Hello and thanks for your great help in advance:

Would appreciate whatever help some of you folks can give who possess greater tech/computer skills and experience than I.

I am using an HP desktop computer running Windows XP (home). It is an older model (purchased 2003 – I realize I need an upgrade and am shopping!), so the hard drive only has 80 Gig capacity. (very low by today’s standards, I realize).

Problem is, I’ve never used the HD to store all that much really, except in recent years I’ve taken lots of digital photos and scans and put them on the HD, but I just summed up all the file sizes, and they – in total – are less than ONE Gigabyte.

I used to run Windows Explorer Web browser, but over the years, it got worse and worse – slower, more "buggy," problems galore, etc. Now I use Firefox and have been much happier (far fewer problems/bugs/crashes), and just a couple years ago it – and the computer in general – ran fast; like a top. Since, I’m now on the 3rd generation Firefox, and the computer doesn’t run as efficiently. I’m always skeptical of "new and improved" versions of various software, etc. – they are usually a mess, one way or the other.

Anyway, my computer now runs much more slowly and I’m having screen freeze problems, etc. Never much happened before. Why?

Here’s what I’ve done to try and help myself: I ran the "Disk Clean-up" utility, and it was able to rid my hard drive of ca. 1 and one half Gigs of useless files, data, etc. Also, I ran my virus scan, and it searched through all ca. 1 million files, yet returned no virus detections. I thought these utilities might make a difference, yet they have not.

Here’s the rub, too. I used to check my hard drive capacities on "My Computer" just to see how much hard drive space was being taken up. I’ve always heard/read that the more hard disk space is taken up, the slower your computer runs. Heretofore, I’ ve always seemed to have ca. 10-11 Gigs used up and the computer ran fast. NOW, however, mysteriously it reads (even after the Disk Clean-up) ca. 18.3 Gigs used up, with 52.1 "free." I am wondering where in the world I acquired all this gunk taking up hard drive space? Also, I forgot to say, I searched through all "programs" and software titles to delete ones that are useless or that I don’t use and got rid of lots of junk to free up space.

I’m wondering if music files may be the culprit, though my iTunes library isn’t really that big (fewer than 80 songs). Hard to figure this out, actually.

But, other than that, I am mystified as to why the computer runs slower than a 7 year itch (worse than ever) and why it’s so "buggy" these days??!!

I have noticed that since I loaded the Magic Jack software on there (VOIP service; cheap), the computer runs slower. I’ve taken to unplugging the thing when I just read and write emails; surf, etc. Seems to run faster.

I’m wondering if junk I’ve accessed on sites like Hulu.com (internet TV) stays on your hard drive?? Or is it "streaming video," meaning (I hope) that the files do NOT stay on your hard drive? Or do they?? If they do – HOW can I find those useless files in order to delete them? And any other useless file? Often, when I type in the "search for files" thing for a file by name, it returns the message that "no file by that name found" – or whatever.

Any help you can provide would be much appreciated. Especially how to FIND useless file downloads and delete them. But then why does the computer run so bad, with apparently no viruses and AFTER the disk clean-up??

Thanks,

Dave

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Hello!

First off, I would like to give you guys some background information: I have a very lazy horse who needs spurs to get him going. Please don’t say "You’re mean for using spurs!" I need them.

Anyways, My horse is always getting spur marks on his left side (I have a stronger left leg). The first mark was a little rub/cut that broke the skin. I’m letting that one heal, by putting my spur lower. The first mark was unexpected because I’ve always used the same spur and it never left a mark. That was about 1 month ago. Since then, he hasn;t gotten any more marks. Today, after I rode, I discovered that I had rubbed some of the hair off right under where the first mark had been. It wasn’t as bad as the first one, seeing that there was no cub, only a rub.

Please don’t think that I don’t feel bad! I feel HORRIBLE! I love my horse so much and to see him like that makes me so sad. =(

Now, My questions are :

-Will the hair grow back?
-How long will it take the hair to grow back?
-What can I do to help the hair grow back faster?
-How can I prevent cuts/bad rubs? (I have to use spurs)
-I use rounded spurs, but are rubber tipped spurs more mild on the skin?

