Pity you can't get the motherboard (or even just the processor) out of it. Taking that home and popping it in the microwave on full for about 20 seconds will do it the world of good from what I've heard.
Pity you can't get the motherboard (or even just the processor) out of it. Taking that home and popping it in the microwave on full for about 20 seconds will do it the world of good from what I've heard.
And destroy your microwave!
There are some really stupid/dangerous comments now. I'm sure the OP is sensible enough not to try any of them, but other readers might.
I can feel the OP's pain... they probably just want to get on with their work, rather than to wait around for things to load.
Surely thats better all round.... been more productive.
Why not (assuming you have access to a another machine, a laptop for instance) set up a demo to your boss. Take 4 or 5 routine tasks you do each day, including boot up of the machine and time them from start to finish. Do this on both machines and if there is a substantial difference that time can be converted into 'lost' hours..... multiply this by the days in the week/month/year and you may well convince your boss that you are actually trying to SAVE him money.
Depeding on where and how your computet tower is situated, move it around really quick whilst it is still powered on, or better still, 'accidentally' knock the tower over onto the floor, which can end up damaging the hard disk drive severely due to a read/write head crash! :cool:
Including reinstalling the OS or giving the machine a damn good clear up?
The OS was only recently installed, the computer doesn't need a clean-up, there's barely anything on it and I virus scan and malware scan it every week.
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Vista alone is worse than a sledgehammer
So just skip the Vista install and go grab that sledgehammer?
Veruca Salt 1 - 0 Work
And destroy your microwave!
There are some really stupid/dangerous comments now. I'm sure the OP is sensible enough not to try any of them, but other readers might.
Or better still, flash with something like Uniflash and force the wrong BIOS.
Last resort, if it's a non-soldered BIOS chip in the board, just pull it and bin it.
Classic thread on another forum from yesteryear
grabs tin foil hat...hides under table......
I've just wandered into the 1970's
Surely thats better all round.... been more productive.
Why not (assuming you have access to a another machine, a laptop for instance) set up a demo to your boss. Take 4 or 5 routine tasks you do each day, including boot up of the machine and time them from start to finish. Do this on both machines and if there is a substantial difference that time can be converted into 'lost' hours..... multiply this by the days in the week/month/year and you may well convince your boss that you are actually trying to SAVE him money.
Including reinstalling the OS or giving the machine a damn good clear up?
Depeding on where and how your computet tower is situated, move it around really quick whilst it is still powered on, or better still, 'accidentally' knock the tower over onto the floor, which can end up damaging the hard disk drive severely due to a read/write head crash! :cool: