Advice please

[kayofcircles]

Friday my ISP tech walked me through a bunch of changes in my Dial Up. I had to put the 98 CD in to install some networking stuff. My connection does seem to be improved and maybe even a tad "faster" at loading, but Saturday, I was writing all the changes down and making sure I could duplicate them in the future if need be and I ran a SFC. The following files had reverted to earlier versions: Uninstall.exe, PtUDFapp.exe, mapi32x.dll (actually that one did go to a later version), PtUDF.vxd, and PtUDFdr.vxd. Recognizing the PtUDF files as coming in with my Sony RW, I then tried saving files to the writer, and it seems to be working fine.

My question is: Should I leave well enough alone, and hope for best? Or should I attempt to go back to the latest versions? Most of the PtUDF files were dated 11/28/00 and now have changed to a 8/30/00 version.

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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest of his life.
-- Chinese proverb

[BigBlue66]

Hi Kay,

If it ain't bork, don't fix it.

But seriously, I think I would run it for awhile as is. If you exprerience problems, then by all means, revert to the newer ones.

Sorry, that wasn't much help, but I really don't see a need at this point to start messing around with it.

Cheers,

Big Blue 66


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Woe is me.

[kayofcircles]

Thanks! Just wanted a second opinion...will do as you advise and cross fingers (not while typing, of course).

BTW: We never figured out what an igniter was either.

[iisbob]

kay, i seem to vaguely recall your earlier post in which you stated a problem with your vehicle, an igniter works with your ignition coil in sending juice to your distributer ( or in the case of newer cars straight to the sparkplug ) therfore providing the " spark " that ignites your your gas/air mixture. At least that's the simpliest explanantion i can give. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif ( coming from a long history of southern shade tree mechanics, my dad used to work on race cars. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/tongue.gif )

As for your PC question-i think Blue has said it all, http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif besides newer doesn't always mean better. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif

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iisbob
"Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run."

[kayofcircles]

iisbob: Okay. My beloved does ALL our car repair, but the friend has fuel injection on hers..as does one of ours and we weren't sure which part mechanic was charging friend for. We're pretty sure she didn't actually need the oxygen sensor he charged her for either. I shouldn't have said anything about mechanics in a previous thread..was trying to "make up" with BigBlue here in case I had accidently offended him. "Woe is me" this time.

[iisbob]

If she has fuel injection, then yeh-a new oxygen is needed after a time or the computer will not be able to create the " right " mixture. however they usually run less than $20 and take about all of 5 mins to install, so if he chrged her an exorbent amount for the service, then she probably got ripped. It's kinda like changing your spark plugs; some people do it once a year ( me http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif ) some people do it once every 6 months, and some just never change them at all! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/tongue.gif But on fuel injection systms the oxygen sensor is and important part-you can seriously muck up a catalytic converter if the mixture gets too rich in O2.

Ok, enough of the junior mechanics league-i hope you can find a reputable mechanic Kay, it really burns me when i see someone getting taken adavantage of.

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iisbob
"Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run."