My son's comp suddenly stopped opening all Office applications. It tries, then up pops an error message saying we need to install the program.
I uninstalled Office, re-installed, same thing.
Gave up, downloaded the OpenOffice 2.4 freebie, problem solved. It allows us to save all documents in the Microsoft Office formats, so compatibility with the rest of the world is no problem. God bless Sun Microsystems.
BTW, Safari appears to be superior to IE in every way. What an improvement.
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Strange Things Your Computer Has Done
Re: Strange Things Your Computer Has Done
by Zardoz » Fri 04 Apr 2008, 18:21:16
"Thank you for attending the oil age. We're going to scrape what we can out of these tar pits in Alberta and then shut down the machines and turn out the lights. Goodnight." - seldom_seen
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Re: Strange Things Your Computer Has Done
by Pops » Fri 04 Apr 2008, 19:08:27
Try google docs.
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-- Abraham Lincoln, Fragment on Government (July 1, 1854)
-- Abraham Lincoln, Fragment on Government (July 1, 1854)
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Re: Strange Things Your Computer Has Done
by kakkerlak » Sat 05 Apr 2008, 11:29:48
Yes, use GNU/Linux! 
It's free! Free as in freedom, not as in free beer!
Thousands of people use their free time to create a free operating system, superior to M$ Windows (and many others). Buy a CD to support them if you like to use it.
It just works!
Do i sound like a television commercial? Good!
Seriously, only use Windows to play games. Use GNU/Linux for everything else and you save yourself a lot of stress and time.
Have fun!
Roach
It's free! Free as in freedom, not as in free beer!
Thousands of people use their free time to create a free operating system, superior to M$ Windows (and many others). Buy a CD to support them if you like to use it.
It just works!
Do i sound like a television commercial? Good!
Seriously, only use Windows to play games. Use GNU/Linux for everything else and you save yourself a lot of stress and time.
Have fun!
Roach
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Re: Strange Things Your Computer Has Done
by bodigami » Sat 05 Apr 2008, 18:17:55
Roach, why not use a dedicated gaming machine like a Wii or PS3 instead of the computer to play? Windows is simply not worth to use for anything... such virus prone, ugly, uncomfortable, slow, old, ... 
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