Recent content by davidat19

Ok, so far....4Gig has gone in, no problem. Machine is already about a hundred times better..windows 7 64 bit is on the way!

Ok, I will give it a go and report back. Thankyou for your comments

Ok, I have ordered 4 gig of ram...any thoughts on windows 8?

Ok Ghostman....I think that is good advice and 7 does seem better since they don't do DOS 5 anymore....I will look into that. Many thanks

CPU is 1.6 gig, 1 gig RAM, 32 bit running vista, hard drive is 40 gig. Reformatting sounds about right, but as I said, the built in re boot won't work. I have a dutch copy of Vista, but can't see how to switch language...back in UK this week so I will try to get a copy of vista and start again.....

This has probably been asked, and it may be that we all know what I should do....but here goes! We have the machine mentioned above which is now around 4 years old. It gets so slow you wouldn't think it was actually a computer at times. I could use it as a nav device, or can I fix it? We also...

I now have a Ralink/Netsys960000N and it does seem better, though I am out on the New Year cruise. It has allowed me to connect to a weak unsecured connection, but as yet I haven't been able to grack any secured ones (not that I would of course!). It will be interesting to see if it cures the...

I now find that the extension cables arent helping.....the adaptor is showing a light, but there seems to be a problem unless I delete the cable....if plugged in the adaptor works for a while and then says ÿour adaptor does not meet the requirements of the network"" This is all a bit...

We live on a boat in Holland . I use two Toshiba lap tops, one with vista and one with windows 7.The boat yard has a network 9g type) via a proffesional looking aerial. I was in direct line of sight, about 120 metres or less and coudn't get on to it. The signal varies from 3 bars to non, and...