"Frank McCoy" <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote in message
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> "Fred E Brown" <fredebrown@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Uncle Sky" <Uncle_Sky@home.alone.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:20120404130653.175$vT@newsreader.com...
>>> "Fred E Brown" <fredebrown@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>> Just wondering.
>>>
>>> Nope. But Frank posts a lot in A/C.
>>>
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>>> Uncle Sky
>>
>>Haven't seen him there for a few days.
>>
> Busy fixing computers.
> When you're fixing a computer, adding stuff to it, rebuilding, or
> re-installing major software like Windows (a necessity when doing
> major overhauls and/or replacing motherboards) it get a bit difficult
> to keep up with the newsgroups or even email.
>
> But I try.
> I've been getting on and checking things every couple of days.
>
> Just did THREE major overhauls of various computers.
> Will be starting on a fourth in a few days. (I think.)
>
> Every time you do a major overhaul, it's not just re-installing
> Windows itself; but getting all of the minor *little* shit back to
> working properly.
>
> Also, when doing major upgrades, I usually like to add all the little
> tweaks and additions that I've found that makes life easier on a
> computer since the last rebuild. Sometimes that takes a few days of
> trying things and tiddling around before I remember, "Oh yeah! I need
> to install THIS software as well," or something I thought worked,
> didn't, and I need to re-install that too.
>
> It often takes as much as a week before things are stable again; but
> when doing several computers at once, like I have been, doing it on
> one reminds you that you should do it on the others as well.
>
> Then, on some things, I have to have the kid over to test out the game
> software (which I never run) to make sure THAT all works properly at
> the best possible level for the machine being rebuilt.
>
> It's all just time-consuming.
> <Pant, pant.>
>
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OK, I'll accept your excuse this time but don't let it happen again.
I was about to call Homeland Security and have them fly a drone
over your house to see if you were keeled over dead behind the
snow blower.
:-))
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