Yes, thank God. We did get it fixed, and it didn't mean calling in a techie, 
thank God. All we had to do was run the system configuration utility and 
select normal start-up, hit apply and then OK, and when I rebooted the 
system, the Windows start-up theme was music to my ears. Plus, next to the 
voice of my Savior, my Jaws was the most beautiful computer voice I ever 
heard. I immediately began to praise God. Oh, I hate it when I dream about 
getting a virus on my computer. Ugh! By the way, which antivirus program do 
you use? I use one called Antivir. It's made in Germany, but thanks be to 
God, they developed an English version. Anyway, I've zapped more Trojans and 
viruses with this program than any other. Unlike AVG, you're not forced to 
move the viruses to a vault or quarantine folder, although that option is 
available for those who don't wish to delete viruses. As for me, though, 
when I find a virus, I want it gone and out of here, so I delete it. It's a 
totally free program. OK, before I get into trouble for discussing software 
on a list like this, if you'd like a link to the site where you can download 
it, you'll have to email me off list.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Ferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: a panic and a praise report


> Dear Kim, and Everyone,
>
> Okay, that's great. I'm Praising God for no more anxiety and certainly for 
> no heartattack. But, what about your computer???????????
>
> I'm afraide I would have reacted the same way.
>
> Did you get it fixed?????
>
> I hate Vista. I will not use it at all. I just sold my laptop with Vista 
> on it. I  now have a NetBook with XP Home on it.
>
> One time, this was in the DOS days. Well, kind of. Windows 98. lol. I was 
> in a folder, and I thought it was a temp folder, as that is where I 
> intended to be. <grin> lol. I did a del star dot star. I got out of that 
> folder, and realized I just had deleted everything in my Windows folder. 
> lol. When I realized what I had done, I panicked, I mean I was scared! I 
> was sure Vernon was going to yell at me. I got the files out of the 
> recycle ben, and put them in the Windows folder where they belong. Vernon 
> did have to fix some things, but I can't remember what they were.
>
> This morning when he turned on my new laptop to check some things, the 
> screen was upside down. lol.
>
> He looked and figured out how to do the same thing with his computer. lol. 
> He had never seen a screen display upside down. Then he found out how to 
> fix it, and now that he fixed it, everything is fine. lol.
>
> I dreamed last night I had a virus on my new computer.
>
> Love and Blessings,
> Pat Ferguson
>
> At 09:43 AM 2/11/2009, you wrote:
>>Yesterday, I had a bad scare with my computer, and almost had a panic 
>>attack, which might have turned into a heart attack. I was trying to get 
>>that annoying little open side note icon out of my system tray, so I 
>>accessed the system configuration utility, and selected selective 
>>start-up, hit apply, and then
>>OK, without realizing they'd changed everything in Vista, so when I 
>>rebooted the computer, I found no Jaws, no Windows sounds,nothing. 
>>Instantly, I was panic stricken. I even had mild chest pains and heart 
>>palpatations. No, my left arm didn't hurt, and no, thank God I didn't feel 
>>pressure in my stomach, but I did feel a tiny bit short of breath, and 
>>like someone was stabbing my chest with hypodermic needles. I could have 
>>sworn I
>>heard the Lord say, "Keep calm, Kim. Breathe slowly and deeply. You'll get 
>>it fixed." After a few deep breaths, praise God the stabbing pains went 
>>away.