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   Mr Pounder to philo   
   Re: New computer   
   26 Dec 11 22:12:03   
   
   From: MrPounder@RationalThought.com   
      
   "philo"  wrote in message   
   news:jdaq27$7gi$1@speranza.aioe.org...   
   > On 12/26/2011 03:38 PM, Mr Pounder wrote:   
   >> Well, new to me.   
   >> Dell Dimension, 1 GB Ram. Windows XP Home Edition. Its about 7 years   
   >> old -   
   >> maybe.   
   >> It was given to me, so I thought I would use it as a back up unit.   
   >> I took the side off and cleaned the fans etc.   
   >> I eventually got email etc to work.   
   >> Got rid of an awful lot of junk.   
   >> Ran:   
   >> Defraggler.   
   >> Ccleaner:   
   >> Disk Cleaner:   
   >> Got rid of Norton.   
   >> Yip, it works fine.   
   >> Time to get some AV.   
   >> Downloaded AVG free, Avast, MS Essentials separately and deleted them in   
   >> order.   
   >> Not one would install and I don't know why.   
   >>   
   >> Anybody?   
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   > Need to know the exact error message   
      
   I should have written it down. I'll try again tomorrow.   
   I'm thick.   
      
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