"Fred E Brown" <fredebrown@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>"Frank McCoy" <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote in message
>news:ec7pn79u27k6fjn2tcee7t6svdur3o5efi@4ax.com...
>> "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.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 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.>
>>
>
>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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