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Blowing off Steam
After I installed Windows anew, I am not installing the Steam network (or Impulse either) until I actually need them.
I have a feeling that could be a while.
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Well, that wasn't so bad.
I have to say, for an operating system that is not Linux, this Windows 7 is not bad at all ( Read more... ) -
I give up.
Now downloading Windows 7. (Legally, I presume, unless Microsoft redirected me to a pirate site.) I still wonder if I ever got the CD for WinXP for that machine, but at least it had Genuine Windows XP. I thought I was smart, buying one of the last XP machines (after they were getting rare), and compared to Vista I was right. But for the last couple ( Read more... ) -
Weak, legs
One would expect that if you walk fast for an hour one day, and for an hour the next, you would not get stiff the third day suddenly.
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My tweets
- Fri, 05:34: I am grateful to be alive. Next, to make others grateful that I am alive.
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Success
The TERRA computer managed to get through a full chkdsk without hanging, for the first time in a long while, after running Spinrite all night. All hail Spinrite! All hail Steve Gibson, superhero of programming!
Of course, the rig is still 3 years old, so. But at least it lives to serve another day! -
Next out: Dragon NaturallySpeaking on speed
Or more exactly on my SSD. As number three after the Windows swap file and City of Heroes, I have moved my speech recognition user profile to the solid-state storage device. Moving the whole program would require uninstalling and reinstalling; I may consider that for later. But it seems to be the retrieving of data that takes the most time with ( Read more... ) -
And then...
I guess a lot of things have happened since the 1990es. Regarding disk drives, I mean. -
More computer excitement
In the past, the (much less frequent) bluescreens were related to the video driver. Now, they are unidentified. But I've noticed now several times that if I tell Windows to check the C: drive at boot, it will fix a number of errors and then freeze completely. This looks like a job for Spinrite! Finally. I can't remember how many years since I have ( Read more... ) -
My tweets
- Wed, 06:26: There are some books you will regret reading, but many you would regret not reading, if you only knew.
- Wed, 06:38: Through the Internet I have found friends in many countries. Through books I have found friends in many centuries.
- Wed, 06:58: Boredom is possible if we think the world owes us something, rather than the other way ( Read more... )