Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Sat May 14 15:25:18 CDT 2011
There is that. Family and friends are well worth the effort. :-) T Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi Tina: > > In business, never charge different rates or give deals. Either charge full > rate or nothing at all. Relative and neighbours seem to fall into the latter > category though they do end up paying in dinners, beer and home-made wines. > ;-) > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris > Fields > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 7:58 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] SOLVED!! Not Sure Quite What I'm Dealing With Here > -Update 4 > > Hi Rocky, > > Yeah - if they'd had to pay someone to do what I did for their computer, > they'd have been at least $1K better off to just buy a new computer. > But, this is family, and I do not charge family, ever. > Of course, along the way, I learned an awful lot. I'm still no wireless > network expert, but I know a lot more about that stuff than I did before > I started. > > Oh, and since part of what was wrong with their computer was a virus > spread by infected USB devices, I set Vipre up to scan USB devices at > insertion. > > My high school student granddaughter may have an understanding of just > how important all this care and caution is, but my middle school and > elementary school granddaughters don't. They just know they had to wait > a couple of weeks while Tima (that's a combination of Tina and Grandma) > figured it out and fixed it. They don't yet fully appreciate how much > important "stuff" they almost lost. Their Daddy does, though. My > son-in-law really loves me! :-) > > T > > Rocky Smolin wrote: > >> Wow. Do you realize what new career you've just qualified yourself for? >> >> And now we know why Apple is so popular at home - plug and play - you >> > can't > >> do anything wrong because you can't do anything except exactly what they >> > let > >> you do. Which is what most home users need. >> >> >> R >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris >> Fields >> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 7:17 AM >> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] SOLVED!! Not Sure Quite What I'm Dealing With Here >> > - > >> Update 4 >> >> Hello All, >> >> I thought I would finish the story. The Fields-Family computer has been >> completely re-established. It took doing the reformatting and >> reinstallation sequence twice - not sure why, but there were other details >> going wrong, too, that may have had an impact. Anyway, first I copied all >> the data files, documents, photos, music, videos, etc. from the >> Fields-Family computer to an external hard drive. Then, I did the >> > complete > >> re-installation of WinXP-SP2, with full reformat of the hard drive. Then, >> > I > >> did the SP3 update. I re-established drivers for the peripheral >> > equipment. > >> I set up the Admin account separate from the Family account. I got Vipre >> installed, running, and regular scans scheduled. Their copy of Office >> > 2003 > >> was not their original disk set and they had no idea where the original >> > set > >> was. I had a spare set, so I used that. >> >> Along the way, I noticed that the wireless network connection kept >> > dropping. > >> You already know that my DL-415 router at the POE was failing and I >> > replaced > >> it with a NetGear WNDR3400 router. Well, the DL-415 in my office was also >> dropping the signal - I watched my link status monitor and saw the signal >> drop out, then come back, repeatedly. So, there is now a new WNDR3400 in >> > my > >> office, too. Also, I noted that the USB wireless adapter on the >> Fields-Family computer wasn't functioning. >> I replaced that with another new NetGear adapter. While I was buying >> > that, > >> the store manager asked me if I wanted to invest $7 for a three-year >> replacement guarantee, in case anything went wrong, or the USB connector >> broke - and I burst out laughing, because that was exactly what had >> > happened > >> to the old one. It had apparently been bumped - no surprise there, with >> active kids and the adapter sticking out from the front of the computer - >> and the connector had a nice slope to it at about a 5-degree angle, rather >> than parallel to the rest of the body of the device. So, yes, I bought >> > the > >> additional guarantee. This new adapter came with a cradle, so, I used a >> > USB > >> port in the back of the tower and placed the adapter in its cradle on a >> shelf above the work-station. >> >> With all this new equipment, I reconstructed the entire wireless network >> - starting with the router at the POE. With my new computer in my lap and >> both new WNDR3400 routers sitting on the floor, I set the first one up, >> named it, and created a new SSID name - made note of all the settings. >> Then, I set the second one up, named it, and joined it to the new SSID - >> made note of all the settings. This router is cable-connected to the >> > first > >> router, no placed back in my office where it belongs. The DL-415 router >> > in > >> the garage apartment is still working fine. All the IP addresses are as >> they should be, and the 128-bit security key is established for the whole >> network. It's working beautifully, now. >> >> I've almost finished transferring the files and programs that I use all >> > the > >> time to my new computer. This five-year-old one will probably become one >> > of > >> my student computers here in the little classroom I have in my home >> > office, > >> or maybe it will serve as a sort of backup machine to use when I don't >> > want > >> to risk harm to the new computer - haven't decided, yet. >> >> Just wanted to let you know I got it all working again, and corrected some >> errors along the way - such as making sure the girls are not working in an >> administrator level user profile, and their wireless adapter is out of >> harm's way - things like that. Larry is working on the bookcase and work >> station construction for the library in their house. When that is >> completed, the Fields-Family computer will go home, and I will have room >> > for > >> one more student computer here. >> >> Best regards, >> T >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >