Snails - Response on Threads Part 4

[FranC]

I'm here,Tib

 

[FranC]

Evening,Kat Frustrating is an understatement

 

[Katya]

Evening,Kat Frustrating is an understatement

I wish I could help... I know how painful it is when your connection to the world suddenly stops working. Grrr....

And you can't get anybody to help?

 

[tiburonfirst]

~~~~~ @ frannie and tweety!

frannie - i can't pull up any win7 towers - pages are soooooooooooooo slow loading

 

[FranC]

I'm using my laptop and gathering opinions right now. Everybody knows more about computers than I do.

 

[FranC]

~~~~~ @ frannie and tweety!

frannie - i can't pull up any win7 towers - pages are soooooooooooooo slow loading

That's ok. I'm in no huge hurry.

 

[tiburonfirst]

that's the way to look at it

i'm still not convinced those tech people were right ..................
nobody around to look at that tower? they are so easy to work on ....................

 

[tiburonfirst]

and brb .........

 

[Katya]

I'm using my laptop and gathering opinions right now. Everybody knows more about computers than I do.

Not so. All I know is to unplug everything and then plug it back in when things don't work.

Works for me.

 

[FranC]

Didn't work for me...........LOL

 

[FranC]

that's the way to look at it

i'm still not convinced those tech people were right ..................
nobody around to look at that tower? they are so easy to work on ....................

Easy for you maybe

 

[tiburonfirst]

 

[tiburonfirst]

Easy for you maybe

lol, frannie - once you get the back plate off all parts are easily accessible! i got my training from dell - they would troubleshoot and then tell me yup! i had warranty but before they'd send anybody out i'd have to give it a shot of getting the part in myself!
amazingly, they were mostly right

 

[FranC]

no no no no

 

[tiburonfirst]

yup, yup, yup!

and it's time - atty must have gotten detoured

goodnight and sweet dreams

 

[FranC]

Sweet dreams,Tib

 

[CES]

If possible, go for 8 GB of ram with Win8.

Windows 8 (8.1) offers the "Desktop" view, so you don't have to deal with the "Tiles" view. Plus if you do the following, you also have a Programs menu to access all your ... well ... programs
How to Add an All Programs Button to the Windows 8 Taskbar

Cool Catt. Thanks...and OMG! there are a gazillion extra programs that i don't use or need. No wonder you need 8 gigs of ram, and no wonder they got rid of the start menu...you'd be able to see all the extra junk installed

Sleep well y'all

 

[FranC]

 

[TomCatt]

Cool Catt. Thanks...and OMG! there are a gazillion extra programs that i don't use or need. No wonder you need 8 gigs of ram, and no wonder they got rid of the start menu...you'd be able to see all the extra junk installed

Sleep well y'all

 

[AttyPops]

Home now.

So....

It's either a
1) Software issue
2) Hardware issue

Since you're having weird things happen with network card, new wireless card, graphics....
I was betting on software. Since we know the old card used to work, I was trying to get it to work by reinstalling the drivers.

So go into device manager, find the network card, delete it. Rescan will get Windows to re-load the drivers. Sometimes, this works if the drivers are messed up (a software issue).

I'm not any more convinced than Tibs is. But who knows? Hard to tell from here. Last I knew, you had a working network card but no network address handed out by the modem/router so they were sending you an new modem/router. Then, a bunch of phone tech support people basically told you that the net card was bad, but nothing has worked since, and now they claim the graphics card is bad. So IDK.