Playing nurse to a computer whose registry has gone on the fritz. We're ribbing its operator, calling him "corrupt." Even if the weather weren't in the wonderful throes of transition from autumn to winter (read: cold rain now, then sleet and snow by midday) today would be one of those fun, serendipitous days.
CHANCE NEVER FAILS: Windows was unrecoverable (thankfully, we evacuated all personal files). So while snow flies, we reinstall.