I'm writing this from Wonderful Husband's computer....
My computer currently has a major injury and I cannot use it. Anyone who knows me In Real Life and who reads the blog, please don't expect me to answer emails as quickly as I usually do.
What happened? "£*&%$"! Norton AntiVirus. Tried to install the new version (because the new version was cheaper than just paying for the virus updates.) It's erased a vital file from the computer so that it won't start. It did this AFTER erasing "Go Back". Of course.
I want to spit.
All I can say is thank goodness it didn't happen just before I needed to print out a sermon or a service.
About Me
- PamBG
- I am Pam Berardinelli Garrud (PamBG), a 54 year old wife, daughter and beloved child of God. Ordained as a minister (pastor) in the Methodist Church of Great Britain, in 2009 I re-immigrated back to Northeast Ohio with my London-born husband after 20 years residence in the UK. I am seeking to serve God by loving God and my neighbor in the ministry of hospital chaplaincy. Prior to becoming a minister, I worked in the pensions industry. The views expressed in this Blog are purely my own and do not represent the official views of any denomination, group or organization.
8 comments:
oh dear Norton can be a horror- hope all is ok now
Sally, I've taken my computer to the Computer Hospital. They claim they'll fix it in two or three days for what seemed to me to be a fairly reasonable fee.
Fingers crossed! Fortunately, I've got my husband's computer to use when he's at work.
I'm sorry to hear about your computer. That's one of the reason's why my wife and I just switched to Macs. Of course, switching from PC to Mac comes with its own set of headaches, though those are hopefully only short-term ones, as we transfer important documents from one computer to the other.
Anway, you have my sympathy, my empathy (the same thing happened to me my last year in college, right before some major papers were due), and especially my prayers. May God divinely inspire humans to invent hassle free computers!
Well, ironically, my husband actually WORKS for Apple, but I bought my PC before he started working there. I'm not going to give up my computer until it truly dies or becomes so out-of-date that I can no longer use any programs. It's about five years old, so I reckon I probably only have a few more years left anyway! I just don't want to lose my data, if I can. Fortunately, I did a back-up about two weeks ago, so I won't be too at sea.
Thanks for your sympathy and your empathy. :-) (I'm not sure the young chap at the Computer Hospital took me seriously when this old lady told him that my life is on the computer and that I needed it back ASAP. I used the first generation PC in the 1980s but most people here in the UK started using computers abou 10 year later than in the US.)
I used the first generation PC in the 1980s...
My first computer was from the second generation of PCs, a Tandy 1000, which if I remember correctly was roughly equivalent to the IBM PC2.
Good times...
I have always had Macs, but they break down too, sadly.
Pam, can I ask you a non-blog related question? Once I sent a friend in England a DVD and it turned out they couldn't play it because it was wrong for that region (or something?). What I was wondering ... are music CDs the same both here and in England? If I send my friend an American music CD will he be able yo play it? Thanks very much :-)
Yes, music CDs are the same. He'd be able to play a US music CD.
My husband knows all about the DVD situation, being a video freak, but you're right. American ones don't work here unless you buy a dual-zone DVD player.
Thanks Pam :-)
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