Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Just a quickie! - originally posted 5/3/09

I am close, I think to having all my stuff off the Dell desktop computer that J & A gave me a few years ago. Once I have checked it over again, I intend to return it to factory settings (hoping the wireless card will also be reset since I can't get it to work for some reason. Then my intention is to take it to the gym to have at the counter. I plan to have 3 users on it - 1 for me as administrator, 1 for E and one that isn't password protected where instructors & such can use it, but not change anything. E's & mine will be password protected.

But first, I may have to use it as the server to run the internet from in the office. I have been having trouble connecting my new laptop to the network there. Nothing seems to work, but it connected here at home & at the office without any problems. I contacted Dell's online support & they say they can't help me unless I want to pay for help to call me. So I hit the reset button on the 2Wire Gateway modem/router combo that E got when he ordered the dsl for the gym. I didn't even think that it would totally reset the internet connection - don't know why I didn't think about it, but I didn't. So I tried reinstalling it Friday - no luck. I remember E having to call tech support when we originally got it set up & I guess I could do that, but it frustrates me that it is like this.

I had taken an old laptop down to the gym to use as a server while I brought home the HP desktop to set up as my server here at home & then to reformat the Dell Desktop for there after I moved things. But that project has taken a long time given my schedule. In the meantime, the hard drive appears to have failed on the old laptop, but the internet still continued to function as long as the old laptop was connected & turned on. But I can't install anything to it & the internet connection just isn't working right since my reset flub.

So I am thinking I will take a extra wireless router I have here, the dell desktop & an old dsl modem that E's roommate had brought down to the gym at the time we were originally battling to set it all up & will set up a new network. Since the modem is the same as what I have here at home & the router is one I have also used here at home without any issues other than wanting to try to make my network even faster, it should all work! That will probably be my project tomorrow night while I am down there.

E left for Salt Lake City yesterday with the National Golden Gloves boxing team. Evidently they were driving 2 vehicles - a 2009 rental that was arranged by the local GG people and someone's 1999 (?) Chevy minivan. It seems that early this morning the older minivan developed problems & D says the motor is toast. So have no idea what will happen there, but they did have a 15 passenger for the rental van - so maybe that is enough.

Because E is gone, I will be opening & closing the gym each night this week.

Other item of news is that A has let me know that my "foster granddog" is to be on America's Funniest Home Videos tonight. Her name is Koda & she is a chihuahua. This is the dog that A & J were dog sitting for in December & then they did it again recently when the owners had a new baby born early.

Well, better see if I can figure out when it will be on! Hope to catch up with everything soon! When I do, I plan to post a picture of my new laptop, my haircut & color and who knows what else!

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  1. Wow not sure what all you had to do to the computers but it made me glad that I have a nephew who is an IT specialist and will come and fix my problems whenever I call him. Think I'll hug him the next time I see him...
    Notice you have a countdown for the cruise, lucky dog you!!!!

  2. Not really all that complicated once I get everything I want off them. Right now I have 2 desktops & 2 laptops in my living room though. The final plan would be to have something inexpensive as the server at the gym, the Dell desktop at the counter connected wirelessly. The HP desktop here at home as my server and for the grandkids to play on. Then the 2 laptops totally synced within a few hours of each other so that I am never lost without one again. And I plan to get the house server out of the living room & into the corner of the kitchen that was my original plan for a desk, but that I didn't like using on a permanent basis because D offset it so that I couldn't see the door or the tv from it, so I hated being there. But it will also put my recipes back in the kitchen area for use.

  3. I did get the Dell desktop set up at the gym, the network is connected again - even found how to get into the settings for that router/modem & changed it to a more secure network & to a different channel - which was the issue with my little laptop connecting. So we have the desktop on the counter at the gym with a wireless keyboard, mouse & wireless connection. And I only have 1 desktop in my living room & 2 laptops now. But am thinking I will rearrange the living room this weekend & move the desktop into the corner of the kitchen.

This & That - originally posted 4/23/09

It's been a while since I posted. Had planned for this post to include pictures of my haircut & color like B was asking for. I got the pictures - not real good when doing them yourself & then I know I am critical since I hate having my picture taken. But then I started having issues with my laptop. First it was email issues & I thought I had that straightened out when I got an upgrade to my SpamBully and Outlook Express started working again. But then Monday evening, I got the blue screen of death! Unmountable Boot Sequence, I think it was. It wouldn't even start in Safe mode!

Tuesday, I had planned to be out of the house early to take it to be looked at. But I didn't get it done & since I wasn't sure of their hours, I just decided to check as I drove past on my way to work - 8 am to 6 pm. Good, that meant I could stop on my way home - especially since I had gone ahead and put it in the van with me!

Stopped by, told them my fear was that this meant the hard drive had died. Well, the young man I was speaking with doesn't think so. He thinks Windows just forgot how to work right - so it needs to be rerouted to where it needs to go. But it's a 4 day lead time, so will be the weekend before they get to it most likely. He thought if that was it, then about $80-140 would do it. But if it is the hard drive, to install a new one and recover all that can be recovered, it's probably about $250, but I gave them permission to do that, if the other didn't work without having to call me first, as long as it wouldn't be over that amount.

