My computer is dead

[still laughing]

Thank you ! after all those blaster worm posts, I
appreciate the good laugh !!
>-----Original Message-----
>You will all be pleased that this does not involve the
>Blaster worm. I was smart enough to apply the patch
>several weeks ago.
>
>But now I have a real problem. I went to boot up my
>computer last night, and nothing works. I push the
power
>button and it does nothing. To make it worse, my
monitor
>will not turn on, at least I don't think so because it's
>hard to tell since there's no picture. At wouldn't you
>know it, my printer and speakers seem to be dead too.
>
>I'm at a loss here. I'm not new to computers, and I
think
>I'm a pretty smart guy. In fact, I did some searching
on
>these newsgroups before posting, because I hate it when
>people post without digging around first. Especially
when
>the solution is so obvious (we've all seen our share of
>that in the last few days....)
>
>If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. This might
>not be the best place to post this, so if there's a
better
>place, please lead me in the right direction. Thanks!
>
>Oh, BTW... This might be unrelated, but the bulb in the
>lamp next to my computer desk seems to have burned out
>right around the time that this started.
>
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