Quote Originally Posted by andypaul View Post
Most whiteys have a laptop it seems when they go to phill so very few custom officers take any notice.

If you had two they might.

Worth creating a ghost disk so if it goes all wrong pop the disk in and it will re set up the pc (well just about with a few updates)

Also worth making sure you get a little table or support (to lift the unit at the rear or whereever the inlet/outlets are so the airflow is increased as the constant heat and humitdy really creates chaos with ant electrical equipment.

Also worth doing is using an external hdd with it to reduce wear on the HDD.
So the users use the external directory for some of the operations and back up any important info/data (ie archive messagner chats/emails etc)

Spend some time setting up and the ghost disk etc and you will thank yourself as technical problems when your 8000 miles away are not fun. Been there and doen it.
the Worst is IT help for the Wifes relations and friends when they speak Taglish.

Worth also setting up pc for remote access and from personally expereince make sure hijack is loaded so a file can be created which you can read and delete many nastys which can end up on the pc.
Yes, very true, as i have a cooling plinth for my old Dell Lappy at home after the little rubber feet got lost, and the thing kept shutting down due to lack of airflow.
A very good point to take one to her. I didn't think of that, and thank you.
Nice to see a fellow tecchie, lol
I won't do remote access, as I don't want her to think that i'm spying on her
XP restore point has been helpful in the past, but of course backing up to a separate physical drive is best in my opinion, and back up regularly using Acronis True Backup for example, but how many people actually do it, hehehh

Thanks for the advice mate.



Phil..