possible a great idea but so for from what you are used ti that it's weird).

It does offer 4g if that's important ... but again at a cost.

I'll leave the eye-phone peeps to comment on those ... through their broken screens.

[Athers]

Maybe upgrade to the S3 which must be cheaper. A lot of the new facilities on tje S4are a bit experimental and a few i know have switched them off (eye tracking being an example. Possible a great idea but so for from what you are used ti that it's weird).

It does offer 4g if that's important ... but again at a cost.

I'll leave the eye-phone peeps to comment on those ... through their broken screens.

Fair do's! When I saw them when they came out I thought the S3 was getting on the verge of being too big for a pocket, which is why this S4 mini appealed, but I've not been to the shop to handle them and compare.

See all that eye-tracking and stuff is what I mean, the innovations aren't adding what they used to. True that 4g would be the thing to upgrade for but I can't be arsed changing networks so will wait for O2 to roll theirs out.

I'll have a look, as usual faced with about 100 different options in the UPGRADE SHOP or whatever it is.

[plymouth wanderer]

I got the note 2 fantastic bit of kit!! Have a gander