I had a nice long conversation with my Computer Guru. To remind you (and me for future reference) I've been unable to use Google on my main computer for several days now. The file is corrupted and I get the following message:
The procedure entry point SetProcessMitigationPolicy could not be located in the dynamic link library
My major concern with this is software platform - I'm running Windows 7 on my main computer, and Google is no longer supporting Windows 7 or 8. So although I know I could have uninstalled Google and reinstalled it from their website options, I was concerned (since my computer system is no longer supported), whether that was a viable option any more.
"Hmmm ... that's a legitimate concern", said Dale when I mentioned that aspect to him. "Let me try something on a really old computer I have that's still up and running." So, he went over to a Vista computer he has in the corner of his workshop powered that up, and tried a couple of things. What we finally decided would be the best solution would be for me to go into my "Downloads" file on my computer and find Google there to reload it from an older version. Hopefully that will fix the problem. After I'm finished cooking today, I'll give it a try.
After Dale was done with the "business" aspect, I mentioned that I had enjoyed the book he had recommended to me - "Person of Interest-Why Jesus Still Matters in a World that Rejects the Bible". He's an adamant Christian, and I'm an adamant Pagan. He bears hope of bringing me into the fold, and no ,,, it's never going to happen. But he keeps trying and I keep enjoying his efforts. So after a spirited discussion for another 15-20 minutes, we signed off.
I also spent an hour or so trying to see if my older laser printer could be made to work with my register software. I need something more effective to print out my End of Day and inventory reports than my current printer which needs to have each page hand-fed to it now (it's dying of old age and heavy use). Unfortunately. this was a no-go. Although the printer is recognized by my computer in general, the actual sales register program does not recognize it as a legitimate resource and can't send the reports to it for printing. So the older printer went back into the corner.
I turned to the internet, as I often do, and tried to find a replacement printer and I actually found one! The same model as what I'm currently using, at a reasonable price ($50 plus $20 shipping). Apparently the guy selling it had a total of 10 that he got from a company that was upgrading their printers. This was quite recent ... the beginning of the month. He'd already sold one of them, and I decided I was willing to make a $70 gamble on a new/old printer. It should be shipped to me within a day or so and I'll know if it works when I get it hooked up. Hopefully it will automatically feed paper and, even more importantly, price tags, so that I won't have to go jump through the printing hoops I'm currently dealing with.
On that note, I'm out of here. We're getting snow (probably about 1/2 inch total, so not much, but wet and heavy stuff), and I'll need to shovel before I leave for the swimming pool. Have an excellent day, and if I get any time to do computer stuff today, I might be back to my regular format tomorrow with photos and all! Here's hoping, (although that may not happen until Friday). Slava Ukraini.
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