Thanks so much!

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Hello, I wish somebody can help me out… I met a girl at work and we were talking for two days and then she showed me her picture and showed interest, then I asked her for her number and we spent lots of the time talking in the phone (around 3-4 hours) daily. One day she her land line rings and she told me that it was her friend so I suggested she answer the phone and she told me I’ll get back to you when I get done. I waited for an hour and she didn’t call I called her and she didn’t answer…then I called again and the phone was busy. That kinda get me upset because I was waiting for her to call me back…after another hour or so she sent me a message saying that she feels sleepy and good night… I called her and told that I was waiting and ended the call. She called me to apologize and I told her that I’m not mad but I’m upset about it and let it go. The following day I texted her and explain why I was upset and she didn’t comment. After work that day I called her and she didn’t answer, I kept calling her, then she answered me saying this is annoying I’m trying to take a nap, I’ll call you when I wake up. I waited for 4 hours then I called her twice and she didn’t answer. The next morning I went to her office and gave her a note that I wrote "How could you do this to me?” She didn’t comment/ no message/ no e-mail. I went to her office again and asked her is there anything wrong, why you are not talking to me? She said I don’t want you to get upset but you’re annoying. I then sent her a message to apologize and explained that I was trying to call her cuz I missed her. After lunch time in the same day I went to her office and she were smiling and I asked her if everything is okay and she said yes. At the end of the day I asked her if I can call her she said yes…I then asked after 20 min? She said yes. I called her after 20min, 30 min and at night she didn’t answer any of my calls. This was last Wednesday and she didn’t get back to me yet. She were saying that I’m very attractive to her and that she likes me and like how I look and how I dress she even said that she likes the way I look at her and that my eyes is killing her. Can you please explain to me what is going on?

Thanks
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I Asked the above question earilier and some of you guys answered me and i’m very thankful to those of you who answered. The answers were; give the girl some time and space….ignore her for a while and maybe she’ll call…..some also said that she is palying…not intersted…change her mind…..

What is important to me now …. What is the best i can do to get her back (if possible)? Knowing that she works in th same company she is in fornt of my unit but i’m usually out so i can see her and i can disapper.

Please let me know what you think ….. i gald i can get your help

Thank you all

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Hello, thanks for taking your time to read this. I’ll try to narrow it down as much as I can..

To be brief, we’ve been dating for almost two years. He broke up with my because I wanted more space and mentioned that I wanted to go casual (I know, dumb, you can’t go from serious to casual in a day) but we both didn’t drop it and we ended up "parting ways". I KNEW he was going to come back to me, so I let it be. So my girlfriends introduced me to guys, partied, etc, and I feel like I’m finding myself again. Being single isn’t so bad. I didn’t miss him, and people were worried (how I dealt with is so quickly), but happy that I’m moving on without heartache. To be honest, I’m not that strong.. i just tried to keep myself occupied and tried not to vent it out on people. It went fine for about a week. But lately he’s been contacting me, perhaps because I’m sick. The other day he gave me medicine and offered to go eat out, but I declined. I knew that we would both get touchy-touchy and I knew at the end of the day I’d regret doing it (It would feel like I was leading him on). However, the following day he contacts me telling me to come over, watch a movie, and eat with him.. But I broke it down to him that he can’t just pretend nothing happened even though we’ve only broken up for two weeks..It was truly heartbreaking how upset he sounded, but tried not to show it. The last thing he said to me was: "I’m sorry. It was a mistake."

Long story short, I find it hard to be alone because I miss him. But when I’m out during the weekends, I don’t miss him at all (And I’m guilty of this, because we’ve been going out for so long). I find it hard to get used to not talking to someone everyday at night, or receiving text messages..

He is a great, sensitive nice guy.. That’s all I can say. He’s never ever done anything to hurt me in the past, that why I can’t get over him as quickly as I should (even though he broke up with me). He’s my first true love and we shared the best moments of our life together..

