The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...

To: Corin Stormhands

Oh my, some of those things are downright scary. Hope you sell 'em.

7,221 posted on 05/03/2004 4:15:02 PM PDT by JenB

To: Corin Stormhands

Yes, that should do it. It would be a good idea to read the caveats that go along with this update, though. I think they are linked on the update page.

There are some cases where the fix breaks the machine pretty bad. Only if you are running certain software on your machine. In some cases people have gotten pretty messed up.

Do a system restore point before you update and then run the update. Then you should be good to go.

7,222 posted on 05/03/2004 4:25:59 PM PDT by Ramius ([snap, click... snap, click... snap, click])

7,223 posted on 05/03/2004 4:39:18 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)

To: 2Jedismom; Wneighbor; HairOfTheDog

Nice pictures of you and the jedis! I only wish I could be so photogenic after such an ordeal. Today was mostly spent on the couch, since I am supposed to be resting with feet propped. At my appt this afternoon (39 weeks), I had lost a pound. The doctor has yet to check my cervix tho (I know, TMI). I am not real happy about that, but evidently these days some doctors don't like to do internals like that cuz they are unreliable indicators of labor. ARGH... I keep telling myself that God is teaching me patience.

On that note, I had a meltdown this morning. We can receive email, but cannot send. So, I called techsupport last night. They had me delete the account and add it as a new account. The guy didn't tell me that all my saved email would be lost FOREVER. In fact, he told me it was retrievable... Well, it isn't. I am one ticked mama.

In addition to that, he placed a trouble ticket for us so that someone would call us back today. Okay, that sounded like it was the right thing to do. So a tech guy calls me this morning. He tells me it is an antivirus issue and that I have to contact the manufacturer of the computer to get my original windows registration codes reset. "WHAT?" He also told me that I have to contact the antivirus company and get them to disable the software, or get them to tell me what the software did to change my register codes. Again, "WHAT?" We have had this account for over a year. We have also have the anti-virus on these machines for over a year. We did not have this problem until THIS WEEK. I tried my best to explain this to the tech. He told me that he could not help me. I changed the scenario by asking him if there was any possible other reason for this to happen. I.E. Assuming that it wasn't an antivirus issue, is there anything else it could be. He said flat out, "no." Okay... At this point, I was upset because I felt like he was not even trying to do his job. He said there was nothing else it could be and that he did not have the ability to help me, nor the information. And... He called me LADY. OOooohhh, that was it. I asked to speak to his supervisor. He told me that I could but his supervisor would only tell me the same thing. He proceeded to explain things to me yet again, without letting me ask ANY questions. I never did get to talk to his sup. It was all I could to to not yell profanities into the phone, and believe me, I know some good ones (not all of em in English either). Anyhoo, I told the tech I had to leave, and he tried to keep me on the phone. I told him, no, I really did have to leave, that I didn't have time to argue about this. I hung up and called PE and relayed the incident to him. I was sobbing. I mean, complete meltdown. Eyes puffy and red, the works. Hormones!

So, I left to pick up elf-boy from school, which really was why I had to leave. So much for bedrest. And you already know the rest of the afternoon.

Oy vey, I think I just vented a whole webpage.

7,224 posted on 05/03/2004 4:51:15 PM PDT by msdrby (Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may. - Sam Houston)

Hey Ruthy!!!!

shhh... I'm givin' my last final!!! :-)

Boss had me looking for seminars to go to today... I was lookin' in Miami but got called away to someplace else and didn't finish lookin'! :-)

7,225 posted on 05/03/2004 4:53:47 PM PDT by Wneighbor (Texas. Land of opportunity! No restrictor plates here!)

To: Corin Stormhands

Must be that $%&^$%&* worm that's out there today...

Think I've got it at work. The 'puter rebooted. Then I got an email from our computer people saying he uploaded the patch to a particular network drive. Where on the network drive?!!!! Dork. I still haven't found that stupid patch. My "search" thingy didn't find it.

7,226 posted on 05/03/2004 4:54:53 PM PDT by Overtaxed

Ah, I see you're another member of the database fan club! I used to have a lot of "fun" with that at work figuring out how to export files from one database into another, which depending on the program and the specifics of the formatting could take all day.

So are you joining us for the bad earthquake movie tonight? I think you're obligated, since your mentioning it to me was what inspired the thread last night that led to the spinoff thread; it's only just you should join us in our misery :)

BTW you have mail.

7,227 posted on 05/03/2004 4:55:21 PM PDT by Fedora

Hi, Ruthy! You joining us for the bad earthquake movie tonight?

7,228 posted on 05/03/2004 4:55:54 PM PDT by Fedora

Okay.... now did PE take care of it for you?

And are your eyes better now?

7,229 posted on 05/03/2004 4:56:17 PM PDT by Wneighbor (Texas. Land of opportunity! No restrictor plates here!)

What happened to the thread? Has it ever been dead this long!?!?!

We're still recovering from the movie last night :)

7,230 posted on 05/03/2004 4:57:05 PM PDT by Fedora

My boss and his wife also watched the earthquake last night! She has class also tonight so Gene is taping it for us! I'm goin' ta their house tomorrow to watch it with Debbie!

7,231 posted on 05/03/2004 4:57:25 PM PDT by Wneighbor (Texas. Land of opportunity! No restrictor plates here!)

We're still recovering from the movie last night :)

*cough* *cough* *choke* *gasp*

Hey, isn't that what Bo Duke's sleezy daughter kept saying too? YIKES!

7,232 posted on 05/03/2004 4:58:30 PM PDT by Wneighbor (Texas. Land of opportunity! No restrictor plates here!)

Sorry to hear about your meltdown! Hope that gets fixed without more hassle!

7,233 posted on 05/03/2004 4:58:47 PM PDT by Fedora

*cough* *cough* *choke* *gasp*

Hey, isn't that what Bo Duke's sleezy daughter kept saying too? YIKES!

Yep--direct quote :) And now you know what she was really coughing at: it wasn't the earthquake; it was the movie! :)

7,234 posted on 05/03/2004 5:00:45 PM PDT by Fedora

To: HairOfTheDog

If I can design the whole thing from scratch.

Heheh...I put my "from scratch" Access database on the network drive. The chemist geeks seem to like it. If a 'puter person looked at it, though, they'd probably want to know what squirrel-brain designed the thing.

7,235 posted on 05/03/2004 5:00:54 PM PDT by Overtaxed

And you can get an "amen" for that one brother!

7,236 posted on 05/03/2004 5:01:59 PM PDT by Wneighbor (Texas. Land of opportunity! No restrictor plates here!)

squirrel brain OR SQUIRREL SLAYER!!!

7,237 posted on 05/03/2004 5:02:58 PM PDT by Wneighbor (Texas. Land of opportunity! No restrictor plates here!)

What movie? What did I miss?!!

7,238 posted on 05/03/2004 5:03:33 PM PDT by RMDupree (HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)

You can kill a squirrel with Access?

7,239 posted on 05/03/2004 5:04:48 PM PDT by Overtaxed

I'll be watching with the family. We said exactly the same things as the thread did, last night, with the exception that we kept saying "oh, the humanity!" as the Golden Gate bridge was collapsing.

7,240 posted on 05/03/2004 5:06:04 PM PDT by JenB

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