I got a call from a guy who sounded like a Bangladesh native claiming to be from Microsoft. He said he had remotely detected several viruses on my computer. He also claimed that my anti-virus program(s) weren't functioning. Then he asked me what kinds of anti-virus software I used. Then I hung up ( Read more... )

My computer started borking up a few days after it came online. Ye Olde Blue Screen of Death kept popping up. I couldn't figure it out, since it restarted itself before I could read anything, so I simply reinstalled Win7. But it happened one more time thereafter. I eventually managed to read enough articles about my primary suspect, the SSD, to ( Read more... )

The new parts are working like a damn dream. The whole damn bunch. I've never had an installation go so smoothly. Not one major problem. One small one: buzzing fan. Easy fix to unscrew it and replace it. I didn't really ever think I'd be able to run a game like Skyrim with max settings, but there it is. Happy gamer ( Read more... )

Yeah, so I got a little computer bug, and I seem to have sent a bit of spam out, including to myself . . . ech. I think I located and removed the thing with AVG. Sorry to anyone who got a stream of spam from dyingturnip@yahoo. Love to promise it wouldn't happen again, except that I don't know how exactly I got it. So it might. I'm not even 100 ( Read more... )

I think my PC's power supply is crapping out on me. Second one to make a funny buzzing/humming sound on powerup that fades after about 20 mins ( Read more... )

Ech. Another holiday is here. Since that means my mom stays home, and that in turn means no caregiver, Sundays and holidays always mean much more work for me. That explains how bad my back hurt this morning. Preemptive strike. I hate all holidays now ( Read more... )

I have scientifically determined how the main house computer gets destroyed so efficiently in such short order. I have determined this by watching my mom open an unknown email and allow its pictures to be displayed. Also, I have scientifically determined that "Facebook + My photos" is not Facebook, nor is it associated with Facebook in any way ( Read more... )

My sister graduated high school. Cool. Given her penchant for calling me to bring her the book/form/folder she left behind, I really didn't know if it would happen. Super ( Read more... )

The holidays are coming. Yay, merriment. Yay, family ( Read more... )

One of our caretakers bought a laptop from HP/Compaq at Walmart. Wish I'd known he was going to do that. The only thing worse than getting a Compaq Presario is getting it at Walmart. It's a handy little laptop, big 15" screen, Windows 7 64-bit. Processor's a 2.2Ghz Celeron single-core, but it's for the guy's 8-year old second grader, so maybe ( Read more... )