Well, isn't that just perfect...

[rolanni]

My desktop has stopped. Just stopped. I had opened my mail program, which downloaded the mail, reporting that some idiot wanted an acknowledgment that I had received hisorher email...then the whole machine just locked up and -- quit. I couldn't even control-alt-del out of it, I had to hit the off button.

Reported at length in case there's a fun new virus out there that's deployed with the pop-up of a return receipt box.


Anyhow, the machine won't come up, and every! single! word! that I had written today is gone, and I am...beyond sick.

Those of you expecting email from me -- it'll be an undetermined while. I have most of the book backed up to dropbox and have gotten it down to The Leewit. Not today's work of course; I'll have to totally rewrite that from the ground up.

*cries*

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Remember we get to pull the plug

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Advice from a friend of mine whose work was in computer diagnostics.

Doesn't solve any problems but can make you feel better.

That being said actually turning off the power supply, and disconnecting the back up power supply if any just might work. Wait a bit and reconnect.

A similar incident with my desktop got cured that way. And it couldn't hurt to try.