Windows does something right
Wow, Windows actually did something right and useful in their XP version. A week ago, my laptop was running fine. One night, I feel asleep watching a movie in bed. I woke up to the credits, but was still half asleep. So I just pulled the headphone earbuds out of my ear and fell back asleep. I didn't turn my computer off, but it was safely resting on my nightstand. (Yes, I feel guilty for letting it idle and use up energy overnight. Bad, bad, BAD!) Next morning, I turned it off, took it to Gimme Coffee and turned it back on.
It took forever to boot. When it finally booted, it was painfully slow. I ran both a virus scan and spyware scan, both of which found nothing. So I took it home and backed up everything on CD. Then I investigated how to re-initialize my computer. When my Windows Me computer would turn sluggish, re-initializing it was the only way to fix things. I assumed the same would be true for my Windows XP computer.
But in Windows help, they mentioned System Restore. It restores your computer to an earlier system state (terminology??). But you don't lose any saved documents, only losing programs/drivers/etc that have been installed between the earlier, to-be-restored state and the present, corrupted state. I tried using system restore. Problem solved. No files were lost. I can't believe that Windows XP included any function that was helpful. I'm actually impressed.
In other news, the former roommate brought over Adam & Steve last night. He was upfront that it was a pretty bad movie, but I agreed to watch it anyway. The beginning had so much promise. Two disillusioned, late 30s gay men (played by early 40s actors) find each other. I enjoyed consuming their jaded views of life. But then the movie slipped into romantic-comedy mode. They find "true love" with each other and overcome their bad attitudes. Blech! Absolute drivel!
This clip is the most hilarious part of the movie. Don't worry, there's NO nudity. These two guys hook up. They don't realize that the cocaine they're snorting has been cut with baby laxative. They found out the hard way, or is it the "stool-softened" way? (Btw, the clip loops over the incontinent moment. In the movie, it's only shown once.)
It took forever to boot. When it finally booted, it was painfully slow. I ran both a virus scan and spyware scan, both of which found nothing. So I took it home and backed up everything on CD. Then I investigated how to re-initialize my computer. When my Windows Me computer would turn sluggish, re-initializing it was the only way to fix things. I assumed the same would be true for my Windows XP computer.
But in Windows help, they mentioned System Restore. It restores your computer to an earlier system state (terminology??). But you don't lose any saved documents, only losing programs/drivers/etc that have been installed between the earlier, to-be-restored state and the present, corrupted state. I tried using system restore. Problem solved. No files were lost. I can't believe that Windows XP included any function that was helpful. I'm actually impressed.
In other news, the former roommate brought over Adam & Steve last night. He was upfront that it was a pretty bad movie, but I agreed to watch it anyway. The beginning had so much promise. Two disillusioned, late 30s gay men (played by early 40s actors) find each other. I enjoyed consuming their jaded views of life. But then the movie slipped into romantic-comedy mode. They find "true love" with each other and overcome their bad attitudes. Blech! Absolute drivel!
This clip is the most hilarious part of the movie. Don't worry, there's NO nudity. These two guys hook up. They don't realize that the cocaine they're snorting has been cut with baby laxative. They found out the hard way, or is it the "stool-softened" way? (Btw, the clip loops over the incontinent moment. In the movie, it's only shown once.)