Safari. I can complete a download with Explorer, but then it just sits there and when I try to actually run it, nothing happens. It seems to have completely forgotten how to deal with a .dmg.
This must be what going mad feels like.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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JZ - Aug 30, 2008 8:26:29 am PDT #7538 of 25501
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Theodosia - Aug 30, 2008 8:26:58 am PDT #7539 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
FWIW, a couple years ago I know the useful lifetime of laptops was 18 months, at least that's what we were told when my office was leasing them (which is suspect, since the people telling us this stood to make more money if we believed them). My rule of thumb was to double that.
Under no circumstances change over to Vista -- it runs like a dog on smaller older laptops.
One thing you could do, is back up all your data and then reinstall XP and all the other programs onto a cleaned out hard disk. Sometimes that gets rid of the problem, unless it turns out to be more like a failing hard drive, et cetera.
Theodosia - Aug 30, 2008 8:27:56 am PDT #7540 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
JZ -- I hadn't realized you were on a Mac. In your situation, I'd consider visiting my nearest Genius Bar.
JZ - Aug 30, 2008 8:30:30 am PDT #7541 of 25501
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Ah, frig. It's a big old half-dome years-old iMac that weighs a ton. I've taken it to the Genius Bar twice in the last couple of months, and it's a loathsome task.
Consuela - Aug 30, 2008 8:38:19 am PDT #7542 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
is back up all your data and then reinstall XP and all the other programs onto a cleaned out hard disk.
Oh, lord. There goes my weekend.
Theodosia - Aug 30, 2008 9:41:43 am PDT #7543 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Consuela, sometimes time equals money -- you might well be better off getting a nice new laptop instead, especially because prices have come seriously down in the last 3 years. (FWIW, I've been really impressed with HP's customer support on my desktop machine.)
Consuela - Aug 30, 2008 11:53:21 am PDT #7544 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Well, it seems silly to not even TRY to do this. Got a pointer for some resources that will help me reinstall XP?
Theodosia - Aug 30, 2008 12:24:45 pm PDT #7545 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sorry, I'd be as much at sea as you are!
Wiping a hard disk and reinstalling XP is something that a small local computer repair shop should be able to do, though.
DCJensen - Aug 30, 2008 12:50:22 pm PDT #7546 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
JZ, have you rebooted?
Also, try running Disk Utility and repair permissions, and then do a repair disk.
JZ - Aug 30, 2008 1:07:36 pm PDT #7547 of 25501
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Yup, yup, yup, did all those before posting the first plea for help, Daniel. Hopefully the Apple store will be open on Labor Day, with at least one or two geniuses on hand at the bar, because all my "This usually works" workarounds aren't.