h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

WHERE! point him out

He's gone now

can't blame blood pressure now

He stole it?

yus!

Told you to lock it up!

BUT! I do! have bejeweled 2 back on

Don't tell Hoggy's missus, or she won't go to the Wedding!!

oops!

That'll cost ya!

£5.99soon get another10% discount as well

Bragging eh?

not much of a life, but 10% off is better than nowt

Yes dear

don't like tesco's bread anyway

That's good enough reason not to go there..

have to use my coupons now and again though

here we go, here we go, here we go!

Computer running ok - no problems

Yesterday!

Out comes windows XP service pack 3can't get/download it from auto updates, have to go to pacific windows site/web page - off we trots, download here! OK I will1 hr 30odd min's later, download complete, click etc to install "click" runs - says completed and restart PC as per usual - "I do!" windows starts and shows logo screen along with "nightrider" dots going across(as normal).
Does it then go to password screen NO! it goes in to rebootand then continues in a loop :-
shows logo screen along with "nightrider" dots going across(as normal).
Does it then go to password screen NO! it goes in to reboot.

It will not let me get any further
here we go, here we go, here we go!

time to put XP disc in and click for repair set up, it don't know what to repairso looks like total reinstall

clicks for reinstall, it goes through the set up, serial number etc, moves to reboot and it's ok, it's NOT taken any folders off - at this I'm happy(short lived)
Today,notified there are updates, goes to check in auto update -oh no! service pack 3 - we advice loading/installing this and then come back and see if there any more updates
downloads pack 3, bloody fingers crossed! "failed" can't install along with other updates it has. Ponderssod it, I'll try something else tomorrow.

Today, I bypass service pack 3 and have 101 updates to download/install, as I'd put my XP back to the disc level, I have now loaded the 101 updates - but "failed" these updates did not load, go to etc for info.
SO now! due to windows bloody service pack 3, I can't update anything, which brings me back to February and the Beach Boys song "wipe out" when tomorrow comes(and not the film)

well! I got just less than 8 weeks no trouble on computer, again it's fate and again it's me!

Gates can still sod Vistabut when the "windows 7" operating system comes out,I'm taking insurance out as well he owes me

Oooopsadaisy!