Windows System Pack
Windows System Pack
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#0Windows System Pack
Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:23pmYou guys know the system pack that just came out for XP that was supposed to increase security and come with a pop-up blocker for your computer? Well, I just installed it. With the exception of Netscape (my Internet browser), I can't get a lot of things to open! Including My Pictures and My Documents (I was trying to change my desktop background). Also, my AIM keeps shutting down. Has anyone had problems?
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#1re: Windows System Pack
Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:24pmI know it sounds stupid now, but you shouldn't have installed it. That thing is notoriously buggy- I think Microsoft stopped distributing it. Maybe you can do a System Restore? Updated On: 9/12/04 at 09:24 PM
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#2re: Windows System Pack
Posted: 9/12/04 at 9:27pm
Grrr....why the f*ck did Costco have them out then!
How long would a restore take, and could I lose any files?
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#3re: Windows System Pack
Posted: 9/12/04 at 10:16pmI was just about to reboot my system, and it said all my files would be deleted. I hate this. This computer has been nothing but problem after problem.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#4re: Windows System Pack
Posted: 9/12/04 at 10:18pmI don't think a System Restore takes very long. I think it basically restores your computer to the state it was in at the date you choose. So you'll lose any files, bookmarks, etc. that you've made since that day, and obviously anything you installed- like the Service Pack.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#5re: Windows System Pack
Posted: 9/12/04 at 10:35pm
I am not going to worry about it now...thank goodness my Microsoft Works still opens, because I have to finish up an English essay.
And since my computer is not hooked up to a working printer at the moment, I'm just going to post my essay on a forum, go on a different computer tomorrow, copy and paste it, and print it out.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#6re: Windows System Pack
Posted: 9/12/04 at 11:19pmOr...e-mail it to yourself as an attachment. You'll keep the formatting that way.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#7re: Windows System Pack
Posted: 9/13/04 at 6:44am
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
Updated On: 9/13/04 at 06:44 AM
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#8re: Windows System Pack
Posted: 9/13/04 at 12:14pmJust something I heard- after you do the System Restore, if you still want to install the System Pack (there is good stuff in there, too) I think there's a fix on the Microsoft website. Check for it- it should have good instructions, too.
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