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COMPUTER ON THE FRITZ
Posted by: palmettobug53, 3:31 PM GMT on January 09, 2006 +0
Just to let you guys know why I haven't been around since briefly late Sat. night. Had been noticing a few problems with my computer at home. Sat. night it seemed real slow, but not that unusual. When I tried to cut on Sunday afternoon, KERFLOOEY! The display driver had crashed again. I've had it worked on several times in the last 2 years, and decided that this was the last straw. Will have to see about getting a new one, getting it set up, and installing all the firewalls, antivirus, adware/spyware garbage again...
So until then, will only be able to touch base briefly from work, during my lunch break.

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1. code1 4:42 PM GMT on January 09, 2006    
Wondered where you where. You have my o mail, if you can lurk, and want to blog, email me (will keep omail up tonight) and will copy and paste for you!! Good luck.
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2. buckeyefan1 5:47 PM GMT on January 09, 2006    
I hope that you get everything back up!! I know the feeling! Mine crashed right before the "end" of hurricane season, I lost all of my data for storm tracking, that I worked so hard on for the past year and a half!! I had a powerpoint view of what my computer model said the storms will go. I am working with the IT guy at work so maybe I can get something like that working again before the season starts! I still have old windows 98 and I know it's time for a new one, just have other things (kids) to buy for. LOL!! GOOD LUCK!!
3. palmettobug53 5:48 PM GMT on January 09, 2006    
Couldn't even get on. NO lurking, no nothing. No toolbars. Just a window stating that I needed to download a display driver. Just had a display driver reinstalled this summer. AARRRGGGGHHH! And Finn's party is this Saturday, too! WEnt to get a new one, and am having problems with the set up. WE're talking about me, here.....I need fingers and toes to count. The setup procedure is probably a breeze for someone else, but think I'm going to have to have my cable company come out and hook me up again. It's a Compac.... So until I can get back on line at home, I'll check in from work, during lunch.
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4. carolinagal 5:49 PM GMT on January 09, 2006    
Good luck, bug! Hope it doesn't take too long.
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5. palmettobug53 5:50 PM GMT on January 09, 2006    
At least now I have XP....Just no flat screen yet, Will wait and see if I can find one on sale later on.... Just had to get the tower before I go into heavy blog withdrawals.... LOL I'll have to find someone with bootleg disks, so I can get Word and Excel back.
Lunch is about over. Catch ya'll later.
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6. hurricanecrab 7:50 PM GMT on January 09, 2006    
Bug, I know what this particular frustration is like. Hope you get your system up and running soon. Otherwise, we will have no choice but to decorate your blog with all manner of inanities. lol

Good skill and good luck!
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7. DMS816 11:35 PM GMT on January 09, 2006    
Sorry to hear of your troubles, Bug; but anxiously awaiting your full return.

Don
8. MaryEstherFLA 11:43 AM GMT on January 10, 2006    
Bug... sorry to hear that your computer is down. I've been missing you. Hope you get it going soon. I could drag my daughter or a friend up there to help you set it up??
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9. Lovethetropics 11:56 AM GMT on January 10, 2006    
Boomer!!! Hoping you can have everything fixed soon! (specially for Liisa's party this Saturday)
Have a great day at work!!!! (((((HUGS)))))
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10. code1 12:04 PM GMT on January 10, 2006    
Miss you Bug, will be good to have you back!
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11. palmettobug53 3:16 PM GMT on January 10, 2006    
Have to have my ISP come by and do the installation. They're local, and not on the setup already installed in my new comp. Remember them putting a card or circuit, or something inside my old one, when I signed up with them. The instructions said to use "my installation disk" or call my ISP, if they were not one of the 5 ISPs already set up on the computer. Nice one...HP Compaq, with a whole GB. My old one was a 286. This one has XP and more programs than I'll probably ever find, much less use. Has a photo program, I think, so maybe I can start taking/posting pics. I'll have to learn how to use all of this fancy stuff. No Word, or Excel, but it has Quicken and a couple of document programs, Notepad and Wordpad, I think. Games galore ( really cool Mahjong game), and awesome screen savers. The keyboard is good. My old one was a bit small, and my fingers were always hitting the wrong keys. They had a stupid mouse w/the ball, Will keep using my other one, with the red light/no ball. Better go. not at lunch yet.
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