Yes I'm back. It's been a long time. Spring and Summer have gone and Autumn is in it's ultimate beauty. Below we have an image of Guy Noir relaxing in his camp chair on a warm fall day.
Autumn will be gone soon and Winter will be on the doorstep. Just want to let you know that if I don't post for ages it's probably just because life is getting in the way. Seems everything takes so long to accomplish now. I thought technology was supposed to make life easier and it has overall, but in some ways things are more difficult and frustrating.
For example, I've been plagued with computer issues and internet issues for weeks going into months. Everyday brings a new challenge to overcome. Broken computers, impossible technology it goes on and on. I've use HP PC's for ages with a Windows interface and it seems that Microsoft wants us to be online and connected to them at all times. The computer manufacturers and MS have opted into having all sorts of things preloaded and enabled as soon as you turn on your PC and connect to the internet. One of the worst is something called OneDrive which is the Microsoft cloud storage. Another was BitLocker that was enabled on my PC. I finally figured out how to disable it. The terrible thing is, that if you have it enabled and get locked out of your PC without the passkey that you somehow were supposed to know to save, you are out of luck, you will never get back into that computer again. But I still fear with every update that MS will enable everything I have turned off. I am much more vigilant about backing up all my files to a separate hard drive now.
It has taken me much anxiety and time to unravel all the things that have been done when I set up my new PC. They assume I want all of my personal information, pictures, documents... everything stored in the cloud somewhere. Well I do not want that! They didn't even ask! Worse I've read horror stories of people who deleted the information from the cloud and had no idea that it would also delete information on their own computers. Oh the Horror!
Speaking of horror, it's almost Halloween! We have our candy ready for the little monsters. When I say we I mean my husband as he hands out the treats and I stay in the basement with Guy Noir, who is actually a big scaredy cat!
So anyway I'm sure all of you are tech savvy and think I'm just an old lady who complains a lot. Well you would be right.
Take care everyone, if you don't hear from me again, I'm most likely fine. It's just my computer locked me out forever.
Diane and Guy Noir