tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350900071703238442.post2991559929769491122..comments2023-10-29T10:23:51.132-04:00Comments on Sully's Side: Merry Christmas to all and to all a good nightSullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252150116803332194noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350900071703238442.post-55361393314135351612008-12-29T10:48:00.000-05:002008-12-29T10:48:00.000-05:00Thanks for the heads up. I've fixed the parsley mi...Thanks for the heads up. I've fixed the parsley mistake. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the offer but I can't fix the laptop because it's a company machine and I don't have administrator access to it (which is probably a good thing). I need to bring it in to the office and have the IT guys purge it and reinstall all the company access stuff plus new anti-virus and such. The thing has needed that for a while; but only recently has it gotten so annoying that I'm getting motivated to do it.Sullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07252150116803332194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350900071703238442.post-39302191143116121252008-12-26T02:45:00.000-05:002008-12-26T02:45:00.000-05:00Well, it would seem that you had a wonderful time ...Well, it would seem that you had a wonderful time at your gathering. I would have enjoyed looking out the window to see a bunch of tipsy adults trying to use a pogo stick.<BR/><BR/>Am I correct in assuming that you meant parsley instead of celery when discussing your pasta recipe?<BR/><BR/>As for your laptop "crashing"...is it freezing up or is it rebooting automatically? Do you have antivirus/antispyware programs running in the background at all times? Do you run Adaware and Spybot on a weekly basis (please note that you can't run them at the same time you run some other antivirus programs because of conflicts.<BR/><BR/>If you are running Windows, then you need to make sure you have all the updates for your operating system. Windows puts out fixes for security on a regular basis.<BR/><BR/>It is possible that your machine is suffering from nothing more than a software conflict; but if you haven't changed/added/deleted any programs lately, that probably isn't the issue.<BR/><BR/>At any rate, I would recommend that you not use that machine to send e-mails and refrain from exchanging jpegs until such time as you can clear out the malware. There's also the possibility that your machine is being used to generate spam. I don't know if you've read about these little programmed "bots" that are taking over machines. The FBI has something called "Operation Botroast". You can read about it here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel07/botnet061307.htm<BR/><BR/>There's a number of other things you can do to make your computer less vulnerable to attacks. If you want to know what they are, let me know and I'll post them as well.<BR/><BR/>***Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com