-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox Revisited
- From: ~OoO~ <sirtroth@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 12:45:58 -0500
I can't comment about the Component Services, as that's a whole =
different story. But, unless something has directly gotten your =
attention with that, I wouldn't even fool with that. Your main concern, =
at the moment, is figuring out if you have a bad drive and how to back =
up all your stuff should the need arise.
You have stuff that you can't loose. The first step is making an actual =
list of what you need to keep and can't lose. Ok, so you have bookmarks. =
What else? Do you have saved email that you need? Do you have files in =
the My Documents folder? My Music? My Pictures? What else? Make a list, =
and try as hard as possible to think of everything. Doesn't have to be =
done all in one shot, but start the list and keep adding to it as soon =
as you think of something else. Once you're sure you have everything, =
and once you've made up your mind that its time to proceed backing up, =
THEN we can continue that step. Oh... and what Don has stated in his =
post regarding what experience you have and all the other things along =
that line... you can help us to help you if you can answer those =
questions.
Now... to straggle away from this chain of thought and to focus on an =
additional option that you have...
If you were to purchase a new hard drive, and install it, you now have =
an additional tool. Without actually directly affecting your current =
installation of Windows, you can install a SECOND copy of Windows. So, =
in essence, you will have two copies of Windows installed on that =
machine. One on the old drive and one on the new drive. If done right =
(and we can help with that) what would happen is you would start your =
computer and a menu would pop up asking you which installation of =
Windows you would like to run. You would have 2 choices. The original =
Windows you already have installed and the second copy you just =
installed. If you go into the first, it would be the same as it is now. =
If you go into the second it would be a completely new installation of =
Windows. But, all the data will still be on your main drive. Hence, you =
now have the ability to grab all the files you need from the first =
drive. You can set up your internet and ebay stuff on the new =
installation and continue to work while also working on this backup =
stuff.
Then, when you're all good and ready and are comfortable with the new =
installation and backups, THEN you can completely remove the first =
installation and only use the new installation.
Yes... this one gets tricky. Its not HARD, but it gets tricky cause this =
is probably all new to you and we have to sort of help you through it. =
Will require patience and persistence.=20
---Troth
-----Original Message-----
From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of betty
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 9:37 AM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: Firefox Revisited
You really make me laugh, Don. Thanks so much for your humor.
Disk defrag was perfect. And no, I haven't backed up yet. I have to =
leave
for several hours, and when I come back, I'll really concentrate on the=20
other
emails yoo and Troth sent me.
But just a quick thing now, that I discovered this morning when looking =
at
Component Services.
A provider, Off Prov 10 has been registered in teh WMI name space.=20
ROOT\MASPPS 10
but did not specify the HostingModel Property. This provider will be run =
using the
LocalSystem account. This account is privileged and the provider may=20
cause a security
violation if it does not correctly impersonate user requests.
There's more to that message. If it's meaningful, I'll send the rest.
And yes, I need to correct whatever is wrong YESTERDAY. I'm a seller on=20
eBay, and
currently have items being bid on. My nightmare is losing everything,=20
and not being able
to service, run, fulfull, etc. etc. all that's entailed in having an=20
eBay store.
Betty
Don wrote:
>Did disk defrag go OK with no interruptions or error messages? That is =
a=20
>VERY read/write intensive process and I would expect trouble with it if =
your=20
>hard drive was operating outside of normal parameters.
>
>Did you get your data backed up yet or are you still in the tub? :-))
>
>Don
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----=20
>From: "betty" <nextcent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 4:07 PM
>Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: Firefox Revisited
>
>
> =20
>
>>Thanks again, Troth. That is some story about the loss of your
>>photos....certainly much
>>worse than losing bookmarks. I do have a list of the bookmarks. Wish I
>>knew how to get
>>them into Opera.
>>In an earlier email, I thought you had given some indication that the
>>bad disk message
>>I got, wasn't as bad as if it had also mentioned sectors and such. At
>>any rate, I'll keep
>>my fingers crossed that you come up with something I can use. Disk
>>Defragmenter won't
>>do it, huh? I had run it earler today.
>>
>>Best,
>>Betty
>>
>> =20
>>
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