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One of the annoyances of Windows 10 is that you get no progress bars, which are comforting even if they give you no real control. |
Apologies for the delays in Plainfield Today and CLIPS today -- owing to a snafu with a Windows 10 update.
When I shut the computer down last night, it notified me that updates were being installed. I went to bed, sure things would be fine.
When I rebooted this morning, the welcome screen said that the updates were being worked on and "this may take a while". Hrumph!
Three hours later, I was still looking at the annoying little circular pattern of dots indicating that Windows was "working on it".
After four hours, I killed the power -- which is always scary, since you have no idea what state your updates are in and whether the machine will even be able to recover.
After TWO more reboots, I finally got a message that Windows would restore me to my previous version -- which then took another 45 minutes or so.
My big panic was that all my usernames and passwords are on a text file on my machine. Naturally, I have never printed it out or stored it on a thumb drive. Dumb! That's fixed now.
Am taking the rest of the afternoon to shop for a new laptop. This one is about six years old, so old the letters have been worn off the keys. Do you think it's time for n upgrade?
If you're into tennis, don't forget to check out the family tennis event sponsored by the Rec Division and the Plainfield schools. This afternoon, 3 PM - 8 PM at the Donald Van Blake Tennis Courts, Randolph Road.
See you tomorrow!
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