Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Quirks Continue

Today I sat down to the computer and the screen was black. It must have been in super-hibernation mode because nothing would activate the screen. I had to push the reset button to reboot the computer. Then everything seemed to be working fine.

Well, except for the things that have not been working fine since I had my C drive replaced. For instance, there is a lag between the time the desktop appears and the time that I can acutally get anything to work. I can click on anything, shortcuts or programs, and nothing happens. I usually use the Start Menu to connect to the DSL. When I click on Start -> Connect to, the menu says 'empty'. Eventually the menu will update with my connections,

• ACS DSL
• ptialaska and
• 'Show all connections'.

However, the 'empty' menu still appears on the screen. In fact, it appears on top of everything. I tried refreshing the screen (F5) and changing the desktop theme. Still that aggravating 'empty' menu is on top of everything. Finally I tried logging off and logging back on. That worked! This quirk only happens after rebooting the system.

Last night I had to reboot the system after watching a video clip. The whole screen went kaphlooey, and nothing I did would clear the screen. I had patches of every screen that had been used at the time I was watching the clip, including a scattering of cards from a solitaire game. Only the spades were showing. All the hearts had disappeared.

My heart for working on the computer has disappeared, too.