download and burn a live cd of puppy linux. 'tis not as geekily complicated as it may seem, will not touch your hard drive if you do not want it to and will revive your ageing pooter allowing you tubiness.
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artifus is doing it all wrong,
Sat 21 May 2011, 22:56,
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thanks for the tipi shall giveit a try tomorrow, when i'm less shattered.
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet,
Sat 21 May 2011, 23:02,
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