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[ucrdem]

15. Good idea.

You probably would have had to replace the HD in it anyway. About the Java problem, one suggestion might be to carve out a partition on the new drive and install your favorite Windows flavor, then the program you need. Then set up a dual-boot menu and choose your OS at start up. Windows will make one for you if you start with windows, probably Linux will too, not sure tho.

About the DSL problem, I went through something similar last spring when Frontier took over Verizon's landline business and it went to hell. I had Earthlink DSL and started getting outages that went on for days. Sometimes it was the weather, or the lines, but the last one lasted more than a week and no one could figure it out. Then a surly Frontier guy came out to the house, poked around, and drove off. Huh? I called Frontier and they said he'd gone to throw a local switch. Sure enough, my DSL came back. Then it went away. That's when I gave up and had Time Warner run an internet cable to the house. So now I have cable internet for about the same cost as DSL (50 / mo).