Saturday

Yup, Saturday hours.

A good client was having a two-fold networking issue.
Issue 1: Home desktop fell off wireless network. I reset thet IP properties to DHCP, and he's back on. Why did they get set to something else? Elves!
Issue 2: Can't connect laptop at workplace to wireless. He can connect at home wireless, so I figure its a settings issue. The root problem is that we can't get hold of the IT guy at thte workplace. Its a municipal building, and there's no off-hours support? Can I counter-bid that contract, pleeease? When the guy gets around to coming in, maybe they can verify the settings are correct.

This afternoon, spoke to a new client who complained of a computer that was 'slow'. Well, where to begin? Its a fairly old Dell desktop with 256 MB RAM, and XP Home SP1 (yes - 1). They never *ever* let Windows update. And their security apps were rubbish, on top of a zoo of crapware. Luckily, I had compatible RAM instock, and set them up just fine. Took all bloody afternoon, though.