Not a lot of activity here recently – a recent power surge caused a Windows XP file to corrupt, which in turn caused a devilish internal error and hence much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Windows would not recognise itself as being installed, but simultaneously would not reinstall because Windows was already installed. When forced to reinstall, Windows refused to believe it had even one USB port, let alone several, and was frankly incredulous when we tried to force it to recognise the monitor. Graphics card? Nope, can’t find one. Printer? What is this printer of which you speak? Internet connection? Not available, and closing the error message to continue surfing the net just made it more stubborn.
After much backing up and double-checking the backup, Mr. T wiped everything and started again. It seems OK again now, with shiny default wallpaper and many anxious questions about settings and icons. God, I’d forgotten how irritating the default Windows settings are.
I think Bill Gates read my mind and knows I want an iPod.
