« Which is why I don't vote Republican... | Main | I'd pay. »
September 23, 2004
Expletive deleted
Not just the expletive, actually, but the whole flipping internet.
So, I was grabbing this new icon set from a download site I’ve used in the past. On occasion, they will “wrap” downloads with adware. No big deal, thought I: I can just get rid of the junk it will install and be on my merry way…
Long story short: deleting the junk destroyed my internet connection. My computer is completely unwilling to talk to anything that isn’t inside its own case. I don’t have the faintest clue how to fix it, short of a full format/reinstall. I was planning on doing one of those next week when my new processor arrives, but doing one early seems a bit wastful...
Any help?
Posted by Andrew at September 23, 2004 11:13 AM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.punningpundit.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/538
Comments
Have you tried restarting?
Posted by: John Foelster at September 24, 2004 12:01 PM
Oh yes indeed. Repeatedly even. Finally, I just had to reformat the HD. Fortunately my new processor arrived about an hour after I wrote that post, so I was able to install it (runs a bit faster but 20F degrees cooler!) before the format. Since I’d planned on formatting anyway...
Just a bit of spyware upset that I told it to bugger off. Fucking spyware...
Posted by: Andrew Cory at September 24, 2004 12:35 PM
just what were you installing that caused such a problem?
Posted by: Aurora at September 25, 2004 03:11 PM