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Personally, I favor throwing the danged things off the roof!
Posted by: Marilynn B | June 27, 2007 at 04:56 AM
For years it has been my contention that computers have a mind of their own!
Posted by: Paul Kirkman | June 27, 2007 at 09:48 AM
As an ex-Computer Support person, I've often found the quickest repair is to make a replacement. In this case, the operator.
Happy Dae.
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Posted by: Happy Dae | June 27, 2007 at 01:05 PM
PBKAC (problem between keyboard and chair)
Posted by: Keith | June 27, 2007 at 08:15 PM
By the way, non-working computers do make good boat anchors. :-)
Posted by: Peggy | June 29, 2007 at 04:16 PM