Testing...

[susandennis]

I am testing yesterday's Do Not Reboot Me fix.  I repeatedly ignored the 'you have updates' alert.  Finally, they just went ahead and installed them without my consent.  I do NOT have automatic download/installation on that machine - I specifically select 'custom' every time.  Now we are at the little box that tells me I need to restart and do I want to do it now or later.  I click later and the box goes away for ... 15 minutes.  Fuckyouverymuch.  I'm going to see if it will, in fact, just reboot me after x amount of time.  Stay tuned.  This is riveting.

From where I sit, I can see 15 leaves left on my tree. 

I'll be interested to see if the guy from the cleaning service calls today.  I called at 1:30 on Friday and he said he was going into a meeting and would call me back.  He never did.  I'm giving him until noon and then he gets one more shot. 

These next three days will either be wild and crazy work wise or nothing burgers.  I can't tell which at this point.  I can handle either but I'd vote for wild and crazy if I get to vote.

Comments

[nezbitthecat.livejournal.com]

The last round of updates buggered up Outlook's ability to synch my Hotmail account's folders on my notebook. I had to System Restore to last Wednesday and quickly disable automatic updates so it wouldn't re-install. It still downloaded the updates (again), but it's not bugging me to reboot except if I go to shutdown.

[geordie.livejournal.com]

The MS bitchware seems to be becoming more and more insistant that you do things their way. There's a lot more hidden activity in Windows than I am happy with on my own machine. The company has covert scanning and monitoring software hidden on our work machines, but it was pushed on a login and has been added to since then and all without any overt notification. No problem, I just switched to Linux for my non-work activity, and only return to the PC for the few things I can only do there.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

I'd vote for wild and crazy if I get to vote.

Be careful what you wish for.

[roadskoller.livejournal.com]

It's kind of comforting to know that computer whizzes like you have problems like that too. I always feel like I did something wrong.