[Gimp-user] Error.

[Sleepingbeautiie <forums gimpusers com>]

> On 11/03/2012 11:28 PM, Daniel Smith wrote:

> > Because (left out) a Vista machine means it's probably about
> > five years old or so, meaning that it could possibly be filled, and
> > or replace the drive as well. It's gonna go sometime soon. Just thoughts.
> > And they're so cheap now.
> > Dan

> Ubuntu 10 has worked great for me but alas, Canonical has gone the
> way of the "dedicated touchscreen interface".  I will be bailing out
> when the version I am using reaches "end of life" next year.  Can't
> sit a very computer illiterate user in front of the "Unity" desktop,
> and expect them to figure it out and use it without problems.  Can't
> expect me to toss 20 years of reasonably efficient workflow habits
> out the window either...

> I have been very impressed with Mint - the other day I had occasion
> to use the Live DVD in conjunction with a printer/scanner on a
> random PC on a random office LAN, and the thing "just worked" all
> around.

> Running an OS that works for not against the user is a very
> addictive thing.  Token on-topic reference:  The GIMP was the first
> major gateway drug that started me down the path to a 100% Free
> Software world.  Ubuntu stopped including the GIMP in its default
> installation package, and that's another strike against Canonical...
> sure it's stupidly easy to install, but dang it, GNU/Linux is
> supposed to include the GIMP right out of the box, is all!

> :o)


> > On 11/3/12, Daniel Smith <opened to gmail com> wrote:
> > > I really have grown fond of avg's pc tuneup.
> > > Normally I in the past didn't use such utilities, but I
> > > tried (and paid!) for it once, and love it. Still use the
> > > free avg antivirus though.
> > > I would have recommended to upgrade to Win 7 and
> > > wipe the whole drive. Never really liked Vista that much.
> > > Seemed like only a little better than that old Longhorn
> > > beta there was going around for a while.
> > > But I would also just take at least a glance at the drive to
> > > see how much free space there is on it.
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > On 11/3/12, Steve Kinney <admin pilobilus net> wrote:
> > > > On 11/03/2012 09:02 PM, Jernej Simončič wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:22:52 -0400, Steve Kinney wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I would run a "registry cleaner"
> > > > >
> > > > > Don't. Just don't. At best, they do nothing, and at worst they screw up
> > > > > the
> > > > > machine (had to fix too many machines that "registry cleaners" and
> > > > > "optimizers" left in unusable state).
> > > >
> > > > The first thing a registry cleaner does - if it's a decent one like
> > > > the Wise cleaner - is back up the existing registry files to a
> > > > location where they won't be overwritten during the OS-native
> > > > registry backup rotation.  Then it conducts a scan and removes
> > > > orphaned keys that point to non-existent files and directories,
> > > > redundant keys, etc.  In some cases, I have seen processes that
> > > > access the registry frequently, i.e. complex application start-up
> > > > routines - run 2x faster after cleaning.  Usually the result is not
> > > > quite that impressive.
> > > >
> > > > In a hypothetical worst case where damage is done by the cleaning
> > > > process - something I have never seen happen in a few hundred
> > > > practical cases - the saved registry can be restored with a single
> > > > command and, in effect, "nothing happened at all."  Any problems
> > > > that need repair are the same ones that were there before the
> > > > registry cleaner was tried.
> > > >
> > > > Progressive registry bloat is a feature, not a bug.  It makes a
> > > > computer with a Microsoft operating system appear to be "getting old
> > > > and slowing down," which is a Good Thing if you are selling
> > > > computers or operating systems.  Not so good if you are the user who
> > > > owns the machine in question.
> > > >
> > > > The best repair for any Microsoft operating system is to replace it
> > > > with an operating system that works, or, failing that, reinstall the
> > > > one that came with the machine.  But sometimes that's not an option,
> > > > alas.
> > > >
> > > > :o/
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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...And how did all this shift into Unbuntu, whatever it is?...

/Anyways/, re-downloading 2.6 didn't help, and I got the same error message as before. I'm afraid of 
following whatever Steve suggested (no offense), since I think it might screw up my computer's system. I 
don't know. -Shrugs.- Should I just wait for updates for 2.8., or? Because this is the only computer system I 
actually have, and I can't just roll off and buy PS, since that costs like craploads of money (for me), so... 
Gimp's the best I have :/ And if I'm not able to even edit my own sites anymore, then.... I'll wait til the 
problem's solved, I suppose. And to tell the truth, I know that people usually don't insert this into their 
problems here, but I'm just really confused and a little frustrated with all the suggestions, I can only 
process so much. Not trying to be mean or anything, just... frustrated. One said that Gimp's memory is 
failing, and another said I could try a re-load 2.6., which I did, but failed. Might just be the computer, or 
Gimp itself. Not sure, so... might not reply to this discussion for a bit :/

- Bee.

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Sleepingbeautiie