Journal janeowit's Journal: Don't try to pretend it was a coincidence, IE 7.0! 4
For the past month I've been harassed by a bubble that keeps telling me I need to keep my computer updated. It isn't one of the security breach fixes or a new way to ensure I have a valid copy of Windows, so I haven't gotten around to it until now. They want me to upgrade to internet explorer 7. And I have to admit, it's great! They have tabs!! No more constantly opening pages in new windows. So far it has made my internetting experience more pleasant, except for the little iTunes side effect.
It took maybe 20 minutes after the computer restarted to realize that I wasn't listening to something. iTunes is a permanent fixture in my taskbar, and is usually open whenever then the computer is on. So I go open it, the program is still there, but inside is an empty shell. No songs. No videos. Nada. Zilch. I check the pod, and everything is still on there, and am thoroughly relieved.
There's still a problem, if I just hook the pod up, it will automatically sync to match the library, which doesn't exist. First things first, I do a system restore to a time when I know I had a good, working library file. Of course I'm not that lucky, and it still comes up empty.
So I get all the songs off the pod into a different player that isn't going to automatically erase them. Once I know they are secure, I open iTunes, plug my pod in and have her memory erased. It was the saddest thing ever. Import the the folder. Voila. New library created.
So I have the same material I had on my ipod before. I know lost some stuff that I didn't copy to the pod, but it probably wasn't that good. I also lost all my playlists and ratings. That's the part that will take me months to recover from.
I can't figure out what would make this happen, and why I couldn't search well enough to have it fixed well.
I had this happen for different reasons... (Score:2)
OH, and get FireFox2 (Score:2)
The upgrade for Internet Explorer (Score:2)
Friends don't let friends surf with IE.
Also strongly consider switching to Thunderbird if you are using Outlook Express as your email application.
Re: (Score:1)
I don't think I have one.
Everything comes pre-microsofted, and it's not like it's that bad, is it? I just thought everything was just better. And I feel like it is something that I could maybe understand if I needed to.
Now if I could only figure out what is wrong with the VPN I need to connect to, and if it's my fault or the receiving end's fault. It's 100% odd to be asked to download some file and then have nothing happen. I have six hours of lectures to watch!