If I want my network places, I'll have to wipe clean and reinstall....

After several email exchanges with Jacky in Australia -- my colleague from techrepublic.com -- his last recommendation was for me to wipe my C: partition clean and do a brand new install of XP. I told him I'd rather not do that. It would take me days, if not weeks, to reinstall everything I've had on my system in the past 8 years. Although I'm quite certain that it will get rid of a lot of the problems I've been having with the system. (Rebooting and/or reinstalling gets rid of many problems with Microsoft software.)

So I'll just continue doing what I'm doing -- going to the library to download large files onto the laptop, copy them to a flash drive, and copy them to my desktop machine.

I did find a network diagnostic tool at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914440 . But alas, it only works under Service Pack 2, and I've already upgraded to Service Pack 3. Of course, I can always rollback to Service Pack 2, run the tool, and then reinstall Service Pack 3.

Standing at the crossroads yet again....

Once again, I get the itch to start cleaning my my hopelessly cluttered house. But I don't know where to begin. I don't have a clear spot to work. I should just pick an area, or a box, and start working.

And then there's this part of me that believes I'll be judged by the amount of trash I throw out. Hell, that's what I do.