05-17-2015, 06:37 AM
Yeah, we're all relieved that things turned out the way they did. Packey tried to do an update and it turns out that there was more than one "latest version" and the one he was lead to took Big Blue down. It was a long arduous process just for him to get us back to where we were. Fortunately, he had just done a backup of the database before this all happened and so we lost nothing in the process except about 15 or so hours of Packey's time.
Software updates can be good, or not. I know that last month Windows 7 had an update that caused my computer, (and a lot of other folk's) to go into an endless reboot cycle. In our case here, the upgrade had minimal value to us, and so it appears that we are better off without it for now. They say that when someone updates their software, it's always a good idea to wait a while and see what happens with it before you install it. This is a good case why that is true....
Thank you all for your patience, this has not happened that often for us, thanks to the people we have working in the background.
Software updates can be good, or not. I know that last month Windows 7 had an update that caused my computer, (and a lot of other folk's) to go into an endless reboot cycle. In our case here, the upgrade had minimal value to us, and so it appears that we are better off without it for now. They say that when someone updates their software, it's always a good idea to wait a while and see what happens with it before you install it. This is a good case why that is true....
Thank you all for your patience, this has not happened that often for us, thanks to the people we have working in the background.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD