Computer Woes

I've been feeling overwhelmed the past 24 hours, with the clusterf*** of the computer situation her at the new job. Yesterday, I worked in the East Branch in the morning, did the iii Java update and felt things were moving along swimmingly. THEN the crap hit the fan and in a most unexpected way.

I went over to the West Branch after a very abbreviated lunch (got to talk to my older daughter on the phone as I ate and she walked back to her dorm from class). Had a brand spanking new computer for the public; had worked out all the glitches (or so I thought) before I left my office, so all I would have to do is swap out the old one and drop this shiny new computer and the public and library staff would love me. And it goes relatively smoothly (as smoothly as things go with computers). So I do the iii update on those Circ computers and am about to leave when !!! oh, I forgot to connect the new computer to the public printer.

And then the problems begin. The new computer can't SEE the printer. And I can't figure out WHY. The IP address is good, all the numbers look fine, so what's wrong? Well, I don't know. The only thing I can figure is it's because the new computer is a WinXP and the computer that the printer is attached to is Win2000. So I've been researching this morning as I do my 9-1 in the Children's room and I think I have an idea what it might be.

After leaving the computer problems behind, I ran and did $150 worth of grocery shopping, home to unpack and put it all away, and then begin Mike's Birthday dinner. My girls usually want a homemade cake (Decadent Chocolate Cake from the Silver Palate Cookbook) for their birthdays, but Mike always wants my cioppinio (sp?) which is an incredible amount of work. We finally got down to eat about 7:30 p.m.

Did do about a half hour of knitting on this tank I'm making. I have no idea how this is going to turn out. I took apart 2 different projects on Saturday and I hope this one doesn't follow suit.