LuLu
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Just hope it isn't anything XPensive to get it running again.
Me too. I'm trying to get my hands on a video card just to test with because of it's not that, then it probably will be a bit of an XPense...and that'll have to wait.
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I still use it. Unfortunately it has XPired but as of yet the table I have it on hasn't caught fire, the PC tower hasn't imploded, etc.
I'd be using it still as well if the desktop it's on hadn't taken a dump last year. I'll fix it. Eventually. lol
It hasn't XPloded either!
Big man, that is one of your better ones. Very clever.
XP has been around for so long and we have so much XPerience using it that we could now be called XPerts, and we need to be as we're now apparently XPosed to XPloits. Insert XPletive for MS here.
I won't be XPloring the use of a new OS, and no XPlanation needed for why. Not worth the XPense maybe.
Long live XP. I XPect it will still be around long after I've XPired (pinched that one).
I can tell you worked hard on this post, Dennis.
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All they have to do is lose everything once or twice to quickly realize they need a backup solution, I learned that the hardway back in the Win98 days when the Win98 OS would commit suicide every now and then - usually every few months. Just installing or uninstalling some software can nuke a system, and I'm not talking about malware infected software.
Oh I have a friend that's gone through 3 or 4 laptops. She still won't back up anything. Says it's too much trouble. I tell her she's crazy.
And I totally remember those days. I think I reinstalled Win98 about 10 times in the 3 years I had it. I remember updating Java and Win98 not liking that at all. I cried that day.
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I was hoping the US would be next in banning it. Then they could issue me a free disk of whatever acceptable version of Windows is left. (Bring back XP!!!! lol)
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Thanks. I'll have to tell my brother about that since he's the one needing an email to be recovered. It won't help fix his current issue, but your advice will help safeguard for future issues. Appreciate it!!
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(and for the observant amongst us, the last line in my signature I made fit the constraints of a Japanese Haiku)
LuLu, I'm just glad you backup - full stop!
It really is disappointing the number of people who don't. They've heard about it, they know what's required, they know it's important - they just haven't taken the last, most important step.
It is sheer laziness, it has to be.
And they are the first to whine when it hits the fan !!!
I still empathise but my sympathy is long gone.
lulu what you are doing is great! You are no slacker that's for sure
This means if your machine breaks you'll always have the stuff that's important to you ready to go on a new machine (should you be lucky enough to get one
)I'll be honest. I NEVER used to back up anything. I never had the extra $$$ to buy extra drives for my old computer, and backing up on floppy disks was definitely not going to happen.
But after that computer crashed and I lost EVERYTHING, I told myself come hell or high water I was always going to backup my stuff. I ended up making friends with a guy who built computers and he gave me a couple of empty hard drives, so I installed them and used those as backups. Then my brother bought me the portable drive and I moved everything over to that. And good thing too since that system is now kaput (for the time being anyway). I keep nothing on this new laptop so if windows has to be reinstalled or whatever, I don't care. I backup what's necessary (including my tablet and cell phone) and tell others to do so as well. Though some friends are so darn hardheaded about it. 
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I guess I'm slightly the slacker. All I use is a portable hard drive to backup pics, music, etc. Once I can get my hands on another portable hard drive, I'll back up the first portable drive. lol
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That's what I figured. Thanks!
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So Gmail says once you click "delete forever", that the email is indeed gone forever. My question is would the email perchance be stored as a file on a hard drive that it could be recovered from?
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IT Tech Support always reminds me of this comic strip from a decade ago.
Definitely.
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I'm excellent at deleting cookies, particularly Girl Scout cookies..
The mint ones right?
nice one @LuLu
i have two black Labs that would make over-qualified Tech Support members if that was the job description.
LOL I bet!
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This made me giggle. Figured you lot would enjoy it as well.
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now that's what I'm talking about....
weathers beautiful - wish I was there.
Ha me too!
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Sounds interesting. Don't recall ever seeing an Easter bunny with nuts before. Wait...you know what I meant. haha
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You are never too old for pounds of chocolate! Just ask my mom. LOL
Sounds like you had a great day! Steak sounds good. I baked a honey and spice ham. Thank goodness for leftovers because it was good and I can't wait to have some more.
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Hope everyone had a great day filled with good food and yummy candy! lol
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If they could actually find me, that would make for an awkward dining experience.
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Not really thrilled about this.
They were probably in on the whole Heartbleed thing too. -
I like 8, and I would consider myself a 'power user,' I've had no problems with 8 in terms of my daily usage (though I do wish it'd track bandwidth usage on non-wireless connections, just cause I like statistics)
I get people don't like change, but as far as I can tell, 8 is a 30% faster 7 with a less gaudy aero and a full screen start menu which is a waste of space, but way better and more robust than the old one. In the hour or so I was on 8.1 before wiping again the other week, I actually decided I didn't totally care for the changes they made to searching on the start screen compared to 8.1.
Hopefully they can find a less obtrusive but still as useful middle ground (I use start mostly for searching, in case that wasn't apparent
)I have no experience with 7 so I have no idea how it compares. I went from XP right to 8. I don't mind change, but 8 to me is just...awful. XP was easier to navigate and you didn't have have those snap back windows that you mouse over to in the left corner of the screen. You didn't have to "view apps" to get to a program. Shut down, control panel, etc was easier to get to. I just don't like the overall design of 8. My brother has Vista on his computer and said even that's better than my 8. But of course, everyone has their own preferences and they like 8, more power to them. I hate it. lol
According to my info (Shane from "Tweaking.com") MS will only make some minimal changes. The changes will be just enough to not annoy users anymore. We won't see the entire menu coming back.
But we'll have to wait & see.
Ugh. Can I just have XP back? lol
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OMG it's about time. I still haven't upgraded to 8.1 but I'll do whatever it takes to have Windows look like Windows is supposed to look because I freaking hate 8.
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Another month, another shot of pretty blue water
But after that computer crashed and I lost EVERYTHING, I told myself come hell or high water I was always going to backup my stuff. I ended up making friends with a guy who built computers and he gave me a couple of empty hard drives, so I installed them and used those as backups. Then my brother bought me the portable drive and I moved everything over to that. And good thing too since that system is now kaput (for the time being anyway). I keep nothing on this new laptop so if windows has to be reinstalled or whatever, I don't care. I backup what's necessary (including my tablet and cell phone) and tell others to do so as well. Though some friends are so darn hardheaded about it. 
They were probably in on the whole Heartbleed thing too.
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Germany & China ban Windows 8
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You're lucky! Glad you got yours sorted!
I've narrowed my issues down to either a kaput video card or a motherboard (port) issue. Unfortunately I have no extra video cards anymore and don't have the extra $$ to buy even a cheapie one. So it'll have to wait.