Computer Issues
March 20, 2007
Argh, computer issues have struck my relatively new computer. Something or someone has caused my machine to not allow us to log into Windows anymore. Basically, we have one account on the machine and just have it auto login to Windows without displaying the welcome screen and having to click on the single account.
Sometime over the last couple weeks, since the last reboot, something caused that to change. My initial thoughts would have been a virus, but there have been many virus/malware/trojan scans during that time that found nothing, but it’s not perfect World. The Windows welcome screen now comes up and when you click on our account (which should not be coming up anyways), nothing happens. Switching to the classic login screen is not better as its waiting for a password. The same issue applies to the Administrator account, which like our account, has a blank password.
I have tried using several password modification programs and worked with the a couple of the companies on the issue. I have been able to actually change the password of both accounts in the SAM file, but the login still doesn’t work. Thus, we have all come to pretty much the same conclusion: Something has corrupted some system files that is preventing login. I cannot tell if it was a virus, another program mistake (a webserver was recently installed) or just some random failure. At this point, it really doesn’t matter.
About the only solution left for me, is to completely reinstall Windows XP. This will also require a reinstall of all my applications. Hopefully, data loss will be at a minimum. I do have backups of all important information. This will not be a fun process and is not how I like to spend my time on the computer.
More as the repair/recovery attempts proceed…
Spending Money Again
March 18, 2007
Yesterday was another expensive day. I recently received a bonus check for my efforts last year. We paid off some bills, pumped up the kids college funds and then decided to spend something on ourselves.
Suzanne has been wanting an elliptical trainer of late and been doing a bunch of research. She says she wants it for me, but I dont buy all that. I wish I worked out half as much as she does. Anyways, while in town last night for some dinner, we stopped by Sears and they had a model that she liked from her research on sale, so we bought on. All I know is that it’s a Nordic Trac model. I gave it a go and it seems pretty nice. The kids loved trying all the different models out in the store and got a pretty good workout.
I hope to use it too as the treadmill has been giving us a lot of issues lately. It’s 10+ years old and really needs to be replaced. If I find myself using the elliptical trainer like I hope I do, we will probably get a new treadmill so we have some variety. Toss in the Bow Flex that we have and there really isn’t any reason for me not to get in better shape and lose a few pounds. The treadmill should be ready to go on Wednesday.
Now, I don’t really consider buy an elliptical trainer buying something for ourselves 
so I went online this morning and order that remote control I have been wanting but never was able to pull the trigger due to delay after delay on it’s availability. It’s widely available now, so I decided to get it. I don’t watch much TV these days, but when I do, or when I am watching a movie, I really hate having to pick up 5 remotes to set everything up. This Logitech Harmony 1000 remote control will fix that.
Oh, and Suzanne doesn’t know that I ordered the remote control, so shhhhhh….
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