I'm Feeling Hysterical
Before I left work yesterday I tried to stop thinking about the newsletter snafu and went about updating two computers' anti-virus software. The decree had come from on high to use Norton Internet Security, so I paid for and downloaded the installer. The installer was being saved to a network location so that it would only need to be downloaded once for the entire office.
Except the computer that was downloading the installer is still, for various reasons, running Windows 98. The system decided to crash just as the downloaded installer reached 99%. I forced a restart and decided to use the other machine I was updating, using Windows XP, to download the installer and save to the desktop. It was then 5 o'clock and I went home, planning on installing the program first thing this morning
And now, the installer that was saved to the network location (the one that wasn't fully downloaded) is some kind of FUBAR such that when one merely clicks on its icon in Windows Explorer using any networked computer, the entire computer freezes.
I have tried everything save deleting it with DOS, but that will need to wait until the network resource is not being used by the entire staff and volunteers. I do not want to risk that station freezing while 15 people are still connected to it.
Meanwhile, a co-worker who has been trained as a therapist has loaned me a sign. Let it serve as a warning to others.
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