Rogue Thoughts

Recently I was forced by powers out of my control (family pressure) to buy a new computer, primarily because I needed one that would run a Windows operating system. Since I had an early traumatic experience with Windows Vista, I would rather buy a typewriter than buy a computer with that installed.
I had read several not too negative reviews of Windows 7, so I was hoping that this would give me an operating system that would be close enough to Windows XP, which is bearable to work with.
Searching for a cheap computer, my choice landed on a Toshiba satellite l450d-10z.
So, I bought the computer, came home and opened it with trepidation. I reckoned that finally I would be hailed as a decent father, supplying the hardware and software necessary to play the Sims, and a good husband that would make everything work.
I pressed the on button. I selected Danish language, since my oldest daughter still prefers that. Then the computer carried on with its installation duties. Eventually a screen came that informed me that it would now run Windows for the first time. I thought that was fair enough. A new screen came and I waited while it was seemingly working on something. Then the computer restarted by itself. I was a bit suspicious. The message about running Windows for the first time was repeated. The computer restarted. And the message repeated. And the computer restarted… after three times I thought it was time to go for a walk with the dog. I went, came back and it was still starting Windows for the first time.
Eventually I succeeded in interrupting it and installed updates and some other programs. It worked fine. I felt happy. Restarted the computer. And it informed me that it would now run Windows for the first time…
I felt like being in the movie “50 first dates”, just without the romance and the Hawaiian scenery, although I could have probably used someone like Adam Sandler to cheer me up.
The diagnosis was obvious: the system forgot everything when it restarted. I decided to try to with strategy and decided to hibernate it instead of restarting. Filled with high expectations and satisfied with my superior intelligence I went for a cup of coffee. I came back and turned it on, convinced that I had finally outsmarted the system. I pressed the button with the active user and a message came that my account had been deleted and I should contact my system administrator. I looked slowly around in my living room although I was pretty sure I had not let in any system administrators this particular evening. Where was my system administrator? Now I was getting more of a Kafkaesque vibe.
I pressed restart, but the system informed me that another user was using the system. I looked around the room again…turned it off and went to bed.