Yeah, it's ok. Give it about ten years, you'll know what to do... :)
On 11/4/12, Sleepingbeautiie <for...@gimpusers.com> wrote: >>On 11/03/2012 11:28 PM, Daniel Smith wrote: > >>> Because (left out) a Vista machine means it's probably about >>> five years old or so, meaning that it could possibly be filled, and >>> or replace the drive as well. It's gonna go sometime soon. Just thoughts. >>> And they're so cheap now. >>> Dan > >>Ubuntu 10 has worked great for me but alas, Canonical has gone the >>way of the "dedicated touchscreen interface". I will be bailing out >>when the version I am using reaches "end of life" next year. Can't >>sit a very computer illiterate user in front of the "Unity" desktop, >>and expect them to figure it out and use it without problems. Can't >>expect me to toss 20 years of reasonably efficient workflow habits >>out the window either... > >>I have been very impressed with Mint - the other day I had occasion >>to use the Live DVD in conjunction with a printer/scanner on a >>random PC on a random office LAN, and the thing "just worked" all >>around. > >>Running an OS that works for not against the user is a very >>addictive thing. Token on-topic reference: The GIMP was the first >>major gateway drug that started me down the path to a 100% Free >>Software world. Ubuntu stopped including the GIMP in its default >>installation package, and that's another strike against Canonical... >>sure it's stupidly easy to install, but dang it, GNU/Linux is >>supposed to include the GIMP right out of the box, is all! > >>:o) > > >>> On 11/3/12, Daniel Smith <opened...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I really have grown fond of avg's pc tuneup. >>>> Normally I in the past didn't use such utilities, but I >>>> tried (and paid!) for it once, and love it. Still use the >>>> free avg antivirus though. >>>> I would have recommended to upgrade to Win 7 and >>>> wipe the whole drive. Never really liked Vista that much. >>>> Seemed like only a little better than that old Longhorn >>>> beta there was going around for a while. >>>> But I would also just take at least a glance at the drive to >>>> see how much free space there is on it. >>>> Dan >>>> >>>> On 11/3/12, Steve Kinney <ad...@pilobilus.net> wrote: >>>>> On 11/03/2012 09:02 PM, Jernej Simončič wrote: >>>>>> On Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:22:52 -0400, Steve Kinney wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I would run a "registry cleaner" >>>>>> >>>>>> Don't. Just don't. At best, they do nothing, and at worst they screw >>>>>> up >>>>>> the >>>>>> machine (had to fix too many machines that "registry cleaners" and >>>>>> "optimizers" left in unusable state). >>>>> >>>>> The first thing a registry cleaner does - if it's a decent one like >>>>> the Wise cleaner - is back up the existing registry files to a >>>>> location where they won't be overwritten during the OS-native >>>>> registry backup rotation. Then it conducts a scan and removes >>>>> orphaned keys that point to non-existent files and directories, >>>>> redundant keys, etc. In some cases, I have seen processes that >>>>> access the registry frequently, i.e. complex application start-up >>>>> routines - run 2x faster after cleaning. Usually the result is not >>>>> quite that impressive. >>>>> >>>>> In a hypothetical worst case where damage is done by the cleaning >>>>> process - something I have never seen happen in a few hundred >>>>> practical cases - the saved registry can be restored with a single >>>>> command and, in effect, "nothing happened at all." Any problems >>>>> that need repair are the same ones that were there before the >>>>> registry cleaner was tried. >>>>> >>>>> Progressive registry bloat is a feature, not a bug. It makes a >>>>> computer with a Microsoft operating system appear to be "getting old >>>>> and slowing down," which is a Good Thing if you are selling >>>>> computers or operating systems. Not so good if you are the user who >>>>> owns the machine in question. >>>>> >>>>> The best repair for any Microsoft operating system is to replace it >>>>> with an operating system that works, or, failing that, reinstall the >>>>> one that came with the machine. But sometimes that's not an option, >>>>> alas. >>>>> >>>>> :o/ >>>>> >>>>> Steve >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> gimp-user-list mailing list >>>>> gimp-user-list@gnome.org >>>>> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list >>>>> >>>> >>> > ...And how did all this shift into Unbuntu, whatever it is?... > > /Anyways/, re-downloading 2.6 didn't help, and I got the same error message > as before. I'm afraid of following whatever Steve suggested (no offense), > since I think it might screw up my computer's system. I don't know. > -Shrugs.- Should I just wait for updates for 2.8., or? Because this is the > only computer system I actually have, and I can't just roll off and buy PS, > since that costs like craploads of money (for me), so... Gimp's the best I > have :/ And if I'm not able to even edit my own sites anymore, then.... I'll > wait til the problem's solved, I suppose. And to tell the truth, I know that > people usually don't insert this into their problems here, but I'm just > really confused and a little frustrated with all the suggestions, I can only > process so much. Not trying to be mean or anything, just... frustrated. One > said that Gimp's memory is failing, and another said I could try a re-load > 2.6., which I did, but failed. Might just be the computer, or Gimp itself. > Not sure, so... might not reply to this discussion for a bit :/ > > - Bee. > > -- > Sleepingbeautiie > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > gimp-user-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
