I never throu out a whole computer. If it's too old to use, I take it apart and use the parts in other machines. The most I'll through out is maybe a 386 mainboard. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 12:19 PM Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' > Hmmm, how did you loose it? > Greg > > > On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 07:58:36AM -0400, Ameer Armaly wrote: > > Let's put it this way... I've got contacts in ms tech support who 1. are > > blind and former linux and who knows what other os users, and 2. taught me > > half the stuff I know about computers. The other half I had to read and > > experiment, thereby loosing my first computer after a year. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher at bigfoot.com> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 11:04 PM > > Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' > > > > > > > On Wed, 15 May 2002, Ameer Armaly wrote: > > > > > > > as Bryan said, "it's not the hardware, but the os setup" your version > > of xp > > > > is setup wrong probably. > > > > > > Hey, you don't, per chance, work for Microsoft Tech Support, do you? > > > > > > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > -- > > > Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > > > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > > > ICQ: #61744808 > > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > > > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >