Microsoft woes. Again.

Microsoft sucks!
A while ago I was complaining that my laptop shut down during extended periods of using MS Word. I pinpointed the problem to cut & and paste and the use of the 'track changes' function. Upon loading a doc with tracked changes or upon cutting and pasting (or even just marking) large portions of text, the laptop's fan would fire up noisily, and sometimes the computer would shut off. So I downloaded and installed all the recommended Office service packs. And things got worse.

So, new improved laptop. Well, hubby's old one. As quiet as can be. No excessive fan noises. While hunting for an English dictionary for Word I fell prey to MS's assurances that I need the service patches for security reasons. So, thinking that the problems with the other laptop were hardware related, I downloaded the patches and service updates and whatnot. And now?

The frigging thing turns itself off under exactly the same circumstances that the old one couldn't handle. Something makes the damn thing hot and it shuts down. But for crying out loud, all I'm doing is editing a Word document. Nothing else. I'm not even playing music. Argh!

So, if anyone knows a patch that fixes Windows XP or Word or whatever, could you please let me know? I want my laptop to be cool and silent and reliable. Really, is that too much to ask?

FIC: I Spy - (Spike/Ethan - R) - 2/2 *** complete ***

It's done! *does Numfar dance of joy*

TITLE: I Spy (2/2 - complete)
PAIRING: Spike/Ethan
TIMELINE: post-NFA
GENRE: h/c, angst, character study, slash
RATING: R (might go up to NC-17) - slash
AN: Written for moosesal who requested: Spike; meeting in a bar; a kiss; no mention of Buffy; no fluff. Part of the Ethan-Ficathon. Thank you, trkkr47 for organizing this!
Many thanks to sangpassionne for betaing this at such short notice and for her great help!

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