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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
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Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-27-2003 10:35 PM
I seem to hear about people squawking about how crappy AOL is in maintaining connections, getting bumped, etc. Unfortunately, AOL must be just as frustrated, too.
I discovered AOL has a method of analyzing your computer, and fixing some common problems such as connection and speed issues. Apparently, AOL can diagnose and automatically repair many AOL and computing ailments.
Type in keyword AOL Computer Checkup and it will bring you to a page that will allow you to run the checkup. If you run it, you are giving AOL permission to examine your computer. They will download a few files, run an analysis, fix what they can, and give you a report. On one of these pages before I got to the "Meat of the thing", it mentioned that it might take control of your computer and move your mouse, click on shit, and repair. It sounds like something like the program PC Anywhere... (So keep your fingers ready to pull the plug if it gets a little too intrusive to suit your needs.)
Anyway, I ran it just for the hell of it. It took about 5 minutes to download the files and analyze, and the report came back as no problems.
Cool. I have nothing to hide on this machine anyway.
P.S. It must have been almost a year now since I installed Windows 2000 Pro on this machine, and to my dismay and joy, it has not crashed yet!!!
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David Stambaugh
Film God
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Posts: 4021
From: Eugene, Oregon
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 03-29-2003 09:38 PM
I don't know what's available now, but about 18 months ago we got a Dell 1GHz P-III laptop with Win2K Pro factory-installed. Sweet!
You can alter much of that insipid bubbly GUI in XP. In fact you can make the interface similar to 2000 in many respects. I have to say that XP seems as solid as 2000, but the default look of the interface is just a little to cartoonish for my tastes. To change the "look" to Classic Windows, go into Display Properties, Appearance, and in the drop-town menu for Windows and buttons, select "Windows classic style". You can also right-click on "Start", Properties, Start Menu tab, and select "Classic start menu".
One area where XP really excels is auto-detecting and using newly-connected devices such as digital cameras.
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