Re: OT - GoogleEarth, techie advice sought


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> Marjorie Clarke wrote:
>> GoogleEarth was highly recommended to me, so I decided to download it
>> yesterday. When it tried to install itself, the computer crashed and
>> rebooted, complaining that it was recovering from a "serious error". I
>> had
>> one more go at the installation and it happened again, so I've now
>> uninstalled the whole thing. The computer briefly sulked and pretended
>> not
>> to recognise my password but eventually relented and is now apparently
>> back
>> to normal.
>>
>> Is that fault likely to be with my computer (about 3 yrs old, Win XP,
>> broadband), Google Earth itself, me, or some mysterious chemistry between
>> any combination of these? Or something less obvious (Bill Gates, George
>> Bush, global warming, cold weather, Tony Blair, bird flu, the media...)?
>>
>> Any advice on whether I should attempt to download it again or just
>> forget
>> the whole thing?
>
> You haven't said anything about your pc's specifications but it sounds
> like it might have run out of memory or hard-disc space during the
> installation.
> I've installed Google Earth without any problems and it's an amazing
> piece of software.

I am not sure what my basic spec is but I have just had an extra 254 mb of
RAM added, would that help? My C drive now says it has 38.2 Gb, of which
28.9 Gb is free space. Does that sound like enough?


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Best wishes,

Marjorie


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