Stressed on crimbo eve! HELP!!!

[chipy]

hi guys, just wanna wish everyone a merry crimbo and a happy new year,

i had a brain wave this mornin after finishing a 12 hour shift at work,
drive a 400 mile round trip to purchase a gp32 off craig in the uk

the service i got was top notch, very helpfull and willing to answer any questions i asked.

so tonight i started work again at 8 on a 16 hour shift finishing midday on crimbo day, pc's at work, great i thought, take it to work, set up gp32 and the hours will fly by, i was so wrong, the pc's at work are wyse winterm machines and i dont have admin rights to install any software!

well im just gonna sit back, cry and go to sleep.

if anyone else has any ideas im more than willing to listen.

thanks in advance.

 

[craigix]

If there is a card reader there just use that to copy stuff across, your GP32 will already be set up and ready to run anything on the SMC.

-Craig

www.gbax.com

 

[EdZ]

Is drive C locked out? open any explored window, enter the help window, and search for explorer. click on the open explorer for me button, and lo and behold explorer will be in drive C:!

 

[chipy]

dont have a card reader im afraid, im gonna go and mooch round, see if someone decided to write down admin userassword files?

if not ill have to wait till 2morow afternoon.

while im here i done a noob thing, the first time i turned it on i pressed the wrong button and used the first selection as my default operating system, is there a keypress or a way of getting the option of starting with different bios u flashed with.

soz to be a pain.

thanks

 

[EdZ]

Hold select as you start up

 

[chipy]

thanks for the quick post edz, your a star, as for the other question, the terminal i use is completley locked out with admin password, the only thing i can do is browse the web, i can download but not install.

 

[chipy]

another quick question for craig, i started gp32 with pacrom, go into tools, format smc, after formating it says done, 4 bad block(s).

is this normal or is my smc card faulty, i purchased it with my gp32.

thanks.

 

[EdZ]

Hmmm, a web only terminal...... Ill have to experiment a bit.....Sounds a bit like a thin client system, in which case there not much hope. Is the terminal you use a normal sized beige box complete with HDD and CD drive, or is it just a small box with power on/off button?




Try looking through internet explorer's help file for links to other applications.


When you download, and it finishes downloading, try selecting the 'open folder' button.

 

[chipy]

its a small clear bow with wyse winterm on top, no cd or anythin on it, just power button. ill try what u suggested, thanks.

 

[chipy]

the only thing it wont let me do is install the usb drivers, its win2k on the terminal, i just get the error unable to install, maybe in use. i can download and run everything else, just doesn't pick up the gp32 when plugged into the spare usb slot.

 

[deanollive]

when u say spare usb port, is there something on the other???

Only, my machine running 98 only allows the gp to be active for some reason???

If any pc techies know why i can only use 1 of my usbs at a time that would bea great help.. its not just the gp, modem, cd writer they all have trouble when another usb is plugged???

cheers


merry xmas all

dean