Sometimes ya just can't win

There seems to be a lot more hacker types out there lately. My firewall is always letting me know it has blocked another attempt at accessing my puter. The last few days I seemed to be suffering a virus, as my machine was getting slower and slower.

So when I went to sign on yesterday, I got error messages about trouble with the modem not being able to connect. I ran my virus software, (found no problem) uninstalled and reinstalled my modem, uninstalled and reinstalled my internet provider software, and was still unable to get online. Grrrr.

Ok, time to reformat the hard drive. first, I dragged all of my email and my ISP files onto a DVD, then I went ahead and did the deed. Reformatted the hard drive, reinstalled windows and my ISP software, and I was able to reconnect. Yay. Another problem taken care of.

I consider myself fairly computer literate, and I wonder what the "average" person does when things go awry. If I couldn't fix the thing, I would have tossed it out the window years ago. I have actually helped many people with their computer issues, and I get great satisfaction out of it.

Maybe someday there will actually be such a thing as a user friendly computer.

NAH.