"Murphy was an optimist!"
Left mouse button becomes right mouse button June 3, 2009 8:01 am
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Software, TechnologyNot long ago, I took a computer that was passed onto us, reformatted it, installed a fresh copy of Windows XP, and passed a shiny "new to her" computer onto Cathy. It was faster than her old computer and should have been completely problem free. It was for awhile but it’s developed an odd behavior. Every now and then, the operating system will appear to hang. For instance, this morning her menubar was visible, and I could move the mouse, but clicking on anything did nothing. I could not bring an application to focus. I had Computer Management open to the event log and left clicking on one of the event viewer items, instead of opening the item, showed the context menu (normally seen by right clicking). But unlike right clicking, once the context menu was open, clicking an item in the context menu such as "open log file…" simply closed the log file. The machine has been thoroughly scrubbed of malware, spyware and viruses. All software is updated with the exception of not yet installing Internet Explorer 8. The way I regained control of the machine was to close an open Skype chat window.
The slow downs seem to correspond to this error in the event viewer (\Device\Harddisk1\D refers to the Seagate external USB Freeagent drive):
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk1\D during a paging operation.
This is bizarre.
2commentsHappy Birthday Nanny! June 2, 2009 3:17 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, FamilyMy grandmother on my father’s side was born on this day in 1918 making her 91 years old. Last I asked, she still drives…well…still has her car and license…she remember birthdays and ages better than I do. She is socially active and a woman to be admired. She’s not Twittering or using the Internet but I haven’t given up trying to get her there! I love my grandmother! She’s been an incredibly positive influence on my life.
add a commentFrom the mouths of babes June 2, 2009 1:20 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Evan, Family, From the mouths of babes, Of Being DadEvan, 4 years old: "Dad, can I have a bite your cake?"
Me: "Yes."
Evan: "YEAH! Mom, Dad said I have a bite his cake!"
I love happy children!
add a commentBing Found Reality Me! June 1, 2009 11:37 pm
Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily LifeThe new hotness..the latest Google killer..BING! by Microsoft has discovered the quality content of Reality Me! According to a quick glance at my stats, I’ve had my first referral from someone searching Bing. Apparently Reality Me is the #2 hit for "womens penis debate" UUuuh….okay.
add a commentSuper secret fbi bldg done June 1, 2009 11:11 am
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