Okay, my computer just hang (hung?). This is really annoying. So I press Ctrl+Alt+Del and launch the task manager. Then the task manager hang when I press the “End Process” button. Then I press Ctrl+Alt+Del again, it hang again. I did so till there’s four hang Task Manager.
Please do not mock me and tell me to switch to Mac or whatever. I have been using Windows for years and I am satisfied with it.
I found the problem, a program called “vsmon.exe” is experiencing memory leaks. It starts using near 100% resources. I did a search on the internet, it’s some ZoneAlarm kinda thing. Dammit, I just installed that 2 days ago.
When I see my computer in the hang stage, I am always afraid that I’ll have to reinstall Windows again. The last time it happened, I reinstalled everything. I do not even know what’s wrong. Windows can’t even reach the log in screen, some necessary component is not found or corrupted.
Perhaps there’s a better way to fix this, but I only know how to reinstall. [My friend says I should have done a "Repair" from the Windows XP CD.]
This makes me think of what my UNIX teacher says. She says every time when Windows goes wrong, the users don’t know what’s wrong. But in UNIX, the users can clearly see what’s going on from the command line prompts.
So is UNIX better? For that reason, yes it is. But if you’re wondering how does UNIX look like, it’s like MS-DOS. I heard you said “Yuck!”. Of course, there are some shells available to make it look better, but those graphical shells are never as powerful as the command prompt.
I borrowed a UNIX book today. Those teach-yourself-UNIX-in-24-hours kinda book. Oh, I just noticed that the titles is indeed – “Teach Yourself UNIX in 24 hours”. It isn’t really a thick book, considering the fact that I brought home thicker ones.
I never dared to read these books in front of my friends. I always hide them under my bed and read them at night. Some computer books makes excellent sleep inducers. Some books that are good for sleeping is Microsoft Access guide books, excellent sleeping companions. They beat counting sheep.
I have to admit this, I borrowed a lot of computer books. That’s the only section I borrowed from. I do not like fiction books. I rather read cooking guide books. By the way, the Chinese cooking guide books always feature a 40 year old aunty (lady) holding her cooking pan.
I read travel guides too, but it’s obviously not as enjoyable as visiting the place itself. New York Times bestsellers list often include how-to-earn-money-and-more-money type of books. I recall “Rick Dad, Poor Dad” (something like that) topping the charts for weeks in the Borders Bookstore. I think I have “Who moved my cheese?” somewhere in my shelves.
I spend awful amount of time reading magazines too. I read entertainment ones often, that is until my brother stop buying them that I switched to reading blogs, which are equally entertaining. I dislike news magazines (e.g. TIME), the cover page is already boring me.
Computer magazines have always been one of my favorites, but they don’t come cheap. These magazines are often months old in the libraries.
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What the hell, I went out of point for this post.
