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revbob wrote:
21 Oct 2022, 8:48pm
More me venting than anything else. My sister reaches out because she needs to download and send some bank statements to a lawyer. I say ok but you cant just email the statements they likely have information you dont want to be potentially exposed like that thry need to be encrypted. And they need to be in a somewhat universal format so thd person on the other end can open them. Well she has no computer just an iPhone. So now I gotta walk her tbru all this stuff while she attempts to encrypt the files on what is a glorified toy. Me and my big mouth.
Lawyer? Only drug dealers need lawyers.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
22 Oct 2022, 6:17am
revbob wrote:
21 Oct 2022, 8:48pm
More me venting than anything else. My sister reaches out because she needs to download and send some bank statements to a lawyer. I say ok but you cant just email the statements they likely have information you dont want to be potentially exposed like that thry need to be encrypted. And they need to be in a somewhat universal format so thd person on the other end can open them. Well she has no computer just an iPhone. So now I gotta walk her tbru all this stuff while she attempts to encrypt the files on what is a glorified toy. Me and my big mouth.
Lawyer? Only drug dealers need lawyers.
Well funny enough she is a pharmaceutical sales rep so...

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revbob wrote:
22 Oct 2022, 8:56am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
22 Oct 2022, 6:17am
revbob wrote:
21 Oct 2022, 8:48pm
More me venting than anything else. My sister reaches out because she needs to download and send some bank statements to a lawyer. I say ok but you cant just email the statements they likely have information you dont want to be potentially exposed like that thry need to be encrypted. And they need to be in a somewhat universal format so thd person on the other end can open them. Well she has no computer just an iPhone. So now I gotta walk her tbru all this stuff while she attempts to encrypt the files on what is a glorified toy. Me and my big mouth.
Lawyer? Only drug dealers need lawyers.
Well funny enough she is a pharmaceutical sales rep so...
Does she use drug lingo like weed, acid, and “You wanna buy some illegal drugs from me?”
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
22 Oct 2022, 9:42am
revbob wrote:
22 Oct 2022, 8:56am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
22 Oct 2022, 6:17am
revbob wrote:
21 Oct 2022, 8:48pm
More me venting than anything else. My sister reaches out because she needs to download and send some bank statements to a lawyer. I say ok but you cant just email the statements they likely have information you dont want to be potentially exposed like that thry need to be encrypted. And they need to be in a somewhat universal format so thd person on the other end can open them. Well she has no computer just an iPhone. So now I gotta walk her tbru all this stuff while she attempts to encrypt the files on what is a glorified toy. Me and my big mouth.
Lawyer? Only drug dealers need lawyers.
Well funny enough she is a pharmaceutical sales rep so...
Does she use drug lingo like weed, acid, and “You wanna buy some illegal drugs from me?”
No but years ago when she just got into it I remember talking to my mom and asking how things were back home and she said something to the effect of "and your sister's still selling the drugs..." No attempt at humor whatsoever just very matter of fact. And I was like WTF she's selling drugs? and she goes "oh you know like for the doctor's offices".

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revbob wrote:
22 Oct 2022, 10:50am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
22 Oct 2022, 9:42am
revbob wrote:
22 Oct 2022, 8:56am
Dr. Medulla wrote:
22 Oct 2022, 6:17am
revbob wrote:
21 Oct 2022, 8:48pm
More me venting than anything else. My sister reaches out because she needs to download and send some bank statements to a lawyer. I say ok but you cant just email the statements they likely have information you dont want to be potentially exposed like that thry need to be encrypted. And they need to be in a somewhat universal format so thd person on the other end can open them. Well she has no computer just an iPhone. So now I gotta walk her tbru all this stuff while she attempts to encrypt the files on what is a glorified toy. Me and my big mouth.
Lawyer? Only drug dealers need lawyers.
Well funny enough she is a pharmaceutical sales rep so...
Does she use drug lingo like weed, acid, and “You wanna buy some illegal drugs from me?”
No but years ago when she just got into it I remember talking to my mom and asking how things were back home and she said something to the effect of "and your sister's still selling the drugs..." No attempt at humor whatsoever just very matter of fact. And I was like WTF she's selling drugs? and she goes "oh you know like for the doctor's offices".
That is just exceptional, especially because your mom wasn't trying to be funny.
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Anyone know a good fix for the black screen of death on my laptop? Tried the instructions on Google to no avail.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 6:40pm
Anyone know a good fix for the black screen of death on my laptop? Tried the instructions on Google to no avail.
Windows based? What version?

