Would anyone like to earn £50 coming round today to fix a couple of things that are wrong with my laptop?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:48, 125 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

I'd do it for free, or a couple of beers
but you know, don't live in london.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:50, Reply)

Quite happy just to earn my usual wages sitting right here, thanks.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:51, Reply)

It's probably an hour of work.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:52, Reply)

What's wrong with it?

(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:52, Reply)

There is a problem with Windows 7 that means having to go in to the regedit to fix & I am nervous to play around with that. Despite all my USB ports working and device manager recognising my external hard drive, the drive doesn't get allocated a drive letter, so I can't back up to it.

I also want to switch from Outlook to Zimbra as I am sick of Outlook crashing and the calendar not syncing to my iPhone.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:54, Reply)

Outlook is shit
HTH
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:56, Reply)

I like outlook
it's much better than gmail or hotmail and their ilk
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:58, Reply)

You see, you've gone and confused two totally different things there.
One is an email client, and the other is an email provider. Not the same.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:08, Reply)

this means nothing to me
they give me email, therefore are comparable
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:23, Reply)

I like it when he comes back and kills scar

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:56, Reply)

If you can set a system restore point, you can fuck around with regedit as much as you like and just go back if you make a mistake.
Not sure about the HDD, except updating the drivers for it.
Installing Zimbra, should be simpleish.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:56, Reply)

All the drivers are up to date and I have tried all the other options suggested in various help forums.
Have installed Zimbra, it's just a pain to connect hotmail to it; not sure hotmail supports IMAP and using POP would be a pain in the arse.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:58, Reply)

Hotmail is for benders and teenage girls
hthxx
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:59, Reply)

I've had the same email address for over a decade; would be a pain to change it now.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:01, Reply)

Not really, you can have everything in your hotmail accoutn forwarded to a gmail address.
And gmail is a lot easier to sync to desktop clients.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:09, Reply)

Gmail actualy does all the work, you only have to add your hotmail address and password, then accept the request in your hotmail account
and all your mail is transferred to the gmail inbox. You can even leave it so it looks like anything you send from gmail comes from your hotmail account instead.

If you like everyone thinking your a bender or a teenage girl.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:10, Reply)

I also have my own website, do you think it would be easy for me to use that domain?
so [email protected] ?

Do you think I could use gmail with that address?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:12, Reply)

Yes.
Gmail loves allowing people to route all their personal domain stuff through it.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:13, Reply)

Are you serious or taking the piss?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:17, Reply)

Oh you can fuck off if you're going to be like that.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:18, Reply)

I'm not being like anything. Genuine question (and thank you for your answers above). I can route stuff through gmail like that?
I am extremely inept with this sort of thing.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:20, Reply)

You should be able to route pretty much anything through gmail.
Hotmail is very easy to do, using your own domain may be a bit tricker, but I'm pretty sure google will be able to explain how to do it.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:24, Reply)

Great. Thank you very much.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:27, Reply)

Microsoft site suggests easier fix
open command prompt
type in diskpart
automount enable
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:58, Reply)

or that.

( Kroney, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:59, Reply)

Take a screenshot of regedit before you make the changes.
Then you know what to set it back to if it fails. Or save a copy of the line to a text file, then you can just copy/paste it.
( Kroney, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:58, Reply)

Just do a regedit dump
You can export the entire thing to a text file, then redo it if it fucks up.

As for allocating a drive letter, right click on 'Computer', go to 'Manage', then the options you need are under 'Disk Management'
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:59, Reply)

Tried the disk management stuff - it won't let me initialise the drive.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:01, Reply)

That doesn't sound good at all, I applaud your appealing to someone else to do it.
What does it show up as in Disk Management?

Does it mention the file system?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:04, Reply)

Can't remember & can't face connecting it all again now.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:09, Reply)

Alright, just thinking that if it doesn't recognise the file system, that could be a reason for it to not allocate a letter

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:35, Reply)

Your iphone shouldn't be syncing with your outlook directly, not in 2013.
You must have some kind of Exchange type thinggy, everything should invidualy hook into that.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:02, Reply)

Gonz, I am a simple person.
All i want is my email & calendar & contacts to be automatically shared between my laptop, iphone & ipad.

Surely this must be possible?
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:04, Reply)

Yeah', that's exactly how it should work.
Do you know what services you're on? eg, Exchange / Google / Hotmail / etc ?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:04, Reply)

Bear in mind this is all my own kit, not owned by a large company or anything, so I don't have servers etc.
I have windows 7 Ultimate 64, running Outlook 2010, with two separate hotmail email accounts connected to it.

I have one of those hotmail email accounts connected to my ipad & iphone. All fine.

The problem is the calendar mainly - I want one calendar that syncs automatically across all 3 devices.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:07, Reply)

I don't think you can simultaneously sync a hotmail calendar and an outlook one to Apple things
it needs one default calendar.

I've not tried very hard though. Also, don't use hotmail.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:09, Reply)

Cool, it's not far off the setup I have for my personal stuff.
ipad/iphone: That should sync Mail, Contacts, Calendars and Reminders via a standard 'Hotmail' style account. When you update on one, it should update on the other.... make it "Mail days to sync" as long as you can. I think it's "push" style, so at most it shouldn't take a minute to update the other one. Also the "Pull down to refresh" thing should force it to get the latest version.

Outlook 2010 for Windows: It's something I've not used in yonks'n'yonks, but apparnetly this should sort your out: office.microsoft.com/en-gb/outlook-help/use-a-windows-live-hotmail-account-in-outlook-HA010354935.aspx

Also, rather than use outlook as an app, have you tried www.outlook.com ? The interface is far slicker, nicer to use, and it'll be setup properly.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:15, Reply)

I've had a look at outlook.com
Didn't like it.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:21, Reply)

For example, I use Gmail....
And my phone is hooked into gmail, my ipad is hooked into gmail, my computers are all each hooked into gmail.... when one updates, all the rest do. They're all independant entities of each other.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:04, Reply)

All this advice is stopping someone getting £50

(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:04, Reply)

I've already got fifty quid.

( Kroney, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:05, Reply)

:(((

(PsychoChomp, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:06, Reply)

I might just throw away £50 today
for shits and giggles.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:12, Reply)

I've just wiped my arse with a £50 note.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:13, Reply)

You are Liam Ridgewell AICMSSFP

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:39, Reply)

Fuck that, I ain't gonna do that much today.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:53, Reply)

PAGING NAKERS

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:53, Reply)

Fixing things WITH your laptop?

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:54, Reply)

I use mine to hammer in nails

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:55, Reply)

I used mine to peform delicate eye surgery
So it literally took someones eye out.
( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:57, Reply)

Read it again Mr Hats.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:55, Reply)

You rascal

( Two Hats 🎩🎩, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:56, Reply)

all this editing is making me Dizzee

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:58, Reply)

Want to clean your browsing history before you take it round PC World?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:55, Reply)

Gaddzooks

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:55, Reply)

I have a separate laptop for that.
I call it the 'grot top'.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:56, Reply)

"Faptop"

( Kroney, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:59, Reply)

I bet it opens like a grilled cheese sandwich

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:00, Reply)

hahahaha

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:01, Reply)

Roffle.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:03, Reply)

officelol
it's a rarebit of tech
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:08, Reply)

not salty enough

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:17, Reply)

god I hope that is tomato ketchup in there

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:26, Reply)

Sadly relevant.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:37, Reply)

lols, I was looking or a picture like that to post

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:39, Reply)

Maybe just use a browser
with a private/incognito mode, or that wipes history etc on exit.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:59, Reply)

Pro tip from localmankepthimselftohimself here.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:02, Reply)

Not that your ISP doesn't have a record of everything you've been in anyway
but it stops your computer filling up with unnecessary shite.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:05, Reply)

a record of everything you've been in except your mum, obvs.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:06, Reply)

Doesn't every browser do that now?
(disclaimer - I only ever use one of two browsers so I have a narrow range of experience)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:05, Reply)

Pretty much, but you usually have to set them to do so.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:06, Reply)

sure thing

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:55, Reply)

lol

( Kroney, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 9:56, Reply)

CIIJASIIE.
I hope that helps

xx
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:04, Reply)

That is a much underused expression I have not heard for some time.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:04, Reply)

The world needs more jam and spunk, old boy.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:05, Reply)

Which is the best flavour of jam?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:06, Reply)

blackcurrant.
or pearl.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:06, Reply)

...nah, I got nothing?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:07, Reply)

as in it didn't help
or as in you have no idea what I'm talking about?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:07, Reply)

Originally, the latter
but now I know what it means, I gave it a try and, yes, the former.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:09, Reply)

Cover it in jam and spunk in it's eye.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:08, Reply)

oldskool
*lobster hand fist bump*
( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:25, Reply)

"we are the lobster people"

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:30, Reply)

Depends
Is it performance-related or cash on arrival?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:05, Reply)

Performance natch.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:08, Reply)

Then no.

