Computer problems, missteps, convoluted program stuff, continue to present. We have Vista and it is designed to separate all users from each other, so each of us has a “side”. I haven’t been able to sign in on my side for weeks. I can get to my stuff on Ed’s side but my documents are write protected, so I copy them and start a new document on Ed’s side and he is then the author of record. The computer thinks Ed is brilliant as a result. Little does IT know.

Ed wants to buy Windows 7 and replace Vista if he can find one cheaply. Windows 7 is Microsoft’s answer to Vista and it was rushed into production because everyone on the planet complained about Vista. I think Vista was the result of a bunch of acned, nerd hackers who couldn't get sex, writing for each other and totally ignoring user needs while they masturbated by turning simple operations into complicated ones and exclaiming with high fives, "Isn't this awesome? One step is now 10!!!" Ed is kind of tabling all work on the computer till he finds a cheap Windows 7 program. Ha.

My E mail is also screwed up. When I hit “reply” on an E mail, I don’t always get a reply screen. I can copy the address and hit “compose” and proceed. However, if I have a message that would be hard to rewrite, I copy it. I have learned that I have to check each sent piece of mail. When I go into “Sent Mail”, half the time my message is garbled and unreadable. My friends think I have lost my mind and have started to write in tongues.

Ms. Nadine said, since I had all the E mail addresses for our lunch group, I should organize the next one. It took me an hour to send an E mail to 4 people. Finally got a clean E mail on the 4th try.

If the computer is left unattended, the screen reverts to the opening screen and one must log on again. It shows Ed’s logo (a kitten that looks like Brunswick, awww) and mine (the bass clef of a music sheet). It pretends you can choose, but if I click on mine, it says “Please Wait” and 10 minutes later it says it can’t connect and I should check with the system administrator and then the computer reboots. If Ed gets his E mail, I have to log him out and me on, but the computer does not remember me, so I must retype name and password. On MyBloggers, I have to log on each time I go in and also retype name and password.

When I shut down the computer, I always get a message that it is “configuring updates” and am warned not to turn it off, but there are no updates.

Ed has run malware bytes and spyware.com and every clean-up program he can find and it says no problems except for one that is calle d”Prcreviewer”. It is always there, the program finds it and says it shouldn’t be there, but it can’t delete it.

I am somewhat limited in using the computer because of all these glitches. I know this litany has put you all to sleep. Just know The Computer God hates me. I can easily see mayhem as a solution to hackers who spread viruses.

xx, Teal