Total Frustration
I don't bang my head against the wall for things my kids do. They're just kids. They're still learning. And I try not to get upset about most things in front of them. I like to show control.
But today I absolutely had to throw up my hands in total frustration over something.
All I did was move a desktop computer from one room to another. That's ALL. I. DID.
I got everything unplugged, cleaned up (wow, the dust!), and then moved to another desk in another room, where each part of the computer was put back together exactly as it was ten minutes before.
I turned it all back on, everything was working, only... What's this? It suddenly can't connect to our home network.
Check the plugs, check the wireless adapter. Nothing.
Wait. It's on. No, now it's off. Now it's back on. Then it's off.
This is the moment when my hands went up to my head to start pulling hair out.
The watchamacallit... The wireless thingy, was finding our home network, starting to connect, then suddenly saying, "No connection found."
It did this all day long, no matter what buttons I pushed.
The maddening thing is, all I did was move the desktop from one room to another.
No amount of web searches, Cisco tech support, or voodoo dancing has helped me figure out how to re-connect our now lonely computer back to the Internet. I know the router works. I know the wireless adapter works (I connected to our neighbor's unsecured network). It's something in the computer that magically switched itself while I carried it 20 feet across the house.
Sometimes I just hate computers.
But today I absolutely had to throw up my hands in total frustration over something.
All I did was move a desktop computer from one room to another. That's ALL. I. DID.
I got everything unplugged, cleaned up (wow, the dust!), and then moved to another desk in another room, where each part of the computer was put back together exactly as it was ten minutes before.
I turned it all back on, everything was working, only... What's this? It suddenly can't connect to our home network.
Check the plugs, check the wireless adapter. Nothing.
Wait. It's on. No, now it's off. Now it's back on. Then it's off.
This is the moment when my hands went up to my head to start pulling hair out.
The watchamacallit... The wireless thingy, was finding our home network, starting to connect, then suddenly saying, "No connection found."
It did this all day long, no matter what buttons I pushed.
The maddening thing is, all I did was move the desktop from one room to another.
No amount of web searches, Cisco tech support, or voodoo dancing has helped me figure out how to re-connect our now lonely computer back to the Internet. I know the router works. I know the wireless adapter works (I connected to our neighbor's unsecured network). It's something in the computer that magically switched itself while I carried it 20 feet across the house.
Sometimes I just hate computers.
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8 Comments:
Commiserations. Very familiar with shocking thoughts about our silicon-brained nemeses. But since this post is being composed in Singapore, half-a-world away from where you are, more or less in real time, we have to admit that they have their redeeming virtues. Though anthromorphising computers is probably a bad sign.
Meanwhile, take it you still have Net access via a laptop. Hope it's all resolved quickly...
have you tried hitting it with a really big hammer?
Dan, not yet. However, I have hit it with my fist, forehead, and one of the cats. No luck yet.
I called the IT dept of my day job and they asked that you first reboot and try again (ha!)
Seriously, that sucks. I had a ton of problems before I switched to Apple laptops. I have two now and no PCs/desktops anymore and it's the best.
Good Luck!
Sounds like something's loose or dusty or both. Blow it out (or vacuum), and reconnect everything. Even turning the router off and back on can have a surprising effect now and then.
Hmmm. You're using wireless only?
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A few things... maybe you've moved it into a room with some kind of RF interference and lost just enough signal to put you in the gray area.
We bought a larger, longer antenna that extends the reach and power of our wireless router. Then later, when we needed even more bars down in the basement, we switched to a Wireless N router, which kicks even more butt. Between the new router and the big-ass antenna, we can pick up our signal a block away.
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