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Ok, so I need more computer help
Topic Started: Nov 16 2010, 04:21 PM (222 Views)
Larry
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Ok, so I'm a computer illiterate.

I gave up on the other computer. It's old, the hard drive makes noise, ram memory was tiny, I f*cked up something trying to clear some space on the hard drive, etc.

So I have this Hewlett Packard that I used in a store. It was never connected to the internet, so the Windows XP Home Edition software that's on it has never had any updates. It has service pack 1 on it, that's it. I need to download service pack 2 and 3. I've found and downloaded service pack 3, but it won't open until I download service pack 2. The service pack 2 for a single user setup is apparently not supported any more by microsoft. All I can find is the developer's version, 266 mg file that my little dialup says will take 35 hours to download, and microsoft says I don't need that one anyway.

My only problem so far seems to be - I can download the install file for Yahoo messenger just fine, but then I can't open it to finish installin yahoo messenger.

Now what?

Don't tell me to go buy another copy of windows. I did that some time back, and now I can't find the damned disc. I will take this thing and throw it in the trash and just never get on the internet again before I will spend one more f*cking dime on this thing...


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OperaTenor
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You might as well trash it. MS wants you to buy newer software, so you won't have any luck tracking down the SP2 update.


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jon-nyc
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Larry - don't listen to OT, he's a Mac fanboi.


Wait until KB or Ax or others chime in.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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blondie
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I watched hubby struggle for 16 hrs last Fri, Sat, Sunday with the the kid's PC.
I say this with total sincerity Larry, but you are not getting any younger. Time is ticking. Please don't suck away endless hours on a piece of equipment. Life is short. Get a Mac. You'll be way happier.
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Aqua Letifer
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Screw Microsoft, and screw Macs. Get precisely the operating system that fits your computer, for free. Open source Linux FTW.

I'd ask KB or Ax, yeah.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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Jolly
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Geaux Tigers!
If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, 'Who's on First?' might have turned out something like this:

COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT

ABBOTT: Super Duper Computer Store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.

ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.

ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look at the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let's just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue 'W'.

COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue 'w' if you don't start with some straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer..

COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!

(A few days later)

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

ABBOTT: Click on 'START'.............
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George K
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Finally
The Microsoft guy at ZDNet Switches to a Mac.

At least for a while.
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OperaTenor
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jon-nyc
Nov 16 2010, 05:15 PM
Larry - don't listen to OT, he's a Mac fanboi.


Wait until KB or Ax or others chime in.
Maybe, but pulling what little hair I had out over frustrations with my crappy PC's over the years is what made me one. :tongue:

I had been *given* a Vaio laptop that had a corrupted hard drive and no factory disks. I intended to run Windows 98se on it after wiping the hard drive(this was shortly after XP first came out). I was unable to load 98se - wouldn't read the fvcking installation disks. I called Sony tech support to find out why. It turns out this computer originally came with Windows Me(BSOD's galore), and would not accept older software.

So I had to buy XP. Cost more than the computer was worth.

Now, I just turn on my computer and *use* it. :woot:


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Steve Miller
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What you need is a kid. A computer geek kid. The kid I use advertises on Craigslist, is a computer science major at Cal State, carries discs/flash drives for every program known to man in his backpack and charges a flat $45 to show up at the house and fix whatever is wrong no matter how long it takes.

Best deal in town!
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kenny
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Get a mac - cheaper than a kid.
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HOLY CARP!!!
PM sent.
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kenny
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BM sent.
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Larry
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
Thanks, KB.


No thanks, Kenny.....
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