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  • #1

    'Scuse me while I throw my computer out the window ...

    I get home and I desperately, DESPERATELY, need to do some online banking ...

    ... aaaand my computer is stuck in some sort of "loop."

    I finally shut it down for an hour, while I ate dinner (which was in itself a good idea, since I'd been hungry and very grumpy when I got home) ...

    ... aaaand it sorted itself out. Obviously. Since I'm posting this.

    Not asking for technical help, just bitching and whining. Thank you for your patience.
    Customer service: More efficient than a Dementor's kiss
    ~ Mr Hero
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  • #2
    Remarkable how much a reboot can cure.
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    • #3
      I have had reboots take 1+ hours. On WinXP, Vista, 7, 8 & 10.
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      • #4
        One time I had like 30 minutes at home between work and school, and my computer decided to freak out on me. I was not pleased, especially because I was on my way to a computer class...
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        • #5
          "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

          No idea why it seems to work so often, but it does...
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          • #6
            Well, it does clear out the crap as far as RAM is concerned, so...^_^ If nothing else, it lets the hardware cool off a bit, giving it a tiny spark of hope that maybe...maybe it won't have to put up with these confusing orders from these silly fleshopods, and finally grant it the blessed freedom of eternal- NOPE! Kick in the head, power on, ye bastid. BACK TO WORK!

            I'll grant that memory leakage was much worse in ye olde days, but it still happens these days.
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            • #7
              The first line in one of my Tech support reference books is:

              90% of all computer issues can be resolved with either a reboot or a reformat.
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              • #8
                I had rebooted it twice, but I guess I turned it back on too quickly and whatever was causing the jam was still active. The hour or more in which it was totally comatose seemed to get the hex out of the system.

                What's worrisome is that it seems to have happened again today ... although this time, when I rebooted it (without the lengthy wait), it seemed to be all right.

                Both days I've left streaming stuff running for background noise (as if the cats care); I think tomorrow I'll just let the computer to go sleep, and see if that makes any difference.
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                ~ Mr Hero

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                • #9
                  I find that a proper shut down works best. If anything, I've had far more troubles with computers that go to Sleep or Hibernate at all than those I simply shut down.
                  "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                  "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                  "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                  "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                  "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                  "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
                  Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
                  "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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                  • #10
                    So the computer needed a dinner break?
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                    • #11
                      Quoth EricKei View Post
                      I've had far more troubles with computers that go to Sleep or Hibernate
                      My laptop is actually the opposite. If I shut it down, it gives me issues with the touchpad freezing, it doesn't like to connect to my home wi-fi, and Chrome will try to use a proxy server which will either deny me access to the internet or slow it waaaaaay down. They're all very fixable problems and quickly resolved, but I don't like dealing with them if I don't have to, so I use Hibernate instead. Of course, I still do a reboot once in a while, especially for updates, I just don't shut it down every time.
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                      • #12
                        Quoth Rosco the Iroc View Post
                        So the computer needed a dinner break?
                        Yep. Just a quick byte.
                        Customer service: More efficient than a Dementor's kiss
                        ~ Mr Hero

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                        • #13
                          Quoth Pixelated View Post
                          Yep. Just a quick byte.
                          A couple of nybbles.
                          I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
                          Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
                          Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.

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                          • #14


                            That, alas, is my sole and only computer pun.
                            Customer service: More efficient than a Dementor's kiss
                            ~ Mr Hero

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