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29 Oct 2009, 11:33 am

ah, ok. thanks.



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03 Nov 2009, 12:56 am

have you fixed it?

if getting the CDs is no option, TPB is your friend


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03 Nov 2009, 4:31 am

computerlove wrote:
have you fixed it?

if getting the CDs is no option, TPB is your friend


Trailer Park Boys?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3QHoqfhX8[/youtube]


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03 Nov 2009, 9:13 am

Have you used Disc Utility to repair your permissions and verify your hard drive? Do you have DiscWarrior, and have you used it to repair your Directory? These are standard things that should be done frequently even when your computer isn't having any problems.

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03 Nov 2009, 1:54 pm

whats disc utility? :oops:



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03 Nov 2009, 2:57 pm

Spazzergasm wrote:
whats disc utility? :oops:

Hard Disk -> Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility.


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05 Nov 2009, 9:22 am

Fuzzy wrote:
computerlove wrote:
have you fixed it?

if getting the CDs is no option, TPB is your friend


Trailer Park Boys?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR3QHoqfhX8[/youtube]

:roll: errr... yeah, trailer park boys... :roll:


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05 Nov 2009, 11:53 am

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In the meantime if you desperately need to get something done, use OpenOffice. It is mostly compatible with MS Word.

Honestly do this. It takes 5 minutes or so to install. you can put it on a usb drive if you want. It's nearly exactly the same as microsoft office.



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05 Nov 2009, 11:57 am

it's free, right?



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05 Nov 2009, 12:02 pm

Spazzergasm wrote:
it's free, right?

Yeah, legal and free.



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05 Nov 2009, 5:42 pm

Spazzergasm wrote:
it's free, right?

Free and open-source. Not as polished as MS Office and lacking some features, but more than sufficient for most tasks, especially if you don't do a lot with PowerPoint.


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