Michele 1 #1 May 8, 2002 So, last Friday is my birthday, right? My family, being an excellent kind of one, bought me a totally new computer system. A compaq Presario, all the bells and whistles (cd, dvd, camera, etc...), and an Epson printer. It comes with WIndows XP, and a bunch of other software. I was excited. Well, o.k., so it wasn't a rig or anything, but I haven't ever gotten a top of the line anything ever...at least first hand. I have been using (successfully, btw) my brother's computer which I have had for at least 10 years, and he had for two years before me. Anyway....Last night, my brother comes over to help me set this up. Which is really good, because I am, as you all know, fairly computer illiterate. but "they" have color coded the back parts to the parts you're supposed to plug into them, so that's all right, he can read the manuals while I get busy: purple to purple, green to green, peach to - where's this supposed to go? And so on....We break down the old one, and hit the "on" button. It starts lighting up, whirring and buzzing, and I think - cool, it's only 11 p.m., and I can get back to the 'net in a few minutes....HAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahaaaaaaaaa....Three phone calls and 2 hours later, we are still looking at that stupid screen which repeatedly tells me that my user name, password, and domain are incorrect; I have been kicked off the system numerous times because I have "exceeded my logon attempt allotment" or some such bullshyte. The machine is doing everything but crying; it's whining, withholding access, and generally talking back; I swear, it was saying "I'm sorry, but you are an idiot. We will not allow your idiocy to sully our virgin innards with your clumsy fingered manipulations. Go away, little girl, you bother me". I am very close to doing my imitation of "SMACKDOWN, WWF style" on this thing, and just rehooking my old machine. But of course, when I try that, my dinosaur decides it doesn't like being moved in the least, and refuses to work. F&*K me now...I call the isp 24 hour line for the 4th time, and tell him "I am stupid. It is 1:30 a.m., and I am still trying to get this damned thing working. The mothership is rejecting me." He laughs, and then asks for a case ID number, which I, of course, have not received...so we start (for the 4th time) at the beginning. He starts laughing - telling me that he can see that I have been working to set this up for a while. I ask how he can tell, and he says he can see it on the screen...and can see where my problem is.He then annouces that I am using the wrong password. Well, see, that is patently ridiculous - it is the same password I have been using for years.....but no, it's wrong today. For this moment, at this time, it has decided that it will not use the password I have written down and have been using....Eric the Tech: No, Michele, you keep adding several numbers to the end of it, so it is not logging you in. Me: No, Eric, I am not. I swear, I am not.Eric: Yes, you are. (laughing now)Me: O.k., who changed the password then? (damn cats, thinks I)Eric: Michele, (admist great bursts of giggles) no-one has changed your password. Me: Yes, someone must've because this is the password I have written down, and it is IT, I tell you. The mothership is laughing at me."We finally get the right password (because, you see, he can't just give it to me; I have to guess it! I'm so not having fun yet)...But, as you can see, I have managed to access the 'net. It was the password. I was wrong - but I still swear the password edited itself.....Now, of course, I have to figure out how to get all the bookmarks and other stuff (including the browser) to come back to my screen...but I have found you all, and here I am, bruised, battered, scarred, but still alive...and now quite frustrated because I want my old puter back...it was easy!Damn mothership...it was just playing with me, I know it. Technology. It's not fun. I am so lost! Ciels and Pinks-MIf you really want to, you can seize the day; if you really want to, you can fly away...~enya~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 May 8, 2002 I bet it was HH messing with ya...Thank you for being nice to the IT guy, I worked at an ISP doing Tech Support off and on for 3 years, the worst thing is to have an irrate customer who won't listen (and its usually their fault something isn't working, PEBKAC)AerialsSo up highWhen you free your lives (the) eternal prize Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #3 May 8, 2002 Quotethe worst thing is to have an irrate customer who won't listen (and its usually their fault something isn't working...Nope, not their fault. Mine. Because I am totally lost when it comes to this stuff. I mean, really - using too many numbers in my password? How stupid is that? (Of course, it has worked for years, but how often did I actually use that particular password for that particular thing???? Once before....years ago)I can get pissed off when a customer service person is not servicing customers - been known to take them apart, as a matter of fact - but this was so not the case. Totally my problems, and totally my not understanding that it isn't majik, and yelling at the computer just won't help...I sent an e-mail to his boss, and let them know I appreciated him and his assistence...I figured it was the least I could do, and might get him the "props" he deserved for talking me through the launch into the mothership...which would not have occurred without help. Because, you see, the machine was right - I am an idiot when it comes to this stuff.Now, anyone have any ideas as to how to get the rest of this stuff working? LOL.....I was gonna pop on this morning, and burn an Eagles and Fleetwood Mac cd, so I could go take a very long drive, but no joy. I'm not even sure where to access the music...Ciels and Pinks-MicheleIf you really want to, you can seize the day; if you really want to, you can fly away...