Dust off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Angel: You know, I killed my actual dad. It was one of the first things I did when I became a vampire. Wesley: I hardly see how that's the same situation. Angel: Yeah. I didn't really think that one through.
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NoiseDesign - May 20, 2009 6:28:05 am PDT #10032 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
omnis_audis - May 20, 2009 6:32:57 am PDT #10033 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Dust off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.Drew, you forgot phase 2, buy a Mac
(ducks and covers for not being helpful)
§ ita § - May 20, 2009 6:36:29 am PDT #10034 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My mac currently tells ingdirect.com that I'm in Australia. Plus Leopard hasn't been the most stable.
Still prefer it to Vista, though.
NoiseDesign - May 20, 2009 6:36:50 am PDT #10035 of 25501
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I've had plenty of my Macs act up over the year and have had to reformat and reinstall. It's really unfair to claim it is a Windows thing. I tend to reformat my rental macs at least once every six months, and don't even get me started on permissions getting corrupted.
§ ita § - May 20, 2009 6:38:12 am PDT #10036 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
don't even get me started on permissions getting corrupted
Why *is* that? I don't get the mechanism behind requiring permissions be verified and repaired.
NoiseDesign - May 20, 2009 6:42:35 am PDT #10037 of 25501
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From what I understand it's a legacy Unix thing. I honestly don't know the real under the hood reason for it.
Polter-Cow - May 20, 2009 6:45:06 am PDT #10038 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Try reinstalling one of the more minor programs you're having a problem with? I'm wondering if your problem isn't a damaged common DLL that a number of programs share for duties like opening files, rather than a malicious virus. This is why reinstalling the operating system in Windows often is the simplest and best cure for a lot of problems.
That's actually a good point. It could be a common DLL. I remember many years ago I had an Outlook Express problem that I solved by replacing a corrupted DLL file. I'll try uninstalling and reinstalling IrfanView, as that's the weirdest one and easiest to mess with.
Dust off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Waaaaaah. The very thought stresses me out, let alone the process.
NoiseDesign - May 20, 2009 6:46:02 am PDT #10039 of 25501
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It's why complete and current backups are something you should always have.
§ ita § - May 20, 2009 6:47:54 am PDT #10040 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's why complete and current backups are something you should always have.
Not just current, because the current backups could all have the same current problem.
It's why I try to have install files for all my apps lying around, but then there's the settings issue. It's hard to win any way other than rolling your system back and trying to step forward carefully.
NoiseDesign - May 20, 2009 6:56:13 am PDT #10041 of 25501
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My method is to have complete backups of all my data files that are stored in more than one offline location, and then complete install sets for applications.
Time Machine on the Mac does make it a bit easier to step backwards to an earlier setup.
I've recently switched to saving all of my documents on my iDisk and then syncing those to each of my computers, which keeps a synchronized local copy so that I can access them when not online. It also means that each machine acts as an additional backup.