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Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 10:58 AM by Jason Barker
I've been afflicted for two days with completely baffling computer problems (more specifically, OS problems). Each time I would click any shortcut or button on the Windows taskbar - including the "Start" button itself - Windows would experience a variety of memory errors and would crash.
I spent much of Monday afternoon and evening simply wrestling with Windows so that I could identify the problem. After testing everything of which I could think yesterday, I determined that the problem was probably the result of upgrading Opera (which, as I said in a post on the old blog, is my favorite browser).
I upgraded from Opera 9.02 to the just released 9.10. In trying to find the source of my problems I discovered that, when I upgraded from Opera 9.01 to 9.02, the new version did not completely replace the previous version, but left some of it in the system (most problematically, in the registry). Furthermore, 9.l0 changed some of the installation functions, which when combined with the remaining traces of 9.01, created a horrific number of system problems.
After a great deal of work, I finally have everything up and running properly. I'm going to catch up on work on which I've fallen behind, and should continue tomorrow my brief examination of media use and user comprehension.
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