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I have devoted my whole day to getting the new computer back online. The first efforts this morning were enormously fruitful. I actually spoke to a human being at the company that owns the warranty on the nice new desktop pc that we affectionately refer to as Speedy G. They instructed me in how to do a thing that I think is called a system restore. Anyway, it makes the computer a new baby computer again, just like out of the box. Cool, huh?
So the next step is to teach the new baby all the baby things good computers need to know. Like how to talk to the WORLD.WIDE.WEB Well, my little baby computer didn’t want to talk to the WWW. Really, it didn’t know how to talk to the WWW. So, I called up the WWW provider (AT&T) and talked to them for about an hour.
By the way, did I tell you that at least one of the T’s in AT&T stands for teenager? That’s how they know so much about computers. What? Don’t your teenagers know more about it than you do? OK, that rabbit is all chased. Back to the point.
When you spend enough time on the phone with the AT&Teenagers sometimes they decide they would like to meet you in person and they come to the house. But they can’t come because they are at work, duh, so they send their teenage co-worker. Well, I couldn’t believe it when they told me they could have someone out today between 4 – 6, and I REALLY couldn’t believe it when he got here at 3:30.
What happened next was totally amazing. He fixed the problem. Four little words, he fixed the problem. I am in shock, sort of. I really should keep homemade cookies on hand for these kinds of events. It did not seem appropriate to send that boy man on his way empty-handed. But, away he went.
Well, I don’t have to tell you, I wasted no time. I sat right down to play with the baby computer some more. I knew I wasn’t done teaching it all the things new baby computers need to know. So, the next first thing that a new baby computer needs to know is how to defend itself from the WORLD.WIDE.WEB So, I started doin’ the registration thing with Norton. Well, part of that deal is that when you finish setting it up, you have to restart the computer. This is were the tragedy happened. It shut down ok, but the restart messed something up and the monitor (which is NOT under warranty) would not stay on, it came on and went to sleep immediately and wouldn’t wake up no matter how loud I cried what I clicked. Apparently the new baby wanted a nap.
So, I gave up. I mean, by this time the company that holds the warranty is closed for the day, being on the east coast. So, I just let it go. Well, when my Very Dear Hubby and a couple of Pirates came home I related ALL of the days events to them. The Cap’n said, “Can I try?” Well, what would you do, if your Teenager asked you? I said, “Of course, son. Give it a shot.”
One click, people, one click and he had it working again. I’m tellin’ ya, why else would AT&T have T’s in it’s name?
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