Old_Joe Posted August 10, 2005 Posted August 10, 2005 (edited) Okay, so I got this computer from my sister when she got a new one. She gave me everything including her old printer. anyhoo, the computer wasn't top of the line, but I didn't care. being a college student, I considered myself lucky to have one. Then I started having problems with it. Windows Me was installed on it, which is about the most unstable operating system ever put out by microsoft. So I had problems with it crashing all the time. However, since my sister bought it straight from the maunfacturer it came with a system recovery CD. Did I mention that when you use it, your entire system gets formatted and you lose every program, assignment, game, etc. that you ever installed or saved on it and restores the computer to its factory settings? Afterwards, it worked fine for awhile, but then it crashed again. Much harder this time. In fact it crashed so hard that the thing forgot it had harddrives. whenever I'd try to boot it up, it'd get stuck cause it couldn't read the harddrives. So I had my dad take it in, and he had Windows 98 installed on it. Yeah, it's older, but it's more stable than it's successor. Everything was working fine. My main problem was finding software and drivers for everything, but I eventually found them. Then I tried to burn a CD of French Nun's singing chant that a friend gave me. That's when I found out that I couldn't burn CD's at all. Not only that, but my computer didn't even recognize the CD burner as a CD burner. So apparently, I had missed something. Not only that, I couldn't find a valid driver for the CD burner. Well, I looked inside the computer to make sure I was looking for drivers for the right CD burner. Next when I closed the computer up, it no longer recognized the CD drives. I wasn't sure if I had done anything wrong inside. I checked the software and nothing could explain it. So, I went back to those system recovery discs and lost everything that I had saved in the past few months. not to mention that I was reinstalling Windows Me. I still had the same problem. nuts. I went back inside and discovered that one of the cables had been installed upside down. So, now I can't reinstall windows 98 again, not to mention that I've lost pretty much everything anyway. This has been really frustrating. So right now I'm trying to update and reinstall everything, which means I'm going to be up for awhile. anyone care to join me? Makes me want to: stupid computer---> <---me Edited August 10, 2005 by Old_Joe
zabbazooey Posted August 10, 2005 Posted August 10, 2005 Hey I have a bootleg copy of Windows XP, you just can't download updates on it *shhh*
annabelle87 Posted August 10, 2005 Posted August 10, 2005 aww I'm sorry that smells of elderberries! I feel about computers sometimes as well...especially the one I'm on right now Good luck with all that though..
zabbazooey Posted August 10, 2005 Posted August 10, 2005 Yeah my laptop always screws up...and this computer is no good....beaver dam spyware
IcePrincessKRS Posted August 10, 2005 Posted August 10, 2005 I have a legit copy of Windows XP..... (I may have an extra disk somewhere around here....we have more than one computer)
Old_Joe Posted August 10, 2005 Author Posted August 10, 2005 [quote name='zabbazooey' date='Aug 10 2005, 01:01 AM']Yeah my laptop always screws up...and this computer is no good....beaver dam spyware [right][snapback]679682[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Have you tried ad aware?
zabbazooey Posted August 10, 2005 Posted August 10, 2005 I can't afford Windows XP...my mom's friend put it on the puter for me
Old_Joe Posted August 10, 2005 Author Posted August 10, 2005 I'm not sure I can install XP on this computer. It might be too old. If not, I can see about getting an update CD for Win 98.
IcePrincessKRS Posted August 10, 2005 Posted August 10, 2005 Well, it came on our new computers. If they'd been older machines we'd probably not have updated. (We got newer computers because Matt works online and needs reliable machines for accessing the servers, and since he works from home they can be used as a tax write off.)
Old_Joe Posted August 10, 2005 Author Posted August 10, 2005 [quote name='zabbazooey' date='Aug 10 2005, 01:07 AM']I can get a discount at the skool bookstore [right][snapback]679704[/snapback][/right] [/quote] same here if I really wanted to.
zabbazooey Posted August 10, 2005 Posted August 10, 2005 Just call the company and ask if you can update it.
annabelle87 Posted August 10, 2005 Posted August 10, 2005 [quote name='zabbazooey' date='Aug 10 2005, 02:01 AM']Yeah my laptop always screws up...and this computer is no good....beaver dam spyware [right][snapback]679682[/snapback][/right] [/quote] And popups!! We have a "popup blocker" that in my opinion attracts more popups!
zabbazooey Posted August 10, 2005 Posted August 10, 2005 OOOOH popup windows are the bane of my existence
Old_Joe Posted August 10, 2005 Author Posted August 10, 2005 I hear Mozilla firefox cannot receive any or very few popups because most popups are designed for Internet explorer.
Old_Joe Posted August 10, 2005 Author Posted August 10, 2005 hmmm maybe I should. I would also like to use Linux as well. I'm told you could rip out the hard drive and It would keep running.
zabbazooey Posted August 10, 2005 Posted August 10, 2005 Beat the puter up with a hammer!!! Sounds like a good time to me
Old_Joe Posted August 10, 2005 Author Posted August 10, 2005 I'd rather douse it gasoline and give it a viking funeral.
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