The great computer caper.
So Viv (my laptop) decided to have an identity crisis. Why am I here? What is the meaning of life? Why should I bother to allow myself to be turned on for the purile enjoyment of the meat that types?
Yeah. This didn't amuse me, either.
Enter porpentine, my hapless computer guy. He is without hap. He is also without natural defenses when I make my eyes really big and say 'pleeeeease get my laptop to work again?', because, well, many people just aren't equipped for quite that much resistance. He came home with me after Friday night's antics (more on this later), with the stated plan of fixing things in the morning.
Saturday, we got up, and started doing backups of my data. This took the better part of the morning, during which time I watched Independance Day from beginning to end (thus filling my Inner Jan with unbridled glee). After that, Chris tried to repair my Windows installation...but it was not to be, and in the end, he had to delete my operating system. Lobotomy for the laptop!
Reinstalling Windows was painful to watch, but thankfully, I didn't have to do it. He got my patches and upgrades installed (only several MB of each -- meep), ran my newly-functional virus checker (only two viruses -- that's good, right?) and got my essential software installed. The only thing I need that isn't functional right now is Adobe Photoshop, and I can cope...for a few days, anyway. And my laptop is shiny and functional again.
And that, my friends, is why Seanan was off-line for most of the weekend.
Yeah. This didn't amuse me, either.
Enter porpentine, my hapless computer guy. He is without hap. He is also without natural defenses when I make my eyes really big and say 'pleeeeease get my laptop to work again?', because, well, many people just aren't equipped for quite that much resistance. He came home with me after Friday night's antics (more on this later), with the stated plan of fixing things in the morning.
Saturday, we got up, and started doing backups of my data. This took the better part of the morning, during which time I watched Independance Day from beginning to end (thus filling my Inner Jan with unbridled glee). After that, Chris tried to repair my Windows installation...but it was not to be, and in the end, he had to delete my operating system. Lobotomy for the laptop!
Reinstalling Windows was painful to watch, but thankfully, I didn't have to do it. He got my patches and upgrades installed (only several MB of each -- meep), ran my newly-functional virus checker (only two viruses -- that's good, right?) and got my essential software installed. The only thing I need that isn't functional right now is Adobe Photoshop, and I can cope...for a few days, anyway. And my laptop is shiny and functional again.
And that, my friends, is why Seanan was off-line for most of the weekend.