Hey Guys,

Sorry I hjaven't been updating again but this time it's more serious. My laptop has been messing up and I've had to get it sorted out, I havebn't made really any progress on my part in the last 3 weeks, which is really pissing me off and my tablet now slows down my laptop, which also doesn't help so if you want to kick me, I'll understand I just wanted you to know what was going on

I'm sorry I let everyone down =(

At 1/25/09 05:51 PM, Wylo wrote: UAC, Vista's worst feature, if you could call it a feature, can take up considerable resources when it pops up. Tends to happen worse with slower computers and hard drives. It would probably be easiest to turn off UAC. The security provided does not justify the annoyance that it causes.

Control Panel > User Accounts > Turn User Account Control On or Off

Or you could just Google a solution.

I have some more information on it
I recently restored it back to it's factory settings and installed everything bit by bit, each time checking the UAC whenever something was installed and I found out that it's my Wacom tablet that's doing it
I've already tried to Google it and found nothing for my situation so does anybody have experience with this problem and got round it or fixed it somehow?

Hey Guys,

Recently, my laptop has been slowing down dramatically, whenever administrator permission is required, so much that I can't do anything that involves it, because it takes ages to go from a black screen, to the option, and back again, once you've chosen it

The picture below shows the administrator permission screen that it takes ages to get to
It was never like this before and I haven't changed anything so

1. What could be causing this?
2. How can I speed it back up to normal again?

Thanks
Fracture

And this is what it comes up with

This is what I mean (On the iTunes podcasts)

When I try to download the Newgrounds Tankmen podcasts,it comes up with "it cannot be found"
Is it just me or is it a problem for everyone?

And sorry if this has been mentioned before, I haven't seen it

At 1/7/09 04:56 PM, maverickR wrote: is bamboo "not bamboo fun" as good as bamboo fun

That's what I want to know as well
Good point!
Does anybody know?

At 1/7/09 04:11 PM, sk8more wrote: tigerdirect.com is where i get alot of my stuff,they have a large wacom selection aswell as others :] they ship worldwide and i get all my orders within 2 days and its usually free/cheap shipping.
another thing i noticed was that the apple store has very limited specs on the product,so if you mind is set on a wacom look on tiger like i said before and check out their specs and purchase from apple when you decide.

Thanks a lot! :]
I'll look and see the specs I'm just worried the small will be TOO small, if you know what I mean
Thanks for that!
I think I'll go for the small cause the medium may be too big

At 1/7/09 03:10 PM, K-Guare wrote: I have a Bamboo Fun and love it, i'd definitely recommend it. :]
If you can afford a medium then get it,
but if not a small is just fine as well.

Have fun. :]

Oh, hey fracture. :D

Hey K-Guare! :]

And yeah, that was the one I wass thinking of getting more to be honest, but I might go to the medium
Do you think I should get the medium or small if I'm just drawing characters and other small things?
And I know the Apple store does have oveerpriced prices, but no other stores sell them I've tried lots of computer stores as well. I also don't buy online anymore

I'm thinking of getting a tablet with the money I got from Christmas
I want to get a Wacom one, none other it has to be on thispage and I'm willing to spend up to £100 on it

I want it for mainly character drawings and maybe other stuff so which one would be the best for me?

Hey Guys,

I've realised that I haven't been pposting to tel you about my progress
Well at the moment, I'm waiting to get a tablet. After that though, I'll definitely be updating frequently and making progress with my part for this collab

Just to let you know :]
Fracture

At 12/26/08 03:32 PM, Lost-Chances wrote:

At 12/26/08 03:31 PM, fractureboy wrote: I recently got an Xbox and some games, one of them being CoD: WAW

It's normal. Get used to it.

Personally, I prefer it to the normal layout.

Oh, so it's normal?
Sorry, I didn't know I thought it was supposed to be stretched across the screen

Hey Guys,

I recently got an Xbox and some games, one of them being CoD: WAW
But I have a problem with the splitscreen on it, there is black space randomly left around the screens, so they don't fill the screen. So can anybody please help?

Here is a representation of what I mean:

(And I've tried changing the setting on the dash to widescreen, but it just reduces the width of each one, and increases the height)

At 12/24/08 05:03 AM, andy70707 wrote: I am going away in literally like 5 minuites, adn we will be in london for christmas, staying at my nans for christmas, so unfortunately no WiFi. I wil only be gone for 3 days- back on the 27th, and I will leave funky in charge. Merry Christmas everyone, and I hope we can get this collab finished soon, as it has been slowing down alot recently.

