08-20-2010, 08:45 PM | #1 |
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Return of ST
Technically, I haven't been gone from the forums,
but I haven't been here with a computer doing anything DC related (other than a rant or two)... This has changed. I now have a computer. I will be doing DC stuff as soon as I get fully set up with it. Fully set up with it meaning, gotta format HD, get restores made, anit-virus, ect, ect, ect... You've been warned ST
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08-23-2010, 03:48 PM | #2 |
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Re: Return of ST
Welcome back to being a full citizen of DCdom.
You know, I should probably install an anti-virus program on this thing I'm using...and I should back it up as well...but I'm probably not going to (other than back up DC stuff). |
08-23-2010, 09:10 PM | #3 |
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Re: Return of ST
My return has been greatly exaggerated. I bought a used computer and it is resisting all attempts at getting to work the way I want. It was a computer that some lady had that she said some friend worked on (after she got it out of storage...) but she was selling it as it was asking for a windows serial key.
Well, I was going to linux it and forget about it until I could afford to buy XP system disk on ebay or put win7 on it. -BUT- I suspect that it has power supply problem in that it reboots/restarts at random times, but too frequently to put new OS on it. So, I got a computer for $20 that I thought was a good deal, and got what I paid for. Still, I think I can come up with $ for a power supply in the near future (like within a week). Anyhow, I guess I have to wait. THAT is the hardest part! ST
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08-23-2010, 10:45 PM | #4 |
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Re: Return of ST
You can get freeware antivirus programs like Avast! It is well worth doing with all the nastiness floating around the web.
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08-24-2010, 04:09 PM | #5 |
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Your problem, ST, does not sound like a power supply to me. I know a bit about this, having had to replace one on my server box. It sounds like you are having driver conflicts - start looking at sound drivers first.
Also, as for your OS - MS offers "trial" versions of it's OS's that are not restricted in any way, and are usable for 180 days. I know more than one person who only use these, save their data (or store it on an external drive and then every six months re-install their operating system. Also, I hate to tell you, but if you picked this up for $20 and it had been in storage, it's likely not capable of running Windows 7. Good luck on getting a legal version of XP these days - I did see one for sale about a month ago, and it was more expensive than 7...even though, or maybe because MS no longer sells or supports it (well there are still some occasional updates...) |
08-26-2010, 04:54 PM | #6 |
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They made legal versions of XP?
Pshaw! Next you'll tell me they made legal versions of W98. If the trial versions last 180 days, that's not bad. I like to format and reload about once a year anyway.
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08-26-2010, 05:57 PM | #7 |
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180 days is a great length of time when you're a student and you have to re-install for the start of each new term. And now that I'm no longer a student, well 180 is still longer than I've gone without re-installing...
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08-31-2010, 12:51 PM | #8 |
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perhaps I should have named this post "the long drawn out inching forward ever so slightly return of ST".
So now I got a computer that works, and since it does not have a wireless card/ usb adaptor; now I'm searching for a usb cable that is here somewhere and when I get that and attach it from my computer to the modem, THEN I'll be back. ST ps, the things I have to go through just to get online...
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08-31-2010, 03:39 PM | #9 | |
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I can't decide if the internet is a wonderful freedom that provides a window to a world greater than my own, or if it's the most addictive drug that I've tried and it just makes me delusional to think the first option. |
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09-01-2010, 03:25 AM | #10 |
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I think it was Paracelsus who said something like: "Die Dosis macht das Gift." At least, the internet is not physically addictive. Not yet...
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