I'm with Barb

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Other than joining others in admiration....

But here I wanted to join and say that I too will be reformating my

hard drive. I searched and finally found the perfect disability

keyboard and mouse. But when I installed the software, it disabled

some of my other programs which I think is really weird. The only

other culprit could be a hidden trojan that picked just this moment

to kick up smoke. At any rate, I need these other programs because

they are vital to research and aid in the compiling of data. They are

still on my drive but unaccessable when I click their buttons. Even

my incredimail little orange envelope won't take me to my email.

At any rate, my computer is six months old, so its is about reformat

time. I put most of my files on an external hard drive that is usb

connected so I can go from room to room, my brain fog is just too

heavy to figure out any networking way to configure, so I do it the

old fashioned way and cart my files with me. Anyway, my laptop only

has a 4GB hard drive, which is ancient these days. Found a 120HD for

69.00 that is external usb plug-in. With Dell selling new computers

for less than 400.00 these days it really doesn't pay to upgrade

anymore as parts costs add up faster than bacteria. My resource guide

says I'm running out of memory with over 1GB installed. Maybe I

should pare down my multitasking to less than 30 windows opened at

once. ??? Being home bound requires that I do all of my shopping

online, even toothpaste. Speaking of toothpaste, does anyone know of

a toothpaste that will get rid of ten years of plaque? More on that

later.

Anyway, I know there are gazillion of programs to fix computer

problems, but I have yet found any more effective than " reformat "

Hope your's is a smooth transition, Barb.

Peg