Hi, Gary, Blown update? Hmm! It's weird, but it was fine two weeks ago (I can't remember if I attempted to check out a book or not. Don't worry about your not being able to concentrate. Thanks much for writing and I wish you well. Regards, Kim. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Petraccaro Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 11:12 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Stymied ... And I'm heartsick Sounds like a blown update. See if you can find out which one. I can't get my mind to concentrate just right now, so can't be more helpful. You might try another browser, such as Firefox. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 10:55 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Stymied ... And I'm heartsick > Hi, I want to tell you I'm unhappy because I can't proofread anything or > check in anything after proofreading. It turns out this is affecting only > my > computer. It's not the Bookshare site as far as I know. What happens is if > I > press Enter either for Check Out a Book or for My Checked Out Books, the > page doesn't really load at all. I'll hear a progress bar going up to 100% > and then I hear "Internet Explorer is unable to display the web page." If > I > hit the backspace key, I'm back in Volunteer Home. It's a case of "close, > but not close enough" it's as if my computer will not, cannot get me into > the place where I can do anything regarding proofreading a book. This > state > of affairs started about four or five days ago. On a more cheerful note, > I've been able to get to the proofreading manual and I've read a lot of > it. > It's easy for me to navigate. I'm wondering if there are any > troubleshooting > tips if your computer won't even let you into the place where you can > check > out a book or deal in any way with a checked out book. Steps I have tried: > 1. Scanned my local disk. 2. Defragged my local hard drive. Results: No > change. Someone is coming six days from now to look at my computer to see > if > I have a software problem which will result in me spending money. I want > to > thank Rob Turner at Bookshare Support for he tried to help me out. It's > really horrid when every computer can go to the place I want to go and get > there without the hassle. I didn't contemplate throwing a tantrum, > throwing > my computer out the window (decidedly counterproductive for obvious > reasons > I needn't mention). Let's just say my sense of humor isn't operating at > the > present moment. I hope to proofread something soon as I promised to do it > and I wish to do it. I'm weird because I like doing it and there's no > hardship for me to do it. Thanks and best regards, Kim. > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 5407 (20100829) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5407 (20100829) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5407 (20100829) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5407 (20100829) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.