I am not exactly sure how the printer got changed in the first place. Everything was fine for about a year and a half, then I clicked on something. What, I am still not sure, but it seems kind of ridiculous that clicking on something could change your default printer. I mean come on. Don't they know people just click things by accident sometimes. So now whenever I go to print I have to select the correct printer, if not it tries to send a fax. As you can imagine very annoying.
So I clicked on something and all I remember is this thing flashed across the screen. Of course I didn't bother reading it and I think I pressed OK. I say "I think" because I was in my normal work-day daze where I just go around clicking and copying without too much thinking. Also when it comes to computers I pretty much just click "OK" or whatever I have to click to get the message box to go away, so I can only assume that had a message box appeared I would have done whatever it wanted me to do in order to get it to disappear. "OK" "CONTINUE" "EXIT" whatever.
If there was a box that said "by clicking this box you will irreparably damage your computer" I would probably click it just to make it go away and then freak out an hour later because my computer is broken. I would then call my father hysterically because something "happened" to my computer. But we all know things don't just "happen" to computers. At least not my computers. Usually I "happen" to them. So I call up hysterical and my mom would answer, but I don't have time for her and I start in mid sentence "my computer is broken is Dad there?" although she is dismayed by my rudeness she doesn't want to be the one to deal with me in this state so she hands the phone over to Dad. "What happened?" he would ask "I don't know this thing came up and I clicked it and it said something about my computer and I don't know and then I turned it off and now it wont turn back on."
As I am explaining what "happened" to my computer I can hear him get in his "help Elizabeth with her computer" stance as he shuffles whatever he is doing out of the way to deal with the crisis at hand. My Dad would then of course remain calm while I continue to freak out. Mom would be in the background saying "what's going on?" But deep down she would know exactly what's going on because we have been through this more times than I care to admit.
Then he would ask me to find my warranty to see if that type of thing was covered "NO!! It isn't covered remember the last time." Then he would ask me all kinds of questions I don't know the answer to and I would, as I stated before, get really frustrated. I suppose "frustrated" is a nice way of putting it. After I am unable to get my father to understand the gravity of the situation and speak some kind of language that makes sense to me I would say "Forget it I will call Mark".
I always assume my brother knows some top secret Microsoft trick to fix things. And he usually does. So assuming he isn't out of the country or away from his phone he will find a way to fix it for me. So I end up freaking out over nothing. I guess I could just tell myself not to freak out at all because it will work itself out, but that just seems so unproductive. I could also call my brother immediately when a crisis occurs, but that seems unproductive too. Besides he is busy, there is a time difference, and I would miss out on valuable bonding time with my Dad. But I think I learned my lesson...really. after that whole MYDOOM virus or whatever I contracted last year no more hysterical phone calls home...well at least not about computers.
But that's not the point. The point is I can't fucking figure out how to get this computer to print to the right place. Why on earth would they even make sending a fax an option from my computer? Who am I to send a fax? Ridiculous. I guess I could just call the helpdesk, but don't you think that would be a little embarrassing? I sort of always had trouble selecting printers for whatever reason. But part of me always thought there was a "Printer Setup" option on the file menu. At least there is one in my head. But no. Page Setup, Print Preview, Print...USELESS! I am not sure why Print Preview gets such high billing. I mean I love the feature but come on who cares what it looks like once it is printed out if you can't get it to print at all. Duh. Perhaps I should send a memo to Bill Gates and tell him to get his ass out of his XBOX and start making Microsoft Word a little more user friendly. Or at least more "incompetent user" friendly. Anyway please help!
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