Boring computer question from totally clueless person

Also: what windows program should I use to play cds? I am a LUNIX0R

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

WHEN WILL THIS HELL END?

I do like however that the whole world seems to be jumping on the Mozilla/Firefox bandwagon. It seems like everybody I know now responds to IE/Safari problems by telling the victim to download Mozilla. OPEN SOURCE ON THE DESKTOP NANAA NANAA.

At least before OS X, macs did get virii, though not many (more if you use MS Office). They are all pretty well known, and there used to be a few free detection programs out there. Forget their names, but a commercial demo might work too.

The browser I used on OS 9 was iCab (http://www.icab.de/). Really not very good compared to IE and Mozilla, but its small (~2MB download) and fast.

A -39 error indicates that the file is not complete. The most common cause of this error is related to a bad or dropped connection to the server during the download process. Try downloading the file again.

If the -39 error occurs when you are downloading a multiple-part update, the cause of the error is different. If Stuffit Expander is set to start decompressing as it downloads and starts decompressing the first part of a multiple-part download, before the remaining parts are downloaded, Stuffit Expander generates an error -39.

To help resolve this error, find Stuffit Expander on your hard disk and open it. From the File menu, select Preferences. In the column of icons on the left, select "Disk Images" and then deselect "Mount Images." If this does not resolve the issue, go back to the Preferences dialog, select the "Expanding" icon, and deselect "Continue to expand (if possible)." This will allow all parts to download without Stuffit Expander trying to decompress the .smi file.

Once you have downloaded the .smi file and its related part files, double-click the .smi image and all the required downloaded disks will be loaded into memory and a single install disk will appear on your desktop.

This is very true, because I'm not even sure what the latter part of that sentence means.

download winamp 5 - it's what xmms is based on.

avoid windows media player 8)

Knoppix STD is the fucking bomb though, we got two instances of that bitch running on VMware up in heong right now.

or this one:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.2.1/mozilla-macosX-1.2.1.smi.bin

I guess Ed's not around today!!

(Thank you everybody on this thread by the way. And Mary we should hook up when you're over.)

Dumb question: for the last 6 months my 3 y.o. computer has had a habit of freezing for an increasing number of seconds when multitasking. I suspect this is mainly due to the fact that my hard drive is practically completely full (thus preventing me from defragmenting), but I'm wondering if there'd be any point in upgrading the memory. Can anyone help me figure this out?

What OS is it using, and how much memory and hard drive space is there? Does it freeze while using any particular applications?

ok having an internet problem

i have simple ntl cable modem, plugs directly with network cable into back of PC. has worked fine.

i recently connected my ps3 instead to the cable, which worked fine, but now when I reconnect my pc it just won't recognise the line.

Whats happened? I've tried powering down, different cables, tried a router in place, seems to be a problem with the modem itself.

Laptop is being sluggish and crap. Is one of those PC World £49 "services" likely to do the trick or is there a better course of action?

if they are anything like the north american equivalents than literally anything else will be a better option.

Why would you pay money to have someone restore from the install disk? Just do it yourself.
I HATE APPLE but it's nice how they've made restoring from the baseband so straightforward on both OS X and iOS now. No swapping out discs or hunting for the dinky little USB stick, just "go away and come back after you've erased yourself"
I assume Windows offers a similar option by this point?

This is pretty clueless but ...

... I normally just check emails online using Virgin Media but they've just changed the format of this and its horrible.

I did think about just getting Outlook for my PC but I'll be fucked if I'm paying over £100 for it.

Best alternatives?

gmail

Thunderbird

Any recommendations for a printer?

I'm guessing the cheaper ones will be a false economy and I'll be having to buy new ink cartridges all the time?

It depends what you need to print - I mostly do a lot of documents, text, etc, and bought a cheap Brother B&W laser printer. Fast, no bother, toner lasts for ages… it's the only printer in my life of printers that I've been content with. Happy, even.
It looks like the Wirecutter are recommending the current model:
http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-laser-printer/

Thanks woof. Might well do that.