Open Remote Assistance by clicking the Start button , clicking All Programs, clicking Maintenance, and then clicking Windows Remote Assistance.
Follow the instructions.
you will need my email or IM so let me know when you are that far and what you need, i have trillian pro so i can use AIM...
to not waste this stuff I just ordered :
PSU
CPU heatsink and fan
dug out a brandnew (my last !!) Spinpoint SP2514N - 250GB
and some fans to put this back together.
turns out the CPU is a
Athlon XP "Barton" (Model 10, 130 nm)
CPU-ID: 6-A-0
All models support: MMX, SSE, Enhanced 3DNow...
remote assistance is on every windows PC and it s free.
i know there are tons of other services but i prefer to use what is there already instead of installing any extras and of course I prefer free too....
but if it works we could make it a sticky and always have "helpers" online....
it should work between Windows 7 Pro (what i have) and any other Windows OS, aside from some minor compatibility issues.
need someone to help me test this, as I am evidently a firewall nazi (currently testing...
after being a strong firefox advocate for over 10 years, i must admit the latest (and well known bugs just like you described plus bookmark issues etc.) have made me switch to chrome.
I have used it for several weeks now and must say i think i will stay.
i feel kinda bad about it but as the...
head crash, you will see it a couple of more times and then gone.
good you could copy it.
regular hard drives have a expected lifetime,
very depending on average operating temperature and hours of usage.
all drives go bad sometime - here is where Solid State Drives come in
(and speed of course)...
bison, let us try and do a remote assist as a trial run in your case.
do you have any type of instant messaging software ?
skype, icq, AOL IM, Yahoo IM or best Trillian ?
if so send me a PM.
also what Operating System are you running ?
Let us see if we cannot get me to move you mouse from half...
give a man a fish and he will eat for a day,
make him drive down here and watch me fix everything and educate him
and he will never have to ask for fishing instructions again.
(isn't that what it said in the great book ? ;-))
i can fix everything here or even come up there, i already...
everybody here will tell you different things, but i can tell you one thing that paying for any software is a WASTE of money since there are plenty good open source / freeware programs out there.
basically this means installing windows new and scrapping everything you had by either wiping first or at least slow formatting.
all your data that was in contact with this computer (USB flash drives, external hard drives, DVDs you burned from it) is compromised.
it needs to be thoroughly...
why dont i just send you a built machine,
in install everything and also put remote assistance on it,
so everytime you crash it, i can fix it remotely.
this is where you call me and click two buttons and next thing i take over
and move the mouse on your screen without you touching...