BSOD

I’m writing this on MJ’s machine because mine if FUBAR. I’ve seen the blue screen of death. I hate the ridiculous Byzantine security protocols – that obviously don’t work – that are set up on my computer. I have three distinct passwords that I have to enter just to get to my desktop. There’s no vital information on my computer or proprietary software. I can only partially log on to the company network remotely, and today my virus software failed miserably. In order to clean the virus I need to stop it from running, and in order to stop it from running I need to start the system is Safe Mode. Unfortunately, Safe Mode makes my second password undetectable, so I can’t get in to fix anything. When I tried to start normally, the blue screen showed up and shut everything down. These passwords frustrate me because they’re trying to fight the swine flu with a bullet proof vest. Fortunately, I was smart enough to get all the crap that I care about off the computer before I started trying to fix things. I would have a sense of humor about this if I had been surfing porn or placing bets, but I was on the Times-Union website. I was on friggin’ Jacksonville.com the first time I got the threat detection message. I couldn’t take care of it. I would have ignored it but it kept popping up every 30 seconds. My hatred of everything Microsoft is expanding at a geometric rate. My machine runs XP and it sucks. MJ’s machine runs Vista, nuff said. I have no idea what the hell is going on with this version of Word. Why is the toolbar so busy? Why does it keep switching me to a different window? Why does the cursor randomly move my typing spot? Now I understand why MJ rarely uses this program. I bet I’m stuck using this for a week.