So my computer finally crashed last night after about two months of slowly slipping into a coma that was increasingly frustrating me more and more each day. Last night was the final straw- the chinese spamware my exboyfriend downloaded onto my computer to watch a TV program had finally erased all of my backups then blocked access to the internet. I went out and bought a new external harddrive, backed up essential files, and formatted the motherfucker.
So with a clean slate on my computer not even a week after the New Year begins, I am feeling even better about the successes I'll be striving for all year. It's going to be challenging but with a positive attitude, I'll find a path that works for me.
In the meantime, my virus-infested computer had blocked all sorts of internet-related activities including leaving comments on xanga, but the new Windows install should allow me to begin reading and commenting again.
Comments (14)
What is Farmville? Yes, I am an oldie.
Sorry about the "puter". Most of my viruses have come from someone else using my laptop. Finally got smart and no-one uses it but me! I am also an oldie and I love Farmville!
Good luck with tweetie-roos; I would never have anything worth saying in 140 characters or less.
What the heck? Spamware? That's so 2003
I'm to old to play farmville too...glad your got your internet back!
I don't know what farmville is. Sorry about the comuter. All the best with the new hard drive.
Hey - I'm on twitter, too! (www.twitter.com/studachris) I'm guessing the reformatting fixed everything?
farmville? i have no time for that. i'm so behind on everything. i mean, what's tweeter again? :)
@laytexduckie - Well, I'm following you but I'm sort of groping around twitter like a blind guy trying to catch a squirrel. My compy is fully rebooted with nearly all of the programs nicely reinstalled but virus free. It runs so much faster!
@Fatcat723 - It's a very annoying game that become an obsession of many people on facebook.
@crankycaregiver - Yes, I should never let anyone else ever use my computer.
@TutelageOfTheMundane - I'm just trying to give it a shot since it's so popular but I don't really understand it yet hahaha
@Wangium - Well it was from China :P
@mlbncsga - Thank you, it's nice to have a functioning computer again.
@ZSA_MD - Yeah, dont worry about farmville haha. It's a huge waste of time, without a doubt.
@youthinasia613 - Yeah, formatting the drive and then reinstalling windows seems to have cleared everything up. The virus actually erased all of my backups and disconnected me from the internet.... how insidious :( And I'm following you at twitter as well. You and your secret, double-identities!
@rudyhou - Tweeter?? Oh, Rudy, I hope you intentionally mispelled Twitter!
@secade - lol... i'm so not meant to be all hi-techy.
I used to check in on your Twitter - now that you're active again, I'll keep an eye on it. If I had a Twitter account, I think people would realize my life is quite boring.