But in the meantime, Monday night I went ahead and bought me a new toy. I had seen a little 9" laptop at Target a few months ago - it's small enough to go in your purse! It only had an 8 gb hard drive, if I remember correctly & they didn't sell it in the store. But I got to hunting on Dell.com and I found an Inspiron 10 mini for less than $300. So I went ahead & bought it. I still like my bigger laptop for at home & such, but after my issues with my neck last fall & winter, this little one sounds really enticing. I ordered one with 160 gb hard drive. It only comes with 1 gb memory, but I might check to see if that can be made bigger after I get it. It should be here by Tuesday. And it will be small enough to toss into my purse or knitting bag when I go on the cruise, etc.

The last 3 days now I have been getting a second 1/2 mile walk in after getting home from the gym. Two of the 3 nights I have gotten home early enough that it was still light enough to walk without needing anything to make sure people can see me, but the other night I was glad I had bought some reflector bands with flashing red lights in them from Avon. They are Curves. I hadn't even realized any of the neighbors were outside, but the following evening one couple spoke as I went past & we chatted a bit about the dogs. He mentioned that they had really been able to notice me the night before with my lights flashing.

I get in a bad slump in the winter, depressed, eating too much, etc. So my weight loss has pretty much stayed the same since about January. So I am hoping the extra walking & being back to eating salads will be the boost I need. I really want to get at least another 20-40# off before A & I go on our cruise the middle of August.

Oh yes, A & I have booked another cruise! We will be on Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas August 17-21, sailing out of Miami. We are planning to meet in Kansas City on the Thursday night before & fly out early Friday. Rent a car in Miami & drive to West Palm Beach to my in-law's until Monday, then drive to Miami, drop our bags off, return the car & catch the shuttle back, then fly back to Kansas City on the 21st. I will most likely drive A back to their home before I head back here. The cruise takes us to Key West, Nassau & Cococay Bahamas.

I still need to fly up to Seattle to see my mil as well, but think I may try a long weekend - like Labor Day. Will have to check with D's brother, M to see if that would work for them. I would just plan to rent a car and then not have to worry with bothering them for rides.

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  1. One thing I have going in this house, there seems to be a computer in EVERY room. Though, like you, I perfer the lap top. Was weight at the doctor's office yesterday and I was up 4 pounds!!! Couldn't belive it so weight myself today and yep, I've gain 4 pounds. Ugh, guess I need to reasses what I am doing.....

  2. I actually have 2 desktops currently at home, but I was in the midst of clearing things off the Dell that J & A gave me several years ago to the HP that I had bought & then given to E for the gym when I was given the Dell. But the HP is slow compared to the Dell and doesn't have a wireless card in it, so I plan to bring the Dell down here to the gym for the counter - where we can put in payments & such online. I figure I can set up 3 users - 1 for E, 1 for me & 1 that others can use without getting to our info.

    I didn't get my before the gym walk since I was trying to find the FedEx Home delivery person - as I was leaving to go for the walk, I noticed a FedEx notice in my flowerbed - they tried to deliver my mini today! Darn it - I didn't find them, so I am using E's laptop right now!

  3. Isn't that how it always is, they come when you're not there. Then you get to play the 'waiting game' and hope that you catch them tomorrow. Luckily, the hub is close to my home and I'll check the box that I'll pick it up there.

  4. Well, if D had been home then it might not have been a deal & even them leaving it might not have been a big deal (although I wanted it today!), except that finding the ticket in the flower bed, makes me leery of where I would find the laptop!

    They told me it could delay the delivery to change the address to work (almost did that to begin with), but I hope it doesn't - should have it tomorrow or else I will be parking myself down near the office on Saturday. Don't want to wait until Tuesday!

Saturday, September 15, 2012

It's finished! - Originally posted 3/11/09

I finished the baby blanket for my friend, S's 1st grandchild this morning. Then I blocked it while I was at work and it is now ready to mail tomorrow.

I have restarted my sweater. Am using my sweater wheel to create the basic pattern & then adding the details myself. The vest pattern with the add on edging just wasn't coming out right in the armhole & neck area for the way I wanted it to look.

So far, so good with the trainee! He certainly seems to be trying and doesn't seem to be one of those who come in with guns blazing & ready to change everything right off the bat. Today, I had him pack the orders pretty much on his own and then he was stocking product, making boxes, putting fragile stickers on all packing materials, etc.

I nearly have him set up completely on the office network with a new computer - the new ones that S ordered from Dell are Vista. We had him connected to the internet on Monday, but not on the network. Then yesterday, he was on a network with S, but not the main office. Got him off that & then he ended up in his own network named Office, but the rest of us weren't showing on it. And he wasn't showing up on ours. So this morning, I ended up getting to work a little early & decided to roll him back to Monday & have another go at it. The flash drive that I used to set up everyone else wasn't working - I just got an error message after running it. But by the time we went home, he was on our network, it wasn't asking us for a user name & password to access it & I was able to print a test page to the printer we set up on it. Gives us 3 printers to chose from & R has the fax/printer in her office. Still don't understand why it is listing R, me & the server as being on his computer and not letting us access anything there - but maybe I can do a search online and find out if that is either required (which I can't think why it would be) or how to remove it! But for now - we are up & running. I do have to think they are probably wanting to keep him permanently, as long as he works out or they wouldn't be setting him up with a computer - they sure didn't the last person. And I think it is kind of nice to have someone with a little more muscle than I have.