The 14th UK South-East "I have no idea what's going on" Thread (All Welcome)

Im with you there. I got my wife an Acer one last year to do her college work on, and straight away had to get rid of about 20 things from the desktop. Did speed it up too.

It's defo quicker on start up now!

Ronin Silv wrote in post #13603778
I was at work today but the job was cancelled but 8 hours double bubble should ease the pain

Should help pay for Christmas

Jonathan wrote in post #13603831
Interesting age range on that one Chris

He is thirteen and three quarters

Richard1959 wrote in post #13605375
It was also a themed "WW 2 Christmas leave"

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Nice set definitely prefer the black and white ones

Matt Peters wrote in post #13605899
We got a Samsung Netbook from Santa for Christmas.. Jeese they fill these things with c**p!! Been clearing out the HD for over an hour now!

My problem is I am never sure what is safe to delete

Voted, that was a very tough one, kept changing my mind. Got a top 5 but any given moment the order is different.

adrian5127 wrote in post #13606634
Voted, that was a very tough one, kept changing my mind. Got a top 5 but any given moment the order is different.

Likewise ~ such a range and all too many standout ones for their own different reasons...............​oh well decision made

adrian5127 wrote in post #13606576
My problem is I am never sure what is safe to delete

I figured most of the rubbish added Samsung, I checked what each programme did before deleting it with Google. I also got shot of Norton & all the stupid pop ups everytime you click something...

Matt Peters wrote in post #13608571
I figured most of the rubbish added Samsung, I checked what each programme did before deleting it with Google. I also got shot of Norton & all the stupid pop ups everytime you click something...

Before you go too much further, you may want to make a "system image" so that you can retore to PC if it fails. You can of course use the disk you were provided with but that will contain all the cr*p you just spent hours removing. Just go into Control Panel\Backup & Restore and follow the links for "Create A System Image". In the same place, create a "System Repair Disk" which helps with simple repairs or allows you to load up the system image you just created.

I'll have a look at that Jon and get it set-up..
Works much faster now tho and nothing I have removed is causing a problem. I made a point of finding out exactly what the programme did before removing it, 9 times out of 10 Windows had its own less complicated version anyway so who knows why Samsung had to add there own too?!

Matt Peters wrote in post #13608645
I'll have a look at that Jon and get it set-up..
Works much faster now tho and nothing I have removed is causing a problem. I made a point of finding out exactly what the programme did before removing it, 9 times out of 10 Windows had its own less complicated version anyway so who knows why Samsung had to add there own too?!

It's just fluff that PC manufacturers add to make people who are not so au fait with computers feel comfortable.

Jonathan wrote in post #13608633
Before you go too much further, you may want to make a "system image" so that you can retore to PC if it fails. You can of course use the disk you were provided with but that will contain all the cr*p you just spent hours removing. Just go into Control Panel\Backup & Restore and follow the links for "Create A System Image". In the same place, create a "System Repair Disk" which helps with simple repairs or allows you to load up the system image you just created.

Netbooks come with an image of the recovery on the HD. Its a Bstard to get to though. I had to recover Vels Netbook after a virus, and it took a lot of googling to find how to get to it.

Sharp-shooter wrote in post #13608706
Netbooks come with an image of the recovery on the HD. Its a Bstard to get to though. I had to recover Vels Netbook after a virus, and it took a lot of googling to find how to get to it.

The point is though Wayne that that recovery method will put back all the stuff you just spent hours removing. The way I described to Matt gives you back your preffered setup

Morning all.

Got money burning a hole in my pocket and looking to get a 24-105. Cheapest I have found it is HDewcameras @£655. Can't seem to find it any cheaper. Does anyone have any experience hdew. Was thinking of driving there this afternoon.

^^ Never heard of them but looks like they are grey importers from what Mr Google found for me.
http://forums.dpreview​.com …age=32713773&ch​angemode=1

By the way some really interesting voting in the SOTY this year, no clear leaders yet at all, pretty much everyone voting different. Shows what a great year everyone had

Anke wrote in post #13608807
By the way some really interesting voting in the SOTY this year, no clear leaders yet at all, pretty much everyone voting different. Shows what a great year everyone had

Definitely hard to decide! I've been staring at them off and on since the collage (which I love btw) went up but I'm getting there slowly.

At a glance I'd say Lee may need to make room for /2011 in his title, but it's still really early