Does anything show on the screen during boot up?

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Heston wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 6:40pm
Anyone know a good fix for the black screen of death on my laptop? Tried the instructions on Google to no avail.
Do you happen to know if it has an integrated or dedicated graphics card? Sounds like what I experienced with my older Nvidia 8600M GT when it started to fail.
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revbob wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 7:43pm
Heston wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 6:40pm
Anyone know a good fix for the black screen of death on my laptop? Tried the instructions on Google to no avail.
Windows based? What version?

Does anything show on the screen during boot up?
Windows 10. Nothing at all on screen but lights are on at the front.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Re: I need a good boffin.

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Sparky wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 8:28pm
Heston wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 6:40pm
Anyone know a good fix for the black screen of death on my laptop? Tried the instructions on Google to no avail.
Do you happen to know if it has an integrated or dedicated graphics card? Sounds like what I experienced with my older Nvidia 8600M GT when it started to fail.
Not sure to be honest. It's just a Toshiba satellite I bought about 4 years ago.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
21 Dec 2022, 2:09am
revbob wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 7:43pm
Heston wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 6:40pm
Anyone know a good fix for the black screen of death on my laptop? Tried the instructions on Google to no avail.
Windows based? What version?

Does anything show on the screen during boot up?
Windows 10. Nothing at all on screen but lights are on at the front.
Any odd sounds?

Do you have an external monitor connection like an hdmi port and a monitor you can conmect to it

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revbob wrote:
21 Dec 2022, 8:57am
Heston wrote:
21 Dec 2022, 2:09am
revbob wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 7:43pm
Heston wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 6:40pm
Anyone know a good fix for the black screen of death on my laptop? Tried the instructions on Google to no avail.
Windows based? What version?

Does anything show on the screen during boot up?
Windows 10. Nothing at all on screen but lights are on at the front.
Any odd sounds?

Do you have an external monitor connection like an hdmi port and a monitor you can conmect to it
That's what I was thinking—an external monitor or seeing if he can access it remotely once powered up.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
21 Dec 2022, 9:01am
revbob wrote:
21 Dec 2022, 8:57am
Heston wrote:
21 Dec 2022, 2:09am
revbob wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 7:43pm
Heston wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 6:40pm
Anyone know a good fix for the black screen of death on my laptop? Tried the instructions on Google to no avail.
Windows based? What version?

Does anything show on the screen during boot up?
Windows 10. Nothing at all on screen but lights are on at the front.
Any odd sounds?

Do you have an external monitor connection like an hdmi port and a monitor you can conmect to it
That's what I was thinking—an external monitor or seeing if he can access it remotely once powered up.
Yeah Ive seen where laptops lose the native video because the cable gets stressed and breaks over time.

Next question for Heston if that doesnt work is was it a legit version of Win10 on there and do you need/want to retrieve flles from it?

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revbob wrote:
21 Dec 2022, 8:57am
Heston wrote:
21 Dec 2022, 2:09am
revbob wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 7:43pm
Heston wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 6:40pm
Anyone know a good fix for the black screen of death on my laptop? Tried the instructions on Google to no avail.
Windows based? What version?

Does anything show on the screen during boot up?
Windows 10. Nothing at all on screen but lights are on at the front.
Any odd sounds?

Do you have an external monitor connection like an hdmi port and a monitor you can conmect to it
My girlfriend has a monitor, how would I connect it? No odd sounds.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
21 Dec 2022, 9:19am
revbob wrote:
21 Dec 2022, 8:57am
Heston wrote:
21 Dec 2022, 2:09am
revbob wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 7:43pm
Heston wrote:
20 Dec 2022, 6:40pm
Anyone know a good fix for the black screen of death on my laptop? Tried the instructions on Google to no avail.
Windows based? What version?

Does anything show on the screen during boot up?
Windows 10. Nothing at all on screen but lights are on at the front.
Any odd sounds?

Do you have an external monitor connection like an hdmi port and a monitor you can conmect to it
My girlfriend has a monitor, how would I connect it? No odd sounds.
It should have a hdmi port or maybe a mini display port (google those terms to see what thry look like. Then you need a cable to connect one of those ports to the monitor. Depending on her monitor you might need an adapter of some sort to convert the connection.

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