Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Delicate

I was soooooooo tired last night. I got home from work quite late and was really hungry and thirsty and had a headache. G had made up some batter mix, so we had some pancakes and then a bit of dinner and sat down to watch some TV. One of the things we watched was Horizon, which was about how our body clock works. That was really interesting, but clearly my body clock was not wanting me to fully understand its intricacies, as I fell asleep on the sofa before the end of the programme. I managed to drag myself up from the sofa and get into bed and then slept through until this morning.

My computer is still doing very odd things. The main problem is that the only way I can access the internet via IE or Firefox is by switching off my virus scanner. I can’t access any websites that way whilst it is running and yet switching it off seems to defeat the object of having it. I have tried a couple of virus scanners and the problem is the same. My ISP can’t help and when they gave me a new firewall to download it made my computer crash. I will have to dig about and see what I can come up with.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

you had pancakes on shrove tuesday! coincidence?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday

time for a new computer, perhaps!

The Gripes of Wrath said...

I think you might need a trojan remover... if you download one, then run it after a diagnostic start up with none but the most vital processes running (run>msconfig etc) it might do the trick - but it does sound like something has got in through the back door and infected your system rather than it being a hardware problem, so a cleaner and a clean boot might be worth a try... certainly cheaper than a new 'puter!

Random Reflections said...

Anon - G my have had an idea it was Shrove Tuesday...

I'm hoping not to need a new computer, but it is beginning to drive me mad.

Gripes - Thanks for the suggestions. I will give that a go. Or you could fix it for me. Just a suggestion...

Kahless said...

Err... I didnt realise it was Shrove tuesday this week.

Passed me by!

Random Reflections said...

Kahless - surely every day is a pancake day?!