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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP   Woman
over a year ago

evesham

Help!! My computer is playing up!!

It has taken a while to log in properly. I have got my usual desktop up now....usual pic and icons etc but nothing will open. I can't even get the start menu up using my mouse pad or the window button. The 'thinking' icon thing keeps spinning round and round

Any clues?! Was working fine last time I used it. When I went to turn it on the battery had discharged completely but it's charging now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have you had it for a long time?

It could be the disk has filled up and it doesn't have enough space left on it to run the operating system properly.

HTH

Q

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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP   Woman
over a year ago

evesham

Probably 18 months and I don't really use it for much other than surfing the net. Don't have masses of music etc on it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I assume it is windows. Do you know which version?

If you press the caps lock key, does the caps lock light come on?

Q

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

What sort of computer is it? (tower, desktop, laptop)...

Can you hear the fan working?

When did you last give it a good suck/blow to get dust out of it?

Have you just installed new software or an update?

Answer these questions and someone may be able to help you or give you some idea of what is wrong.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

OP, take the key out of the case.

Insert in the hole at the side of your computer.

Wind it up. It will be fine!

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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP   Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"I assume it is windows. Do you know which version?

If you press the caps lock key, does the caps lock light come on?

Q"

Yes windows....think 8.1

No caps lock light is not working!

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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP   Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"What sort of computer is it? (tower, desktop, laptop)...

Can you hear the fan working?

When did you last give it a good suck/blow to get dust out of it?

Have you just installed new software or an update?

Answer these questions and someone may be able to help you or give you some idea of what is wrong."

It's a hp

Can't hear fan working

Never hoovered it

Think it did some updates the other week but I haven't installed any new software on it since Christmas.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP   Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"OP, take the key out of the case.

Insert in the hole at the side of your computer.

Wind it up. It will be fine!"

Damn you!!! I was just about to ask what key???

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's the problem... 8.1

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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP   Woman
over a year ago

evesham


"There's the problem... 8.1 "

It's been fine for the whole time I've had it up to now.

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By *ittle_brat_evie!! OP   Woman
over a year ago

evesham

haha..............am back on.....,just kept turning it off and on, took the battery out, gave it a blow and voila.......everything is good with the world

thanks for everyone for responding....love the fab forum helpdesk

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"

thanks for everyone for responding....love the fab forum helpdesk "

You are welcome. Glad you are sorted.

Q

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Now either downgrade to windows 7 or upgrade to 10

8.1 was the worst system ever made

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

Right...

took battery out...

Its a laptop!

Laptops are prone to overheating. When they overheat they first run slow then breakdown, sometimes it is the CPU fan that is first to go causing CPU to go, sometimes it is the motherboard or hard drive.

I would advise spending £40/50 on an external (usb) hard drive and making a copy of your hard drive for starters. Also go on ebay and spend another £10 to £15 on a multi-fan laptop cooler (it will extend the life of your laptop considerably).

Then have your lappy checked, cleaned and a new fan fitted. Ask whoever is doing it to show you how to keep it free of dust too.

Finally although they are called laptops they do not like being used on laps! It blocks the air vents and causes them to overheat, so use it on a table or tray and with a cooler.

Hope this helps you.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

The free upgrade to 10 offer has officially ended but there are ways and means around it. 10 is a big improvement upon 8 imo.

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston


"The free upgrade to 10 offer has officially ended but there are ways and means around it. 10 is a big improvement upon 8 imo."

I have been using 10 for nearly a year now and have no problems with it. However I would tell people to go to a site like:

http://merabheja.com/disable-spying-and-telemetry-windows-10/

And follow all the instructions to turn off the data mining. I would further advise rechecking the setting regularly as some win10 updates switch data mining back on. Also it is a good idea to change your internet setting to limited bandwith as this is the only way I know of to turn off the automatic downloading and installation of win10 updates.

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By *aGaGagging for itCouple
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Your porn drive is full!

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By *i1971Man
over a year ago

Cornwall


"Now either downgrade to windows 7 or upgrade to 10

8.1 was the worst system ever made "

I tried "upgrading" to 10 and it didn't like it at all. Was crashing & then the menu's refused to work etc. For this laptop, W10 really didn't work. Ended up reverting back to 8.1 which has always worked absolutely fine (& is again now, thankfully).

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By *op BananaMan
over a year ago

Middlesbrough


"Now either downgrade to windows 7 or upgrade to 10

8.1 was the worst system ever made "

I'll see your Windows 8.1 and raise you a Windows 8.

Not enough? OK, I'll throw in Vista. And now, the piece de resistance, I'm going all in with Windows ME!

Windows 8.1 the worst OS ever made? It's not even close to being the worst operating system from Microsoft!

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