A couple of days ago Sally let her laptop upgrade to Windows 10. After she did the upgrade, every time her computer was off for a while, it would not connect to our router and she had to use the Network Troubleshooter. This told her a connection was loose and then proceeded to connect with no trouble. Then she would get 3 error messages saying "There was a problem starting C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\System\Sysmenu.dll The specified module could not be found"
So today I thought I would look around the interwebs and see if I could fix it. A bit of searching and no results, so I went to the Microsoft website and looked for support.
Now you would think that clicking on "support" on a website would bring you to support, right? Well not here it doesn't. Around and around I went through the site, clicking and looking and having things bring me back to where I started and just being a general pain. Finally I found support for mobile devices....not the right place, but at least it was a chat window with an actual person on the other end. I told them what I was looking for and they took my phone number and shortly after the phone rang. Hurrah! ...... Wait....... I picked up the phone and get an ad blasting in my ear about how great Windows 10 is.....er, I am having troubles with it and I don't believe them....even after that ad cycles through again and again for an hour while I wait for a support person to answer. Yes, at least an hour. While that was going on I was on a chat with Hewlitt-Packard for another issue, which I found the problem was they have no Win 10 driver for the SMSC infrared something or other, so that will be a future download.
Finally I get a service rep on the phone and she talks me through how to set up remote assistance where she takes control of the computer from where she is. It took a few re-boots, a bunch of diagnostic programs she put on and ran and a couple of hours later Windows 10 is chooching along nice.
After all that time with the phone on my ear and my eyes glued to the screen and following instructions, I have a headache and am worn out. I had some trouble following along with the ladies' accent, but she was very nice, and very professional, and I was impressed. Mind you, being on the phone/chat/computer screen that long made me a bit punchy, so my comprehension skills were not at their greatest by that time.
So, that is how my day was wasted. I am not bashing Windows 10, some of it seems nice so far, some of it is intrusive and when it installed I made sure WIFI sense was off so it didn't send out our encrypted password to all the hundreds of people that Sally games with on Facebook etc. I also turned off Cortana, which I hear gathers information on you and uses it to guide your advertising and who knows what else. I don't think there is a media player and even solitaire needs you to log into your Microsoft account. I must say that the part I found most frustrating was trying to find support in the first place. The support lady that handled my problem gave me 2 phone numbers if I have to get hold of them again, and as a bit of a public service, here they are: 1-800-936-5700 and 1-800-642-7676. I don't know what countries that will work in. I am in Canada, so it will work there at least.
Wow, what a fun day that was!
Yesterday I got the second coat of stain on my trim. It will need some more when I cut it to length, and likely some touch ups too, but the "show" side and edge are done. It takes up a lot of room in the shop. Just for kicks, here is a couple of pictures of some wood that has been stained "Loon Collar Green" in my shop.
Getting close to the outside being done, but I won't be doing it today. I need to rest up from my Microsoft experience.
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