Recalcitrant Computer Is Recalcitrant

[abracanabra]

I have an ancient and very crotchety computer. A number of years ago, when we were still on dial-up, I turned off Automatic Update because it just crashed the internet connection every time I tried to use it. Now I am trying to clean up the computer and install all the updates and make it pretend to work (OpenOffice and other programs crash way too often--only on this computer, too, not on my laptop).

36 out of 37 updates went smoothly, until it tried to install a security update for Microsoft .NET framework, version 1.1 Service Pack 1. Then it went bad, with a "Failure to Delay Load Library mscorlib.dll Win32 error: 32" message. I'm not even sure I have this .NET framework, but I've got no idea how to tell. The Microsoft support site is useless, unless I want to pay several hundred dollars to actually get a personal response (I don't). Grumble. Grumble grumble. I bought the damn operating system; I think I should get some honest-to-goodness tech support included with that!

Oh, well. Ignoring the update and moving on.

Next up: installing CCleaner, cleaning off some of the crap, and then running a nice long defrag. Then reinstalling OpenOffice and seeing if it will stop with the crashing.

Comments

[lyght.livejournal.com]

Changeling is pretty much constantly grumbling about the state of her laptop. The usual culprit is either updates from Microsoft or the security software.

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

Oog. Sometimes I am about ready to strange my security software. Especially when the window saying it's running background processes, that's supposed to disappear when I start doing something on the computer--freezes in place. Covering everything underneath it. The only way to make it go away is to restart the computer. Grargh.