A day in the life
Feb. 23rd, 2008 03:01 pmThankyouforcallingxxxxonyoucan’tgetonlineandyouthinkitsourserivceyourusingwindowsxp
okturnoffyourcomputernototallyoffnothat’srebootingallthewayoffdeadnopowerexcomputer
goodnowyouseethef8keyatthetopofthekeyboardnothekeyboardthethingyoutypeonwhatyourfingers
aretouchinggoodnowturnonyourcomputerandassoonasyouturnitonstarttapingthef8keyf8f8f8f8f8
f8f8atthatpaceuntillyouseethewindowsadvancedoptionmenu
*deepbreath*
useyourupanddownarrowkeystogotosafemodewtihnetworkingNOWITHNETWORKINGthenhitenterand
thenenteragaindon’tworryaboutallthatstuffnowloginasadministratornoitwillbetherejust
loginasadministrator
*deepbreath*
Oknowgotostartrunstartrunoklooktotherightafteryouhitstartthereyougonowtypeincmd
likecatmarydogthenhitenternowtypeinipconfigiasininternetfasinfignewtoncasinconvoy
whatisyourdefaultgatewaynoitsonthereohitsblankokdothis
*deepbreath*
Gotostartcontrolpanelhowmanyiconsdoyouseelessthen10orabout30noyoudon’thavetocount
themjusthowmanydoyouseeokhitsystemtheyareinalphabeticalorderoknowhithardwarehit
devicemanagernowdoyouseewhereitsaysnetworkadaptorsagaininalphabeticalorderhithe
littleplussignnexttoitandtellmewhatsinthesubcatagoryunderitgoodnowrightclickon
thatitemthenhitremovethenhityesnotrustmehityesnowitsgonenowrightclickonanyother
linenoanythingelsedoesn’tmatterwhatyessoundisfinenowhitscanforhardwarechanges
yesnowitsbackinrightok
*deepbreath*
*sip of coffee*
Gobacktothecontrolpanelnowhitinternetoptionsthengotoconnectionsisanythinginthedial
upboxnogoodthenhitstepupthennextnextentermanuallynextconnectoabroadbandconnection
thatisalwaysonnextfinishcloseallthewindowsnnowgotostartrunandtypeiexplorespace
wwwdotgoogledotcomohlookgooglecameupokrebootyourcomputeryourinternetisworkingif
youcan’tgetonlineinnormalmodecallyouroemthankyouandhaveagreatday
*lather*
*rinse*
*repeat*
okturnoffyourcomputernototallyoffnothat’srebootingallthewayoffdeadnopowerexcomputer
goodnowyouseethef8keyatthetopofthekeyboardnothekeyboardthethingyoutypeonwhatyourfingers
aretouchinggoodnowturnonyourcomputerandassoonasyouturnitonstarttapingthef8keyf8f8f8f8f8
f8f8atthatpaceuntillyouseethewindowsadvancedoptionmenu
*deepbreath*
useyourupanddownarrowkeystogotosafemodewtihnetworkingNOWITHNETWORKINGthenhitenterand
thenenteragaindon’tworryaboutallthatstuffnowloginasadministratornoitwillbetherejust
loginasadministrator
*deepbreath*
Oknowgotostartrunstartrunoklooktotherightafteryouhitstartthereyougonowtypeincmd
likecatmarydogthenhitenternowtypeinipconfigiasininternetfasinfignewtoncasinconvoy
whatisyourdefaultgatewaynoitsonthereohitsblankokdothis
*deepbreath*
Gotostartcontrolpanelhowmanyiconsdoyouseelessthen10orabout30noyoudon’thavetocount
themjusthowmanydoyouseeokhitsystemtheyareinalphabeticalorderoknowhithardwarehit
devicemanagernowdoyouseewhereitsaysnetworkadaptorsagaininalphabeticalorderhithe
littleplussignnexttoitandtellmewhatsinthesubcatagoryunderitgoodnowrightclickon
thatitemthenhitremovethenhityesnotrustmehityesnowitsgonenowrightclickonanyother
linenoanythingelsedoesn’tmatterwhatyessoundisfinenowhitscanforhardwarechanges
yesnowitsbackinrightok
*deepbreath*
*sip of coffee*
Gobacktothecontrolpanelnowhitinternetoptionsthengotoconnectionsisanythinginthedial
upboxnogoodthenhitstepupthennextnextentermanuallynextconnectoabroadbandconnection
thatisalwaysonnextfinishcloseallthewindowsnnowgotostartrunandtypeiexplorespace
wwwdotgoogledotcomohlookgooglecameupokrebootyourcomputeryourinternetisworkingif
youcan’tgetonlineinnormalmodecallyouroemthankyouandhaveagreatday
*lather*
*rinse*
*repeat*
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Date: 2008-02-23 03:22 pm (UTC)*deepbreath*
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Date: 2008-02-23 05:37 pm (UTC)I feel your pain if you feel mine :P
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Date: 2008-02-23 11:15 pm (UTC)Not at your calls. That sucks. But the post? Yeah, that's funny.