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This morning I found that my computer had restarted overnight to update Windows, as it sometimes does, so I set about doing retrieving the stuff I'd left up the night before - job search materials, checking on my migration of my Sims files over to another hard drive, and standard internet browsing.  Not even any video files or anything.  ( *Ominous musical cue* )

ETA:  And just as I was editing my entry to say "huh, it seems to be fixed now," everything flashed and Karina's face turned lavender.  FANTASTIC.  Now I am editing from my laptop instead!  To say no, it is not fixed!  I may need a humorous sobbing icon if the contents of the "computer terror tribulations" tag continue to grow.

ETA 2:  It restarted painlessly until I attempted to open Firefox, at which point it went started turning funny colors and sending snowflakes of fail across the screen.  I mentioned this to the husband, and at his suggestion, tried IE.  Then the screen decided to flash even more colors, helpfully illustrating all of this for the husband, who never actually saw Disco Deathwing.  Windows attempted to give me a helpful message about shutting down the program to protect my computer.  Maybe a bit late for that, Windows, but that's thoughtful of you all the same. 

Next time, I'm not naming my computer after a robot soap opera star.  Clearly, I gave it ideas.