bluepill 0 #1 August 3, 2007 My brother is having problems with his PC and can not find a fix for it. Each time he tries to turn on and boot up he keeps getting a message to say that the NLDR is not installed. I can not find a fix for it on googlen and I dont know what an NLDR. I thought that there was a way to break into the boot up process (by pressing alt F7 or something) which would then give you a menu where you could select an option to boot up from a previously "safe date". But I can't remember how to do that. Can anyone help please? BP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #2 August 3, 2007 I think you mean NTLDR? Check here for some possible solutions. If you're using XP, you should be able to press F8 (IIRC) and go to the boot menu.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bluepill 0 #3 August 3, 2007 I'll give that a try. Thanks for your help. BP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #4 August 3, 2007 You're quite welcome!Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites piisfish 140 #5 August 3, 2007 Quote Can anyone help please? after reading THIS I'm happy to have a Mac. Ignorance is blissscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #6 August 3, 2007 Quote Quote Can anyone help please? after reading THIS I'm happy to have a Mac. Ignorance is bliss Some of us actually LIKE being able to play games NOT included in the OS... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites piisfish 140 #7 August 3, 2007 Quote Some of us actually LIKE being able to play games NOT included in the OS... some have other games than Hexmines and Solitaire... We have NanosaurReason why I have a mobile phone in which I have Snake2, 3d Soccer and Sudoku scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #8 August 3, 2007 Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jjiimmyyt 0 #9 August 3, 2007 As soon as I saw this post I was waiting for a Mac user to come and talk about how great they are. I was reminded of this page http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant "This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites piisfish 140 #10 August 3, 2007 access denied Quote IP: 10.201.9.43 Category: Obscene/Tasteless Blocked URL: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #11 August 3, 2007 Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jjiimmyyt 0 #12 August 3, 2007 Quote access denied Quote IP: 10.201.9.43 Category: Obscene/Tasteless Blocked URL: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant try this (maybe be blocked as well) http://proxify.com/p/011010A1000110/687474703a2f2f7777772e7468656265737470616765696e746865756e6976657273652e6e65742f632e6367693f753d6d6163735f63616e74 "This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites eeneR 3 #13 August 3, 2007 Below from the website listed at http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant These are not my words, just cut and pasted for those that cannot get to said link. I am bolding and re-emphasizing that THIS IS NOT MY WRITING OPINION OR OTHERWISE. THIS IS JUST A CUT AND PASTE FROM A WEBSITE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ever notice how most Mac users are skinny? It's because of all the calories they burn because they can't shut the fuck up about how great their Macs are. What is it about Apple that makes its users unable to shut their mouths? Everywhere I go, there's another asshole with a Mac preaching about how much better Macs are than PCs. They regurgitate lines directly from Apple's marketing campaign, like "it just works." I have the following rebuttals to this argument: 1. If everything on a Mac just works, then why does a website called "Mac fix it" exist, assholes? Here are a few choice topics on macfixitforums.com: -Login window stuck! -lower caSe "S" key not working!! -Menu bar keeps flashing -I can't drag and drop! Waaaah, boo hoo! I can't drag and drop! Dumbass. Looks like your Macs aren't perfect after all, which leads me to my second point: 2. Fuck you. I don't know why Mac users get so defensive when you call them idiots. I mean, Apple is a company that has built its entire user base around the fact that its users can't do simple things like turn their computers on. Hell, most Mac users can't even talk without using their hands, which ranks their intelligence somewhere between a simian and hog shit: Stupid user base aside, I will never own a Mac. It's not so much that I'm a PC loyalist. I'm not. It's that I'm not stylish enough to own one. Most iPod commercials feature guys with long hair, chicks roller skating, and guys wearing fedoras. I have dandruff, and I buy most of my jeans from a grocery store. I feel like in order to have a Mac, I need to be: # An artist. # In a band. # Unemployed (see above). After the recent Apple conference, Mac fans were elated. One