> get lamp

I'm getting so irritated that my new work PC is somehow missing several of what I consider the basic Windows accessory apps, like Sticky Notes, Snip & Sketch, and the bloody Calculator. What is even weirder is that it's missing the Microsoft Store so I can't even try to download them. That might have something to do with it being enterprise deployment; I can see why they might want to cut the Store out of a disk image so people aren't downloading random apps. (Although I think they only make people local machine admins like I am by request/if there is need, so idk if most people would even have permission to in the first place, depending on group policy. There is a policy option that can block MS Store installs if configured, but it's not, and not configured means "allowed" in this case.) The fact that it is a local account and not a Microsoft account may also have something to do with it. But why are they missing in the first place? I am reduced to doing bloody Google searches or using Excel to do simple arithmetic. When I press Win+Shift+S I get the Snip & Sketch box-drawing thing but when I release the mouse nothing happens; yet of course Snipping Tool itself says "Snipping Tool is moving..." and invites me to try Snip & Sketch. But that button, like trying to click things in the Microsoft store on web, gives peculiar error messages that ask me to assign an app (namely, I presume, the missing Microsoft Store app) to open that kind of link:



Like what weird-ass thing did they eff up when creating the deployment image?

My mother is being such an amazingly aggravating steamroller about the work we're having done in our house's two bathrooms -- to wit, hers is the only opinion that matters, and she will simply make snap decisions without first looking at all the choices (as was the contractor's suggestion) nor anyone else's assent, input, or even getting of a chance to look at the possibilities, even after telling us we would be able to -- that enotsola said, "Let's watch the Comey hearing. That'll be less stressful."

DS';AS';FLDKSA';GAJF'JGF

I will refrain from using my "Die in a fire" icon because my home desk computer literally, if very briefly, caught fire last night (just the dust in the case, I hope, since there's no visible damage, although I'm not sure if there might be something wrong with the power supply that could have provoked it, and we're definitely swapping that out before we try to see what survived, *fingers crossed*) which was a bit of a scare and we really don't want the house to burn down, but. I just. ARGH

(did I mention she's also a Fox News addict?)

eta: Visible damage found in the light of day. According to the report from the field, "the power connector to the optical drive is a melted mess, and the sata cable next to it is scorchy, and the top of your case right at the optical drive is all scorched." Speculation is that the power connector may have been slightly loose, and either dust or some such particles finally got into it, or maybe it would have arced anyway and the dust in the case merely made it more flashy. Said drive had been failing to recognize inserted discs for a while and I thought it had simply failed. We had tried the unplug-and-replug tactic on the SATA cable (since that was always a problem with IDEs) but I can't recall whether we did the same on the power; possibly not, since it was in fact opening and closing so it might not have occurred to us that there could be a problem with the power. I don't much care so long as other components have survived; although even if they haven't and we have to start buying new stuff, my most recent system image is only about 10 days ago and the delta between then and now is, I think, all recoverable, if a bit tedious to do so.