Why do we help our families?

[cowchris.livejournal.com]

My sister is great at what she does, provided her computer does what it should, when it should. When that fails, I get phone calls. It's the only time we ever talk, so I suppose that's a good thing. This weekend was no exception to that rule.

After debunking her idea that a "blue screen of death" can really hide behind the shadows of a black screen (video driver failure), I decided a Windows re-install would be her best option. She put in the recovery disc and let it roll until she had to choose between doing a backup or a format. My phone rings again. She decided to keep me on the phone until it worked again (*groan*).

It was worth it when she gave me this little nugget. I wish I could make this stuff up. "Oh my goodness, no, Chris, don't let it do this, it's putting a snake on my computer!"

Windows was installing ASP.NET.