Grumble - New computer irritations

[Crossbow]

Just got a new laptop at work. About freakin' time. My last one (that I got last year, mind you) was a hand-me-down from another department and was probably about 5 years old when I got it. At least this one is brand spankin' new.

The downside is that I now have to go and reinstall all of the custom applications I need to do my job because IT has no idea what all I use to do my job. Not really a major deal, but it is a pain in the backside trying to get it all together and make sure I haven't missed anything.

So much for getting any real work done for the rest of the week. (I'm working half day tomorrow and off the rest of the week.)

[Merriweather]

Quoth Crossbow

Just got a new laptop at work. About freakin' time. My last one (that I got last year, mind you) was a hand-me-down from another department and was probably about 5 years old when I got it. At least this one is brand spankin' new.

The downside is that I now have to go and reinstall all of the custom applications I need to do my job because IT has no idea what all I use to do my job. Not really a major deal, but it is a pain in the backside trying to get it all together and make sure I haven't missed anything.

So much for getting any real work done for the rest of the week. (I'm working half day tomorrow and off the rest of the week.)

I feel your pain, that's why I keep putting off doing a complete nuke & pave on my desktop at home, which is full of problems I won't even begin to go into cause I'd need something to lower my bloodpressure It's easier to live with/work around all the crappy behaviour than to try to figure out all the varous obscure software I have on here, track down the disks or websites and re-install. (Backing up data to put back on it no problem, it 's all the little apps and things I've accumulate over the years.

[Zoom]

Quoth Merriweather

It's easier to live with/work around all the crappy behaviour than to try to figure out all the varous obscure software I have on here, track down the disks or websites and re-install. (Backing up data to put back on it no problem, it 's all the little apps and things I've accumulate over the years.

Recently I've bought a few 32GB flash drives and made sure all my apps, installs and games were on them. Suddenly life is really, really easy when you have to set up a comp. Better than having to load a CD/DVD into the tray and... oh right, this drive doesn't work, and the external one is no good because the driver's messed up somehow...

[AccountingDrone]

Quoth Zoom

Recently I've bought a few 32GB flash drives and made sure all my apps, installs and games were on them. Suddenly life is really, really easy when you have to set up a comp. Better than having to load a CD/DVD into the tray and... oh right, this drive doesn't work, and the external one is no good because the driver's messed up somehow...

I put the rescue suite on a stick - malwarebytes remover renamed and set to autorun. You have no idea how frequently this gets used with some of my friends

I swear I have been thinking of doing a mass purchase of sticks and making duplicates and giving them out as christmas presents. *sigh*

[Raveni]

Quoth AccountingDrone

I swear I have been thinking of doing a mass purchase of sticks and making duplicates and giving them out as christmas presents. *sigh*

Dear friend whose email keeps sending me spam links 2/3 times a year:

Please shove this stick up your @%#$ USB port the next time you have a problem.

[dougall]

Quoth AccountingDrone

I swear I have been thinking of doing a mass purchase of sticks and making duplicates and giving them out as christmas presents. *sigh*

Make sure you use sticks with a read only switch and glue it on .