The complete re-install strikes fear in my heart and makes me break out in a cold sweat! (only a slight exaggeration). I have been doing my backups once a month but am overdue by a couple of weeks. I will put that on the top of my list. Wonder if Microsoft would send me a disk with SP3 on it? If I had such a disk would that allow me to run the SFC? How difficult will it be for you to help me make a slipstreamed SP3 install disk? This thing with the light going out on the mouse--so you think that is just a coincidence? Or a part of the total problem? Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:45 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: System has recovered from a serious error > The error message doesn't tell me enough. Either there's something > missing > from it or there's not much to tell. > > Do you already have a recent backup of everything you'd hate to lose if > the > system does go down on its own? I'm not suggesting that it will, but only > that you should be prepared for the worst just in case. > > As for these repeating issues you keep having, we can work on making you a > slipstreamed SP3 install disk &/or prepare for a wipe/reinstall of > Windows. > You really should have an updated install disk. Still, the more these > things come up, the more I'm inclined to believe that a clean reinstall is > the only way to be sure of a well running system. > > Peace, > Gman > > http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php > > "The entire future of humankind is yet to be written" > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------