Rijuhn
01-01-2003, 12:42 AM
First let me say that I'm am so happy to be back online. So much has happened on AGN that it's taken me about 4 hours to catch up the past 5 days I didn't have internet access. Let me tell you how it all started.
I was given a cracked version of Windows XP from a friend of my sister. It installed and ran fine on my sister's and my computer for about 3 days. Then my sister's, her friend, and my computer all fucked up simultaniously on the same day. My sister couldn't access the internet, or burn CD's, while her friends problems were a bit more extreme. My start menu didn't respond, I couldn't right click or write CDs either. Finally my sister and I got our computers working well enough (after restarting hopelessly 10 times or so) so we could back everything up.
We decided that a format was in order, so we crossed our fingers and did so. My computer had a bit of a problem at first, as I have a Pentium 4 and my BIOS setup and other dos stuff was a bit different than my sisters computer. My brother and sister helped me to get my computer reformatted and I partitioned it.
I reinstalled Windows ME and all of my backed up stuff and everything worked fine. Yes there were a few things I didn't want to back up, and a few things that were to tedious to backup, but I was happy for the most part to be able to use my computer again. All seemed well except that neither me or my sister could access the internet for some odd reason. We both were stumped. All that everyone in my family knew about computers still wasn't enough to get my modem to send or recieve data.
After much BS my dad finally got me to reformat my computer again, and my sister did likewise. After reinstalling everything, again, my dad got my sister's internet to work and finally after some more BS got my internet to work. I've been downloading Windows updates, McAffee virus definitions, and checking on my favourite websites for the 2 days, and I'm just now catching up to today.
So much has happened on AGN, the news. Basically everything changed in a matter of 5 days, and I'm not really craving the internet (that I lost for nearly a week) as much as I used to. It feel great to get online without having to do so habitually.
I do feel bad to using cracked software, and I never will again. They've always been nothing but trouble for me. I know for almost a fact that MS knew that there were 3 computers using the same cracked version of Windows XP and did something to all of our computers. Or there was a timed virus on the cracked version that the ripper of the software implanted into it. Whatever the case, I just want to say that I'm going to buy any software I want from now on, espeically because if I have a problem I can rightfully blame the software maker.
I don't think my dad knows that my sister and I were using an illegal copy of XP, but if he even finds out he would be mad. As computer stupid as he is, he still knows what's wrong and such.
I feel I deserve what I got, and I think it was for the better anyhow. I feel almost reawakened, and I've been wanted to reformat for awhile now. My computer is running faster, and strangely I'm only using up 6 gigs, but before I was using up 14 gigs.
Well, that's really all that's been happeneing to me for the past week and a half. I hope you guys have had a relaxing Christmas vacation. I know I sort of have. Good night and bless you all.
I was given a cracked version of Windows XP from a friend of my sister. It installed and ran fine on my sister's and my computer for about 3 days. Then my sister's, her friend, and my computer all fucked up simultaniously on the same day. My sister couldn't access the internet, or burn CD's, while her friends problems were a bit more extreme. My start menu didn't respond, I couldn't right click or write CDs either. Finally my sister and I got our computers working well enough (after restarting hopelessly 10 times or so) so we could back everything up.
We decided that a format was in order, so we crossed our fingers and did so. My computer had a bit of a problem at first, as I have a Pentium 4 and my BIOS setup and other dos stuff was a bit different than my sisters computer. My brother and sister helped me to get my computer reformatted and I partitioned it.
I reinstalled Windows ME and all of my backed up stuff and everything worked fine. Yes there were a few things I didn't want to back up, and a few things that were to tedious to backup, but I was happy for the most part to be able to use my computer again. All seemed well except that neither me or my sister could access the internet for some odd reason. We both were stumped. All that everyone in my family knew about computers still wasn't enough to get my modem to send or recieve data.
After much BS my dad finally got me to reformat my computer again, and my sister did likewise. After reinstalling everything, again, my dad got my sister's internet to work and finally after some more BS got my internet to work. I've been downloading Windows updates, McAffee virus definitions, and checking on my favourite websites for the 2 days, and I'm just now catching up to today.
So much has happened on AGN, the news. Basically everything changed in a matter of 5 days, and I'm not really craving the internet (that I lost for nearly a week) as much as I used to. It feel great to get online without having to do so habitually.
I do feel bad to using cracked software, and I never will again. They've always been nothing but trouble for me. I know for almost a fact that MS knew that there were 3 computers using the same cracked version of Windows XP and did something to all of our computers. Or there was a timed virus on the cracked version that the ripper of the software implanted into it. Whatever the case, I just want to say that I'm going to buy any software I want from now on, espeically because if I have a problem I can rightfully blame the software maker.
I don't think my dad knows that my sister and I were using an illegal copy of XP, but if he even finds out he would be mad. As computer stupid as he is, he still knows what's wrong and such.
I feel I deserve what I got, and I think it was for the better anyhow. I feel almost reawakened, and I've been wanted to reformat for awhile now. My computer is running faster, and strangely I'm only using up 6 gigs, but before I was using up 14 gigs.
Well, that's really all that's been happeneing to me for the past week and a half. I hope you guys have had a relaxing Christmas vacation. I know I sort of have. Good night and bless you all.