So my question is, should I get back with him even if I don’t know what I want? It’s killing me inside knowing one foot is out the door, and the other one isn’t. I’m somewhere in between.. and I can’t make up my mind. My friends don’t really have any advice for me because they’ve never been in my position before.

Thanks a bunch…
- Confused

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Hello have anyone ever Regret getting a divorce and try to get back with your EX? Why did you regret it and why did you try to hook up with your ex again?

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Hello I am trying to find ways to bring misty back I believe she was a great character in the show and want to bring her back any suggestions?

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Hello,

I want to introduce my friend to Magic the Gathering. What are some good places to check out some MTG cards in Toronto, so we can make his first deck? Places with those "many single cards in boxes" would be great, because that way he can read the card effects and make his own individualized deck; choosing only the cards he wants

Remember: only places in toronto because we’ll be taking the bus there.

Thanks for your help

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hello people,

i had a major fall out with my bf a month ago… we split and he hated me for things i did to him… and not only this he as a retort went back to his ex girl..

However i realized i love him way too much to let go of him. So i apologized apologised and apologized… He took his own time to forgive me, but he has finally forgiven me.. He speaks to me nicely, meets me every couple of days… we are very comfortable with each other… just that.. over past 1 month he seems to have outgrown the romantic equation with me.. he seems to have more girls in his life, one of them being his ex gf whom he is also very close to..

Ignoring all of this i just concentrated in making things better in between both of us over past few weeks which seemed to have worked..

Howver, he still dsnt wanan get back with me, and wants to be only fFriendsi ppresume.

Ummm.. i think today i’ll ask him to try and make things work in between us, or at least stay ppositivewhere we both are concerned..

How do u think i sshouldgo about telling this to a stubborn, hard hearted and insensitive guy? i dnt wanna loose him…

please suggest… thanks guys

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Hello,

I will apologize in advance for the length of this but I really don’t have anyone to talk to. I don’t feel like I have anyone who understands what I’m feeling. So I’m going to vent for the first time about my feelings here with you.

I just turned 28 and had a mental break down over my birthday. Now that I am approaching my 30’s I see that I have accomplished nothing in my life. I have been living from paycheck to paycheck working in retail for over 10 years now with nothing to show for. I still live with my parents, I am always broke, I have no friends, and I am terrified at the thought of going to school again. My life mainly consist of working lots of hours at dead end jobs that get me nowhere and pay near nothing.

Suicide lingers in the back of my mind often, but I know I could never go through with it because I want to be there for my 5th grade son. I am ashamed that I couldn’t have provided a better life for him. I lacked the ambition to stay in college because I couldn’t even pass my prerequisite math and english courses to pursue a degree. I feel like an incompetent loser.

My girlfriend of 3 years loved me and accepted me for who I am. We lived together for 2 and a half years. She was always supportive of me and wanted nothing more than to get married and start a family. I love her with all my heart. But I constantly doubted myself because I can barely take care of myself and my son as it is. How can I possibly have a wife and more children? I even cheated on her and she found it in her heart to forgive me. I took her love for me for granted.

I made the mistake of telling her I was afraid of being able to provide for her as a husband and ended up leaving her. Because I wanted her to be with someone who could take care of her better than I ever could.

Throughout the entire time we were separated we were still in love and intimate with each other. She made plans to hang out with me one night and I wanted to have a serious talk about getting back together. Before she was about to come over she called and told me she was just going to have a few drinks with her sister for a few hours then come right over and hang out. She ended up getting completely wasted without any consideration of answering my calls and telling me what was going on. It wasn’t until after midnight I got a hold of her and she was trashed. I was so worried yet disappointed at the same time. So I decided to hold back on getting back together.

After a few months I told her that I wanted to give it another shot and work things out. I would do everything I could to make sure we could have the life she wanted. Even though it was just a few months of being separated she was unsure because she finally realized that she could do better. I knew she was dating other people but she promised me that she wouldn’t become intimate with anyone else while we were trying to work things out. I trusted her with all my heart and took her word for it.

