2009-01-23

theoldwolf: (Default)
2009-01-23 01:08 pm

Computer woes... typical

I've been having all sorts of connectivity problems which I ascribed to switching from AVG Free version 8 to Avast!, so I thought I'd uninstall Avast! and roll back to the latest version of AVG 7.

Don't do that.

It promptly told me all my Windows kernel files were infected, and when I tried "healing" them, they were trashed.

Clean install time.

Fortunately I keep all my data on a separate drive, and an external backup drive as well - and Windows XP Pro is smart enough to create a mirror of existing profiles, so I didn't lose my extensive list of bookmarks, but I hate having to reinstall all my drivers, printers, programs and little bits and pieces that I find so useful.

Grr.
theoldwolf: (Default)
2009-01-23 01:54 pm

African Lunch

Ripe plantains fried in Red Palm Oil, and fufu. The only thing missing would be some chicken moamba, or alligator meat, and those take too long to fix.

Haven't had that for a while, and was feeling homesick for Kinshasa...