Re: How to notify an infected broadband user


"Art" <null@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:g41jc1l88hvptnhvrml5b9cq42kk3v6t1i@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 14:40:06 -0400, "Heather" <figgs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >> >I am finding that more and more programs won't work with ME.
> >>
> >> Really? Like which? Are they worth it? Can't you find equivalents?
> >>
> >> Never ran into that issue.
> >
> >Hi Art.....give me a day or so to recall, grin.
>
> Ha! Just as I suspected. You're just bored with your old PC and you
> have money to waste :)

Nah......I never told you the long saga of my attempt to upgrade to XP and
the disastrous results. Now THAT sorting out took a lot of thought.
>
> >Photoshop & Illustrator
> >being two of them. I don't use them, but when my graphic artist daughter
> >visits, she needs those to do the editing she wanted to do. Couldn't use
> >the trials and she was not impressed with PaintShop Pro.
>
> Tell her bring her laptop :)

Hasn't got one......she has two older Macs tho.
>
>
> >Anyway.....my CD/RW is not working at the moment, a
>
> Minor item.

True......about $35 Cdn as well. I will probably put a new one in.
>
>
> >I will reinstall ZAPro and Epson and see if that fixes those two. But if
I
> >have to replace the motherboard or BIOS, it is simply not worth the
money.
>
> Motherboard or BIOS? What makes you think they need replacing, fer
> gawd's sake?

The BIOS is 5 years older than the computer which I paid big dollars for.
It will not support a second HD or XP. I wanted to simply dual boot, but
that was not possible.
>
> See what I mean? No logic. Just emotion. You're bored with your
> old PC and rather than put the small amount of money, and larger
> amounts of time and effort into fixing it, you'd rather give it away
> to someone like me.

Nope.....you forget how frugal I am. Not about to give this away. However,
I do have a Compaq 2200 sitting here behind me that I might let you have,
grin. Only ever owned 2 computers in 9 years.
>
> I'm just pulling your leg to some extent. I certainly know
> the feeling. It was time for me recently to get some brand new
> hardware as well. Got tired of fiddling with some old junkers
> I had been picking up for nothing. And two hard drives in my
> collection of spare drives tested as going sour by utils from
> the h.d. vendors.

Yep....I figured you were doing that. And yes, I admit to a certain amount
of boredom.....time for newer stuff. Totally ticked off that I paid a lot
of dollars for this computer and the *innards* were substandard. Took a lot
of digging to find that out tho. Still haven't phoned MDG to complain, but
OTOH, not about to deal with them again.
>
> But when it comes to Windows, I certainly find no need for
> the latest and greatest from MS.

Mine was free, so figured I might as well dual boot. But I would have
upgraded eventually. This WinME O/S has served me well for 4.5 years. Not
about to junk it. Will use it as a backup for the new one.

Cheers....the other Senior Citizen, lol.


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