Blue Screen of Death
Don’t ask me what it is, because I’m really not sure yet myself, but it’s something, anyway.
It’s being made in the Saffron yarn I got from the MV Fiber Farm at the Festival last month. Isn’t it lovely? 70% kid mohair, 30% cormo and so, so soft. Great color, too!
Okay, so that problem I’ve been having with my keyboard? It’s not going to be bothering me for much longer. Mom’s computer has been visited by the Blue Screen of Death. Tradition for the last, oh, four or five computers has been that when I get a new computer, I pass my old one to Mom. We’ve both been very happy with this arrangement, and with the exception of my D and S keys, and the fact that the battery doesn’t last for much more than 30 minutes, I wasn’t in any rush to get a new computer. Especially when you consider how awful the money situation is. But, then the BSOD struck and since I am (sadly) the family “expert” there appears to be no way to salvage the poor thing. So, as of tonight, I am the preumptively proud new almost-owner of a HP Pavilion DV6871US which should arrive on Wednesday. Mom will then get this computer and since she never unplugs her computer to take anywhere, and she always uses a separate keyboard, the two things that are annoying me shouldn’t be a problem for her.
Now I just have to hope and pray that Vista doesn’t cause me problems. And that the new keyboard has a good “feel” to it (and that all the keys work). It’s a gamble, ordering one without ever having seen it! In the meantime, I’ll make sure that MY backup is current so my files are ready to transfer. Luckily, I was able to get Mom’s computer up in Safe Mode and got her pictures and such copied off the hard drive. And I back up my own computer fairly regularly, AND even signed up for Mozy. But, folks, if you don’t regularly do backups, DO THEM NOW!
Oh, and sadly, this article explains the traffic, flashing lights, sirens, and helicopters this morning. What a sad start for tonight’s high school graduation.
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Whatever it is, that saffron yarn is lovely! What I found with Vista was that any hardware older than a couple years didn’t work (ie. scanner, $600 PDA - still bitter about that one) and existing software was either incompatible or required searching around for patches to make it work. Depended entirely on how motivated the individual companies were to force you to buy a new… whatever vs. helping you use your current one.
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I found Vista sufficiently annoying that I bought an OEM copy of XP Pro and am using that! But I think things are a bit better since the Vista SP came out. Also, there’s lots of info about improving your Vista experience. Here are a couple to try (I LOVE this site and the list of freeware): http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmosbest/~3/313627714/best-free-vista-tweaks.htm
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmosbest/~3/316757333/make-vista-run-faster.htm
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Whatever it is is is orange and lovely. Great color. Thanks for the Mozy link. Sorry to hear about the BSOD.
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That is a pretty color. glad you are knitting something, I am readytyo start another sock. Good luck with the computer. I do need to do backups as my 4-year Dell acts funny, despite a whole lot of added RAM. I really haven’t had much trouble with Vista on my notebook. Knock wood. Dell is warning me of my last chance to buy a computer with XP.
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That orange yarn is delicious, whatever it’s going to be.
And I hate that BSOD. Even worse was the black screen with the little cursor that said “can’t find computer brain” (paraphrased!)
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