Khan!!!!

[ceebeegee]

Something VERY annoying happened--for some reason, my browser lost all of the customized links and also wiped out my favorites list, and what was there instead was a bunch of stupid MSN links, like "Free Hotmail" (also known Shitmail) and MSN this and MSN that. Fuck fuck FUCK. It took me FOREVER to compile that favorites list--I copied my old list from my old drive, and it took me a long time to do that. I'm really frustrated. Why did that happen? I checked the Recycle box but didn't see the links there. SHIT. I had hundreds of theater links on there.

I fucking hate Microsoft sometimes.

Comments

[melebeth]

It may still be there somewhere in backup. Do a search for "favorites" and see if you somehow managed to log into the wrong account folder.

[foulpost.livejournal.com]

Did you recently download any MS Windows updates?

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

Yes. You'd think they wouldn't aggravate their customer base by wiping out their favorites.

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

I'll try that, thanks.

[foulpost.livejournal.com]

Every time you update you should always back up your files just for this reason. I'm guessing you downloaded windows XP serice pack 2 which has a LOT of problems. I actually deleted the whole thing it was such a pain in my ass.

[dje2004.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sucks. Sorry to hear that. I tend to download the updates every few months or so. Now I know which one to avoid.

[planga.livejournal.com]

Fortunately I have your old hard drive. I'll pull your Favourites list off of that.

-Chris "off site backup saves the day" Combs

I shall avenge you!

[walltack.livejournal.com]

Search the disk for all "Favorites" folders. Maybe your shortcuts are just hiding somewhere.

Re: I shall avenge you!

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

Thank you and Elizabeth!! I found the old folder--now I'm trying to export it into the new one, but that doesn't seem to be working. But at least they're not lost.

[foulpost.livejournal.com]

It was in the interest of sanity. I use a wifi connection and noticed that since I had installed SP2 my connection was horrible. SP2 contains a new firewall which is great except that I couldn't connect to anything even with it disabled. Finally I just uninstalled it entirely and now everything's fine again. The update has a lot of bugs. I went to a lot sites to read up about it and noticed many complaints about the same thing. You should wait until MS releases some patches for it. For now, stay away!