kittenmmm's blog post - oh, and there was the computer thing....

So, it seems the whole 360 issue was straightened out and my son is now happily playing away at some game and chatting with his friends. He's a happy camper.
Now, about two weeks ago, Wolf and I started the "fall cleaning". He didn't complain a bit when I made him start moving furniture around, drilling holes in walls, etc.., What a good wolf. At any rate, I moved my pc back to the master bedroom where there's a ton more room than where I "thought" it would be best situated. Of course, back then, my wasband was trying to sleep in here and I was clacking away at the keyboard keeping him awake. Now that I work all day I can't get away with all night sessions on the pc.
Prior to moving the PC I was having problems with the USB ports. Sometimes they would work, sometimes not...much to my chagrin if you can remember the USB eggy. Well, I'd had it and finally contacted Dell. They decided to send a tech out to change the motherboard. The day before he showed up, the PC decided the blue screen of death was the way to go. I figured why call when he'd be there soon. Well, he changed the board but the blue screen remained.
After what seemed forever that evening, I ended up having to reformat the system. Back to original factory settings and the loss of everything on my hard drive. We're fully functional again...after having a drive issue with the CD and DVD but fixing that. Which, by the way, Dell was of very little help with. Good wolf...he can read and make conclusions. No wonder I'm so proud of him.
I now have a tidy collection of service tag numbers in case I ever decide to call tech support again. And, I was promptly reminded why I no longer am in tech support myself. By choice!
Here's to the electronic age...isn't your life better and easier?

chuckling,
kitt xxx