My Computer Wont turn off!!!

[Rancid_Beasties]

Fucken hell, I keep going to shut down or restart and nothing happens. WTF is going on, why am I talking to you guys about it and not in my bed watching the cricket. FUCK THIS COMPUTER!!!!

[Tzar]

just turn the power off - or turn the switch off at the back of the tower.
save/close everything properly first though.

[Loppfessor]

Just yank the power cord out the back I doubt you're working on anything that needs to be saved

[laurie_hammy]

just turn the power off - or turn the switch off at the back of the tower.
save/close everything properly first though.

Thats what I do just pull the cord out. God my computer is a piece of shit.

[hitmonlee]

hold the power button in for five FULL SECONDS until it goes off

[TonsOfFun]

Pour milk down the back of it. It's a new cure for windows. Makes it usable (y)
more so

[Monsieur Decuts]

i heard Coke and newspaper is best for windows.

Streak free!

[DemonicAngel444]

I have had that problem before. My computer never goes off because it is broken so I have to unplug it when I'm done.

[Freebasser]

Yup. Spyware will do that to you.

I should know :(

[zorra_chiflada]

i had that problem once.
don't anymore though. it was a virus.

[laurie_hammy]

hold the power button in for five FULL SECONDS until it goes off

I just learnt that the other day

[TurdBerglar]

fuckn' computer idiots

[Rancid_Beasties]

Yup. Spyware will do that to you.
Its not spyware. I have adaware se professional. And I regularly scan. Anyway it turned off after i went to log off user and then went shut down.
i had that problem once.
don't anymore though. it was a virus.
No its not. I have AVG Anti-Virus 7.0.

Goddamn you turd I'm not a computer idiot I built this fucken thing...which could explain alot, but yeah this is the first time i've ever had this problem. Weird.

[Tzar]

No its not. I have AVG Anti-Virus 7.0.
she was just saying she had a virus i think.
viruses are biatches these days. is your shit updated?

[TonsOfFun]

get linux - no viruses EVER!

I'll shaddup about Linux now, it gets boring I know

[Rancid_Beasties]

get linux - no viruses EVER!

I'll shaddup about Linux now, it gets boring I know
Can linux run itunes and stuff cos i've spent ages ordering everything and stuff.

[zorra_chiflada]

i have an anti-virus program as well, but i've still gotten spyware and trojans, the software has to be updated really frequently for it to be 100% effective

[Rancid_Beasties]

i have an anti-virus program as well, but i've still gotten spyware and trojans, the software has to be updated really frequently for it to be 100% effective
Yeah, I'm starting to think it is a virus. My computer has turned stupid since my pirate version of bitdefender stopped working...i think it was because i used the real exe instead of the cracked exe with the serial, and that voided it. Now i can't get it to work again. Bitdefender was so good too. Plus AVG has been stuck on the 1396th file that its scanning for the last 5 minutes :(

[TonsOfFun]

Can linux run itunes and stuff cos i've spent ages ordering everything and stuff.

It cannot run
itunes (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/40-mp3-iTunes-downloads-Mac-PC-iPods-15-off-a-iPod_W0QQitemZ5807283592QQcategoryZ86541QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem) unfortunatly. Stuff like that you need a dual boot. I use amule for downloads but the only problem with that is it is freeware and you don't pay for any downloads - so you can see how this may cause a problem as it's open to illegal activity ;)

For everything windows does, linux can replace and more. But for some games and programs you may need windows. There is only one reason I've come across I need windows for so far.

[Rancid_Beasties]

It cannot run
itunes (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/40-mp3-iTunes-downloads-Mac-PC-iPods-15-off-a-iPod_W0QQitemZ5807283592QQcategoryZ86541QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem) unfortunatly. Stuff like that you need a dual boot. I use amule for downloads but the only problem with that is it is freeware and you don't pay for any downloads - so you can see how this may cause a problem as it's open to illegal activity ;)

For everything windows does, linux can replace and more. But for some games and programs you may need windows. There is only one reason I've come across I need windows for so far.
I used to run a dual boot of windows 98 and xp, because all my old games wouldnt work on xp. I have partition magic and a few other dual boot related programs somewhere. Maybe i'll get linux running...always been interested.

[Mr MC Mo]

hit it upside the head, that always works for me or verbal abuse...its all good

[TonsOfFun]

I used to run a dual boot of windows 98 and xp, because all my old games wouldnt work on xp. I have partition magic and a few other dual boot related programs somewhere. Maybe i'll get linux running...always been interested.

You won't regret it. It's all freeware so you don't lose anything apart froma bit of space onyour hard drive. But at least you'll gain an non-evil computer that works.

Biggest plus I've found is - no drivers! No need for anti-virus and all that crap. And simple things like
- oh I need to update.
You type 'yum update'.
Oh look it's updated.
Carry on with what you are doing. Non of that defrag stuff where it fucks up all your files and replaces different .mp3's with other mp3's. I lost about 1000 tracks this way :mad:

[Rancid_Beasties]

Whats the best version/distributor of linux then?

[TonsOfFun]

Fedora 3. I actually got it the day before Fedora 4 came out. I know people with Fedora 4 and it's pretty good but I thought I'd let them get it incase there is any bugs in it first, there wasn't I just haven't updated it yet. But go for the latest version.

Make sure you have broadband to download or have someone put it on a DVD for you cus it'd take an age to download with dialup. I could even burn you a DVD with Fedora 3 if you wanted.

Also a good site to search for linux stuff and to compare or ask in forums or read other questions on forums etc like I did is to search on www.google.co.uk/linux

Just change the .co.uk to whatever your extension is. .au? I'm sure it'd work.

[mp-seventythree]

Microsoft in general is one of the reasons I'm switching to Mac. That and Garage Band (y)

[Monsieur Decuts]

mac mini convert 3 months ago...so much fun...so much better although
"Longhorn/Vista" is going to be pretty legit. I was playing around with it the otherday