While she was intimate with me and trying to repair our relationship I was trying really hard to get her to stop seeing other people. She ended up sleeping with someone else. Someone who was loaded with money and could make sure she would never have to work ever again. Someone who was everything I wasn’t. When I confronted her about it she denied it. I trusted her and loved her so much that I blindly accepted her for her word. Weeks later she finally she admitted it to me what happened then ended up breaking it off with him. Then we officially got back together.

I forgave her and blamed myself for what happened. I could have prevented all this damage if I just had the confidence in myself to stay with her. To work it out I had faith that our love for one another would prevail and even grow stronger in repairing our relationship. We’ve been back together for 3 months now but I can tell her heart is not in it like it used to be. It doesn’t feel the same like it used to. My love for her is stronger than ever. But it doesn’t feel mutual anymore. Now it feels like I’m putting all the effort in repairing our relationship than she is.

I commute to see her everyday. I’m always trying to make a difference with the little money I have in improving her yard, buying her flowers, and taking her to the movies. I drive over 45 minutes round trip even if its just to see her for only an hour at her work, and take her out to lunch. I take better care of her than I do myself. I put her before me always. While we only separated for a few months but we were still in love and intimate with each other, and she totally broke my heart. But my love for her is so great that I look pass it and am eager to move on.

Before I left her I could have asked her to marry me and she would have said yes. Now I can tell she isn’t ready. When in the beginning it was all she ever wanted. Now that I’m ready to make that commitment I fear that she realizes that I’m not the best choice for her and the kind of fu
I’m on the verge of losing the love of my life. I hurt the only person who ever truly understood me. I’ve found myself breaking down and crying 4-5 times a day for the last 3 months. I feel that I am good for nothing. I have nothing to show for. Nothing to be proud of. All I have around me are constant reminders of how much I have failed in life. If it wasn’t for my son and having hope that I can still work things out with my girlfriend I would’ve killed myself already.

I imagine how much better off everyone would be if I was dead. My son would be taken care of better and happy that I wasn’t there to be a dead beat loser that wasted his life accomplishing nothing. My girlfriend would finally be happy with someone that can give her everything she wants and not have to worry about me holding her back and bringing her down all the time.
future she wants. In just a few months of being separated it has completely damaged and forever changed her love for me.

She was the only person I could have imagined a future with. Never have I felt such a strong connection with someone in my entire life. All my life all I have done is let people down and fail everyone. I was never confident enough to make things better. I spent the last 10 years of my life just barely getting by because I was a coward. Now I’m almost 30 with absolutely nothing to show for but countless regrets and bitter disappointments in myself.
All I want to do is spend my free time with her on the days my son stays with his mom. I have absolutely no friends and nothing to look forward to but being with her. She has a lot of close friends that absolutely despise me for hurting her the way I did. I don’t blame them nor hold any grudge towards their feelings about me. I completely understand their feelings about me. I understand she wants time to hang out with them. But when she slept with that other guy she lied to me and told me she was at the bars with her friends that night.

I told her that she needs to start building my trust again before she can go out drinking with them. I wouldn’t care if they hang out but I don’t like the idea of her drinking. In the past every time she went out for "a few drinks" she has always proven to be unreliable. She never calls when she says she’s going to, and never comes home when she says she’s going to.
She makes it seem like I’m making her choose between her and her friends but all I’m asking is for her to be responsible and not to drink. It’s not impossible to enjoy yourself without a drinking. I don’t feel like I’m asking too much. I just want her to be reliable and show some interest in repairing my trust in her and our relationship.

Is our relationship damaged beyond repair? I feel like no matter how hard I try it is never good enough. It is so difficult because I love her with all my heart I don’t want to lose her again. But at the same time she doesn’t love me in the same way like she did.

I’m not into bars or drinking. I prefer to stay home or go out and do things that don’t require getting wasted. I am aware that I have serious self esteem issues with how I think I have accomplished nothing in life but disappointment in myself. I feel it’s too late for me to make a better life in the little time frame my girlfriend wants it. What can I do?

Thank you for reading this.

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