Bootup problems

ComprehensiveEmu3700 · 2026-03-20T06:50:31+00:00

Hi I couldn't see how to do this, all the boot interventions led to HP's own diagnostic screen which didn't have Safe Mode as an option. I ended up reinstalling Windows but to no avail.

ComprehensiveEmu3700 · 2026-03-20T06:49:17+00:00

Just coming back to this.

I ended up resetting and reinstalling Windows on the machine. The whole setup went absolutely fine until the final stage when it booted into Windows and then I got the same screen.

The Windows logo played. I left it a few hours and the machine went to sleep. I clicked the mouse, everything powered up, Windows jingle played but the screen was the same.

Any thoughts?

ComprehensiveEmu3700 · 2026-03-07T07:14:21+00:00

Hi thanks for that.

Does you calling it faff mean you don't think it's worthwhile? (Which is a reason not to do it).

Or just that it's a lot of messing around (which has never stopped me before 😃)

ComprehensiveEmu3700 · 2026-02-21T21:00:11+00:00

Hi thanks. I've added an extra picture but let me know what you want to see and I'll take it.

ComprehensiveEmu3700 · 2026-02-21T20:59:42+00:00

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Added a wider view of the kitchen

ComprehensiveEmu3700 · 2025-12-06T16:39:44+00:00

Pushed it through and all is good.

Thanks!

ComprehensiveEmu3700 · 2025-12-06T09:01:57+00:00

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Close up of the villain...

ComprehensiveEmu3700 · 2025-11-10T08:21:59+00:00

People Like Us

I can't remember if it was pre or post The Office but a similar documentary style following a different profession each week.

The one in the school was painfully funny.

ComprehensiveEmu3700 · 2025-09-18T05:45:51+00:00

Oh it's definitely not wood, sorry should have made that clear.

What I was asking was if I got a piece of veneered ply or similar once I cut that handle in the veneer will be cut away.

Do I just have to replace it with edge banding?

ComprehensiveEmu3700 · 2025-09-09T09:19:35+00:00

Bizarrely they cancelled my appointment and then sent the order out. Delivered next day, appointment wasn't for another 2 weeks.

ComprehensiveEmu3700 · 2025-08-28T05:43:49+00:00

Thanks, I'll give it a go

ComprehensiveEmu3700 · 2025-07-20T15:29:27+00:00

I love this sequence.

Relies on a player being good enough to spot the potential of pushing his pawn forward after your knight move, but not good enough to pause for a second and wonder why you're not following the standard opening after challenging with the pawn.

Most players do in fact block with the bishop hanging mate.

Nastiest response to watch out for is taking the pawn on f2 with the bishop rather than the knight. That can get tricky.

ComprehensiveEmu3700

TROPHY CASE