December 7, 2008
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Computers
A little while ago I got myself a new laptop because the old one was acting... Well, old. Also, I had trouble accessing Xanga with it for a reason or the other. Which was one of the reasons I stayed MIA for as long as I did.
Anyway, this new PC that I've got has Windows Vista Home Premium as operating system. And I don't like it all that much. I so miss having XP... For a reason or the other, I managed to get this computer of mine corrupted so that the screen would freeze with just stripes of what I was working on. And this was within minutes of rebooting. The only way I was able to get anything done trying to solve the problem was to sign in on safe mode and do my magic. Well, what helped eventually was to restore the system to the stage it was a few days ago -- just to be on the safe side. Luckily I hadn't made any major installations or other alterations during this time.
Of course I ran a full scan on my virus detector safeguarding software to make sure there weren't any viruses or such present. It appears there's none at the moment.
This whole trouble actually started with me trying to install Photoshop and other components from the Master Collection. Vista somehow rejected those. Bummer! Now, I need to figure out what to do. Maybe just get the old version I had on my old computer installed instead of trying to get the newest... And of course I'm talking about all legal versions of these software.
What though worked smoothly earlier this week was installing the the WLAN for home. I got sick of being at the other end of the cable at all time so I figure I just go get a WLAN box and get it working. Besides, now I'm one step closer on getting PS3 for myself plus home theater systems etc... One piece at the time.
Oh, and forget about Firefox, Google Chrome is my new friend what comes to browsers. However, I've got a few others handy as well since Chrome is not supported by all web sites yet. So, I currently have IE, Opera, Firefox and Chrome at hand.
So, I've been all techie this weekend. Next we'll have our new teams Xmas party on Friday and I'm going out with the girls on Saturday. That should keep me busy...
Also, I'll have Cati over for a while, over Xmas, I think. YAY!
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I use a Mac for the big stuff, and a laptop -with Vista- for the non-essential stuff. (One of the other past-times I have uses applications that are only microsoft-programme based)
I have found that Vista seems to have a 'Permissions' problem, which can be solved -overcome?- by installing the application in the "C" folder rather than in the "Application" folder.
Vista also requires permission from running the application in 'Administrator' mode at least once...
Once things are up and running, there's not a lot to go wrong... (Fingers crossed!) I've run this thing for nearly/just over a year.
Hope you manage to get it sorted!
**Application -Programme, sorry I'm a Mac person!
@pixie_taker -
Thanks for the tips. I will try and keep these in mind the next time I need to install something major. I think I managed to solve the problems for now. At least I've got the pc up and running ok at the moment.
Just a thought.
If you don't have a copy of microsoft office for Vista, try openoffice.org for a FREE version...
"OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose."
Runs in/on Vista installed in the programmes folder without problems.
Looking forward to seeing pictures of Cati if you get the chance over Christmas.
My brother had a lot of problems when he tried to install programmes on his PC with Windows Vista so I know what you mean.
Hugs.
@pixie_taker -
Yes, I actually had it installed and have to install it again as it got removed when I restored the system. It did install without any problems.
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