Nervous

Yesterday my boss got a fake anti-virus on his machine.  Like most of them, it prevented him from doing anything.  I tried system restore but no luck there.  I had to login as myself, being an Administrator and then install Malwarebytes and do a quick scan. 

In case you haven’t figured it out yet, my boss is NOT a very patient fellow.  He is a get it and go type of person, everything is quick.  Part of me thinks that is because he lives on the East Coast.  People there are great but typically don’t have patients for anything.

So the quick scan did the trick and got me out of the jam.  I looked at his AV and it hadn’t been updated since August.  Not sure why but his machine just stopped communicating with the server, so his definitions were well out of date.

I waited until late in the evening and pushed AV to his machine.  It said that it was successful but I didn’t see his machine show up in the list of clients.  So I pushed it again, and he still didn’t show up.  My next trick was to remote into the machine, but if he was still working this would cause problems.  I rolled the dice and looked, sure enough the install worked and definitions were up to date.  I didn’t get any phone calls or emails and he said nothing today, so I presume I got lucky!

Today he calls me and tells me he can’t print.  Strange.  I tried reinstalling the drivers and I got everything but what he wanted to print.  He finally kicked me off of his machine, because he had work to do.  Then 15 minutes later he called me back and told me “it blew up”.  I walked in and he said I’m working, give me a minute.  Huh?  Confused, I know I was.  Then he showed me he couldn’t access any network files, it told him to contact his Admin.  The fix for this?  You guessed it, reboot.  When I told him that he had a small calf but we got through it.  That fixed things.

The man makes me nervous, always peering over my shoulder.  Maybe he is trying to learn something or just wants to see what I am up to.  Matters not to me, but it creeps me out and my brain doesn’t seem to want to work.  I told him that I need to scan his machine because I think there is something else going on.  Lord knows that if the quick scan found stuff that there is probably God knows what lurking.  Not to mention I am not really happy with the way his machine was built.  I didn’t do it, he got it well before I started.  Personally, I wouldn’t have it – I would have thrown it back and said get me a different one. 

Now I have to wait and see when free time will come and hope as well as pray nothing else goes wrong.  My fear is that he will grow angry with me and kick me out.  Despite the fact that I am helping his business more than anyone has ever before.  I still feel like it’s a thin sheet of ice, but only when I am dealing with him. 

 

Speaking of computers, yesterday I noticed that IE 10 was out for Windows 7.  So I downloaded the beta copy, had to reboot and then we were in business.  This is on my work machine.  There are a couple pages that I look at on a regular basis but have to now use compatibility mode.  I t seems a little faster and there are more controls for privacy sake, as well as it will auto update to get future versions as soon as it detects they are available.  Chrome & Firefox have been doing this for years, about time MS caught up with the pack.  I’m keeping it for a little bit.  I just hope that once it’s a Golden Master, things improve even more. 

 

I saw photos yesterday from the company trip.  Looks like a nice place.  Most of the women got all slutted up to go out on the town.  They were pulling in men fast.  Honestly, they all looked like $2 whores.  I know they were having a good time but you don’t have to look like a whore to accomplish that.  The one guy I liked managed to avoid photos all together, probably a good idea.  So the most skin I saw was that of women, ick. 

The rooms were posh.  A mini bar with sensors on each item.  If you lifted the item for more than 4 seconds you were charged for it.  Regardless if you used it or not.  Each room had a Apple Computer in it and the hotel encouraged you to use it.  Kind of a nice perk.  The rooms were $500 per night and I was worried about spending $170 per night.  They also consumed a large amount of alcohol.  This cost the company a small fortune, but I saved them money by not going.  Next year?  Who knows.  Personally, I would like a Christmas Bonus which I don’t believe they do.

The women started up a secret Santa thing.  It’s only $10 but I declined.  It would just be something else to add to my ever growing list of things to do.  I don’t want to bother. 

Speaking of Christmas, I got our holiday gift for our friends.  They have cats, lots of them just like we do.  They actually have to leave a faucet on because one of their cats wants uber fresh water.  Well, now they will have a fountain that will run all the time and won’t run up the water bill.  I got them a reserve reservoir to hold even more water and I’m throwing in a package of filters.  I sure hope they are happy with it.  The damn thing wasn’t cheap but I did pay less than when I bought ours for #1 son.  We still have it all these years later.  I discovered if you air dry and use a quick wash setting, you can throw it in the dishwasher.  Boy that saves me a ton because that thing gets dirty fast.  Plus you have to change the filter at least every 4 weeks or stuff starts growing and the kids will get sick.  I got our kids a larger reservoir so they can drink even more.  There you have it my holiday shopping is done!

What will I get for Christmas?  Just a meal and time with friends and my family.  I’d love money.  The joy of the season for me is just spending time at home with everyone.  Having my guy around for another year as well as Mr. Big Boy.  Plus the week off so we can get married.  I could ask for more but wouldn’t get it, so I am happy with what I have.  Plus at the moment I am not looking for a job, so that is a big improvement from last year!

Time to get back to real work, the afternoon is moving but not fast enough for me.  About an hour and a half more to go before the day is done.  Wow, too bad it’s not Friday already!  Take care and I will talk with you peeps later.