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:10, Reply)

I dunno Battered, this just doesn't really seem like an interesting topic for a thread here.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:15, Reply)

It's getting replies.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:20, Reply)

I dunno Battered, these just don't really seem like interesting replies here.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:22, Reply)

there aren't enough languages in the world in which to say
"i don't give a fuck".

so is lusty dating gonz yet?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:15, Reply)

How many old people died in your flat yesterday?

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:21, Reply)

*bus pass fives*

( Kroney, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:21, Reply)

How are your newly piss-soaked sofas?

( Kroney, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:21, Reply)

you two are like scrooge and scroogier

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:22, Reply)

Did they eat all your food and make racist comments?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:23, Reply)

i overcatered
so had to bring a metric fucktonne of left over cakes and chocolate biscuits etc into work today. although one scrawny old bird polished off about 13 sandwiches, it was impressive.

no racism. but my goodness they weren't too keen on gay marriage.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:26, Reply)

is this another secret Bash for the elite clique?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:28, Reply)

for once no
i volunteer for a charity that helps elderly people. i hosted a tea party for some people. i catered for 2 rugby teams. i think they were a bit bewildered. then kroney threatened to come round and eat it all. but i decided the gannets in my office could have it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:29, Reply)

Oh i assumed monty as over fr tea

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:29, Reply)

no, he fell asleep in front of kindergarten cop, remember?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:33, Reply)

And here I am eating Monster Munch like some sort of fucking mug.
Life is so unfair.
( Kroney, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:31, Reply)

at least you've found crisps that match your face
how's the oiseau?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:33, Reply)

Which one?
BOOM
( Kroney, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:33, Reply)

the one you were so smitten with that you sent me millions of emails gushing about her gushing gash
you know, that one
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:42, Reply)

Monsieur Munch for you, surely?

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:42, Reply)

Monsieur Mange

( Kroney, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:46, Reply)

Did you manage to convince any of them that they were actually the nasty old bigots in the wrong?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:34, Reply)

no because
they were all 80+ and they ain't changing now.

if it had been my own grandma i would have done, but it would have taken either a ouija board or a shovel to get her there.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:42, Reply)

Not first time you've 'catered for' two rugby teams.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:37, Reply)

:(

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:42, Reply)

I bet that's what your vagina looked like afterwards too.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:50, Reply)

Her flat stank of piss before yesterday.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:23, Reply)

it has done ever since you came round for pizza

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:24, Reply)

Well it replaced the over powering smell of unwashed minge that greeted me when I walked through the door.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:28, Reply)

berk's not here to defend herself
leave her alone
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:29, Reply)

Sure,
Will you pay my travel from Pastyland?
( Peej, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:23, Reply)

I've not read any of the posts about what's wrong with it
but I suggest a good sponge bath
( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:25, Reply)

i know it's hard to tell
but battered is a "he", not an "it".
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:26, Reply)

I don't think you need to handwash laptops
I'm pretty sure now they can handle a delicates/wool cycle.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:31, Reply)

it's good for the washing machine too
cleans out the filter, or something
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:32, Reply)

It defragments the drum

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:37, Reply)

I hate to get all technical
but it sounds like your drive is fucked.
( Peej, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:31, Reply)

It could be the coil inverter.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:31, Reply)

did you just call him gay?
i think you just called him gay.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:43, Reply)

Not a problem, plenty pikey tarmacers about.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:32, Reply)

*squats*

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:43, Reply)

The drive works fine with another laptop

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:33, Reply)

Then its not fucked
thats good! Does the drive have external power or is it drawing fromt he usb ports?
( Peej, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:34, Reply)

External.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 11 Feb 2013, 10:36, Reply)