Antique Lilac
  • Home
  • for Sale
  • Galleries
  • Favourite Photos
  • Tutorials
  • Blog
  • Links
  • Books

Computer Problems

8/31/2019

 
Sometimes I hate computers!!   All week I've been having so many problems with emails and notifications. Stuff isn't coming through, and if it is, it often comes over and over again.  I was also getting occasional fake 'virus' pop-ups when I'd open threads on resin cafe.  I'd get emails about some Facebook comments, but not others.  Some days I wouldn't get any emails when people commented on my website, and other days I just kept getting certain ones over and over, while not getting others from the same post.  I don't hear back from people I expected to hear from. - their emails are probably not getting through.  I even got a 'friend request' from someone on facebook, and there was a whole long series of conversations between some of my family members in it (!?!?). I have no idea what is going on, and have contacted my son, whose my IT guy. But of course, I never got his response (he did send one) I've tried restarting my computer but nothing helps. Stuff just keeps getting worse.

So I tried again today, and he said there are over 400 messages in my inbox, yet only 100 are actually showing up on my computer.  And now I'm having problems with Photoshop too. None of the tools I usually use are working. I can't even crop.   And all this is happening just when I finally made the decision to photograph all my extra wigs so I could put them up for sale to coincide with Resin Cafe's virtual conference this weekend. So far I've photographed 40 wigs, but I can't even work with the photos, plus who says I'd even get someone's email if they were interested in some of the wigs, so I guess that's not even worth continuing until this mess gets sorted out.

Maybe I better just get back to my knitting, and work on those fairy costumes!!  
Donna
8/31/2019 05:58:58 pm

Oh, Martha! This sounds like a nightmare, especially when you have so many photos to attend to and so many emails waiting for attention.
I hope you are able to resolve all the problems quickly!!!

Martha
8/31/2019 08:09:48 pm

I'm a total techno-boob, so anything wrong with my computer just stresses me out so much. I swear it knows when I'm stressed, and then acts up to test me even more.

However I tried restarting it AGAIN, and now Photoshop is responding as usual. And there were several emails from Weebly comments coming through too.

Anyways, I turned off the RAW setting for all the wig photos so I wouldn't have to process them as much. I can't believe how many there are! Most are bigger size meant for an 8/9 head, and were purchased way at the beginning when I only had my Ryung, and was planning on selling an embellished wig along with the costumes. But that idea went extinct when I discovered the joys of doll photography, and all those wigs have been sitting in boxes ever since.

Dorothy
8/31/2019 06:08:52 pm

Dear Martha, I am so glad that at least we can communicate with you this way. It is awful when computers don't work.

Teresa F.
9/1/2019 08:00:31 pm

Sorry you are having so many computer issues! Technology can be so frustrating.
I have the multiple copies of emails sometimes. A solution I found online is to access your internet account on your server's website. Then check your email inbox there. Chances are there is a 'dodgy' email that won't come into your email program's inbox. If that dodgy email is spam or not from somebody you know or correspond with, simple delete it. The duplicates should stop and other emails will be able to get in.

I'm not on Facebook so can't offer any suggestions for the problems there. Hope it all gets straightened out and working properly for you.


Comments are closed.

    Author

    Martha Boers is an award-winning Canadian doll maker and costumer specializing in fantasy and historical-style costumes.
    Read More... 

    Archives

    June 2025
    May 2025
    April 2025
    March 2025
    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    September 2024
    August 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.