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| I am not claiming to be an expert on computers.There are really very few things that I know about the actual workings of a computer.The thing that I do know however,is that the more you tinker with and tweek a computer the more problems you will have with it. Let me start from the beginning. I purchased my present computer approximatly 7 years ago. On the technological timeline my computer would rank sometime around the age of the dinosaurs.Its not that I have'nt tried to keep up.Believe me I have, and this is where my frustration begins. My computer started as a humble 486 processor with 4 Meg of Ram and a 525 Megabytes hard drive.I'll pause while you giggle at this.Over the years there have been many upgrades, met with countless hours of ranting and fretting over why I ever tried to do this myself.There have also been many trips to the local computer repair shop to correct my blunders. Thats another story. Do you notice how insignificant you feel in one of these places, as you fumble through your explanation of what you did to crash your system. You try not to sound totally inept about the mechanics of computers but face it,these guys have heard it all before.I feel completly at their mercy and pray that they will be able to resurrect my poor machine from the ashes.Anyway,if your lucky,about 24 hours later and a hundred dollar poorer,you slink out of the repair shop vowing to yourself and anyone else that will listen that you will never,ever again try to install an upgrade on your computer by yourself. My computer, after upgrading the hard drive,sound and video cards,ram,CD-rom,monitor and motherboard now proudly ranks up there on the timeline with the invention of the wheel.My 100 mghz pentium chip is now looked upon as an Edsel on the information highway. This brings me back to my contempt for computers.Mega-problems do not only result from the major upgrades that you attempt,they also stem from the minor poking and proding in the quest to free up alittle more space on the old hard drive.In that quest,the accidental deletion of one seemingly small insignificant file can throw your whole system into a total breakdown. I can't begin to tell you of the wasted hours and late night sessions of trial and error and endless rebooting that I have endured all for the sake of naught.To be lucky enough to end up where you began ,at 3 in the morning,is more than one can hope for. As of today I am making a solemn promise, that I will never again try to tweek or tip toe through the IRQ registers with out a certified computer geek at my side.Did I say geek,I meant guru. I never again want to wake up screaming from a nightmare that I am being chased by a giant RUNDLL32.DLL monster that is trying to reformat my floppy drive.Thats right,never again,not me.That is,right after I upgrade my video card.I know I can do it. The instructions say all you have to do is plug and pray,I mean play.The computer does the rest.How hard can it be.After that its no more changes to my config.sys or autoexe.bat files. Hey Lee, wheres that phone number for the Computer Doctor. |
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