ARGH COMPUTERS

Went to put a CD in the Optiplex and it ignored it. Looked in Windows and as far as it was concerned there was no CD-ROM. Rebooted it. Same again. Complete shutdown. Nothing.

I extricated it with difficulty from the position it has next to the TV and hook it up to a monitor. It complains again about the CMOS battery and reboots, and the drive is there. Bah. The battery issue means it never starts unattended and you have to leave a keyboard plugged in so when it beeps unhappily you can press F1 to make it boot.

I hate computers. The fact that they remain my primary talent and source of income is probably the greatest tragedy of our times.