Frustrating
Now that I have been feeling better about writing, my computer has decided to revolt. Whenever I try to run MS Word (or any Microsoft program for that matter) I get an error that shuts down the program. I don’t even need to touch anything. It just crashes the program.
I can look at websites using Mozilla Firefox. I can talk on IM. I can play music. I just can’t write. Ok, that’s a lie. I can write on the Palm. I can write on paper. It’s not that I can’t write. I just can’t write the way I want to. I have to work around the computer instead of on it.
I can do this. When I want to write, nothing can stop me. As long as I can move my fingers, I can write. The only thing that can get in my way is me. It’s hard to find a way over or around or under or through myself. I tend to be a more formidable obstacle than broken computers or pressing tasks.
Done a virus scan lately? How about a microsoft update?
Running XP? Try doing a “system restore” to a date when you know those programs worked.
(System restore – Go to start menu -programs-accessories-system tools – just in case system restore is a foreign term).
-M
Comment by Michael Main — 3/16/2005 @ 1:01 am
I’ve narrowed it down to the printer driver for one of the printers. When I changed the default printer to a different one in the office, everything worked.
Now I need to wait for the IT guys to have the time to reinstall the printer driver. Better than their first diagnosis of having to reformat my hard drive.
I’m not a computer dude. Why is it that I can trouble shoot better than they can?
Comment by Laura Moncur — 3/16/2005 @ 9:21 am
Looks like reinstalling the printer driver wasn’t enough to solve the problem so they are going to reformat my drive. Goody…
Comment by Laura Moncur — 3/16/2005 @ 1:45 pm