Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Jan 25, 2010 18:26:32 GMT -5
Hush, hush, there, there my lambkins.
I know you have all been wandering around this week, moaning, crying, wringing your hands and wailing "Where is she? Since mrsphyllistorgo's been gone my life has no meaning! No reason, no soul? Where, oh where can she beeeeeeee???" *cue tearing hair/rending garments*
Well, don't fret, my dears, it was really quite banal. You see, my computer picked up a particularly stubborn piece of malware that I couldn't purge, so off it went to Best Buy and Geek Squad, where I was cheerfully informed that since we had purchased the extended warranty (best money ever spent) it would take "only" $142.00 and 3 to 5 days to render my computer good as new! Uh, yay. So I left the poor Tom/Crow/Gypsy bedecked thing in their capable hands and went home, chanting "I'll catch up on my reading. It's just a few days."
I got a call the next day, starting with "We've got good news and bad news." Oh, boy.
Turns out that it wasn't the malware that was the problem. It was A problem, but not THE problem. THE problem was that my hard drive had spontaneously self destructed and they had to load a new one in. The good news? Since we bought that extended warranty (BEST MONEY EVER SPENT EVER) the installation and parts were covered, and since new hard drive means no malware purge, I got a full refund! So could I head back down to the BB with all the software from the original purchase and they'd load it up and it will be ready to go in just a day or so? Yay.
Of course the blasted thing was ready the very day the busiest part of my week started, so it was three more days before I could take a third trip to the hinterlands and rescue my computer! Yay! And now I'm laboriously reloading my Favorites toolbar and swearing at how to get the damn password reloaded, so everything's fine, dearies. Dry your eyes and have a cookie. Mommy's home.
I know you have all been wandering around this week, moaning, crying, wringing your hands and wailing "Where is she? Since mrsphyllistorgo's been gone my life has no meaning! No reason, no soul? Where, oh where can she beeeeeeee???" *cue tearing hair/rending garments*
Well, don't fret, my dears, it was really quite banal. You see, my computer picked up a particularly stubborn piece of malware that I couldn't purge, so off it went to Best Buy and Geek Squad, where I was cheerfully informed that since we had purchased the extended warranty (best money ever spent) it would take "only" $142.00 and 3 to 5 days to render my computer good as new! Uh, yay. So I left the poor Tom/Crow/Gypsy bedecked thing in their capable hands and went home, chanting "I'll catch up on my reading. It's just a few days."
I got a call the next day, starting with "We've got good news and bad news." Oh, boy.
Turns out that it wasn't the malware that was the problem. It was A problem, but not THE problem. THE problem was that my hard drive had spontaneously self destructed and they had to load a new one in. The good news? Since we bought that extended warranty (BEST MONEY EVER SPENT EVER) the installation and parts were covered, and since new hard drive means no malware purge, I got a full refund! So could I head back down to the BB with all the software from the original purchase and they'd load it up and it will be ready to go in just a day or so? Yay.
Of course the blasted thing was ready the very day the busiest part of my week started, so it was three more days before I could take a third trip to the hinterlands and rescue my computer! Yay! And now I'm laboriously reloading my Favorites toolbar and swearing at how to get the damn password reloaded, so everything's fine, dearies. Dry your eyes and have a cookie. Mommy's home.
