Posted on 11/11/2009 7:51:53 AM PST by big bad easter bunny
After getting hit again with a nasty virus I finally pulled the trigger and did a full install of Ubuntu open source Lenox operating system, It is awesome! It's free, it's fast, it comes preloaded with 90% of what most computer users need and it comes with thousands of free programs that can be downloaded and installed with complete ease.
Also if you get nailed with one of those viruses that don't even let you open in safe-mode, install Ubuntu as a parallel and you can access your old files and put them on an external drive.
Did I mention it's free and of virus problems as well. Good bye Microsoft.
Hi again. I’m so sorry I said I had already followed the instructions you sent. They looked identical to the ones I had copied from an online technical help site, but they were different. Yours contained two or three extra steps, which were the right ones. When I logged again after following your directions, the error messaqe didn’t come up for the first time in weeks. Wow; thank you SOOO much. I still can’t play videos; I guess that must be a different problem. Maybe I’m missing a plug in. I’ll go and try to find it. In the meantime, thanks again. I REALLY appreciate your help!
Glad to be of help.
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