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My notebook is acting funny. I'll click something with the mouse and it keeps repeating the same command over and over and over, and even comes up with some of its own. I opened up winamp today, and it just kept opening up winamp windows until there were about a dozen of them. This seems to drain the battery rapidly--like from two hours to 6 minutes in a span of less than 15 minutes.
It only does this intermittently. I first noticed it when I was camping and trying (unsuccessfully)to download pictures. I attributed it to the cold weather, only beacause I couldn't come up with anything else. After I got indoors it stopped happening. I did a virus scan and it was clean and it has worked ok since then, although I don't really use it for much other than to stream audio into my stereo receiver.
And now it is doing it again, rendering the thing almost completely useless. Three days before I leave.
Back in the old days, I would have secretly been pleased about this--it would have been the perfect opportunity to pry loose some money from Arlina for a new computer. After all it is 4 years old. But now I'm managing the money, and am a little perturbed with myself for my reckless spending habits. I can certainly see her point.
Crap!
I don't have a user icon to reflect frustration. I have always had just the bare minimum, but recently broke down and bought the 50 in lieu of getting a permanent account. This is my original user icon for LJ. It's from a picture Arlina took of me at Lake Tahoe when we were first dating--probably July of 1990--15 years ago (wow).
One of the first LJ people to meet me in person noted that I now look nothing like it. This had been kind of a recurring theme with people who meet me in person. I'm also much shorter than I sound.
I know the icon has nothing to do with the above post, but I really never get a chance to use it anymore. And no, you can't buy a new computer!
It only does this intermittently. I first noticed it when I was camping and trying (unsuccessfully)to download pictures. I attributed it to the cold weather, only beacause I couldn't come up with anything else. After I got indoors it stopped happening. I did a virus scan and it was clean and it has worked ok since then, although I don't really use it for much other than to stream audio into my stereo receiver.
And now it is doing it again, rendering the thing almost completely useless. Three days before I leave.
Back in the old days, I would have secretly been pleased about this--it would have been the perfect opportunity to pry loose some money from Arlina for a new computer. After all it is 4 years old. But now I'm managing the money, and am a little perturbed with myself for my reckless spending habits. I can certainly see her point.
Crap!
I don't have a user icon to reflect frustration. I have always had just the bare minimum, but recently broke down and bought the 50 in lieu of getting a permanent account. This is my original user icon for LJ. It's from a picture Arlina took of me at Lake Tahoe when we were first dating--probably July of 1990--15 years ago (wow).
One of the first LJ people to meet me in person noted that I now look nothing like it. This had been kind of a recurring theme with people who meet me in person. I'm also much shorter than I sound.
I know the icon has nothing to do with the above post, but I really never get a chance to use it anymore. And no, you can't buy a new computer!
