So, Windows decided to update yesterday, which it does periodically, and which I normally don't mind, except it takes too long and it's usually at a time that's not really very convenient. This time, it downloaded the updates as I was shutting down.
Then when I turned on the computer again, there was the inevitable "installing your updates" message, which usually takes a few minutes.
Three hours and twenty minutes later, it was done. Three hours and twenty minutes.
Then it wouldn't boot up. It kept showing error messages -- not long enough, mind you, for me to figure out what the problem was -- and shutting down. It took eight tries before it would load my desktop.
This morning, it took forty-five minutes to boot up. I finally got online, checked e-mail, started to check the news -- and it shut itself down.
Happily, when I turned it back on, it only took a few minutes to load.
Now, if I can just get in to disable the touchpad without the damned computer freezing up, life will almost be back to normal.
I hope.
Then when I turned on the computer again, there was the inevitable "installing your updates" message, which usually takes a few minutes.
Three hours and twenty minutes later, it was done. Three hours and twenty minutes.
Then it wouldn't boot up. It kept showing error messages -- not long enough, mind you, for me to figure out what the problem was -- and shutting down. It took eight tries before it would load my desktop.
This morning, it took forty-five minutes to boot up. I finally got online, checked e-mail, started to check the news -- and it shut itself down.
Happily, when I turned it back on, it only took a few minutes to load.
Now, if I can just get in to disable the touchpad without the damned computer freezing up, life will almost be back to normal.
I hope.
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