person was quoted as saying "I've had a Macintosh now for a total of 35 days, and I'm really excited to be part of the Mac community." Part of the Mac community? It's a computer, not a social movement, asshole! I feel like Apple is not just selling computers, they're selling a way of life, and I'm not ready to be that heavily invested in a product. I think this parody helps illustrate Apple's unspoken message: iTunes is the new Real Player: In doing research for this article, I decided to reinstall iTunes, a program I hadn't used since version 4 (now on 7). Here it is, just working: Back in the late 90s, everyone used Real Player. Then those cocks at Real Network got greedy, and tried to get their application to take over your entire PC, and people stopped using it. Same thing is happening with Quicktime now. You can't install Quicktime anymore unless you download bullshit iTunes. This section was supposed to be longer, but I couldn't even install iTunes so I could bitch about it. Not that I could have used it for what I wanted to anyway: From the actual iTunes End User License Agreement. If I want to manufacture biological weapons with my copy of iTunes, I will, fascists. Ditch this bullshit. 2,043,620 Mac fans switched back over to Windows, even though Windows is just as shitty.She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites piisfish 140 #14 August 3, 2007 Quote Looks like your Macs aren't perfect after all, which leads me to my second point: 2. Fuck you. I don't know why Mac users get so defensive when you call them idiots. I never said they were perfect, just closer to plug & play" . No need to be a rocket scientist for most of applications. Dumb people like me can use Mac's I didn't curse or was aggressive towards anyone either. I guess this is one of the 1st PA's against me We Mac Users part of the great Mac Community are tree-huggers, not only Quote # An artist. # In a band. # Unemployed (see above). Peace Oh and don't be angry because you want to use Quicktime without having iTunes. Just get a Mac, promise, we won't tell anyone Edited to add : Mac is like skydiving, not foolproof, just creating better fools scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jjiimmyyt 0 #15 August 3, 2007 I guess without seeing the original page you lose some of the humour. BTW you can get qt without itunes on Windows, you just have to jump through some hoops to do it. "This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites piisfish 140 #16 August 3, 2007 Quote I guess without seeing the original page you lose some of the humour. well my Mac doesn't do This : Quote ACCESS DENIED! HELP IP: 10.201.9.43 Category: Web-based Proxies/Anonymizers Can I blame it on the PC ? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jjiimmyyt 0 #17 August 3, 2007 Well looking at the IP I'd guess you can blame work "This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites eeneR 3 #18 August 3, 2007 Um you missed that I cut and pasted the website..... None of that was my writing...good griefShe is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites piisfish 140 #19 August 3, 2007 Quote Well looking at the IP I'd guess you can blame work are you against Mac's too ?? You Pro-PC ? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnealtx 0 #20 August 3, 2007 Quote Um you missed that I cut and pasted the website..... None of that was my writing...good grief Well, you know how those Mac folks are... all 'new-age' and whatnot... they're very sensitive types, they are!! Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jjiimmyyt 0 #21 August 3, 2007 Quote Quote Well looking at the IP I'd guess you can blame work are you against Mac's too ?? You Pro-PC ? Hate them both I use Debian (apart from Warcraft) "This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Thanatos340 1 #22 August 3, 2007 Quote Um you missed that I cut and pasted the website..... None of that was my writing...good grief Dont bother trying to argue with Reverend Job`s Brainwashed Sheep. The Cult of Stylish electronics dont care that thier Toys are so easy use because they have such limited functionality. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jjiimmyyt 0 #23 August 3, 2007 Quote Quote Um you missed that I cut and pasted the website..... None of that was my writing...good grief Dont bother trying to argue with Reverend Job`s Brainwashed Sheep. The Cult of Stylish electronics dont care that thier Toys are so easy use because they have such limited functionality. I think this sums your comment up http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone "This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites piisfish 140 #24 August 3, 2007 Quote The Cult of Stylish electronics dont care that thier Toys are so easy use because they have such limited functionality. ohmybod is a nice functionality scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites wildblue 7 #25 August 3, 2007 Quote Quote Um you missed that I cut and pasted the website..... None of that was my writing...good grief Well, you know how those Mac folks are... all 'new-age' and whatnot... they're very sensitive types, they are!! 