First thing Saturday morning, I decided to reinstall my operating system. My computer was constantly full and took about 15 minutes to boot up. I recently purchased an external harddrive which made it possible to back everything up. The first shock was that nothing looked right. That I should have expected. I mean, I did expect. Consciously.
The second shock was that I couldn't connect to the internet. Dell wouldn't talk to me bc my warranty is expired. AT&T told me they could only help with the network. It turned out I needed to download some drivers that Dell had apparently forgotten to send me CDs for when I bought the computer. I downloaded some drivers at a friend's house, but they were only some of the right ones.
At this point, I had had it. The same friends had worked with a guy in Noe Valley to fix her computer, and it was a good experience. I called him. I also stopped by a place near my house where the guy was vague and looked bored when I spoke. The Noe Valley guy called me back and told me was on vacation, but it sounded like I could fix it myself. I just needed those drivers.
I went back to the place near my house. I told them I could do it myself, but this is a "boy's job." The guy said "apparently not." Finally, he told me I should drop it off, but they couldn't work on it until Sunday (this was Tuesday). I wonder why I would do that.
At this point, I could connect to wi-fi and had adjusted the interface to my preferences. But my computer and wi-fi at home have never worked for me (the wi-fi works for others, and I can connect to wi-fi other places.). I went to a cafe and started downloading and installing all the drivers (having no idea which one was what I needed -- most were not). The cafe power went out. I went to another cafe and downloaded and installed more drivers. They closed. The computer still wouldn't connect to the dsl at home.
Yesterday, I brought the computer to work to download and install more drivers. After 5 pm, under the direction of our brilliant Planner I, I, apparently, installed the right driver finally. Last night, after dinner with friends, I was able to watch the most recent episode of The Bachelorette on the internet. I was horrified by her choice.
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Ah. You should have called my little brother. He fixes computers for his summer job. baycomputerhelp.com
glad you got it working yourself though. Good skill to have.
Tyler, I almost called you.
What does your brother charge?
I think around 30 an hour
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