Ouch... I really hate/love microsoft!

[OhZone]

Oh, boy, here's the short version: on the PC that my gf (and house guests and stuffs) uses, which is a Vista machine, I tried to restore the hibernate option. I have sleep but not hibernate. After trying some options as suggested by the interwebs, the thing would not boot properly. MS complained that some system file had been messed with, and it thought my copy of windows was not genuine anymore. For 150$, I could reinstall windows, of course. After several attempts, I decided to try a system restore. Went back several days, and Voila! It's working. So far.

Haven't rebooted it yet.

o_O

Wish me luck....

BTW: I have a ton of other pcs, so you won't get rid of me if this EXPLODS!



BTW,BTW: First I'm copying all the media, pw files, and bookmarks, to an external drive before I reboot again!

[OhZone]

Really. Yeah, it's a good idea to backup your stuff.

Does anyone use an online product like Carbonite?

I don't think I trust my porn to some random company. And I don't need anything like that impacting my bandwidth.

[Clickme]

I hate Microsoft, btu I love PCs. I actually have a good relationship with my Windows 7 Laptop ^_^ I've jsut have to keep her happy by buying 2 replacement hard drives so far, a backup drive for the backup drive, and a new keyboard... which I'll get to once I ahs the money for it

[TrunKated]

Back up! It's the responsible thing to do.

[OhZone]

lulz! goatse backupground? OHNOES!

But that's a great error message, "computer broken."

"afraid so"

But what about this back it up?




or this:



OHYEAH!

BTW: I would want a lot more than that for my SOUL! Although an arboreal lizard who's a diurnal herbivore is hot!

[Nihtgenga]

Vista is fucking annoying.

[OhZone]

Agreed.



BTW: I had a lot more on this PC than I thought, including amazon downloads, pictures, and a copy of my full old FBS backup.

[tghawk555]

Eheheh, one time I rebooted my computer and the little volume control icon was missing. But another reboot brought it back, fortunately.

[OhZone]

If that's all the troubles you've got Hawkie, then you're quite lucky.

It happened again after AVAST tried to block some freeware I've used before without issue. And after Windows did another automatic update.

I have now restored again, turned off automatic update, uninstalled AVAST. Reinstalled Avira and I'm doing a full scan.

BTW: This is a Compaq PC I bought from Staples. All above board.

[Sephie]

Originally Posted by OhZone

If that's all the troubles you've got Hawkie, then you're quite lucky.

It happened again after AVAST tried to block some freeware I've used before without issue. And after Windows did another automatic update.

I have now restored again, turned off automatic update, uninstalled AVAST. Reinstalled Avira and I'm doing a full scan.

BTW: This is a Compaq PC I bought from Staples. All above board.

I pictured you saying this with a pirate accent

[OhZone]

lulz

Argh! AVAST me maties!

If that be all the troubles ye got Hawkie, then ye be a lucky wench!

It be happenin' again after AVAST be blockin some freeware I be using previously.
And after Cap'n Gates's software be doin' another automatic update.

I be now restored again, turnin' off automatic updates, uninstallin' AVAST, reinstallin' Avira and doin' a full scan.

BTW: This be a Compaq PC I be buyin from Staples. All above board.

Now swab the deck, ye scalawags!

[Sephie]

I literally fell out of bed laughing that time