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Re: A question for any MS folks on here.

  • Subject: Re: A question for any MS folks on here.
  • From: "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:00:08 +0100
  • In-reply-to: <12945094.tx6XbTr0fM@schestowitz.com>
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Slated.org
  • References: <pan.2007.04.25.21.33.45.523614@nowhere.com> <K0VXh.155708$Pi4.104972@newsfe14.lga> <12945094.tx6XbTr0fM@schestowitz.com>
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Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:

> Why wait? Follow the routine you'll be advised to attempt.
> 
>   (1) Stop and start the program
>    (2) Log in and log out again
>     (3) Reboot the machine
>      (4) Reinstall the application again
>       (5) Reinstall the operating system
>        (6) Dance naked around the machine, waving a rubber chicken
>         (7) "Take your machine back for servicing"

Thanks for rubber chicken tip.

You've suggested that one as a solution to the enumerable Windows
problems before, and I'm surprised to say, it works ... at least 10% of
the time.

It is a bit embarrassing though, what with this being a public library
computer, and all.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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| I found [Vista] to be a dangerously unstable operating system,
| which has caused me to lose data ... unfortunately this product
| is unfit for any user. - [H]ardOCP, <http://tinyurl.com/3bpfs2>
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