Friend or Foe??

I like to think that my computer is my friend. It keeps me so organized (and that is a SERIOUS understatement!), is my gateway to new information via google, and often my entertainment on slow days at the office. Oh, I should probably add that my dear friend the computer is what enables me to blog! But lately, honestly!! This old hunk of junk is becoming my foe! I have had the same computer since I started this job in 2005, and I believe it was well used at that time. Here are the list of problems I've been dealing with lately...

• Blue screen error where I lose anything I haven't saved and must restart my computer 1 to 2 times per day
• A little message saying that my C file is too full, which then doesn't allow me to open any files because they take up too much room. Uninstall them you say? Apparently that is opening a file and it says there's not enough room to do that.
• Disconnection to the network - which makes it so I can't get to MOST of my important documents or my printer
• Some stupid C:doc.... test thing that pops up at noon everyday and basically puts my computer at standstill until it's complete... yesterday it lasted 2 hours!!!
• SLOW speeds (and THAT is also an understatement!) To open a new browser, I'd say I wait on average 5 minutes. Typically, by the time I open it, I forget what I was going to do once it opened.

Relief is in sight though!!! I'm sure you're thinking... holy smokes Angela, why haven't you already replaced that thing?!?! Well, I'm not a computer person, that's why! I don't know how to pick out what I need. So, Mr. IT man is coming to my office on Tuesday and we will (HOPEFULLY) be ordering up some sanity for me!! The other great thing about that is, we will have an offical IT man instead of me setting things up like it says to do on the site I found through google.

Here's to hoping that shipping is speedy speedy on my new friend!!!