babyofmine
09-06-2007, 09:36 AM
This just happened to me yesterday. You can skip the 1st paragraph and go to the beef in the 2nd paragraph. :twitcy:
I was having troubles connecting with GDS (the first and sometimes only site I connect to), but then figured out that I couldn't connect to any other site, so I called my ISP (I had to call my mom for the phone number :laugh:). After troubleshooting, they determined that my expired internet security program was the problem (DH was supposed to fix it, I thought it was fixed MONTHS ago. grrrrr!!). So I called Norton, and they told me how to uninstall it (because I wanted to install the new one). I called my ISP again, and they "pinged" my computer, and said the old firewall was still there, and to call Norton again to help me remove it from the registry. So I called Norton, and they walked me through the registry removal. I called my ISP again, and they said the ping still wasn't going as fast as it should, we tried safe mode and it was okay, so they advised me to a system restore. I did it back to 9/1, since I know my internet worked then. It didn't fix it. So then I had to do a system Recovery. Before I did it, I backed up all my photos, documents, and games onto my EHD (didn't take that long, cuz I normally put them there anyway). Then I wrote down all the programs that I need (you know, PSE, ACDSee, etc :lmao:) and did the system recovery. It worked! joyous day.
The first thing I did was get online with IE (which I detest), and download FireFox. So I install it, and sign into my email, and that's when it hit me. I forgot to save my bookmarks. It was almost midnight, and I just sat there laughing hysterically, knowing that if I stopped laughing I would start crying. :cry::twitcy:
But despite that, the story has a happy ending. I did save my bookmarks from when I switched computers, so my bookmarks are only 6 months old. :laugh: *insert heavy sigh*:head_hurts_kr:
AND, all my important programs are downloaded and installed. Well, I still need to install MS Office, but I wanted to check out the festivities here before I did that. :D
The moral of the story: Save your bookmarks!!! :hairpull:
I was having troubles connecting with GDS (the first and sometimes only site I connect to), but then figured out that I couldn't connect to any other site, so I called my ISP (I had to call my mom for the phone number :laugh:). After troubleshooting, they determined that my expired internet security program was the problem (DH was supposed to fix it, I thought it was fixed MONTHS ago. grrrrr!!). So I called Norton, and they told me how to uninstall it (because I wanted to install the new one). I called my ISP again, and they "pinged" my computer, and said the old firewall was still there, and to call Norton again to help me remove it from the registry. So I called Norton, and they walked me through the registry removal. I called my ISP again, and they said the ping still wasn't going as fast as it should, we tried safe mode and it was okay, so they advised me to a system restore. I did it back to 9/1, since I know my internet worked then. It didn't fix it. So then I had to do a system Recovery. Before I did it, I backed up all my photos, documents, and games onto my EHD (didn't take that long, cuz I normally put them there anyway). Then I wrote down all the programs that I need (you know, PSE, ACDSee, etc :lmao:) and did the system recovery. It worked! joyous day.
The first thing I did was get online with IE (which I detest), and download FireFox. So I install it, and sign into my email, and that's when it hit me. I forgot to save my bookmarks. It was almost midnight, and I just sat there laughing hysterically, knowing that if I stopped laughing I would start crying. :cry::twitcy:
But despite that, the story has a happy ending. I did save my bookmarks from when I switched computers, so my bookmarks are only 6 months old. :laugh: *insert heavy sigh*:head_hurts_kr:
AND, all my important programs are downloaded and installed. Well, I still need to install MS Office, but I wanted to check out the festivities here before I did that. :D
The moral of the story: Save your bookmarks!!! :hairpull: