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Hello Wayne - 

WC>> My landlady is a sweatheart and snagged the machine for me
WC>> when a friend upgraded. 

CA>> I have had people who were generous enough to give me
CA>> useful hardware become annoyed when they found that I was
CA>> actually using it. Strange phenomena but I suspect they
CA>> gave it to me as a final test to prove they really did
CA>> need a newer one. When I got it all fixed it seems they
CA>> felt betrayed? 

WC> You know I got a bit of that sort of drift on this deal
WC> myself. I don't really care as if the woman wants to swap
WC> out the Gateway for this machine no problemo, 

You may want to read my reply to Matt. I lost a '55 Chevy by
fixing it too soon and not having a title transfer in my name.
:-\ 

When I am given a computer I usually have them write a short
note that they have no further interest in the equipment and
sign it. More to discourage them from even _thinking_ about
asking for it back than to want a courtroom battle over it one
day. 

Recently was offerred a computer then after further discussion
it was mentioned "... then if I ever needed it back again ...".
Turns out they were looking for free 'troubleshooting' since
the system had become unstable for them. I declined the offer. 

I think we've all had the "give now, take back later" thing
happen to us many times in our lives? 

WC>> I'm now hardware tech support for her new machine so she
WC>> can get onto AOL. In the next couple of days I'll have her
WC>> system over here and set it up properly for her. 

Truly, her seeing the old machine working (possibly better than
her new one) is not going to be a good thing. :-\ 

CA>> Try to not criticize her choice of OS too much. Even with
CA>> the best of intentions people do take it as 'not liking
CA>> their dog'. 

CA> > :-\ 

WC> I won't with current tech support target however did so
WC> with my landladies Win XP, she agreed with me. 

--8<--cut 

WC> I see them integrating a computer into the TV - Monitor.
WC> Noted on Tom's Hardware site an account of someone who
WC> setup his computer just to access HDTV, interesting and I'm
WC> going there myself as it's actually cheaper than the HDTV
WC> set. 

Almost anything is cheaper than a new HDTV these days. :-) 

WC>> My mind is trying to deal with so much the last few days I
WC>> forgot for a time my password for fidotel. 

CA>> Well your mind is filled with 'happy' thoughts at least.
CA>> ;-) 

WC> Well picked up a sixpack and chugged last night... computer
WC> burn, needed a break. 

Always good to pause and appreciate your good luck. Never know
when the next opportunity will come along. (G) 

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