AAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!

[lumy12]

I should have known it was too good to be true. You can't just insert the CD and click "Install" and have everything run smoothly. That would be too EASY.

I do thank God that this new Windows CD I'm trying to install has the brains to check for incompatibilities before installation passes the point of no return. I just didn't expect the list to be 3 pages long. Actually, a lot of that is superfluous wording - but whining about 3 pages evokes more pity from you guys, right?

The only help this thing tells me is to "contact the hardware manufacturers for technical assistance" - but that is a scary option. Each one would probably tell me I need to spend hundreds of dollars on their products to make it work or something. I printed out the "Upgrade Report" and will take it to work with me on Monday. If I ask really sweetly, I might be able to convince the resident computer dude to help me. If he's clueless about this stuff I can ask the genius consultant who comes to our office almost every day - he would probably help me for free, but I wouldn't expect him to. I suppose I could ask the guy who did half of my last upgrade 5 years ago (am no longer in touch with the guy who did the other half - and even if I could I wouldn't call him, for personal reasons!) - but he's so busy and I barely ever talk to him, so it would be weird asking him.

*sigh* Sometimes I really hate computers. I love 'em, but only when they're working right, doing what I want them to do.

I'm annoyed, but am reminding myself that there is no timetable on this upgrade - it's not like my computer's not working. *BIG SIGH*

Comments

[gizzi1213.livejournal.com]

Hee hee...you didn't TRULY expect Bill Gates to make upgrading EASY did YOU??????????????