Tecnhology can suck.

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My newer computer, as I have said, is down. It is a Toshiba N205. It indicates the video cable is disconnected and goes no farther. I will have to get that in to some place soon. It has the only email access to my primary email. My old machine, what I am using right now, has a bunch of .dll problems. I could not get either windows email programs to work, so I tried every one of the top 12 free email programs (such as Thunderbird, Eudora, Mulberry, and which ever other ones also supported security required email accounts). Not a single one worked. So, I go to Explorer to try and do some things, since it is required for Microsoft updates and such. Guess what? It to has a .dll problem. So, I go online and try and track these things down. I found the software CDs for XP and Office, they are not helpful, as far as I can tell. I tried to take off and add some things, though in truth I am not sure how to do much that way.

Between people trying to sell something you do not know if you will need and fixes that simply do not apply (such as bad Microsoft security updates which are not on my system) to advice that is so complex Spock would probably throw the crap away and just build a new machine (out of twine, if he is anything like McGyver). The last time I tried to do this, I bought 4 or 5 programs, spending several hundred dollars, and, look where I am. I have thought about taking it in somewhere, though usually they just suggest wiping it and starting over. Or, signing something that says it "could be" hundreds of dollars and they might not be able to fix it either.

It is not like I am stupid. I have been monkeying with computers for almost 2 decades, as well. I simply am not sure what to do. I would rather do it myself. Finding a single source that is trustworthy and spot on has been, to date, not a successful search.

While I was running a check for malware, I attempted to take the Toshiba apart. I only succeeded in removing the battery, the power bar, a bunch of screws, and a couple of panels. I suppose I could have pried, but that is not wise without an idea of where best to pry. I could look it up, or try to, on the internet. As I have said though, quite often the internet offers bunk. As well, some people are quite willing to live with a broken up, questionably running, device, just to say they "did it". I am not quite that loose. My Mommy will not buy me a new one, no matter how big my puppy eyes get.

So, for the moment, I am flying a bit blind. At least, after a couple of tries, I was able to get comments sent to an alternative email address. But most of my business, and main contacts, go through my main email account. I will keep working. The one good thing is having my 20" (or bigger, cannot remember with certainty now) back. Compared to that 9", 10", or 11" screen, this is awesome again. The real schmeal would be to get them both up and going again. Then I would be cooking with oil.