Peter's Blog 20.1.2004

PC locked up again.

PC locked up again. What next to try?

Options for computing in lounge:

Options for computing in lounge:

• £1100 sharp obscure thing

• £800 packard bell thing + £40 wireless adapter

• new desktop pc + wireless

• £270 flat monitor + old pc + £40 pci wireless

• ££££ divorce

I'm leaning toward packard bell.

Was moved to 'upgrade' to latest acrobat reader in..

Was moved to 'upgrade' to latest acrobat reader in the desperate hope it would allow me to copy text. Waited too long for download and for something called the FEAD optimizer to decompress it and the sodding thing refused to install because I didn't have the latest service pack.

I've never liked acrobat reader, awful user interface, huge files, nasty rigid inflexible etext thing more tailored to restricting you. I will never understand why it is so popular.

I'm not going to waste my time and risk the stability of my pc installing a service pack just for this.

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