Well, well, well. Guess what? I found an email with the download page. I downloaded the Cleaner and ran it. It's a strange bit of business, and I'm really not sure what it's doing. But I opened Windows Explorer after and clicked on this and that quickly trying to get it to error out. It didn't. So here it's past time to take the computer in to Best Buy. You have renewed my hope that this may be dealt with at a home level.
As for CClean, it took me a while to run the set up wizard--lots of cookies to pick out of the myriad cookie list.
I wasn't at all sure what it meant by having me create bogus file names so "they" won't think I'm trying to hide something. What on earth does that mean? I did it because it said to. I was a little worried when it had me go through and select files to save along several paths. Once I was done, I rushed to open folders that have my unpublished (and un-backed up) short stories and novel chapters. They were still there. Only my MemoryMonster was missing from the sys tray. But it was in program files, so that was cool. I point my cursor at the icon in the sys tray and it tells me how much memory is still in reserve. Cool, I like it. Came from WinBoost, which I paid for, but have only installed the memory part.
So anyway, I have my computer to play with still, though I have to get up at 2:30 and it's 10:30 already. I need yo get some sleep here soon.
It was great to hear from Grandpa, but it sounds like they are working him far too hard. Of course, if it's a chance to build up a financial safety net, I'd be working the same hours and happily. I'm going to go for the spelling program myself. And I would love to find a real online dictionary someday. And maybe one for techies, too, because I have to get the meaning of so many words by how they're used, in context. And when the whole sentence is way over my head, I'm lost.
But all is well, since I was able to get CClean. Are people allowed to take a free software and use it to force people to put themselves out there for advertising phone calls and such? They even wanted my work phone number. Outrageous! I did the 555 one, but it didn't like that, so I added some odd numbers in there to get it to go through. And I gave them a wrong home phone number too. If they email me, I'll mark it junk mail and that will be that.
I hate being marked for a sucker. Which I am, unfortunately, but I dont like folks like that knowing it.
Why can't I write a normal length reply? I just have so much to say. I could use an editor, I think. Get ideas down to the bare bones. Which reminds me, have you ever gone to barebones.com? They really offer low prices for computer goodies so you can build the computer of your dreams. Someday...
Grandpa is probably having sweet dreams right now.
I have access to a satellite feed computer in Baja, so I may sign on to Hotmail, so I can link to the forum.
I've said good bye, good night, sleep tight four times tonight. Could this finally be the real thing? It has to be.
Thank you, Hopper, for turning me on to CClean. And so many other things. I still want to know what games you play and how into it you are. I've dreamt of gaming, but I already spend so much time on computers, between work and home. I just might never get off the computer at all, if I found a game that really grabbed me.
Enough already. I'm heading to bed. 'Night all!