tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406577544625307203.post8053790478063006557..comments2023-11-23T22:01:01.581-08:00Comments on Exploring with Beth: It's a sad sad day...bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16166172834086385843noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406577544625307203.post-49228208038928154832010-07-26T08:48:40.652-07:002010-07-26T08:48:40.652-07:00mmmm yeah. that part about me not being a machine-...mmmm yeah. that part about me not being a machine-fixer? definitely not wiping my computer without someone standing by to bail me out. otoh, my laptop is going to drive me nuts so I will have to deal with it eventually. <br /><br />In a possibly-related note, the hard drive is 90% full - it's a 40 gig, and I have less than 20 gigs of music & photos. Can the operating system & programs really be taking up another 16 gigs? <br /><br />I'll try the pointers for getting Chrome to connect, though, and will see how it goes!bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16166172834086385843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406577544625307203.post-9858222240710566902010-07-26T03:08:37.546-07:002010-07-26T03:08:37.546-07:00wiping and reinstalling is an option, but you'...wiping and reinstalling is an option, but you'll have four years' worth of windows updates to install. it would be a nice clean start though. grab an external hard drive to back everything up and use the restore discs that came with the computer if that's what you decide to go with.<br /><br />this may be worth a read, especially the proxy server setting in the "best answer":<br />http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=33cb73f4b7300afb&hl=en<br /><br />I had a proxy server turn itself on and slow everything down one time. ping me on email because I may forget to come back to these blog comments...johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05296612862247138426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406577544625307203.post-63786620225498797432010-07-25T19:59:09.861-07:002010-07-25T19:59:09.861-07:00Have you considered formatting the hard drive and ...Have you considered formatting the hard drive and reinstalling everything from scratch?nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07679401295330820469noreply@blogger.com