LifeNRA Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 I hate to re-formatte and re-install, thank god I have cable to get all my updates for Windows and Norton! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 Re: ARRRRRRGGGGGGG!!!!! Puter take a dump on ya' Life? I have a rather persistent virus on mine that I can quarentine, but can't remove. It's bugging the crap out of me because I can't seem to file my tax return because of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 Re: ARRRRRRGGGGGGG!!!!! [ QUOTE ] I hate to re-formatte and re-install, thank god I have cable to get all my updates for Windows and Norton! [/ QUOTE ] Looks like you and I have been doing the same thing this weekend John. My PC crashed on Thursday or Friday and has been nothing but a pain since. I found out my copy of Windows XPpro was pirated too. I'd thank the guy who built my puter for the rip-off, but he doesn't live here anymore I had to go buy a copy of Windows XP home edition. I lost my photo-editing program along with Pro. I thought it came with the digital camera disk, I bought, but it ain't there ???? No more fun pictures from me for a while now guys. I hope you get it all straightened out. I'm still working on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
too_pointer Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 Re: ARRRRRRGGGGGGG!!!!! I had to do the same thing a few months back, luckily my Dell had all the re-install disks for it. It is a pain for sure I didn't have the extra programs that many of you do though. Good luck with it. My pc is running great now though, no more bugs !! too_pointer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Re: ARRRRRRGGGGGGG!!!!! [ QUOTE ] I hate to re-formatte and re-install, thank god I have cable to get all my updates for Windows and Norton! [/ QUOTE ] The downloads and updates take alot of time on dial up. Pretty frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Re: ARRRRRRGGGGGGG!!!!! i had to do that back in the fall Life, sure isnt fun at all. i had a virus on mine that would not and could not be deleted, i had to take it to a computer!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted March 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Re: ARRRRRRGGGGGGG!!!!! [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I hate to re-formatte and re-install, thank god I have cable to get all my updates for Windows and Norton! [/ QUOTE ] The downloads and updates take alot of time on dial up. Pretty frustrating. [/ QUOTE ] With cable I got all my updates this morning in about 30 minutes, that includes the re-booting too! I didnt have any virus that I am aware of. I am pretty anal when it comes to keeping my Anti-virus and my Windows updated. I check every other day for updates. My defrag was taking like 18-24 hours to complete. Gateway told me I should be re-formatting every three to four months! Last time I did this was 11 months ago. Their reason is Windows will corrupt itself in about 6 months. I asked if every 6 months would be good enough, they said unless someting like this happens again, yeah! So now it is running like new PC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Re: ARRRRRRGGGGGGG!!!!! Actually, it's not really a bad thing to rebuild your computer every now and then. I realize it can be a pain to backup all your files, reinstall all of the software, copy all of your files back, and get it setup the way you want it but you should see a performance improvement once you're finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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