Stupid move of the day, a.k.a. a warning to others
So I’m at my desk uninstalling software I no longer use from my office laptop. Windows’ Add/Remove Programs lists both Firefox 1.5.x and 2.0 as installed on my computer. Since I no longer use 1.5.x I chose to uninstall it. Well, that uninstalled Firefox from my computer, which happened to be version 2.0. Yes folks, I just lost my browser. Please, whatever you do, don’t tell windows to uninstall an old version of Firefox after you’ve upgraded to 2.0. (Luckily reinstalling 2.0 did not require me to recreate my bookmarks or reinstall any of my add-ins but I’m still annoyed by the whole escapade.)
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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One Reply to “Stupid move of the day, a.k.a. a warning to others”
This always makes we worry. I never uninstall older versions, even though I have about 5 versions of “quicktime” or “realplayer” or something. I’m always afraid that if I uninstall the old one, the new one won’t work.
This always makes we worry. I never uninstall older versions, even though I have about 5 versions of “quicktime” or “realplayer” or something. I’m always afraid that if I uninstall the old one, the new one won’t work.