Dear grumpy businessman in a panda hat ( Read more... )

My netbook came with a 30 day trial version of Norton Antivirus. Norton Antivirus is owned by Symantec. I had Symantec on my old laptop and had had no issue with it. I had the ability to put it on my netbook, but figured I'd give Norton a try. After all, they were owned by the same company. How different could they be ( Read more... )

miome finally got tired of me cursing my current laptop and dragged me out to BestBuy to purchase a very cute Toshiba netbook. It is shiny. Right now I'm still on my old laptop because the netbook is installing 50 Windows updates. All I have to do now is get MS Office (which I can buy through work for $10), install it, and then transfer all my writing ( Read more... )

My laptop's power issues are getting worse. Sigh.

After talking with miome, we decided that when this one goes (which will probably be sooner rather than later), I'll just get a netbook. Then once we have the house, we'll see about getting a high-powered desktop. Miome said she's been missing having a desktop with more power than a laptop and I kind of ( Read more... )

The power port on the back of my computer is screwed up and now it only sometimes recognizes the fact that it's plugged in. Which means it'll randomly flip from charging to battery and back. This, of course, drains the battery. Just what I need ( Read more... )

ALL I WANT TO DO IS BACK-UP MY COMPUTER LIKE A GOOD USER. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK? IS IT?!?! WHY IS THIS SUCH A PAIN IN THE ASS THING TO DO? WHY?

My mother is on the internet.

You guys just don't understand.

My mother is on the internet. I am trying to direct her to safe(r) sites like Facebook with such advice as "Only friend people you know" and "Do not click every link that shows up" as opposed to letting her computer get eaten by something she caught from a wild troll while she is ( Read more... )

Remember last week when my computer started acting up? Well, today it started doing the exact same thing. Surprise, surprise. A brief talk with the manufacturer and they are now telling me it's the motherboard. So I'm back to a loaner laptop.

It is rainy and cold as the remains of Ida hit the area. I walked to work, but decided to have miome pick me up ( Read more... )

Tsaiko: I think I'll log into my computer.
Computer: I think not. *freezes while logging in*
Tsaiko: Fine. I'll just hard reboot you.
Computer: Wrong answer. *blue screens on boot up*
Tsaiko: WTF? *sends ticket*
IT Guy: What seems to be the problem?
Tsaiko: *indicates computer which is cycling through blue screening and restarting in an infinite ( Read more... )

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