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citrinesunsetHaving a spot of computer trouble at the moment, though I think it's getting resolved (I hope!). It wasn't responding or loading anything, and I had to unplug it to get it to restart. Then it started doing a disk cleanup to get rid of corrupted files. And then it was still funky.
I see two possibilities:
1) It has something to do with the issue I'm having with Windows update, where it says it's installing updates when I shut down my computer, but never actually finishes/freezes up/who knows what. That had happened again just prior to this problem.
2) It has something to do with the Firefox update I downloaded this afternoon.
I'm leaning towards the latter. When I first restarted, the computer was behaving well enough until I tried opening Firefox. And it seems to be doing fine now that I've uninstalled it. But I'm running a virus scan too just in case, and I'm trying to find a solution to the Windows Update problem, because even if that's not what fucked things up, I should probably still try to get it working right.
In the meantime, I have a browser dilemma. I've been using Firefox for a few years now, and I've grown quite fond of it. For one thing, I never realized how much I took adblock for granted. I'm on Chrome now and am amazed to actually see these ads on LJ I've heard people mention.
So, do I:
1) Try to get Firefox back, maybe an earlier version.
2) Try out Chrome some more (it looks okay, but I'm finding it tricky to figure out).
3) Use Internet Explorer (which I hate. But maybe if I use it more, I'll see some actual advantages to it?).
4) Go back to using MSN Explorer (which I like better than IE, but not by much. Pro is that I can easily access my MSN email).
I see two possibilities:
1) It has something to do with the issue I'm having with Windows update, where it says it's installing updates when I shut down my computer, but never actually finishes/freezes up/who knows what. That had happened again just prior to this problem.
2) It has something to do with the Firefox update I downloaded this afternoon.
I'm leaning towards the latter. When I first restarted, the computer was behaving well enough until I tried opening Firefox. And it seems to be doing fine now that I've uninstalled it. But I'm running a virus scan too just in case, and I'm trying to find a solution to the Windows Update problem, because even if that's not what fucked things up, I should probably still try to get it working right.
In the meantime, I have a browser dilemma. I've been using Firefox for a few years now, and I've grown quite fond of it. For one thing, I never realized how much I took adblock for granted. I'm on Chrome now and am amazed to actually see these ads on LJ I've heard people mention.
So, do I:
1) Try to get Firefox back, maybe an earlier version.
2) Try out Chrome some more (it looks okay, but I'm finding it tricky to figure out).
3) Use Internet Explorer (which I hate. But maybe if I use it more, I'll see some actual advantages to it?).
4) Go back to using MSN Explorer (which I like better than IE, but not by much. Pro is that I can easily access my MSN email).
