As many of you may know, the only internet access we can get out here in the country that is better than dial-up is Satellite. It's very expensive, and much, much slower than cable or DSL.
Because it takes so long to load a page, open my gmail, upload a photo, I've been looking for a faster browser, because any little additional speed is good.
So I thought I'd try Google Chrome. Goodness, it actually seems to make a difference, at least so far as loading pages. It has a minimalist look and feel to it, which is okay by me! I'm going to try it out for a week or so and then decide whether to stick with it or go back to Firefox.
Probably not on this blog, but on my old one, I'm sure I must have mentioned it. I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to get Vista to allow me to update Windows - Microsoft, in all its "wisdom" does not allow you to download updates and then install them. No, oh, no. Heaven forbid someone with a pirated copy keep that copy up to date. Meanwhile, at least thousands of people (from the description of this problem on many, many techie websites), with bonafide, licensed copies of Vista (the most awful OS ever - give me DOS 5.9) cannot protect our computers from all the damn security issues that Microsoft so wisely left in their programs.
It is like a Catch 22. I can't update windows, so I go to the Microsoft website, type in the error # 80080005 and there is no friecking information on that error, and to use Windows Update to correct it - ARGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
. So I start looking in the forums on Microsoft and other places, and I see all kinds of people trying desperately to correct the problem. And no one has an answer. NO. ONE.
Blech. So, I am going to have to copy all my files to my external drives, and try to find all the numbers and codes I need to reinstall Vista - the software that Dell gave me for reinstallation does not appear to have a freaking repair option. And I'm going to lose a ton of stuff, I'm sure of it.
I have been struggling with this for a year now.
I really hate VISTA!!
This time, I think I'll go back to creating it myself. It will speed things up in the long run. Please, leave a comment with your blog name and the link so I can add you.
The old version of MT let me see all the code for the main index. This version does not appear to do that - just parts of the index at a time.
I don't know how to add a form (Paypal button) to one of my sidebars. Does anyone have a clue? I know I dont'!
