On 8/28/06, Pete Daniels <teeahr1 at gmail.com> wrote: > > I haven't actually booted to XP in several months (only when I really need > a Civ4 fix). I tried last week, and it's eff-ed up, dudes. I boot fine, > get through the XP load screen, to the login. That's when it gets weird. I > have weird "flashing" effects, when I move the mouse or hit a key. > Sometimes I can type through it, sometimes not. If I do get to the desktop, > the mouse works, but the desktop is non-responsive. > > Let me repeat, I haven't even booted XP up, probably all summer. I'd be > happy if I could get in for twenty minutes, so I can get my (long-forgotten, > asterisked) ICQ password out. After that, frankly, it's not worth the > trouble to me anymore, and I'll probably just wipe it. Anyone want to buy > some gently used games? > > Sorry if this is "ramble-ly," it's very early in Peteworld. Anyway, my > problem, to clarify: I need that damn password so I can keep my > super-oldskool 5-digit ICQ number. I don't care how I accomplish that, as I > have nothing else of any worth on that partition and don't plan on keeping > Windows for five minutes longer than it takes to get the password out. Any > advice would be gratefully received. Hope you're all having a decent > morning out there... > > -p.daniels > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > Maybe this is too obvious but can't you just reset your ICQ password from the website? https://www.icq.com/password/ -- Donovan Niesen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20060828/7dedd41c/attachment.htm