It has been several days (and nights) since I got my repaired and refurbished computer back. So far, it’s working great, but there have been a lot of issues – before the crash, I was running the 32-bit version of Windows XP Pro; now, I have the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Pro, and several of the programs I used to use are incompatible. I have spent a lot of time coming up with work-arounds and/or locating and installing replacements.
For example, I print from my laptop via a wireless network. The print server is the PC in our office (Honey’s computer) that runs XP and is connected to the printer through a USB connection. There were no compatible print drivers loaded on the PC, and updating the print drivers didn’t help. Loading print drivers on the laptop required that I disconnect the PC and plug the printer’s USB cable into the laptop to complete the installation. Once I did that, I was able to plug the PC back in and establish a wireless connection that would actually work. Not that big a deal, but it took me about two hours to accomplish a print connection that should have been seamless, and should have only taken seconds.
Other problems weren’t that simple.
One of the biggest, and most time-consuming, issues has been passwords. For security’s sake, I have always used several passwords (not as many as I should) and changed them from time to time (not as often as I should) and remembering which password went with what account has been darn near impossible. I have been locked out of several websites before I came up with the correct password and/or user name.
It looks like I will be chasing passwords for quite a while since I still haven’t accessed all of the on-line accounts I use, but I have reestablished contact with those that are most important.
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