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Because I was foolhardy enough to do a clean re-install on my computer, I cannot access my e-mails. I will need professional advice and can't seek that until I can give up the computer for a few days, which I can't at the moment. I'll see if I can open a hotmail account later this evening.
Hugs
Nigel
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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It might be simpler than you think. I'm in the phone book, so if you need some help over the phone I may be able to crack it for you.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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johnleeb
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Probably the best advice would be to install Linux rather than Windows.
This does not mean in place of Windows if you need some of the software that is available only for Windows. Do it dual boot if you are addicted to Windows.
There is one major reason with email to use Linux and Thunderbird (no, not the Windows version of Thunderbird). It retains everything about your email in one directory and it's subdirectories on the /home partition, so anything that occurs in the system partition will not destroy mail or access (yes, you should ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, with any OS, have a separate data partition from the system partition!).
The problem with Windows is that all mail gets put under C:/Documents and Settings/ directory. Guess what gets corrupted along with other things with malware? Your email! And while, if you know exactly what you are doing, you can move the email out of C:, you can't move the files containing access data to your email accounts anywhere else.
That brings up the best part of Linux that can NOT be done with Windows. You can point a file in one place to a different partition, directory, or even another computer. I do, and I maintain my email on a Linux server that my other Linux systems access, so no matter which system I'm using, it can fetch email and let me read it there or another machine. That gives a major advantage if there is a hardware failure on one. I am still fully functional by simply moving to a different keyboard.
It's way better than backups for safety. I have not lost any email, through a dozen hardware upgrades and replacing crashed hard drives, in over 10 years.
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I got my iMac back from the doctor's today. Computer Heroes the little firm calls itself and very attentive. During the week I have been forced to watch television and I have been re-inforced in my idea of how ghastly it is.
Anyway, it's great to be back and now to catch up with the goss.
I am glad to have found this little firm, for the main Apple distributor keeps your machine on the bench for two weeks before it even looks at it and if you say "Can I book it in for two weeks' time?" the answer is "We don't do it like that." The big boss there used to be one of my pupils, but he's moved on unfortunately.
Hugs
N
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
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