The imp's ire strikes back!
Feb. 13th, 2001 04:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpHamlet wondered whether taking arms "against a sea of troubles" would have any effect. And so, after yesterday's frustrating session with my Windows laptop, I decided to pursue the young Dane's line of thought and see what I - in a most impish mood - could do to combat the sea of computer troubles that have plagued me of late.
One item that went unmentioned thus far in my posts was the rejection of an ActiveX file, RICHTX32.OCX, by an application I use a lot in my translation work. A few minutes ago, I downloaded a new copy of the file, copied it on top of the one in \WINDOWS\SYSTEM, and ... well ... all seems to be working well.
I am surprised it was that easy, but I'll take my victories - small as they are - as they come. Hopefully, nothing else on my machine that uses that ActiveX control will complain about the new file. If it does, well...too bad.
I unlimbered the application recovery disks that came with my system to see about recovering the McAfee software. I ran into a roadblock when I tried to install the software on top of the software on my machine. The install procedure kept asking for 'disk 1', where there were no disks to feed the machine, and so I finally decided - after two unsuccessful tries - to go ahead and uninstall the virus scanning software and then reinstall it.
Sweet success! Of course, I had to go hit the McAfee site and download the latest patches, and that seemed to take forever, but at least now the software works!
Outlook Express seems to be acting more or less stably right now, so I am not going to screw with it...mostly because I haven't a clue as to what may be making it crazy. The volume of my e-mail right now is not high, so if I have to, I'll make my peace with rebooting, if necessary, to get the mail through.
My Canon BJC-80 bubble jet printer is a sweet machine that fits in the accessory pocket of the laptop's case, but the down side of using the unit is that it goes through ink cartridges like grain through a goose, and at about $20 a pop, the ink soon exceeds the printer itself as the main expense associated with ownership.
Some time ago, I bought one of those ink refill kits that claim to be able to refill just about any kind of cartridge, and I've had reasonable success with it as far as Galina's Epson color printer was concerned, so I went out this morning and bought another such kit for the Canon. I found the kit hanging right next to a replacement cartridge, each priced about the same.
The cartridge, based on experience, would be good for about 30-50 pages, after which it would be time to buy another cartridge. The ink kit would refill a cartridge at least a couple of times (conservatively speaking, the box claims up to ten refills per cartridge). I decided to go down the less certain path, and bought the kit.
Unfortunately, among the copious instructions that came with the kit, there were no instructions for refilling the BCI-10 cartridge that my Canon uses, but a little fiddling soon showed me the keys to the kingdom. In short order, I recovered my printing capability, and just in time to print out a translation I've got to have done by tomorrow.
I am so happy.
(Who'd have ever thought such small things as this and the availability of hot water would make me deliriously happy? Ye gods. But then again, don't get me wrong: I am not complaining about being happy!)
I was too tired last night (this morning) to stop anywhere on the way home, so I set out this morning to cash in that coffee-can full of pennies I'd put in the back seat yesterday. For the record, the can contained 3,186 pennies that, after the house extracted its 8.9% skim, yielded me $29.03 to do with as I willed.
I proceeded to will the purchase of a load of groceries that ought to keep me from being calorifically challenged for several days (though I seem to have already put a healthy dent in the six-pack of Killian's that I bought...though I put the cap on that a couple of hours ago).
Mission support has now been cut to two interpreters per shift. The initial staffing level had been three interpreters, in anticipation of a lot of discussions associated with a large number of activities that were part of an ambitious flight plan, but the hectic part is past, and so only two of us are needed per shift. I am happy to report that I am among the two retained for the work for the next three nights.
Less than two hours left until I leave for work...and there's so much to do.
Cheers...
One item that went unmentioned thus far in my posts was the rejection of an ActiveX file, RICHTX32.OCX, by an application I use a lot in my translation work. A few minutes ago, I downloaded a new copy of the file, copied it on top of the one in \WINDOWS\SYSTEM, and ... well ... all seems to be working well.
I am surprised it was that easy, but I'll take my victories - small as they are - as they come. Hopefully, nothing else on my machine that uses that ActiveX control will complain about the new file. If it does, well...too bad.
I unlimbered the application recovery disks that came with my system to see about recovering the McAfee software. I ran into a roadblock when I tried to install the software on top of the software on my machine. The install procedure kept asking for 'disk 1', where there were no disks to feed the machine, and so I finally decided - after two unsuccessful tries - to go ahead and uninstall the virus scanning software and then reinstall it.
Sweet success! Of course, I had to go hit the McAfee site and download the latest patches, and that seemed to take forever, but at least now the software works!
Outlook Express seems to be acting more or less stably right now, so I am not going to screw with it...mostly because I haven't a clue as to what may be making it crazy. The volume of my e-mail right now is not high, so if I have to, I'll make my peace with rebooting, if necessary, to get the mail through.
My Canon BJC-80 bubble jet printer is a sweet machine that fits in the accessory pocket of the laptop's case, but the down side of using the unit is that it goes through ink cartridges like grain through a goose, and at about $20 a pop, the ink soon exceeds the printer itself as the main expense associated with ownership.
Some time ago, I bought one of those ink refill kits that claim to be able to refill just about any kind of cartridge, and I've had reasonable success with it as far as Galina's Epson color printer was concerned, so I went out this morning and bought another such kit for the Canon. I found the kit hanging right next to a replacement cartridge, each priced about the same.
The cartridge, based on experience, would be good for about 30-50 pages, after which it would be time to buy another cartridge. The ink kit would refill a cartridge at least a couple of times (conservatively speaking, the box claims up to ten refills per cartridge). I decided to go down the less certain path, and bought the kit.
Unfortunately, among the copious instructions that came with the kit, there were no instructions for refilling the BCI-10 cartridge that my Canon uses, but a little fiddling soon showed me the keys to the kingdom. In short order, I recovered my printing capability, and just in time to print out a translation I've got to have done by tomorrow.
I am so happy.
(Who'd have ever thought such small things as this and the availability of hot water would make me deliriously happy? Ye gods. But then again, don't get me wrong: I am not complaining about being happy!)
I was too tired last night (this morning) to stop anywhere on the way home, so I set out this morning to cash in that coffee-can full of pennies I'd put in the back seat yesterday. For the record, the can contained 3,186 pennies that, after the house extracted its 8.9% skim, yielded me $29.03 to do with as I willed.
I proceeded to will the purchase of a load of groceries that ought to keep me from being calorifically challenged for several days (though I seem to have already put a healthy dent in the six-pack of Killian's that I bought...though I put the cap on that a couple of hours ago).
Mission support has now been cut to two interpreters per shift. The initial staffing level had been three interpreters, in anticipation of a lot of discussions associated with a large number of activities that were part of an ambitious flight plan, but the hectic part is past, and so only two of us are needed per shift. I am happy to report that I am among the two retained for the work for the next three nights.
Less than two hours left until I leave for work...and there's so much to do.
Cheers...
