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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 16 2010, 04:21 PM (222 Views) | |
| Larry | Nov 16 2010, 04:21 PM Post #1 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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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 | Nov 16 2010, 04:38 PM Post #2 |
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Pisa-Carp
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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 | Nov 16 2010, 05:15 PM Post #3 |
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Cheers
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Larry - don't listen to OT, he's a Mac fanboi. Wait until KB or Ax or others chime in. |
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| blondie | Nov 16 2010, 05:29 PM Post #4 |
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Bull-Carp
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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 | Nov 16 2010, 05:41 PM Post #5 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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I'd ask KB or Ax, yeah. |
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| Jolly | Nov 16 2010, 06:16 PM Post #6 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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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 | Nov 16 2010, 06:23 PM Post #7 |
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Finally
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The Microsoft guy at ZDNet Switches to a Mac. At least for a while. |
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| OperaTenor | Nov 16 2010, 06:38 PM Post #8 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Maybe, but pulling what little hair I had out over frustrations with my crappy PC's over the years is what made me one. 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.
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| Steve Miller | Nov 16 2010, 07:53 PM Post #9 |
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Bull-Carp
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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 | Nov 16 2010, 08:06 PM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Get a mac - cheaper than a kid. |
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| KlavierBauer | Nov 16 2010, 08:09 PM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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PM sent. |
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| kenny | Nov 16 2010, 08:10 PM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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BM sent. |
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| Larry | Nov 16 2010, 08:58 PM Post #13 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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Thanks, KB. No thanks, Kenny..... |
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