Yesterday I went over to M's to see if I could find the cause of her not being able to send out mail using Outlook again. Unfortunately, the outlook was pretty bad after I gave the system a first check. Running a - not so genuine - windows XP Professional on a 800Mhz P3 with 256MB Ram is a recipe for disaster if you ask me. The system had been working rather OK up until a couple of months back, but I explained that there's a time they just give up.
Hoping that cleaning up the system as well as I could would magically restore functionality, I spent quite some time scanning it for malware (tons of it), patched it as much as possible but without even an SP2 installed it's nothing but a band aid on a dead body. Got QT updated to the last version, got rid of an ancient Java version and trashed about 330MB worth of temporary internet files. I'd have done more, but the reaction of the machine was so sluggish that it constantly went into a stall. After scanning for over two hours, the damn thing froze when attempting to remove the found nasties. Way to go.
I promised her I'd look up some deals for a new machine that would be perfect for her needs, yet not cost her an arm and a leg.
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Hey, next time I'm trying to put the moves on you in my dreams, HOLD STILL. Dontcha know I was only trying to serve you? hahahaha!
Posted by: Ashtronaut at December 30, 2007 4:23 PM
Loool! You're still as lovely crazy as I recall you, Ash ;-)
Nah, what's the fun in holding still when someone's trying to chase you down? What was it again about the chase and the catch? :D
Posted by: ServMe 
at December 30, 2007 9:28 PM