~enya~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #4 May 8, 2002 Welcome to the world of XP. "Bart, stop pestering satan" - Marge Simpson. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickDraw 0 #5 May 8, 2002 Just incase you don't get it. "Bart, stop pestering satan" - Marge Simpson. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hottamaly 1 #6 May 8, 2002 heheheh Sounds like me trying to set up a new main canopy. (lines all over the place)Glad you got it worked out, and Happy be-lated birthday.SKYDIVING GAVE ME A REASON TO LIVE.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Divadiver 0 #7 May 8, 2002 Michelle, congratulations and happy birthday!I know exactly how you feel! Only I thought I had it all covered when I went out and purchased an MP3 player. I figured that my son could help me download the music, etc., and get me started. Not so! The two of us finally gave up after a couple of hours of toying with the computer and MP3 player. I had it for about 3 weeks before I marched myself back into the store and told them, if they couldn't get it to work then I wanted my $300 back. I felt even worse when none of the guys knew a darn thing about it and how to get the music to transfer from the computer to the memory stick.Finally, one of the guys said, let me try something. He ended up getting a song to play and then we had no idea how he did it!! We figured it out, but it was nothing like the directions that came with the darn thing.I love the little thing, I have music when I walk, jog and exercise now. But it was certainly frustrating when I didn't have music and was out $$'s!Enjoy your new toy!Diva Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #8 May 8, 2002 Happy Birthday. Good luck getting the puter to working right. Go out an jump out an airplene.Blue Skies.:::OK, Canopy is Open, No Traffic Around, .. Why are these "Extra" Lines Draping Down??, Damn! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billy 0 #9 May 8, 2002 Happy B-Day Michele!!Love ta read about your adventures,, skydiving or whatever,, ya make me laugh and I thank you for that!! I'm sure ya'll get the hang of it all soon enough.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #10 May 9, 2002 michele,i will gladly come over to your place and be your teacher of the ways of the computer...... i just ask for one piece of information in return.....the secret to understanding women..... ...... ahhhh what the heck, i'll do it just cuz your cool...for get telling me the secret, i'd probly not understand it anyways........... and if i'm ever in cali again i'll come over and let ya "borrow" my mp3 colection...20GB and growing............. and since ya got the web cam...well ya know..that's a whole new job opertunity for ya... big money is made with the web cam biusness these days... think of the jumps you could do for letting people be vouyers.....lol..... well maybe not(u would need a faster internet conection)...... butit could work......"watch michele as she batles her computer, eats a pb&j sandwich or chat's on the cmputer drunk at midnigt to other skydivers"....... can i be your marketing person???on to topic now.. glad you got it working... i'm in the process of buildng a computer from scratch now and i hope i don't have to many problems withit..i'm pretty computer savy myself but not an expert... so i don't feel your pain now..but i will probly later.....it only took a little pixie dust to change this mispelling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #11 May 10, 2002 Congrats again on the B-DAY Miss Michelle!!!Drop me a PM or e-mail and I'll see what I can do to help you with your music :) and anything elseOne shot... HEY!!! Mas Tequila!!!!Two Shots HEY HEY!!!!Three Shots....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #12 May 10, 2002 You guys are cool... but Wingi, you're nutz...Believe me, no-one would pay $$ to see me typing away, and, while I have been known to walk around my house nekkid, I don't know that doing such would be any kind of draw...although, come to think of it, I do have a peeper who regularly leaves his handprints on the window, so I may have to rethink this.....(lol...)I found audiogalaxy (thanks, Lisa), and selected 27 songs to download.....this morning, at like 9...when I last checked (about 3) it was still downloading....(Hey, Lummy, I'm still at work, but if I run into something, I'll let you know....)Thanks, everyone!Ciels and Pinks-MicheleIf you really want to, you can seize the day; if you really want to, you can fly away...~enya~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowflake 0 #13 May 10, 2002 Michele you might want to put your old hard drive in your new PC that way you can get to all your old files although your gonna have to reinstall all your applicationsBlue OnesJG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiegoNewDiver 0 #14 May 10, 2002 I work in the IT field... sounds like a code I-D-10-T-S... just kidding... always ends up being the interface between the user and the keyboard. (Fat fingered it again LOL) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
