Loose rivets
31st May 2009, 04:23
That was supposed to be in italics. Anyway, a waning...of sorts.
Having said that all was well with FF in another thread, I opened an e from a trusted friend. He'd invited me to be a "friend" in Facebook.
I'd heard of this program, but had little interest in it. So sad is my life stuck down here in a Tex-Mex oven, that I deemed any contact with my old life worth trying. He's a Luddite, and won't Skype for fear of...I dunno, Skyping, I suppose.
I fill in the thingies, and after some hiccup, abandon and uninstall Facebook. It leaves a folder with a huge file in it, which I delete with vengeance. Okay, back to normal? Nope, now FF opens with the screen scrinched up to the top. Nothing I can find - and yes I really looked - would cause it to open. I dragged the screen open and there was my usual Google Hello screen. Options and re-set the current screen as my Hello screen. Still starts with about one inch of active screen. For some reason I elected to run CCleaner.
No FF. No this. No that. Re-boot on other HD. This drive is...or was, partitioned into C: D: E:. C: the OS, D: programs E: my data. D: has been destroyed. I could say corrupted, but destroyed conveys my feelings a lot better. By the grace of Bill Gates, FF on this drive didn't get put in D:
Even the links to the programs are gone, Start does not even show my WP. How did that happen? Okay, I expect it to say it can't find the prog/drive etc., but to remove the shortcut? Sheesh.
Worst thing is that I can't blame anyone but me. My pal thinks there are little men in his computer...keep them well fed with electricity, and everything will be alright, I'm supposed to know better.
I don't expect any help, and certiainly no sympathy. But be warned. Facebook or FF or CCleaner...or a combination thereof, got me.
Have a nice day...and even if you have a bad one, be grateful, it's gonna be better than mine.:{
Having said that all was well with FF in another thread, I opened an e from a trusted friend. He'd invited me to be a "friend" in Facebook.
I'd heard of this program, but had little interest in it. So sad is my life stuck down here in a Tex-Mex oven, that I deemed any contact with my old life worth trying. He's a Luddite, and won't Skype for fear of...I dunno, Skyping, I suppose.
I fill in the thingies, and after some hiccup, abandon and uninstall Facebook. It leaves a folder with a huge file in it, which I delete with vengeance. Okay, back to normal? Nope, now FF opens with the screen scrinched up to the top. Nothing I can find - and yes I really looked - would cause it to open. I dragged the screen open and there was my usual Google Hello screen. Options and re-set the current screen as my Hello screen. Still starts with about one inch of active screen. For some reason I elected to run CCleaner.
No FF. No this. No that. Re-boot on other HD. This drive is...or was, partitioned into C: D: E:. C: the OS, D: programs E: my data. D: has been destroyed. I could say corrupted, but destroyed conveys my feelings a lot better. By the grace of Bill Gates, FF on this drive didn't get put in D:
Even the links to the programs are gone, Start does not even show my WP. How did that happen? Okay, I expect it to say it can't find the prog/drive etc., but to remove the shortcut? Sheesh.
Worst thing is that I can't blame anyone but me. My pal thinks there are little men in his computer...keep them well fed with electricity, and everything will be alright, I'm supposed to know better.
I don't expect any help, and certiainly no sympathy. But be warned. Facebook or FF or CCleaner...or a combination thereof, got me.
Have a nice day...and even if you have a bad one, be grateful, it's gonna be better than mine.:{