Nice! And good move putting funky in charge!
Have a good christmas!
I'm now gonna power on through my part now, and get it finished before New Years!

Fracture :]

At 12/23/08 02:12 PM, Noxx11 wrote:

Cool. If it's not that good, I'll help you make it the best. :)
That's why I started the forum so early - so that there would be time to go over the rough parts once everyone's done.

Thanks! I'll take you up on that help offer later on probably :]

At 12/23/08 11:13 AM, Noxx11 wrote:

At 12/23/08 10:19 AM, fractureboy wrote: Am I allowed to join please?

I read your recent post on your userpage, and I'd say sure, why not. This'll be a learning experience. :)

Aww thanks man :]
I'll make my part, and if it's not good enough, I'm ok with you saying so, all experience is good experience! :]

Fracture

Am I allowed to join please?

At 12/23/08 10:01 AM, Otto wrote:

At 12/23/08 09:51 AM, HungarianSupermarket wrote: The amount of stupidity in this thread so far makes me want to cry.

Your reply was the only one there when you posted that.

LMFAO

At 12/23/08 09:56 AM, Eggys wrote:

At 12/23/08 09:55 AM, fractureboy wrote: I don't have any experience with Blue-Ray, but I saw them asking the same question on The Gadget Show, and they put a DVD and Blue-Ray disc (same film obviously) into the exact same TV and the Blue-Ray was better, you could see it

Bullshit, I've watched same movies ON THE SAME TV with DVDs and Blue ray, and they look exactly the same.

I agree with you, why release old movies, that you already have on DVD, on Blu-Ray just for that extra bit. I was only making an observation that's all

At 12/23/08 09:53 AM, TheSilverGuitar wrote: At 12/23/08 09:52 AM, fractureboy wrote

I just want like an intro like that technique I described earlier as a build up

Here's one.

Thanks for that, but I already know how to play artificial harmonics. I meant as in constantly strumming whilst hovering your fretting hand in order to play AH up the neck - thanks anyway though :]

I don't have any experience with Blue-Ray, but I saw them asking the same question on The Gadget Show, and they put a DVD and Blue-Ray disc (same film obviously) into the exact same TV and the Blue-Ray was better, you could see it

At 12/23/08 09:50 AM, TheSilverGuitar wrote: Don't worry about tricks, if you're good enough, that'll speak for itself.
Really.
Just believe.

I just want like an intro like that technique I described earlier as a build up

Does anybody know any good guitar tricks to do onstage?
I play guitar and sing in a band and we're performing lots in the new year

I saw somebody once play artificial harmonics as they slid their fretting hand up the neck, does anybody know how this is done or can show me a decent tutorial on how to please?

Any other cool onstage tricks or moves are much appreciated :]

At 12/22/08 04:28 PM, C1ph3r wrote: AVG. Fuck the rest.

I downloaded AVG and it's very easy to use and seems to be pretty good, I'm running a full scan now

At 12/22/08 04:14 PM, Gordy200 wrote: Jesus Christ..

Yes, I did search it and came up with AVG and Avast as the main two, but I just wanted to get experiences with these programs and possibly other better ones to see which one was the best overall

At 12/22/08 04:04 PM, LampFace wrote: Now i'm sure had you used the search bar you would have got the same results.

I just wasn't sure which ones were good and wanted some opinions from people who had used them

At 12/22/08 04:00 PM, JKMonkey wrote: my personal free virus scanner programs would have to be Avast! Antivirus and AVG Antivirus

both work excellently

Thanks for that, they were the exact kind of things I was looking for :]

Hey what's the best free scanning software that covers everything spyware, viruses, adware etc.
It's because last time I restored my laptop to its factory settings, it did an initial check and found about 5 different spyware/viruses on my laptop

Much appreciated
Fracture

Hey,

This has been bugging me recently
My Documents icon is not the original Vista one, but instead a blank folder icon
How do I get it back to the old one?

(I originally posted this on the Computer Hosptial about 2 weeks ago, but am yet to get a reply)

Here's a screen shot:

I don't reckon mine's that bad for a laptop the processor's pretty good