The Frying Pan

7:23 AM

I'm trying again with this stupid computer. I've downloaded that driver and I've rid my computer of all the weirdness I accidentally picked up. Now that I've got those files (the driver) on Chris's computer, what do I do with them?

Jolenealaska

8:45 AM

Dammit! I thought I had it. Windows Network Diagnostics says, "The Diagnostic Policy Service is not running"

I Googled that and found this:

windowsinstructed.com/…

I did that and got the "command completed successfully" messages

I rebooted and troubleshooted through Windows Help and Support

I was so hopeful!

no change

ElendilTheTall

9:10 AM

@Jolenealaska good grief. wipe it and reinstall

Jolenealaska

Ok

I'm convinced

How do I start :) ?

ElendilTheTall

You need a windows cd

Jolenealaska

got one

ElendilTheTall

preferably his windows cd, not yours, because you can't use the same serial number twice

Jolenealaska

Yep

ElendilTheTall

9:12 AM

ok

Jolenealaska

I've got his windows 7 home premium

ElendilTheTall

when you boot the PC, it has a set order of drives to looks for to boot 'from'. At present it boots from the hard drive, naturally. We, however, want it to boot from the CD

NB: everything will be wiped when you do this, so if he has anything important on there, it needs to be backed up first

Jolenealaska

I asked him if he did...he said no...it's after midnight...screw it. I'm doing it

ElendilTheTall

ok

so, when you reboot, and the computer first comes back on, you probably get a black screen with a load of white text, yes?

Jolenealaska

blue...gives F keys stuff

ElendilTheTall

9:17 AM

it should give you a key for setup or BIOS

Jolenealaska

yep...setup

ElendilTheTall

hit that

Jolenealaska

before I put in the disk?

ElendilTheTall

yeah, doesn't matter just yet

Jolenealaska

ok

ElendilTheTall

9:19 AM

we're just changing the boot order

Jolenealaska

I can't believe how many hours I've spent on this damn thing!! BTW how was your weekend?:)

ElendilTheTall

ordinary

Jolenealaska

how can anything be ordinary these days?!?

dvd is listed as 2nd drive

ElendilTheTall

ok

it's difficult to say exactly what you need to do because all BIOS' are different

you should have a menu, what are the options

Jolenealaska

the only menus are the top - main advanced power boot exit

and select screen, item,field...

ElendilTheTall

9:26 AM

main or advanced

Jolenealaska

main lists the drives dvd is 2

ElendilTheTall

you're looking for an option to change boot priority

Jolenealaska

got it

ElendilTheTall

ok. bump the dvd drive to number 1

then put the cd in and look for a 'save and quit' option

or something to that effect

it should reboot and load the windows installer

Jolenealaska

I can't get it to switch

itgot ot

I think

ElendilTheTall

9:47 AM

ok

where are we?

Jolenealaska

It's giving me the options of install or repair...Go ahead and hit install now??

ElendilTheTall

yup

Jolenealaska

I'm afeared! OK!

ElendilTheTall

the next step will be asking what partition you want to install to, and whether you want to wipe it

Jolenealaska

so custom?

ElendilTheTall

9:53 AM

correct

Jolenealaska

partition1 system reserved partition 2 primary

2 is highlighted

ElendilTheTall

that's the one

Jolenealaska

ok, it's doing its thing.

ElendilTheTall

get a cup of tea, it will take a while

Jolenealaska

scary!

ElendilTheTall

9:59 AM

nah

you'll be amazed how smoothly it runs once it's done

Jolenealaska

I can't believe how many hours I've spent on this damn thing!

ElendilTheTall

neither can I, ya doofus

Jolenealaska

:)

ElendilTheTall

you're too generous for your own good

Jolenealaska

That has come up many times in my life....Just a girl who can't say no

ElendilTheTall

10:01 AM

I say... <drops monocle>

Jolenealaska

WHATT?!?! NO!!!

windows cannot install required files...the file may be corrupt ormissing

ElendilTheTall

is the cd scratched or fingerprinty?

Jolenealaska

I'll check .I googled the error code...

whew ...Google may have an answer...hold on

error.info/windows/system-0x80070017.html

ElendilTheTall

ie, is the cd scratched or fingerprinty...

Jolenealaska

doesn't look real dirty, but i'll try that first

ElendilTheTall

10:07 AM

give it a good polish on your butt

:D

no one uses cd cleaners - jeans and a butt are all you need

Jolenealaska

My butt wasn't properly attired...I used a boob

ok, here we go again

ElendilTheTall

you wear jeans on your boobs?

Jolenealaska

I'm only dressed from the waist up...I just got out of the shower :)

OK! It seems to be further along than when it choked before

definitely further along. whew!

ElendilTheTall

O.o

now i need a shower

Jolenealaska

hee :)

When I finally get rid of this damn computer...I swear, if he bitches because of a lost file, I will hurt him.

ElendilTheTall

10:20 AM

install VNC before it goes. As he's on your wireless network, you'll be able to see everything he does

on second thoughts, perhaps not a good idea...

Jolenealaska

I doubt he's that interesting!

Perhaps the douchiest ever exit line from a contestant who just got "chopped" on the cooking competition show I watch all the time: "The judges just aren't accustomed to my level of sophistication."

ElendilTheTall

sounds like he should be on The Apprentice

'I didn't need that multimillionaire's money, experience or contacts anyway, obviously.'

Jolenealaska

Obviously! That Iron Chef doesn't know anything!

Type a user name...How about $hit for brains??

