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October 10, 2004
Why My Computer is Killing Me
I usually consider myself fairly technology competent. However, I have been unable to make my computer fully functional once so far this school year. Here are the problems (for those interested, I have XP):
1. I can't connect to the network drives. After troubleshooting it a gazillion times, I think I need to change my windows username and password to match my network username and password. So I proceeded to create a new username and password, but am unable to copy all of my documents and programs from my old username to my new one.
2. My taskbar randomly disappears and reappears. And, no, it's not on auto-hide. And, no, I can't just drag it up. The start menu doesn't even come up when I hit the windows button.
3. Every time I restart my computer, my Norton anti-virus shows up with the auto-protect disabled.
4. Every time I restart my computer, the print spooler is stopped. I have to start it and reinstall my printer every time I want to print. Thus, I have usually just been running to the computer lab, which is conveniently located at the exact opposite end of the dorm, in order to print.
5. Evidently Sound Blaster uninstalled itself, because sound only comes out of my speakers when I use Windows Media Player or Real Player, and I don't have the CD to reinstall it.
That's all I can think of at the moment.
On a side note, a random act of kindness made my day. A friend and I went to dinner in the caf, and sat down at the end of a long, six-person table. There were a few guys at the other end who were just getting up to leave. I reached way down to grab the napkin dispenser, and was having a little trouble reaching it from my seat. One of the guys grabbed it and moved it over toward us. I smiled and said "thanks," because I do appreciate the displays of courtesy that are so rare on a college campus, not to mention a cafeteria. He paused, and then took the little vase of flowers that adornes most of the tables and moved that closer too. It was such a little thing that my friend and I giggled, yet it totally made my day.
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Quote of the Day:
"Literary diarrhea." -Playwright Noel Coward on writer Gertrude Stein
Posted by Megan at October 10, 2004 10:45 AM
Comments
Yay! for the nice flower guy! :-)
Posted by: Laura at October 10, 2004 11:55 PM
Yay for the flower guy :)
1) Back up all of your important files
2) Reformat your computer
3) Re-install everything
4) Install Firefox (www.getfirefox.com)
5) Don't ever use Internet Explorer again.
:)
Posted by: Matt Heerema at October 11, 2004 10:10 AM