I went to a movie.
I’m confident that I will be able to fix it in the morning.
“But Father! “Bu… ”
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy.
Pretty good. It would help a great deal if you have read it within the last 20 years.
UPDATE: 6 March 13:49 GMT:
I fixed the problem. You can keep talking here about how you deal with your computer frustrations, but if you want to know how I solved my problem, I recommend these three steps.
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on Pope Benedict XVI on Corpus Christi processions and a rant from Fr. Z: “Yesterday went to the Oratory of St Cyril and Methodius for Corpus Christi. It was sublime . In addition to…”
on Daily Rome Shot 711: “GregB: RIGHT! As a matter of fact, I sent Dr. Pitre some of the Lev 3:16 swag – mugs and…”
on Daily Rome Shot 711: “A ways back you had a posting, “Verse 3:16 swag available … but not what you might be thinking!” about…”
on Daily Rome Shot 712: Of motes and beams: “An often misinterpreted passage, used to justify a sort of amoral non-application of teaching authority. Since I’ve been in a…”
on Daily Rome Shot 712: Of motes and beams: “H to f5, forcing black bishop to d4. Q to d4, checkmate.”
on Unintentional good advice.: “In a recent survey at my parish on how to increase awareness of the Real Presence, I commented that we…” on Pope Benedict XVI on Corpus Christi processions and a rant from Fr. Z: “The new pastor at our parish is favorable to eucharistic adoration and now has it every First Friday and Saturday…”
on Pope Benedict XVI on Corpus Christi processions and a rant from Fr. Z: “I’m reading “Illusions of Reform” now and the quality of the attacks on the TLM (and TLM attendees, and the…”
on There is hardly anything crueler that a priest can do than to leave people in doubt about the validity of their sacraments. : “Hmmm. My husband and I were in the chapel at Cana when he asked me to marry him. Some fellow…”
on Pope Benedict XVI on Corpus Christi processions and a rant from Fr. Z: “The Most Reverend Earl K. Fernandes, ordained and installed as the Bishop of Columbus just 1 year and 8 days…”
on There is hardly anything crueler that a priest can do than to leave people in doubt about the validity of their sacraments. : “Chicken says: I happened on the instruction sheet for community bread bakers that had been left out on a table.…”
on Pope Benedict XVI on Corpus Christi processions and a rant from Fr. Z: “Amen, to your prayer Fr Z!”
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Lucky you… as a guy who does IT for a living, I have no choice when any computer that’s not my own in the house goes sideways. I either fix it now, or I fix it approximately two nanoseconds after the missus starts complaining that she can’t get online.
I have recently read LeCarre’s trilogy and a few others – the Brits do the best spy novels. A lesson from George Smiley – patience.
I did a quick search online. Others have had this or similar problems and one suggestion is – if Safari is connecting then it’s not a networking issue and that you turn off all firewalls to see if that helps. Does iTunes connect and update?
Further, two possible solutions found online: “Go to the properties on your wireless adapter. In the “This connection uses the following items” box, uncheck the internet protocol version6 (tcp/ipv6) box. Most routers dont support this protocol. Unless you have a N router. Then restart”
or
“go to Control Panel….Network Connection….right click on wireless connection you’re trying to connect to….click properties….click on internet protocol tcp/ip….click properties….then check obtain IP address automatically”
will continue to root around until you’ve solved the problem.
Just a thought, but if your computer isn’t working how are you going to be able to access all this helpful advice? Indeed, how did you manage to let us know about the problem in the first place? [Through my phone, my phone, my most grievous phone.]
No no reading beforehand – I like to go in fresh. Plus when I read it later I already know what everyone looks like.
Yay! Prayers answered!
I’m still running Vista (cue sad violin). I’m hoping I can get a licensed copy of Windows 7 through what will be my employer in 2 weeks. If I were the type to believe in conspiracy theories, I’d believe Vista was an experiment to see how far they could push people until they threw up their hands and went for a Mac, Linux, or up-downgraded to Windows XP.
I would believe, if I were the type to believe in conspiracy theories, that the taskbar at the top, a ripoff of the one at the bottom on the Mac, was specifically placed there to enrage with accidental openings of Internet Explorer when trying to access the toolbar.
“Mandrake, are you familiar with fluoridation?”
What was the solution?
I like the simplicity of a solution to myriad problems that dictates, “More Mystic Monk!”
My Mystic Monk coffee has shipped. They are fast.
Please do take a break, Father.
For myself, I find the news to be very heavy lately.
I’m saying some extra prayers for lent for you and several others.