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mnealtx 0 #2 August 3, 2007 I think you mean NTLDR? Check here for some possible solutions. If you're using XP, you should be able to press F8 (IIRC) and go to the boot menu.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluepill 0 #3 August 3, 2007 I'll give that a try. Thanks for your help. BP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #4 August 3, 2007 You're quite welcome!Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #5 August 3, 2007 Quote Can anyone help please? after reading THIS I'm happy to have a Mac. Ignorance is blissscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #6 August 3, 2007 Quote Quote Can anyone help please? after reading THIS I'm happy to have a Mac. Ignorance is bliss Some of us actually LIKE being able to play games NOT included in the OS... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #7 August 3, 2007 Quote Some of us actually LIKE being able to play games NOT included in the OS... some have other games than Hexmines and Solitaire... We have NanosaurReason why I have a mobile phone in which I have Snake2, 3d Soccer and Sudoku scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #8 August 3, 2007 Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjiimmyyt 0 #9 August 3, 2007 As soon as I saw this post I was waiting for a Mac user to come and talk about how great they are. I was reminded of this page http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant "This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #10 August 3, 2007 access denied Quote IP: 10.201.9.43 Category: Obscene/Tasteless Blocked URL: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #11 August 3, 2007 Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjiimmyyt 0 #12 August 3, 2007 Quote access denied Quote IP: 10.201.9.43 Category: Obscene/Tasteless Blocked URL: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant try this (maybe be blocked as well) http://proxify.com/p/011010A1000110/687474703a2f2f7777772e7468656265737470616765696e746865756e6976657273652e6e65742f632e6367693f753d6d6163735f63616e74 "This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeneR 3 #13 August 3, 2007 Below from the website listed at http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant These are not my words, just cut and pasted for those that cannot get to said link. I am bolding and re-emphasizing that THIS IS NOT MY WRITING OPINION OR OTHERWISE. THIS IS JUST A CUT AND PASTE FROM A WEBSITE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ever notice how most Mac users are skinny? It's because of all the calories they burn because they can't shut the fuck up about how great their Macs are. What is it about Apple that makes its users unable to shut their mouths? Everywhere I go, there's another asshole with a Mac preaching about how much better Macs are than PCs. They regurgitate lines directly from Apple's marketing campaign, like "it just works." I have the following rebuttals to this argument: 1. If everything on a Mac just works, then why does a website called "Mac fix it" exist, assholes? Here are a few choice topics on macfixitforums.com: -Login window stuck! -lower caSe "S" key not working!! -Menu bar keeps flashing -I can't drag and drop! Waaaah, boo hoo! I can't drag and drop! Dumbass. Looks like your Macs aren't perfect after all, which leads me to my second point: 2. Fuck you. I don't know why Mac users get so defensive when you call them idiots. I mean, Apple is a company that has built its entire user base around the fact that its users can't do simple things like turn their computers on. Hell, most Mac users can't even talk without using their hands, which ranks their intelligence somewhere between a simian and hog shit: Stupid user base aside, I will never own a Mac. It's not so much that I'm a PC loyalist. I'm not. It's that I'm not stylish enough to own one. Most iPod commercials feature guys with long hair, chicks roller skating, and guys wearing fedoras. I have dandruff, and I buy most of my jeans from a grocery store. I feel like in order to have a Mac, I need to be: # An artist. # In a band. # Unemployed (see above). After the recent Apple conference, Mac fans were elated. One person was quoted as saying "I've had a Macintosh now for a total of 35 days, and I'm really excited to be part of the Mac community." Part of the Mac community? It's a computer, not a social movement, asshole! I feel like Apple is not just selling computers, they're selling a way of