Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, as a latecomer to this situation I have ead quickly through the threads. IT does indeed appear that you may be missing - or possibly have corrupted - som VC++ files. It is- as you have been of course advised by the experts on the LUG - something that is remediable. Years ago I got very pissed by Windows XP on a laptop that I had known and loved for eons and which I knew well. Then MS decided to download me updates. I simply didn't have disk space that they wanted...it trashed my machine. I bought a new one with Vista on and it has been remarkably stable. In fact I am writing from it :-) Eventually I went dual-boot and use Linux (Ubuntu) a lot of the time. I have a raft of free and very good photo editing and prep tools available for any preliminary work I want to do and I have loads of free support from the guys who wrote it. I can also use Word or I have Open Office (supported by Oracle) with all the Word functionality abailbale to me free! I can even supposedly run LR on it, alhough I haven't tried! I didn't go Mac because they are so expensive and I loathe being tied in to them so much (an iPhone is enough!. I used then a lot in the early years and liked them, but price has put an end to that. I object to paying GBP2000 for something that might get trashed and uses too much proprietary s/w. Unfortunately Steve is becoming a bit like Bill (he's just a thousand times better as an engineer, sorry Bill!!). Sorry not to be able to to be of more direct help. The LUG is a wonderful thing! Peter On 27/04/11 00:29, Tina Manley wrote: > Every time I have a problem like this, I seriously consider moving to Macs, > but then I read lots of posts about Mac users having all kinds of problems > upgrading to the next Tiger or whatever. I worked on a project where the > main computer was a Mac and I had to adjust everything to the Mac and help > the Mac owner understand how to organize everything for the project. It > nearly drove me crazy. Nothing was where I expected it to be and defied > the > logic that I had learned through many years of using Windows computers. > Not > to mention that all of the software I have is Windows specific. Switching > would be a major pain. One of my major workflow steps includes > Breezebrowser which is Windows only. I just don't think I have enough > years > and money left to learn and switch to a new system at this point. So I > appreciate all of the suggestions and am working on restoring various > dates; > however, nothing is working so far and I'll probably have to do a new > install and install all of my programs again. If only I could find all of > my original CDs, packed in boxes as we move the house. :-( > > Tina > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Ric Carter<ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote: > >> True, they do break. >> >> My Apple store is 35 minutes from the house, 5 minutes from the office. >> >> A bad graphics card required replacing the main board in my 17-in Macbook >> Pro. I dropped it off on saturday afternoon and headed home. Got a call in >> two hours that it was ready for pickup. >> >> I was upset that I drove all the way home, but it was not something I >> could >> figure out a way to blame them for;^) >> >> ric >> >> >> very >> >> On Apr 26, 2011, at 6:33 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Bob Adler<rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Tina, >>>> If you have to reinstall everything, perhaps it may be worthwhile to >>>> consider >>>> changing platforms. >>> >>> >>> Bob, Macs are great, but they do break down, I live in the sticks, and >> the >>> nearest reliable Mac service is a three hour drive. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sonny >>> http://sonc.com/look/ >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>> >>> USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > -- ======================================================================= Dr. Peter Dzwig