2011-10-19:
Got into the hotel around 9:45, as planned. One machine was running or should I say not running a certain website they use, very well. I poked at it a bit and updated Java, which at least that last time we opened it, made it come right up, so hopefully that's the end of it.
The second one I looked at was pretty odd, they couldn't log into the main account but the guest account was okay. I tried to blank out the password, but it wasn't having any of that. And I could go to "run as administrator" until I was blue in the face, but while it would open, it would give me "access denied" when I tried to do an Administratory thing. What the heck?
The third one is blue screening every once in awhile, oh goody something logical at last. I ran the standard stuff and updated the Visual C++ Library (you know you want it) so maybe that'll help?
Then to set up a new touchscreen HP. They've gotten a bit thinner since the last one I looked at. His wireless signal was junk, barely one bar even though it was just downstairs. Of course putting it the basement is the absolute worst place for wireless equipment, duh, why do people keep doing that? (looks over at wireless router in basement) Yeah, well, you come to read this blog to learn what not to do anyway.
Got his music and very low res pictures off his iPod, as the place he took his machine to kind of/sort of wrecked it. But it was better then nothing he said.
Then to see Boris, just some general questions answered.
Lastly over to see about "can't open attachments" oh look, even though you "haven't been able to do that for months" as you claim, every machine works perfectly. Imagine that. I did have to take off a bunch of crap they had installed, like a trial for Acrobat of all things, and Nero 9 and some crazy spy thing and whatnot. Ugh.
And finally made it home. Ate dinner, looks like I get to do it all again tomorrow, as I again have four appointments. Is the weather that bad that people are using computers again? Huh. Of course one is just to set up the new system I worked on last week that still showed problems, and the last is to deliver a mouse down the street. But still.
Played FF13 for all of ten minutes last night when Sean wanted to do some Boarderlands. But then I went back to it about a half hour after that. Wow does that game look good. Control is a little loose, but honestly, how did they make it look that good? It seems pretty good, but I read some reviews and said it slows down a bunch in the middle. Still, you can pick it up on ebay for like $20 so why not? Going on the christmas list!
Guess I'll finish up here and get back to it. I know I should work on the Paragon thing, but I need to look into how to do something, because I think I may possibly maybe know a way to do what I want with the different backgrounds? Maybe? But maybe not.