Sunday, December 13, 2009

Days like yesterday are why Xanax is popular

Sigh, I do that more that I like to admit, yesterday I attempted to figure out the TomTom gps I bought for myself.  It seemed so simple but somehow it was evading me how to use.  The box did not contain a manual so I found one online and tinkered with the device.  I realized that I needed a fix that was on the website so I outfitted the device with the USB cable and plugged it in, which is good because I used the gps the other day and it couldn't find a McDonalds nearby, which was a problem because I needed a sausage mcmuffin bad .  No joke, this is about 5:30 pm, on a Saturday night, I won't even go into my in the hell I am at home on a Saturday night configuring my gps...but onward to the story.  Download the program that the device needs to interface with and update.  That seems to be okay.  Then to the map update.  I had read online that one needs to be remove whatever isn't needed on the device because it isn't big enough for the map update otherwise, so I took out the french and spanish voices and whatever else seems superfluous (big word of the day!).  The update starts, it takes 3 and 1/2 hours.  And at the end, not enough space on my computer, where it apparently is making a copy.  I had also read about making a backup, which somehow the program for the TomTom has a button for this but when I press the button it tells me "Your device does not support this function."  No problem, I make a copy of the device and leave it on my hard drive, after checking it for errors, this is all about 2 hours at this point, beyond the download time.  So I start deleting programs off my computer, I have a new computer on Monday so I'm only concerned about personal content and not any of these programs which I'll have to download again.  That still doesn't free up enough space, besides taking another hour to delete a bunch of programs.  I delete a really large program I have the CD for and that seems to work.  So again start the update, it seems to finish.  Turn on the gps.  It can't find the map.  Error messages all over the place.  I'm thinking maybe I'll just send it back now....TomTom support not available until Monday.  About 2 am I decide to just go to bed.  But it bugs me.  So I get up (meaning sit up in bed and turn on my computer) and try it again, after spending over an hour on the support website.  I'm at the point of reinitializing the device, which is a huge step, and see that now the backup button is supported on the TomTom program on my computer, so something changed.  Anyways, I figure out that the map is on the device but not "activated."  Apparently the map is downloaded on my computer and needs to be activated onto the device.  About 6 am I figure out how to do this.  And the gps now works, I think.  Is this even worth it?  Better be.  That's my Saturday night.  I needed some champagne desperately.

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