I knew it had been a long time since I posted here - but I am stunned to find that my last post was almost a year ago. Where on earth does time go to?
The big news in my computer life is that I am no longer the XP girl! Earlier this year, I finally decided to ditch the spurned operating system. I dabbled for a while with the idea of switching to Linux, but in the end I was not certain that it was going to work okay on my 11-year-old Dell computer. So I opted for Windows 7. I installed it myself without too much difficulty - apart from some initial teething problems with the sound not working. Luckily, that was sorted - it would have been a major tragedy if I couldn't listen to my music!
Prior to that - last October - I also installed a new operating system on the Sony Vaio notebook which I took over from my daughter. I was able to install Windows 10 on that. I like Windows 10 and cannot understand why some people hate it. It has been a long time since I found myself the owner of a computer with an up-to-date operating system, so it is a novel experience for me!
I also replaced the DVD drives on both the notebook and the Dell desktop, as the old ones were not working. I had a bit of trouble with the Dell, as I needed an IDE drive and I couldn't find one. Somebody on the computer forum I use then said he had found an old one in his garage and offered to send it to me for nothing. This was inctedibly kind of him - but threw me into a huge panic as I was very worried about giving somebody from the Internet my address. You hear such bad stories! The guy who normally helps me on the forum knew about it though and seemed to think I should take up the offer, so I gave my address. Luckily it seems to have worked out oksy as the drive is installed and working well and the person who sent it has not turned out to be an axe murderer or a stalker. At least, not thus far!
Let's face it, who would want to stalk a funny old lady like me anyway?!!!!!! :)
Chris (channeal)
