Backstory and History

Backstory & History
I have worked with computers since I was 8 years old back in the early 1980s. I got my first Commodore 64 and the obsession began. I spent many hours writing code to play simple games on that machine copied directly from coding magazines of the day. From these examples, I was able to help write a simple tax program for my father's business that helped him print tax records. I didn't like all the typing and coding but I knew enough about it to be useful. I began to find that I really enjoyed fixing and upgrading the hardware.
I was able to work on computers during high school years in the late 80s and was able to take classes for Diversified technologies as a senior in high school. Every day we were allowed to go to the local community college as a part of our high school curriculum and learn outside of the normal classroom studies. My tech class was geared to electronics, robotics, computers and industrial engineering. It was 90 minutes of daily bliss in my boring school day. That one class helped me get many jobs early in my life.
After High School
I attended community college for one semester and just didn't connect with the college life. I quickly found myself bored from what seemed like a glorified high school agenda again. Nothing new, same old stuff. I dropped out of college and started working various jobs. It wasn't until I was able to land a data entry job for the State of Mississippi that I was able to get my foot in the door in computers. At this time of my life, desktop computers were just starting to become popular with business and government agencies. Since I had some knowledge from my technology class on computers, I was hired. I did the daily work doing data entry and helping others learn how to do a few things on the computers that were less skilled. The great part of this job was that they offered to pay for employees to take courses that would help them develop new skills. So naturally, I took courses in computer certification. These certifications helped me to get better jobs in computer industry until I finally was able to fix and upgrade computers full time with a limited college education.
Currently
I now work as a contractor for the Army as a computer specialist. My day is filled with problems to solve and I enjoy making things work. Many times it is trial and error and thinking outside the box for a solution. Most of the time, it is knowing how to "google" for the fix.I have come across many complex scenarios and errors and have fixed them all. I thought I would start sharing those fixes here in a blog.