puter troubles

if there's one thing that really chaps my hide, it's puter troubles!!   solution? (oh, have found that it's a 2007 model...5 years old)  wipe out the hard drive & start anew, says the puter guru son.

so, after much time of movin' schtuff to the external drive (i've hubs & gadgets runnin' all over the place i fear, some i've no clue as to why) he does it.  he wipes "henry" clean.  a fresh start, i tell "henry".  it'll be good fer ya, i tell him.  be brave.  yer gonna be fit as a fiddle in no time.  well, that's what i thought anyhow....

many hours later, device drivers failin' to install, downloads from his (son's) puter to a flash thingy & inserted into a hub port fer extraction, jest to get the net workin' again (thanks, dlink, yer the best....)  alas!  after 4 tries, i've now gotten the printer software/driver reloaded.  praise the stars!

then began the "typical" journey.  re-installation of  avg, cc cleaner, malware bytes, spybot search & destroy... nope puter still aint happy.  mistake of lettin' it go to "sleep" while scourin' the net fer drivers.  upon awakenin', guess what happened?  no mouse cursor!   yepperz, one of the many troubles i had prior had already come back to haunt :(

yet another restart of the system... i'm gettin' frustrated.  mom calls, asks the innocent question "did ya get it runnin' yet?"   bless her heart.  i unloaded in an alien tongue on the poor woman.  she was pleased that it was in alien language & so am i.  would sure as the dickens hate fer her to wash my mouth out with soap!  i'm not even sure of what some of the words were, lol.   oh well, we both needed the chuckle i reckon.

i've not had the puter since about 10 this mornin' & many thoughts have been racin' through my head, jest itchin' to hit the keyboard to tell of my woes/triumphs & defeats.  i went into withdrawals of some sort.  i must face the fact that i'm addicted to the puter...  what a sad lot i am!

anyhow, told the son what the beastly "henry" was up to, he's most agitated at me botherin' him yet again.  his new solution?  buy yerself another darned puter!   which can't be done...winter months are ahead & we're not stocked up on enough hay yet.  i've my priorities in order, in my mind at least.

so, to the few folks who bother to come read my dribblin', if'n ya come & there's nothin' new to read,  it'll jest mean that ol' henry sighed his last cursor and quietly went.