ElendilTheTall

10:38 AM

lol

now now

at least be subtle

a normal username, than 1d10t for the password

'I just chose some random characters, it's more secure'

Jolenealaska

:)

Jolenealaska

10:56 AM

aarrgghh...I can't remember my security key

It's whatever the default is, so they can tell me in the morning...but arrgghh

ElendilTheTall

for the wifi?

Jolenealaska

yep

ElendilTheTall

we can probably manage that

press windows key+R

type cmd, hit enter

type ipconfig

hit enter

Jolenealaska

ok...

ElendilTheTall

you should see a number somewhere that starts 192.168

Jolenealaska

11:02 AM

yep

ElendilTheTall

what does it end with? 192.168.xx.xx

what are the x's

Jolenealaska

.1.2

ElendilTheTall

okay

open chrome

in the address bar type 192.168.1.1

hit enter

what you got?

Jolenealaska

I still suck...

ElendilTheTall

wassamatter?

Jolenealaska

11:10 AM

I don't know my user name. It let me reset my password, but not my user name

ElendilTheTall

username for wifi?

that's...odd

usually all you need is a password

the router admin pages (at 192.168.1.1) can have user accounts, are you sure you didn't reset the password for one of those?

the wifi password will usually be referred to as a key

Jolenealaska

I can't get past this:

ElendilTheTall

right

username will probably be admin

Jolenealaska

OH YEAH!!!

I remember that:)

isn't it admin...admin?

ElendilTheTall

very possibly

unless you just changed it...

Jolenealaska

11:18 AM

i tried admin and I tried what I just reset it to

ElendilTheTall

try Admin

with a capital A

Jolenealaska

nope...and I think I am just fried...

ElendilTheTall

go to bed then :)

Ching Chong

maybe "user"? :o

Jolenealaska

Yep...I think I will.

I'll try it once :)

nope...it's 230 am...tomorrow is another day. or later is the same day...you know what I mean

ElendilTheTall

11:24 AM

i know

sleep

return bright eyed and bushy tailed

Cerberus

Hello!

Good night!

Wifi troubles.

ElendilTheTall

Good day!

Cerberus

They suck.

How is Li'l Lindy Longlegs?

Jolenealaska

yes...but not as bushy haired! I can't believe it's dry already...Hi Cerby,,,goodnight Cerby

Cerberus

I'm up already!

ElendilTheTall

11:26 AM

@Cerberus I'm fine thanks

:D

Cerberus

No, I meant Li'l Lindy!

The latest thing!

ElendilTheTall

he is also fine

Cerberus

But at least I am glad SAJ trained you well enough to listen to "Lindy", if in absentia.

Good.

ElendilTheTall

oh god O.O

Cerberus

Too late!!

ElendilTheTall

11:27 AM

let me google 'deprogramming'

Cerberus

Blame your error on lack of sleep.

ElendilTheTall

i will

Cerberus

I knew you could be counted on.

ElendilTheTall

always

Cerberus

Good.

ElendilTheTall

11:31 AM

yes, good

@Cerberus so...

what's going on in the lovely low countries?

any desperate clog shortages or political scandals involving dykes?

Cerberus

11:47 AM

@ElendilTheTall Who told you that!!

It was supposed to remain a secret.

I wonder whether one of the princesses will turn out to be a dyke.

rumtscho

12:21 PM

@Cerberus you have princesses? Wasn't it Belgium that was a monarchy?

Cerberus

12:46 PM

@rumtscho Umm all of northern Europe is monarchical! Except Finland and Germany.

rumtscho

@Cerberus Really? I never looked at it that way. I suppose that I just grew up thinking that a republic is the norm in the world nowadays, and only great Britain was sticking to tradition for some reason. I must have heard of each of the other monarchs separately at some point, but never made the connection or noticed that there are so many of them.

In your picture, is the mother the monarch or the father? I'd say the father, she is too beautiful to come from one of these old inbread aristocratic families

and the princesses seem too young for dyke speculations yet.

Cerberus

@rumtscho The father.

But princesses of the blood can be very beautiful!

rumtscho

Also, dressing them in matches outfits is certainly efficient, but the effect is not so nice. Like pupils in a catholic school, with uniforms and stern nuns and no place for individuality.

Cerberus

rumtscho

@Cerberus I don't think I've seen a beautiful one. Maybe Sissi.

Cerberus

12:52 PM

Princess Madeleine of Sweden, I believe.

rumtscho

@Cerberus OK, you have a point. And a very nice styled picture.

Cerberus

Oops, it was Madeleine.

Thank you. But I didn't style her.

But I have to go!

rumtscho

@Cerberus have a nice day then, wherever you go to

Cerberus

@rumtscho To work!

I wish you a great day too.

I'm sure you would be a Bulgarian princess, if the country had any.

poof

rumtscho

8:10 PM

@Cerberus Thank you for the compliment :)

In reality, Bulgaria does have princesses. And I'm glad to not be related with that wimp Simeon Sakskoburggotski their father/grandfather.

Bulgarian royal family

The current Bulgarian royal family is a line of the Kohary branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha which ruled Bulgaria from 1887 to 1946. The last tsar, Simeon II, became Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 2001 and remained in office until 2005. Members of the Royal Family hold the titles Prince (Princess) of Bulgaria and Duke (Duchess) in Saxony with the style of Royal Highness. Coburg Peak on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the Bulgarian royal house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. == Main members == The Bulgarian royal family includes: TM The Tsar and Tsarina TRH The Prince and Princess...

Jolenealaska

11:29 PM

YAY! CN's internet is up and running! I just broke the news to him that his computer is wiped, and he took it well.

Thanks Guys!

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