I want to shine some "lyte" on rebooting. We are switching IT companies at my job and it has been a wee bit crazy. I feel a little intimidated because my IT knowledge is of the toaster oven type. I want my computing to work like my toaster oven; I put the bread in, set the timer, and ding! There is my toast, done to perfection.
Right. So, our entire system went belly up and my IT savior rode in on his white Prius to save the day. I thought he would push up his sleeves and start loading code. Nope, he gave our system a hard boot. To those of you who are scratching your heads, a hard boot is when you turn your system off and then turn it back on to reload all the programming.
I was amazed, all this IT know-how came down to doing what I do when my computer doesn't cooperate with me at home. Turn it off, turn it on, and pray. Okay, he did some other stuff too, but when in doubt, give it a hard boot.
Later in the week, we were having issues loading a printing program. Again, the solution was to uninstall the program and then reinstall it. Another version of the hard boot.
I am beginning to sense a theme here. Our world seems to be a batsh*t crazy right now. Everyone had a different prescription for how to fix it. So I am going to go out on a limb and suggest....a hard boot.
Now, I am not talking Armageddon. But since we are losing an hour of time this weekend anyway, let's just metaphorically load all garbage of the past few years into that hour and kiss it goodbye. A nice fresh start on Sunday morning. A hard boot.
