The joy of computing

So recently when I have been servicing client computers I have come upon machines that are living well beyond their usefullness. The worst part about these machines is that they people are fine with them because they "still work." Well when it takes you 4+ hours to do the maintenance on a machine because the machine has like 128MB of RAM and a super slow processor and is using 120MB of the RAM just sitting there doing nothing. So what does this mean folks, it means that when you start doing anything on the machine it starts using the HDD as RAM which equals very very slow performance especially when the HDD is only a 5400 RPM HDD. I mean technically my computer is living past its usefulness but I built the machine with good parts so it is still a decent machine even now. The other thing that is bugging me is that at one of the clients there is one of the workers that does not like the fact that we come in during normal business hours because she can't use her computer for like 30-45 min however she still finds other stuff to do but it always seems to be such an inconvenience to her.

Oh the joys of computers

So last night I was going to activate my copy of Windows XP and I ran into an issue. Something got broken in Windows. So what did I have to do? I had to completely reinstall EVERYTHING!!!! Oh the joys of computers. More later just a quick rant tonight.

I hate computers sometimes

So recently I have been trying to backup all of my stuff on my computer so that I can make the switch from Windows 2000 to Windows XP Professional. Well it seemed like every time I would go to burn something to back it up it would fail. It wouldnt fail right away but it would fail after burning for a while. I dont seem to have much luck when it comes to burners. Right now I have a Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW drive. I used to have just a regular old CD-RW in my computer but then for some reason it stopped working (might have gotten some dust in it when I popped the faceplate off and spray painted it black). That drive never did seem to work right for me from the time I got it so when it finally gave up the ghost it was just icing on the not working correctly for me cake. Up until now I hadnt really had any problems with the new burner but it sure is annoying and a waste of good DVD-R media when the stupid thing fails in writing a disk. I was finally able to trick the machine into burning my stuff for me. Why it didnt burn in the first place I do not know. So over this past weekend I made the switch to XP Pro. I havent had much time to play around with it just yet but it seems to be working fine. Sometimes I wonder why I chose to work with computer when they are such a frustrating little machine at times.

Lets try this out

So I am gonna try to keep up two different blogs. I will see how it goes and which of the two I like better.