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.