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Old 10-15-2010, 02:02 AM   #16
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best bet would be to backup your files and customized settings and do a fresh reinstall
Fresh install is the lazy way out and not the answer. OP can't learn from his mistakes by simply reinstalling
 
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Old 10-19-2010, 02:29 PM   #17
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