Crash!(?)
I may have killed my computer :-O
Not my new laptop...which is what I'm typing on...but my old desktop that I turned into a server. It all started with my Info Security class - of which I've only had one week...
As part of the class, we had to post a bio, and I included in mine a link to my server which has (had) personal info, pictures, resume, etc. After a few days, I decided to check my server access log to see if anyone from my class had actually visited it.
In the first weeks reading for this class we saw a little info about a (sub)class of hackers known as "script-kiddies" who have small programs that troll for hackable computers. The reading showed what their hacking attempts looked like, and in my server log I found stuff that looked just like it. So, obviously I freak out and over-react.
I start updating all the security stuff I can. But Windows won't update...which is probably the most important thing for me to patch up. The reason for the non-updating...I'm pretty sure...is something stupid I did a long time ago. I won't go into that now, because honestly I hardly remember what I did or why.
In trying to do repairs - which I am totally unqualified to perform - I've wound up not being able to get past a black screen with this on it:
A:
and a blinking cursor. All my attempts so far have failed. At best I'm afraid, I'll have to do a complete reinstallation of Windows. At worst I now have a large hunk of expensive plastic.
Not to mention the fact that I am totally freaked out and stressed out about the whole thing. Do you ever come to the realization that you have completely fucked something up and there is nothing you can do about it? I just want to crawl under something and forget about it...but I'm too stubborn to give up on it yet...
Not my new laptop...which is what I'm typing on...but my old desktop that I turned into a server. It all started with my Info Security class - of which I've only had one week...
As part of the class, we had to post a bio, and I included in mine a link to my server which has (had) personal info, pictures, resume, etc. After a few days, I decided to check my server access log to see if anyone from my class had actually visited it.
In the first weeks reading for this class we saw a little info about a (sub)class of hackers known as "script-kiddies" who have small programs that troll for hackable computers. The reading showed what their hacking attempts looked like, and in my server log I found stuff that looked just like it. So, obviously I freak out and over-react.
I start updating all the security stuff I can. But Windows won't update...which is probably the most important thing for me to patch up. The reason for the non-updating...I'm pretty sure...is something stupid I did a long time ago. I won't go into that now, because honestly I hardly remember what I did or why.
In trying to do repairs - which I am totally unqualified to perform - I've wound up not being able to get past a black screen with this on it:
A:
and a blinking cursor. All my attempts so far have failed. At best I'm afraid, I'll have to do a complete reinstallation of Windows. At worst I now have a large hunk of expensive plastic.
Not to mention the fact that I am totally freaked out and stressed out about the whole thing. Do you ever come to the realization that you have completely fucked something up and there is nothing you can do about it? I just want to crawl under something and forget about it...but I'm too stubborn to give up on it yet...
1 Comments:
Hey James, I like your design but you should know that it is against blogger TOS to modify the blogger navbar at the top. They might delete your blog, so don't say I didn't warn you.
Why don't you set up a Linux server by the way?
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