life, and I'm not ready to be that heavily invested in a product. I think this parody helps illustrate Apple's unspoken message: iTunes is the new Real Player: In doing research for this article, I decided to reinstall iTunes, a program I hadn't used since version 4 (now on 7). Here it is, just working: Back in the late 90s, everyone used Real Player. Then those cocks at Real Network got greedy, and tried to get their application to take over your entire PC, and people stopped using it. Same thing is happening with Quicktime now. You can't install Quicktime anymore unless you download bullshit iTunes. This section was supposed to be longer, but I couldn't even install iTunes so I could bitch about it. Not that I could have used it for what I wanted to anyway: From the actual iTunes End User License Agreement. If I want to manufacture biological weapons with my copy of iTunes, I will, fascists. Ditch this bullshit. 2,043,620 Mac fans switched back over to Windows, even though Windows is just as shitty.She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #14 August 3, 2007 Quote Looks like your Macs aren't perfect after all, which leads me to my second point: 2. Fuck you. I don't know why Mac users get so defensive when you call them idiots. I never said they were perfect, just closer to plug & play" . No need to be a rocket scientist for most of applications. Dumb people like me can use Mac's I didn't curse or was aggressive towards anyone either. I guess this is one of the 1st PA's against me We Mac Users part of the great Mac Community are tree-huggers, not only Quote # An artist. # In a band. # Unemployed (see above). Peace Oh and don't be angry because you want to use Quicktime without having iTunes. Just get a Mac, promise, we won't tell anyone Edited to add : Mac is like skydiving, not foolproof, just creating better fools scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjiimmyyt 0 #15 August 3, 2007 I guess without seeing the original page you lose some of the humour. BTW you can get qt without itunes on Windows, you just have to jump through some hoops to do it. "This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #16 August 3, 2007 Quote I guess without seeing the original page you lose some of the humour. well my Mac doesn't do This : Quote ACCESS DENIED! HELP IP: 10.201.9.43 Category: Web-based Proxies/Anonymizers Can I blame it on the PC ? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjiimmyyt 0 #17 August 3, 2007 Well looking at the IP I'd guess you can blame work "This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeneR 3 #18 August 3, 2007 Um you missed that I cut and pasted the website..... None of that was my writing...good griefShe is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #19 August 3, 2007 Quote Well looking at the IP I'd guess you can blame work are you against Mac's too ?? You Pro-PC ? scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #20 August 3, 2007 Quote Um you missed that I cut and pasted the website..... None of that was my writing...good grief Well, you know how those Mac folks are... all 'new-age' and whatnot... they're very sensitive types, they are!! Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjiimmyyt 0 #21 August 3, 2007 Quote Quote Well looking at the IP I'd guess you can blame work are you against Mac's too ?? You Pro-PC ? Hate them both I use Debian (apart from Warcraft) "This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #22 August 3, 2007 Quote Um you missed that I cut and pasted the website..... None of that was my writing...good grief Dont bother trying to argue with Reverend Job`s Brainwashed Sheep. The Cult of Stylish electronics dont care that thier Toys are so easy use because they have such limited functionality. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjiimmyyt 0 #23 August 3, 2007 Quote Quote Um you missed that I cut and pasted the website..... None of that was my writing...good grief Dont bother trying to argue with Reverend Job`s Brainwashed Sheep. The Cult of Stylish electronics dont care that thier Toys are so easy use because they have such limited functionality. I think this sums your comment up http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone "This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #24 August 3, 2007 Quote The Cult of Stylish electronics dont care that thier Toys are so easy use because they have such limited functionality. ohmybod is a nice functionality scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #25 August 3, 2007 Quote Quote Um you missed that I cut and pasted the website..... None of that was my writing...good grief Well, you know how those Mac folks are... all 'new-age' and whatnot... they're very sensitive types, they are!! And not real bright or observant it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
