My kids laptops are both slower than mine. We have enough tech where i work though i must admit when i got into IT 12 years ago i was tech hungry..... Now, i just really can't be bothered. Only recently got BT Vision so we could have VOD at home, the laptop we used previously just failed so got rid of that.

I've started a job where I've got a Mac to use.

 

That's been annoying me a lot!

Pfft.....not a lover of the expensive cheap toy...

none existent 3G coverage in my house causes my phone to try and log on to a mast in Siberia. So I missed an important call this afternoon .............Grrrrrr

Most people have clicked yet that the whole Apple IOS, Android, Cloud movement that is going is all about taking the control of your devices and data away from you. To the point where you never really own what you buy.

Using windows to search for a file, I swear everytime I use Windows Search, it's worse.

 

Found the file with dir in a minute, Windows is still looking 45 minutes later.

Using windows to search for a file, I swear everytime I use Windows Search, it's worse.

 

Found the file with dir in a minute, Windows is still looking 45 minutes later.

 

But have you turned on Indexing?

Re search/indexing, Agent Ransack FTW.

 

On the main topic, 'what annoyed you about your tech today' - answer; the users. :p

But have you turned on Indexing?

 

Turned it off ages ago, this ain't the fastest computer in the world but it's got a big HDD full of crap.

Turned it off ages ago, this ain't the fastest computer in the world but it's got a big HDD full of crap.

 

That is your problem then..

Re search/indexing, Agent Ransack FTW.

 

On the main topic, 'what annoyed you about your tech today' - answer; the users. :p

 

Layer 8 problem, the meat layer.

PEBKAC.....

PICNIC ?

That is your problem then..

 

You're not wrong there. Still weird how fast dir found the file compared to windows though.

Cisco AnyConnect Secure - totally failed again!

It tell them there it's an "I.D. Ten T." problem.

When you hover the mouse over an empty folder in Windows it says "Folder is empty", which is very good and helpful.

Then when you go to delete it you get a message saying "all contents will be lost, are you sure?".

That annoys me every time.

When you hover the mouse over an empty folder in Windows it says "Folder is empty", which is very good and helpful.

Then when you go to delete it you get a message saying "all contents will be lost, are you sure?".

That annoys me every time.

Maybe it is deleting all the empty space as well; that would explain why the HDD always seems to be full, no matter how much you delete.

Maybe it is deleting all the empty space as well; that would explain why the HDD always seems to be full, no matter how much you delete.

Try deleting stuff, and then do a defrag.

"Have you turned it off and back on again".....

I should have put "JOKE ALERT" at the end of my last post.

 

Sorry!!!

I should have put "JOKE ALERT" at the end of my last post.

 

Sorry!!!

You don't always recover as much space as you'd expect from delting stuff, if large files are getting broken up across several clusters or sectors (or in extreme cases even tracks. I didn't treat it as a joke because it's not one.

TBH data and disks are becoming larger and larger.....with regards to cloud....hate it......but great to back up lots of pics from all my old digital media.....i do still prefer real film though....

You don't always recover as much space as you'd expect from delting stuff, if large files are getting broken up across several clusters or sectors (or in extreme cases even tracks. I didn't treat it as a joke because it's not one.

 

true, but defragging doesnt seem to recover the space either, so where does it go??

true, but defragging doesnt seem to recover the space either, so where does it go??

 

i could tell you why it happens,  but then it would spoil the mystery