Heth has told us in her latest Blog about her Mum turning 50....still a spring chicken, because 50 is the new 40....or perhaps I am deluding myself here.
Heths Mum received a new Laptop for her birthday....a wonderful gift.
One which will open doors to so many things......well as long as she doesn't become scared of it........which I am sure she won't.
How can we be scared of something that we are in control of?
Well, it is easy, I guess. We think that in one touch of a button we are going to wipe everything out.......when in most cases the computer will ask us several times if we really want to do this.
I think that the fact the computer asks us so many times, we really begin to think it knows better than us.
It doesn't. And in most situations, if by some chance you do push the button and everything goes haywire, there is always a way to get it back......you may need to enlist the help of someone who understands what goes on in the workings of the machine.
all the things that I have learned about the computer have been self taught....by errorful learning....what that means, is that invariably I do it wrong....get all hot and bothered and then sort it out...hopefully not to make the same mistake again.....but, I am human!
Over the past few weeks I have been getting warnings that my browser was out of date.
I was prompted to get Internet Explorer 8.........except that I didn't really want Internet Explorer 8........I was quite comfortable with version 7(or it might even have been 6).
I did notice that my browser was running very slowly.....checked out the computer with my virus checker and it didn't pick anything up.......then on Sunday(my Back-up day) I noticed the red warning flag on my task bar........and some windows updates.
One of the updates deemed it self to be critical....so I set the machine to do the updates.
My security system kept asking for permisiion to allow access for Internet Explorer 9 to be downloaded.....and I kept refusing...so the update didn't seem to be going anywhere.
In the end, and against my better judgement, I gave the required permission.
The machine did what it had to do and then shut down.......when it switched back on again I had internet Explorer 9......my home page had been changed to something that I didn't much recognise, I was thrown into confusion.
My Taskbar at the top of the page with my favourite places on it had gone........just a red x in the left hand side.......oh bobbins.
I wanted my old browser back again....the one which allowed me to find everything.....the one I felt comfortable with.
I used to think I was adaptable, but I am beginning to think that perhaps I am not as adaptable as I would have myself believe.
I toyed with doing a System Restore......to take me back intime.
The logical, sensible me stopped me from doing this. I am going to have to get used to this new browser sooner or later......I might as well get used to it now.
So here I am a day later, and I am getting used to it. Not liking it yet, but it is early days
Heth......tell your Mum to persist, us silver surfers can master things if we put our minds to them!
Heths Mum received a new Laptop for her birthday....a wonderful gift.
One which will open doors to so many things......well as long as she doesn't become scared of it........which I am sure she won't.
How can we be scared of something that we are in control of?
Well, it is easy, I guess. We think that in one touch of a button we are going to wipe everything out.......when in most cases the computer will ask us several times if we really want to do this.
I think that the fact the computer asks us so many times, we really begin to think it knows better than us.
It doesn't. And in most situations, if by some chance you do push the button and everything goes haywire, there is always a way to get it back......you may need to enlist the help of someone who understands what goes on in the workings of the machine.
all the things that I have learned about the computer have been self taught....by errorful learning....what that means, is that invariably I do it wrong....get all hot and bothered and then sort it out...hopefully not to make the same mistake again.....but, I am human!
Over the past few weeks I have been getting warnings that my browser was out of date.
I was prompted to get Internet Explorer 8.........except that I didn't really want Internet Explorer 8........I was quite comfortable with version 7(or it might even have been 6).
I did notice that my browser was running very slowly.....checked out the computer with my virus checker and it didn't pick anything up.......then on Sunday(my Back-up day) I noticed the red warning flag on my task bar........and some windows updates.
One of the updates deemed it self to be critical....so I set the machine to do the updates.
My security system kept asking for permisiion to allow access for Internet Explorer 9 to be downloaded.....and I kept refusing...so the update didn't seem to be going anywhere.
In the end, and against my better judgement, I gave the required permission.
The machine did what it had to do and then shut down.......when it switched back on again I had internet Explorer 9......my home page had been changed to something that I didn't much recognise, I was thrown into confusion.
My Taskbar at the top of the page with my favourite places on it had gone........just a red x in the left hand side.......oh bobbins.
I wanted my old browser back again....the one which allowed me to find everything.....the one I felt comfortable with.
I used to think I was adaptable, but I am beginning to think that perhaps I am not as adaptable as I would have myself believe.
I toyed with doing a System Restore......to take me back intime.
The logical, sensible me stopped me from doing this. I am going to have to get used to this new browser sooner or later......I might as well get used to it now.
So here I am a day later, and I am getting used to it. Not liking it yet, but it is early days
Heth......tell your Mum to persist, us silver surfers can master things if we put our minds to them!
like yerself i don't use that many sites, so now all firefox.
