Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

Good morning all, finally a lovely clear blue sky

altojack wrote: »

Hillbern posted this earlier in Techies lair. Rather a brusque reply and no help. I hope she doesn't mind me bringing it here to see if any of the lovely Elite can help her. Thank you xx

don't know if anyone has any ideas? I have an hp laptop, probably 10 years old...the screen has gone black, earlier today I could put in my password then I was okay for about an hour, but now I turn laptop on and I have a black screen and that's it...
is it time to replace or is there anything I can do to put life in the little old lady ?

Hillbern:

Have you tried it again since then? Is the screen totally black or do you see some variation when the laptop is turned on? Can you connect it to another monitor to find out if it is the screen or the laptop?

Have you tried starting it in Safe Mode (press button to start it up, then repeatedly press F8 until it starts (or does not as the case may be)

If you can get it restarted either in safe or normal mode, load up CC Cleaner and run it, this may buy you a little time to get everything you need off the hard disk, but quite honestly 10 years is a very good age for a laptop, and you really need to consider the idea that it is either dead or dying, it will not last too much longer (That said, my OH has a computer that is at least 15 years old, but it no longer goes online and only functions in the most basic sense).

altojack wrote: »

I got an Acer Aspire for Christmas, not my choice, but I'm sure it will be fine for what I want it for Trouble is, do these machines have documents please? It seemed that Microsoft wanted to know if I wanted to buy :eek:

Computers haven't come with manuals (assume that is what you mean) for a long time. Most things you need to know you can either find out in the "help" section on your computer, or online. If you are after a manual it would be horrifically thick these days to cover every eventuality.

izzeyb wrote: »

Morning, zippy tested the toblerone against Waitrose comparison.

£5.00 in Asda v £1.00 in Waitrose.

The comparison is currently showing on mysupermarket; when it goes OOS against Waitrose, it 'should' continue to compare for 7 days.

You can buy any number, but just remember how much your APG will be and stick within your own comfort zone for using it.

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morning x
thank you thank you

7 items on your receipt qualify for comparison Asda Waitrose
1x ASDA Smart Price Dish Cloths (5pk) £0.73 N/A
1x Domestos Bleach Pink Power (750ml) £1.00 £1.00
1x ASDA Semi Skimmed Milk (2pt) £0.79 £0.85
1x Hovis Seed Sensations Seven Seeds Bread (800g) £1.40 £1.40
1x Toblerone Milk Chocolate Large Bar (360g) £5.00 £1.00
1x ASDA Smart Price Sponge Scourers (8pk) £0.40 N/A
0.17x ASDA Grower's Selection Loose Carrot (order by number of carrots or select kg) (per kg) £0.10 £0.09
1x Domestos Bleach Original (750ml) £1.00 £1.00
1x Domestos Bleach Citrus Fresh (750ml) £1.00 £1.00

altojack wrote: »

She has already gone to bed TM, like a good girl :cool:

For good it did me grr .....