RE: [OT] I can't take it anymore!

["John Andrews" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another route is linux live CD's, I manage a cybercafe for a local refuge.
I
used puppy linux. The units have no hard disks, the whole thing boots from
a
CD loads into memory and if it ever breaks, reboot. It almost turns a PC
into an appliance.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ho
yin Ng
Sent: 17 September 2005 20:51
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] I can't take it anymore!

I can also vouch for the ultimatebootcd which I learnt of from this group.



Saved my A$$ a couple of times since then!



If 6 computers are simultaneously failing . if they are the same type and
have the same build components it seems to point towards a dodgy driver or
part.



I like the idea of teaching your kids to rebuild and reinstall . but then
surely you are opening a totally new can of potential worms though?



Ho yin



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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Kim Wall
Sent: 17 September 2005 15:53
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] I can't take it anymore!



MacNewbie wrote:
> Right thats it, over the past 6 weeks both PCs in the kids rooms and
> the pc in the family room have all crashed and burnt running XP. I
> just can't face rebuilding them for the nth time.

Sounds like either a case of dodgy hardware, or excessive cruft from
installing and uninstalling squillions of games / malware / whatever (seems
likely if kids are involved).

If you haven't met it before, http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ is
dead handy
for tracking down some common forms of hardware dodgyness.  Also worth
checking they're not overheating from excessive dust buildup.

If it's more likely to be software abuse, then I suggest either forcing
them
to run as an unprivileged user - keeping the admin password a closely
guarded secret - or, more optimally, giving your kids a set of install CDs
and teaching them to rebuild their own systems.


Kim.







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