Computer woes
It happened almost a month ago. It began innocently enough. I have kodak software and opted for the automatic updater...big mistake. The software popped up stating there was an update and do I want to update it.I said yes :(
After it updated, it wanted to update the catalog files.
I said yes :(
From that point on, the computer takes almost forever (I'm only exaggerating a little!) to boot up.
That's not the end of the woes. Sigh. Sometimes the attempt at a cure can make things worse.
I didn't realize the problem was the updated software at the time because about the same time I found a suspicious looking file on the computer. So... I went online and got spyware and registry cleaner software off the internet (shareware) to try to fix the problem. Not a good idea when you don't know what you are doing. I ran both and I removed what they found without knowing what I was removing.
Guess what happened? You guessed it, my boot-up problem didn't change and I made more problems for myself. I found out my microsoft programs now can't be updated because I'm missing some necessary temporary files (I did find I can re-obtain these from microsoft though, they're the ones who checked my computer over the internet and found the problem.) I've also recently discovered that I can't put comments on chatterboxes from this computer either. (I assume also missing files are the culprit.) So friends, I've wanted to put comments in your chatterboxes but unless I go to work, I can't until I figure out this computer mess.
I've been told to just re-format and start over. Wonderful idea but one problem. I neglected to make an emergency start-up disc with all the programs that came with the computer when we first got the computer. If I reformatted, I would either have to copy and reload what I have now, which of course would be dumb because I'd have the same problems, or obtain a new operating system sans office programs. So, for now, I'll try to keep muddling through.
Perhaps oggix can tell me what I'm missing and supply it for me so I can put comments on chatterboxes? I still need to fix the boot problem too. I tried uninstalling the kodak software but the boot is still veeerrrrryyy slow. If anyone has any ideas, I'm open to them, so long as my woes don't increase by them! Until then, please be patient with us (me & the computer that is!).
posted by Colleen @ 10:21 PM
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