Princess Fix IT

CodeWarrior never ceases to amaze me. It's a constant battle. Latest case in point: User needs both version 3.04 and 3.6 for PS2 installed. Well, that in itself is a pain, but not impossible. I get both versions working in perfect binary harmony, but the Analysis Tools keeps popping up an error when the program is launched. Not a new issue, I've seen it before. Fairly easy to deal with, blah blah blah. But noooooo! My usual tricks fail me. Anyhow, new tricks aside, both CW versions and the Analysis Tools are currently working and all is well with the world. I think Metrowerks? slogan should be: ?Keeping your IT Department in Business Day After Day?After Day, After Day?? BTW the 'Repair' option on CW should be outlawed. It's such a joke! I've used it maybe twice (I learned that lesson fast) but I've had to clean up after it on multiple occasions. I've seen everything from bits and pieces of the program being removed altogether to all files relocating to the Windows System folder. This has to be some sort of sick programming joke.

As my Inbox filled up with a variety of NTBugTraq and SecurityBasics emails yesterday, I should have known the issue Kevin was experiencing was the most recent hijack-trojan, QHost-1, Instead, I gave him a fast solution that did work, but only temporarily (Hey I was at work when he called, I was busy, get off my case!). When he walked in this evening to inform me of the same browser connectivity problem, I was a bit more disciplined in my diagnosis. Man, I really am sick of hijacks, spyware and the like. I firmly believe there should be more attention paid to such annoyances (i.e. prison time, removal of fingers, flogging, etc.). They rarely do much harm, but I certainly would have preferred doing something else than editing his HOSTS files (no that isn't a euphemism).

My final ramble concerns SUS. I only have a handful of volunteer users for our PD Test SUS project and I?m concerned I will be unable to get more. Even with the promise of full system backups, it?s been a tough sell with deadlines, submissions, etc. These guys don?t have time to be my guinea pigs, but I do desperately need them to be. Maybe the few I have currently will suffice, as it is a great sample group of one artist and one programmer from select teams. Let?s hope?sigh.