Houston, I have a problem.

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy) 10/30/2016 at 10:20 • Filed to: Apollo 13, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Computer Problems, Paging Nibby

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These four boxes are scarier than the scariest shit Halloween can throw at me.

There is my problem. I am not sure what happened before this, and I need your help to solve this problem afterward.

What do you think caused this, and what’s the best course of action for this kind of problem?

jkm7680 > Wheelerguy 10/30/2016 at 10:24

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The Lurktastic Opponaught > Wheelerguy 10/30/2016 at 10:25

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I’m not sure what caused it, but the solution seems easy enough.

Wheelerguy > The Lurktastic Opponaught 10/30/2016 at 10:29

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I’m in a position where I can’t throw money at the problem.

jkm7680 > The Lurktastic Opponaught 10/30/2016 at 10:33

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I swear Mac computers have expiration dates. They usually die/slow down significantly after around 4 years.

While meanwhile, at work we have PCs that have been running strong for over 10 years.

Nibby > The Lurktastic Opponaught 10/30/2016 at 10:35

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that’s a terrible solution

Nibby > Wheelerguy 10/30/2016 at 10:36

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download the free version of malwarebytes here

https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/

run a scan and clean if it reports anything, reboot

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > The Lurktastic Opponaught 10/30/2016 at 10:38

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Or you could just put Linux on his existing hardware. I use it on my spare desktop and my laptop (my main desktop is Win10) and it’s been rock solid.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Wheelerguy 10/30/2016 at 10:39

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What’s concerning is that these are basic system functions. Have you recently installed/uninstalled programs? If you didn’t have this before it’s being caused by some sort of change in the system.

If it’s a persistent error, I tend to use system restore to go back to a point where I know my system was fine, but that relies on the fact that you have a good restore point setup in the first place.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Wheelerguy 10/30/2016 at 10:39

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So it does this all the time now, also after restarts...? Does it take awhile before this happens? Is it imediate with restarts? General slowness all the time?

Details are needed! :)

Symptoms like this can sometimes mean a dying hard drive - back your stuff up if it is important, to be safe. Give me more details though and I’ll see what I can suggest.

In the meantime, install the ‘Standard’ version of a program called CrystalDiskInfo (free online) and send me screenshots of it’s output plz and thanks!

Wacko > The Lurktastic Opponaught 10/30/2016 at 10:44

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So your solution is to pay over double and do less than 25% of what Windows can do.

The Lurktastic Opponaught > Wacko 10/30/2016 at 10:47

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It was sarcasm.

Wheelerguy > Nibby 10/30/2016 at 10:49

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Currently doing that now.

The Lurktastic Opponaught > Wheelerguy 10/30/2016 at 10:53

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I just being my usual sarcastic self. Is nuke and pave an option? I’ve never had success fixing (what looks like) registry issues on a windows machine before. Or install Linux. I’ve resorted to that when I’ve not had the ability or budget for upgrading or updating.

Wheelerguy > gin-san - shitpost specialist 10/30/2016 at 10:54

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Sitrep: So I gave the PC a hard kill, turned it on again, and I can get regedit running again.

Huh.

Wheelerguy > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/30/2016 at 10:55

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Sitrep: So I gave the PC a hard kill, turned it on again, and I can get regedit running again.

Huh.

Wheelerguy > Nibby 10/30/2016 at 10:55

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Sitrep: So I gave the PC a hard kill, turned it on again, and I can get regedit and a whole lot of other shit running again.

Huh.

The Lurktastic Opponaught > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/30/2016 at 10:58

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I’ve done the same with a number of aging windows machines over the years. It’s a fantastic way to get more utility out of an older machine. And WINE gets better with each passing decade. Mostly.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > The Lurktastic Opponaught 10/30/2016 at 11:06

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Weirdly, I’ve never really had a need to try using WINE. LibreOffice does enough for me to get by with it - networking works great for shared folders, etc. Hell, I was still using a 2.0ghz single-core Pentium4 Dell Inspiron with 2GB RAM until about a month and a half ago when I was given this newer laptop to fix up. Yes, not fast at all....yes, Youtube vids would only play smoothly at like 320p, but it was fine enough for what I used it for! :)

Only issue I’ve ever really had is, of course, printers can be a bit of a pain with Linux. But, I just have to copy the file to my desktop on the network and print it from there. No big deal.

E90M3 > jkm7680 10/30/2016 at 11:10

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I’ve still got my Macbook Pro from my freshman year of college, still running fine after 8 years.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Wheelerguy 10/30/2016 at 11:24

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Is it running about as good as normal?

Wheelerguy > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/30/2016 at 11:30

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Yes. Apparently. Fortunately.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > jkm7680 10/30/2016 at 11:41

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I’ve also observed this phenomenon. I think it’s an iPhone generation thing, when it starts having problems toss it and get another. Meanwhile my Mac has done pretty well for five years, and my parents’ only has a hard drive fail in its 9 years. Hell, my dad’s still using a Blueberry iMac to digitize his vinyl collection.

Nibby > jkm7680 10/30/2016 at 12:10

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Now you can buy a new Macbook that you can’t even upgrade at all! And can’t plug in a standard USB flash drive/keyboard/mouse/hard drive/tons of other devices without a dongle. Oh, and you need a dongle to connect to an external non-Apple display.

And they’re charging double the price in terms of hardware.

facw > Wheelerguy 10/30/2016 at 13:21

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I’d be real tempted to restore to sometime before this started happening, that looks like a mess.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-windows-vista-system-restore/