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  • crokett
    The Full Monte
    • Jan 2003
    • 10627
    • Mebane, NC, USA.
    • Ryobi BT3000
    #1

    So I'm cleaning up the computer downstairs

    Getting rid of old files, etc. Is it safe to assume that a program I downloaded in 2002 has an update by now, if I ever wanted to install it again?

    For instance I found the installer for Firefox v1.0x.
    Last edited by crokett; 01-11-2009, 07:22 PM.
    David

    The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.
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    • Ed62
      The Full Monte
      • Oct 2006
      • 6021
      • NW Indiana
      • BT3K
      #2
      Sounds like mine.

      Ed
      Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

      For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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        • cabinetman
          Gone but not Forgotten RIP
          • Jun 2006
          • 15216
          • So. Florida
          • Delta
          #3
          I can never figure out what can and can't be deleted.
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            • dbhost
              Slow and steady
              • Apr 2008
              • 9541
              • League City, Texas
              • Ryobi BT3100
              #4
              Depends on what it is. I have a bunch of old stuff I downloaded in the late 90s, open source stuff that the project is no longer being maintained. IF I can find the most recent version, both source, and binary, or at the very least source code, I will grab it, test it, and if it works well keep that one and chuck the old one. But for example, if it is maybe something like the old Epson scanner printer for a scanner I got rid of 5 years ago... Well why bother?
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                • jgrobler
                  Established Member
                  • Dec 2005
                  • 259
                  • Salinas, CA, USA.
                  • TS3650
                  #5
                  David, don't you specialize in disk recovery, or something like that

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