LHW

[bethany54]

If you wouldn't mind too much, would you please write a tut on how to install graphic programs like photoshop and PSP in the proper way? I can't figure it out very easily and don't want all graphic types to be opened by some of these huge programs. I want to use the program I want to open to open it rather than let software dictate to me. I am sure that others have had the same problems too.

Thanks in advance.

Bethany

[lhw]

Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to do that...at least not in the foreseeable future.

To do it, I'd have to reinstall them again, and they came pre-installed on my laptop (the CDs are buried in my basement somewhere). When I got my laptop, I just went in to PSP and PS and changed all the file association preferences.

The only thing I can recommend is to always choose "Custom" installation. At some point, you should be asked what files you want associated with the program. If you aren't, you should get prompted to choose them the first time you launch the program...at least, that's what I remember from the last time I had to install them.

Sorry, Bethany, but that's the best I can offer right now.

[bethany54]

Well it looks like I am not able to reformat after all. There is a program that comes up before windows and I never see the boot from cd screen at all. I went to a forum where I have gotten help from before and some guy told me to go into my bios . . . Wait! I will copy/paste it here for you.

Go into your BIOS & change the boot order, putting the CD drive ahead of the HDD. That way, your computer will be forced to look at your CD before it can start loading the defrag program.

Then I said

What you are suggesting is something I know nothing about. How do I get to BIOS?

He said

It varies on different computers. Normally when you first turn on your computer, you should see a message on the screen somewhere, saying something like "press DEL to enter set-up". You can find your particular sequence here:

www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

There's a million different BIOS layouts, but once you're in just look around for a boot menu, or it might be a setting under the general or advanced settings. Once you find it, you'll likely see where your HDD is set to boot ahead of your CD. You can change the order so that the CD comes first.

Don't worry about messing anything up, you can always choose "exit without saving changes" if you think you changed something you shouldn't have.

Me:
Never mind all that I don't understand a word of what you are telling me to do. I need to find that progranm and uninstall it so that my pc looks more like I got used to. You are telling me to do geek things and ever since the worm cleaner guy was mucking about in my computer nothing is the same. That page defrag I can't find with a manual search, the wizard guy can't find it, the dog can't find it, It is not in add/delete programs. The page you just sent me to is way over my head.

Him: Well, we are Major Geeks, after all. I agree though, if you don't know what a BIOS is, you should leave the fixing to others.