Thanks @Tony_T I'm hopeful that this issue might, just might now be resolved. Following input from the Euugeek.net/forum checking the Group Policy...
I'd love to mark this thread as solved but sadly at present it isn't. Oddly the old proxy setting is getting picked up from somewhere quite...
Thanks @TonyT - just wish I could find it and alter it. I have searched high and low to no avail. I wonder where it could be hiding?
I'm trying to resolve an inherited issue involving users picking up an incorrect Internet proxy setting. The Domain is in a school and it was...
Good thinking @retiredlearner and @Evan Omo The BIOS is locked down so the little dears can't get into it though. Plus this machine is well out...
Sadly the suggested hasn't resolved the issue. The lenovo has a screw-less HD holder but I reseated it anyhow. Ran both the light and full test...
I'm most grateful for your prompt and very helpful response @Evan_Omo I'll give that a go. N.B. For the record as my OP didn't make it clear the...
I'm having a problem with one of our Lenovo M92Z machines (working in a school). If the PC is started by WOL or pressing the on button a single...
Thanks for that @Whiskeyman I have already done that.
My apologies for the lack of an update. Hopefully over the next few days I'll get the time to have another look at the machine. In the meantime...
Thanks for the advice @Evan_Omo sadly it appears that the chipset driver must be the latest as there rather oddly doesn't seem to be a replacement...
Latest update - I swapped out the PSU with a Corsair CX430M. All connections seemed pretty logical and when comnpleted I switched the PC on....
Thanks Evan. Fans are running fine and it's very clean inside the case. I'll give the BIOS thing a check tomorrow. Thanks for the advice.
Thanks @Evan_Omo The chap has already now paid for a new hard drive I'm reluctant to ask him to shell out for a new PSU as well. However, it...
A further update on this most frustrating of computers. This morning I put an old blank HD in it and powered it up. It ran fine without an OS...
Right folks - an update. There is an issue with the Seagate HD - seems that others have also had similar problems although with the earlier 11...
A friend asked me to have a look at his HP Pavillion p6-2302eam Series Tower PC running Windows 8 which basically refuses to complete a boot up....
Seems this excellent freebie from Microsoft hasn't been updated to make it compatible with ongoing Windows 7 updates. I'm marking this as resolved...
From other forums it seems to be a known issue with Photostory and W7 I'm going to remove the programme from the affected computers and reinstall...
Thanks @boutells this was just the question I was about to ask - in my case it's a Server 2008 R2 that I want to create a boot recovery image of.
Separate names with a comma.