"Joy and pleasure are as real as pain and sorrow and one must learn what they have to teach. . . ." -- Sean Russell, from Gatherer of Clouds

"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

"I love you and I'm not afraid." -- Evanescence, "My Last Breath"

“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Computer Wars, I Hate Microsoft Edition

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.


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