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 the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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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.