Sick Computer

Vacation is Over

I came back from vacation and my home computer did not work correctly. Most of my Vista sidebar gadgets did not display properly. I could not see my router's web interface correctly. McAfee's interface was blank.

I used System Restore to revert to an earlier time. Everything worked - for a short while. I tried again going back to an earlier date. Everything worked - for a short time. I tried again, but all my System Restores had disappeared.

Finally, a web search found that sometimes some DLL's become "unregistered". I built a bat file with the following:

regsvr32 msxml3.dll
regsvr32 scrrun.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll

I executed this as administrator. Everything worked - and is still working.

If you have problems with your PC, try searching the web, if possible, before you do anything.

Computers - A Tale and MiscellaneousThoughts

After nearly seven years, I finally bought a new computer. I had a company build it for me. For the most part, I am happy with it, but the smaller part can drive you crazy.

When I returned from vacation in July, I found my password had expired. I did not have a password, but it had expired. Vista asked me to change it. I tried to change it. Vista would not let me change it. Vista said it could not connect to my domain controller. I did not have a domain controller. This is a standalone installation.

After much pushing, shoving, and head pounding, I re-installed Vista. Before the re-install I used the maintenance connection to back up my data. Well, I thought I had backed up my data, but I cannot find the DVD with all my photos.

I have now recovered to April 13 of this year. I think I will be able to recover up to June 1. Only time will tell. I tried to copy the photos from my old PC. I must have broken the heart of my old PC when I bought the new one. The old one will not load Windows. It crashes to boot up.

That is enough about this problem. I am ready to move on to bigger and better problems. See you later. As my college roommate would always say, "Thanks for stopping."

When you step into the water ...

your feet do get wet.

This is my first step into blogging. Now, I have written musings on web pages, but this is show how different. With a blog, you are actually expected to say something. Not all blogs manage to live up to expectation. However, this fact does not diminish the expectation.

I will ramble on from time to time - talking about ... Well, talking about my grandchildren. Talking about computers. Talking about this crazy world.

That about sums up Ravings of a Mad Granddad. There will be many many other topics. At least, I plan for many many other topics. Even so, most will fall into those three areas.

The ravings about my grandchildren will sound a lot different than my ravings about computers and this crazy world. I guess I love all three, but definitely not in the same way or to the same degree. Grandchildren are always number one. The world? Dead last. Computers - don't you just love em. Like really?