I got up this morning and could tell that it was going to be a really good day. Thus far the prediction has been accurate.
I made breakfast for myself and the kids. Breakfast included bacon. Yum.
I started loads of dishes and of laundry.
Then I sat down with the telephone and called customer support for the Point of Sale software. I spilled the whole story to the nice tech guy on the other end. He couldn’t help me with the laptop hardware problem. Unfortunately neither could the USB/ethernet adapter I tried last night. He confirmed that the Point of Sale software will not work on Windows 98. If I want to use that machine, I’ll have to upgrade it. However he assured me that once I got the laptops sorted out, setting up software would be easy. Instead we set up the software on my desktop so that I could complete the credit card transactions. This was the critical task and it is now DONE. Whew. I can now take my time to sort out the issues with the laptops or strong arm tech friends to sort it out for me.
I then made lunch and switched laundry loads.
Now I am preparing for another long stint at my computer while I do the routine weekly accounting. This is a chore, but it shouldn’t have any nasty surprises in store.
Glad everything else worked out well, but I must admit, you already had me believing it was a good day at “breakfast included bacon.” I mean seriously, can any day NOT be good after that? 🙂
I’m sure that will be sooooooooo hard… 🙂
I bet a bribe of an eraly look at some cartoons from the buffer, or even non-random frames from the buffer would be sufficient. I know I’d be willing to do it for free if I wasn’t 1/3 of the continent away.
Heck, I’d do it just for the knowledge that I had helped Team Schlock (AkA The Tayler Corporation)
If another ethernet adapter didn’t fix things, then the *first* thing I’d do is try another ethernet cable. There are two kinds and depending on what you have the non-computer end plugged into, you need either a “normal” cable or a “crossover” cable.
Some ethernet adpters will configure themselves to work with either. Others won’t.