Time Computers

Awwwwwww, poor NS. OK: here goes. Get yourself a BIGGER hard drive, (then you will have TWO large partitions) your wife will be impressed, I'm sure. Dump the floppy you don't need it anyway. And definitely get that seedy writer OUT. I'm sure your wife will notice you once more. Yours Auntie J (agony aunt)

If anyone's having problems with windows, run disk defragmenter and then ScanDisk - if you've never defragmented your hard drive, just let it run overnight, because it'll take forever. Disk defragmenter is an essential tool, because it re-orders all your data, which makes the pc work properly.

yes Karl, you get what you pay for in life. Time possibly sell the worst shite I have ever seen. When you look at what they offer for a grand and compare that to what a good manufacturer such as Dell or Dan offer for the same price you must realise that Time's stuff is of the lowest quality imaginable. What outlets do they use? oh yes, Powerhouse. 'nuff said really.

Sorry purplecat, you have to run scandisk first, then disk defrag. Then run these utilities at least once a month from then on. AJ + Banana PC Ltd plc PS Also use the clean up tool to get rid of the rubbish which accumulates on your hard drive via the internet etc.

Hi! grin, check cuffs, sweat, grin again, look, let me say this, pause for effect, check which camera has red light, smarm, teeth, I say to you, pause, wait for autocue, check bleeper for messages about bad hair, there is no easy path, no easy way to say this to you, but, pause, look serious without cracking up because the suckers actually believe this, pause, the only way to true peace, is to do as I have done. stand back await ripples of applause from stooges at back of auditorium. grin, cough politely to get attention of camera no 1 back, look bashful, as many of you know, during my holiday in egypt, I singlehandly solved the middle east problem, yes, I know it is a shock, but more details will follow, ahem, pause, sweat a bit more, remove jacket, raise arm to let the plebs see how hard I am working, I can only say this unto you, soon... pause again because I've forgotton what Alistair said, ahh, the autocue is back, change manic grin for seriously sincere look, Israyale and the nations of Arabic peoples have agreed to the plan what me n Cherie hatched up over the sphincters foot on the banks of the nile, pause, wait for gasps, tell Cherie to breath through her nose, and, build up momentum, I am now off to Pakistan to knock some heads together. Furthermore, rising tones, when I have conquered the sub-continent, and singlehandedly prevented WW3 from starting, I say this to you: AJ, never ever use the words hard, drive, tool and clean up in the same sentence. arms aloft, grin, grin, wave, statesman of our time, tell Kofi he is crap, bow, curtsey, sweat. happy new year.

It's all true. Because they cost about a penny-farthing to set up, any cut backs they have to make comes out of after-sales service, which as all probably know is non-existent. Once you've paid for it, if it doesn't work, @!#$ you.

I’ve a feeling Andrew might have something to say about this, so before he does I’ll get in first and copy parts of an article entitles “Byte ‘Em Back” I saved from a newspaper. It’s a Q & A theme along the lines of “The computer’s fucked. We’ve got nowhere with the finance company, the supplier or the maker. What can we do?” The answer goes like this: “Sue ‘em! Sue the seller and the finance company and rely on the law relating to merchantable quality of goods, and sue the repair organisation for its failure to supply the service it promised on your premises. They are all in breach of contract. “You should not have agreed to any replacement of the screen. You had the right to demand your money back, but chose not to do so. “It has been recently reported that many stores do not give consumers their rights when it comes to giving back their money. “They try everything to avoid paying refunds and it is the consumer who is at fault for letting them get away with it. “If you are sold defective goods I advise you to demand your money back, after allowing them to be inspected to confirm the defect. “Never agree to a repair or a replacement unless this is what YOU prefer. “Only accept a replacement if it is on your terms, regardless of anyone’s “POLICY!” That way you will either receive a new one or none at all which means they are, in effect, inviting you to sue.” Over to you, Andrew.

Well my tiny set up is just as bad, nothing but crap, in the 17 months I have had it, 2 new D drives, had to use the restore pack, error messages all the time, it wont shut down, it wont start up, have to switch it off at the wall socket,a new scanner memory errors, I have to restart it 3 or 4 times most days I payed £ 1600 for it plus insurace, The tiny help line is no help every one you talk to has diffrent ideas about your problem and when they can not fix it over the phone, they will sent someone out to fix it and when you get your phone bill you have got £50 more on it WHAT A RIP OFF. Then you find most problems are soft ware problems, which the tiny total peace of mind package does not cover. I was sold this tiny set up on BULL @!#$ I did go back to the shop to see the sales person but all diff staff they must move them around for their own safty..GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Very very true Karl (the article on statutory rights that is - I make no comments as to the quality or otherwise of Time Computers who are a very reputable and possibly quite litigious company). There is no buck-passing in law - if you sell me a product, it is your responsibility to ensure that it is fit for the purpose. If it is not, then you replace it or refund my money. end of. My top tip is that when you speak to someone with a complaint, you tell them what you expect them to do about it. Most people ring up and rant and complain but haven't thought through what would make them happy. That's a dream for a customer relations dept, because you just let the unhappy customer rant and rave till they run out of steam. Instead, "My computer is broken, this _____ is what is wrong with it. You will send out somebody to pick it up and fix it and in the interim, I expect a working computer" is much better. They will say "I need to talk to my manager" - which is fine,let them go do that. The manager will say "That's not company policy" to which you say "Are you telling me that your company has a policy which contravenes the Sale of Goods Act ? It is interesting that you are willing to spend six months in prison to enforce company policy. Come and fix my computer. " (Customer relations staff have NEVER read the Sale of Goods Act, EVER, so feel free to just scare them like this. ) It is also worth pointing out just how many people you have already told that you bought X from their company and they said "what were they like?".

