Life in the Future

[dancinghorse]

At last--the puter has device drivers again. It took an afternoon of trying everything, followed by resort to Support Chat. And so we entered the future.

Dell Remote. Where this nice young man in India comes in and, while you watch (you can stop him at any time, and you can see everything he does), fixes your system. It took an hour, because one of the main drivers that wasn't there was the DVD driver. Couldn't install anything off the drive. Wireless card, modem, ethernet port, were all missing. Which explains why I couldn't connect at all. But for some reason I could use the external wireless card, which is a good thing.

I'm on the internal now, and everything seems to be working. Which calls for dinner and then, I think, a nice old-fashioned fit of the vapours. And, you know, some writing. Because I have to do that.

Comments

[wojsvenwoj.livejournal.com]

vapours! hurrah!

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Vapours. And bonbons.

[wojsvenwoj.livejournal.com]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm bonbons.

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Have you tried the Costco chocolates yet? Mmmmmmmmmm fancy chocolate.

[wojsvenwoj.livejournal.com]

we have two left, and they have meth's name written on them.

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

In blood, I presume?

[wojsvenwoj.livejournal.com]

ja, mein!

[raithen.livejournal.com]

ooh! We were eating the last of the fancy Costco chocolate from Christmas tonight! THe kind with little chocolate bottles, and BOOOZE inside. MMMMM.

and YAY for onlineness again!

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

We'll see if it takes, she said darkly. Still messing with settings.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

*hopeful*

I am sitting here watching mom beat the neighbors at cards. It is fun... ;)

[smoemeth.livejournal.com]

Yay for Dell Remote!! It's good to know it actually works.

(People who don't spring for the highest-end service plans on computers are just plain Stupid.)

[wojsvenwoj.livejournal.com]

or suprsmrt (tm)!

[monder.livejournal.com]

:-) Or part of the people who do the tech support :-)

[casacorona.livejournal.com]

Holy cow! Good for Dell Remote!

How could it install XP from the cd drive, and then delete the drivers? I am boggled. And all the device drivers. Joy! I'm really glad he was able to get in through the wireless card to fix everything.

Dinner, yes, and bon bons.

[starfall42.livejournal.com]

The remote desktop thing is great. I use it at work all the time.

Re: the problems with modern technology. I was at a motel waving my laptop around to try to find a strong enough wireless signal, and was thinking that this didn't show up in any of the old SF novels about Wonders of the Future. If anything, it's more like The Jetsons.

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

Remote desktop is spooky.
Just plain spooky IMNSHTechyO.