<p>VeryHappy, it looks like a partial success. One Vista down, one to go. Had H not decided to ‘downgrade’ from Vista Business to plain home version of Win 7, it would have been easier. Now he has to reinstall all software. Otherwise, apparently, Win 7 would have taken over seamlessly. H also had to break up a minor fight between Kashpersky (sp?) and Win 7, but it they are all buddies now. Kashpersky even cleaned out a Trojan from H’s hard drive that he used to back up his work computer :eek: The wireless is back up, and I can use my XP laptop instead of my iPhone to surf CC. Now we are off to the movies!</p>
<p>(Currently, we have 9 computers in the house. Two can be only used as doorstops, but the ancient laptop can even open a jpeg file in under 2 minutes!)</p>
<p>Bunsen, congratulations to your husband. I, of course, have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.</p>
<p>I want a computer that’s as complicated to set up as a toaster.</p>
<p>In answer to the title question, my husband repairs a lot of computers by using a remote control program called Team Viewer. The program accesses a home computer only when allowed in by the owner, and he can do installation and repairs without the trouble of a housecall.</p>
<p>So your husband is like a remote geek squad.</p>
<p>Do you loan him out? </p>
<p>I could use a remote geek squad! I bet we all could!</p>
<p>I’m trying to convince BCEagle to move to my neighborhood. ;)</p>
<p>I would imagine many of our posters could earn some serious dough on CC as a freelancer getting referrals - if they weren’t anonymous!</p>
<p>I have a BSEE degree. I worked in software for decades. However, I married a HW engineer with a masters. And he cabled/wired/etc our house to the hilt. Cat 5 to every room, including the laundry room, and the outdoor patio. Two wireless networks. The main audio/video equipment programed through a master remote, that includes a remote for dimming the lights. Other audio/video setups with entirely different remotes. Mac laptops for the kids, pc laptops for us grownups. Extra Mac Pro for photography/movie making. Bleeding edge of every technology, from laser discs to hd dvd players. We had the first DSL line out of our CO, installed in 1995. It all worked great, right up until he died.</p>
<p>I had audio/video system in my bedroom I did not know how to turn on. The high tech light switches in my bedroom started going out, and I thought I was toast until I found a remote control under my bed. Yep, there is a remote control for the lights in my bedroom. Who knew. I finally found the music we play outside in the entertainment area runs through a DVD player, but if you want to watch a movie inside you use the combined DVD/VCR player. I know we could run music through the system off an ipod, but I still can’t find where that to plug that ipod in. I have guessed at all the passwords. Wouldn’t you know it, when he came up with passwords he used mine. </p>
<p>Slowly, everything was beginning to deteriorate. I was bringing in his friends to do any IT work, until they hit walls. At almost two years out I finally hired an IT guy from a neighborhood IT company. When I told the dispatcher the brand of the wireless routers they had a fit. Those were NOT residential routers. They sent out their best guy, who replaced the routers. He was very impressed by my house IT system. He got us down to one, residential wireless network, and most stuff still works. He also taught me how the video system in my bedroom works. Score.</p>
<p>My new beau is an English major. When we talk about the future I’m thinking a much simpler house, with real light switches, one single wireless network, and a TV I can turn on manually if I can’t find the remote. Though he sounds sad we won’t have remote control lights.</p>
<p>^^^That’s a sweet story.</p>