I got warned about the Code Red worm and, since I do run Win 2K, I figured I better apply the hotfix for it if I didn’t want to contribute to dragging the Net to a halt. So I try to install the hotfix. No, I can?t do that because I haven’t installed Service Pack 2 yet. Swear. Start over and install SP2. Reboot. Install worm hotfix. Discover that my trackball has stopped working. Swear some more. Go to Logitech’s Web site and discover that their ver. 8 drivers conflict with SP2. Their solution is to download and install the ver. 9.29 drivers. Download new drivers and software; run installation twice?once to get rid of the ver. 8 drivers, and a second time to install the v. 9.29 drivers. Reboot. Notice the mouse response is slightly crank. Work for about fifteen minutes. Watch the pointer lock up onscreen. Invent some entirely new swears.
The cannibal ant delivers some tin-plated kumquats. Fnord.
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