Hate to piss on your snow Karl...but I did buy a Time Computer 16 months ago and it hasn't given me any problems to date....touch wood... but your advice is good...as is Andrew's....

Give it time Martin...ho ho ho.

happy new year you too mississippi.....dammit the key's stuccccccccccc on cccccccccccccc

Hi Guys, Don't want to burst your male ego bubbles, but why don't you build your own. I did. Athlon XP 1600, 50xCDrom etc etc etc. Every part bought and guaranteed individually. If it goes wrong I take the spare part back and voila new part. Plus here's the punch line I built my Athlon XP for under £400. Happy New Year AJ :>)

Probably because if they built them themselves, Jackie, they'd have nobody to blame if they went wrong. I built computers back in the eighties, but it would be way beyond me now. Respect.

Paid £375 for one a few weeks back, it was built for me by someone I know. It's not the highest spec pc in the world, but I've no use for a mega fast processor. For my money I got a Duron 750 processor with upgradeable motherboard, only 20gb of hard drive but that's ample for me, plus 256k RAM and a 36x CD ROM drive. The price also included speakers, keyboard, mouse and a 17 inch monitor. It was also preloaded with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Office, and included Norton Anti-Virus software as well, plus loads of other freebie utilities. As I said, not the highest spec in the world, but a good, reliable work horse. Unless you're an avid gamer or use powerful multimedia applications, a fast, expensive processor is an unnecessary luxury. A local firm offered me exactly the same spec PC for £699!

I built my own too.....the base of it is still one I bought way back in 1996 from Radio Rentals, but I began adding to it and upgrading almost immediately. It now has a 30GB harddrive, dvd, 16x writer, a massive screen bigger than my tv, surround sound audio etc etc.... *preens and zips up geek anorak*

ha! its an old thread now but i could not resist. seedy writer has been kicked into hyperspace and I have put lead back into my old fashioned, but very hard, pencil. thanks for the help auntie wacky. :-))

Aw, New Stormy, do you have a prob with YOUR Hard Drive, or perhaps your TOOL, perhaps that's why you don't like cleaning up afterwards?? AJ (Tongue in Cheek) :>) awaiting the proverbial onslaught.

Yo sister, give me five: Liana. :>) AJ

Available at a price..... :o)

Feeling very out of it.. bought a Mesh with Athlon 1400 and Asus A266 (?) plus 128DDR a few months ago, and the only problem's been with bloody windows. The eternal solution?? Switch the bugger off, at the wall if necessary, and switch on again. I refuse to use these bloody stupid "reboot" thingies.. Okay, it always swears at me when I switch back on, but I shout "F*ck you" and carry on. Works every time, so far. Mesh? Okay by me.

you bought what? i use a computer that my last employers bought for me so that they could make me work for 16 hours a day instead of 12. a month after it arrived i resigned and kept the pc so that i could work for myself. last laughs are great, eh? no idea what sort of computer it is tho.

its a grey one ...

Dammit aj you don't miss a trick. Yes, I confess it all. My hard drive is far too small and I have been told that my RAM is not powerful enough. My cache has run out so I cannot be a sugar daddy. Guess I will just have to look for a board mother who likes old floppies. xxx

the grey is the cigarette ash. i'm sure it was beige to begin with. aren't all computers beige, apart from those swanky looking blue ones that don't work?

you mean macs?

i might

The old ways are always the best. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh. Good luck with the pencil, keep it sharpened at all times, but more importantly make sure you have loads of lead!!!!!!! PS Keep UP the good work. (titters loudly) auntie whacky ;>)

Pssssssst New Stormy, For your ears only!!!!!!!! I do believe there are certain magazines out there that will help you with your floppy drive. They are pretty helpful in the Ram department as well. They can certainly help with getting you a BIGGER hard drive. Need more information?? E-mail me at AJ+Banana PC Ltd. Go on you know you want to. From a not so board grand mother. AJ :>)

Blimey, AJ, what you on, eh? And can I have some too?

Butt I herd you came across many rams recently Andrea! AJ - now you are scaring me. I'm still recovering from a recent conversion to FAT32. My hard drive was partitioned and my wife tells me my floppy is no longer needed now that she has installed a seedy writer. How can I rid my house of this plagiaristic sound byte? yours in desperation NS