There was once a really stupid girl
Hey, how's it goin?
who, after listening to a much more computer-savvy person than herself talk about removing programs to make a computer run faster, decided to fiddle around with the files and programs on her own computer. She saw a program that she was sure was from her old modem, the one no longer in use because Shaw had given her a new one. So she hit 'uninstall'.
The next thing she knew, the wireless internet icon, in the bottom right corner of her system tray, just vanished. Poof! gone... "Unable to connect to internet" and "no wireless networks detected" were all she could get, and even the wireless icon under Network Connections in the Control Panel was gone.
WHAT HAD SHE DONE?!?!
Three hours later, after multiple frantic searches on the computer to retrieve the lost program, after trying to set up a new network and wireless connection (no dice), after talking to a Shaw guy who was unable to help her, after setting up the laptop downstairs to see if it still received the wireless connection (it did), she realized the total enormity of just how much she had fucked up.
Just when all hope was lost, when she was just about to unplug all the computer cords and haul the big ole hard drive and monitor downstairs to hook it up manually to the modem so she re-install the router software, a thought came to her puny little mind...
SYSTEM RESTORE.
Voila! Everything back to normal. Wireless icon back on the system tray. Connectivity at excellent strength. It was like the whole nightmare situation had never occurred!
So let this be a lesson to y'all....
DON'T BE LIKE STUPID!
4 comments:
Good for you Beau..I would have given up long before you!!!
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Geek. I didn't even have to read, I just looked at the pictures to know what was going on. Nice work.
Trust Levi to call you geek if it has anything to do with electronics or computers or anything remotely with a battery or wire. Doh. I did the same thing. I "moved" ALL my pictures and recipes to an external hard drive called G:\laser (it took over 300 minutes or so) then I could never get back to that drive .. I could never get the computer to recognize that damn hard drive, ever, at all, nil, nada .. so did you hear what I said people .. I "moved" these items, not backed them up, not copied them .. I moved them. Doh. Levi has the hard drive now and he's going to do his thing and help his electronically challenged mother access her photos (and recipes) again.
Kelle
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