Hey everyone.
Ya, it’s been a while since my last post, and man how the time flies, that is if you’re doing something that you enjoy doing. grin
I came down with a nasty cuss of a virus on this desktop machine a couple weeks ago, and after my son reformatted the hard drive and loaded Windows 7 onto the machine, I had to go through about seven or so Microsoft technicians before I was able to get back up to Windows 10 Creators. I have never talked about the Microsoft Accessibility Help Desk, which is available for blind and visually impaired computer users, like me. They have helped me out a few times these past couple years, and I am forever grateful for the generosity of Microsoft for this free service.
Anyway, I hate viruses, and hate the fact that I’m stupid enough sometimes to grab hold of them and drag them into my system.
After getting back to Windows 10, I have spent the last week trying to get my computer back to where it was, with programs that I frequently use installed. The task is demanding, and grueling at times, but I have always enjoyed these kinds of things. Not the virus, but the restructuring of the essentials. I did lose quite a few files because of the characteristics of the virus, which locked up my machine completely. I had backed up quite a bit of stuff, but hadn’t done that in a month or two.
I know, right? Duh!
So, here I am, back in cyberspace, making another attempt to rearrange some zeroes and ones along the way.
I hope you all are in the middle of a fantastic summer, and hopefully I’ll get back into some regular posts in a little bit. Thank God I didn’t lose much of my writings, but my multimedia files took a nasty hit.
Take it easy, and enjoy your day.
Oh ya, thanks a million to my son, Matt. Once again, you bailed me out, and I really appreciate it.
We’ll talk atcha later on.
dp
Surviving 
Welcome back to the cyber world, Deon.
It is not so much fun when you lose things. A couple years back, I lost so much when my computer was infected.I, stupidly, bought an expensive “service” from the IT people who are in India – and are hackers. OMG, they filled my computer with bad stuff, and then, of course, they got paid well for “fixing” everything – they had imbedded so much garbage in my computer it was unreal.
No more!
I’ll be getting a new computer and screen in August – I’ll be getting a new CCTV called a DaVinci, which is absolutely amazing. And, I am getting an I-Pad and a NFB reader. I am not sure what else. My tech expert has done a great job of building a case for me since I do so much writing and get published so much as well as doing the books – she really went to bat for me to get updated and new equipment and software programs. Nice to have her on my side.
Lynda
Hope it all works out for you Lynda. Thanks for the post. dp Sent from my Windows 10 Creators machine