Mood:  hungry

The following is an edited part of an email that I sent earlier this evening about my recent experiences with computers at CSN.   

My frustration with Access continued while I was at CSN Summerlin Saturday (it's more than just the security warning - half the time I get a "Not Responding" message and I've tried using several different computers there). I've asked both of the lab techs and they don't know how to solve the problems.

Today I went to the Charleston lab, which I don't like to use because of the crowding and the loud clientèle, and made a discovery. The computers at Summerlin are in dire need of help. Being a novice at this I don't know what the proper terminology for the situation is, but at Charleston with two clicks and no waiting time the security message disappears, and I never got a "Not Responding" message.

I don't remember having problems at Western with Access, but then I may not have worked on Access there.

Now that I know it's the Summerlin computers, and not CSN's system, I guess there's no reason to send you a copy of the Access warning message.

One more computer item: there is one POD of newer computers at Summerlin. On all of the computers in this POD, when you open Internet Explorer instead of the CSN homepage coming up, you get the MSN homepage. I clicked search, and Google instead of being in English is in Chinese. I can deal with that except sometimes it won't accept English letters and I have absolutely no knowledge of Chinese characters. The Saturday lab tech tried to "fix" the computers, but I don't think he was successful.

Now to "Publish Post" - fingers crossed on my left hand.  Won't cross them on the right or I might mess up my click. 

2007-11-19     14:22:11

My Blog from last night was published.  Wow!  Now for a few tweaks and comments and hopefully Angelfire will accept my edit.

I'm at Western right now.  I'm going to try Access to see how it operates so I can make a comment.  I am curious.  The security warning shows up and takes longer to go away than at Charleston, but is still much faster than Summerlin.  I can't be positive since I'm not a computer expert, but from the way the program was responding, it's much faster than Summerlin, which isn't saying much, but is slower than Charleston. 

Looks like I may have to change my choice of computer labs on the weekend, which does not make me happy.  I can walk to the Summerlin campus.