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I averted catastrophe today, but I'm looking for advice on what to do if I mess up again. So here's the story. My workspace is very cramped and I work on a desktop. Yesterday morning I knocked over my coffee travel mug and a tiny amount of coffee splashed onto/into my CPU, right into the perforations for the fan ventilation. All hell broke loose: White screen, followed by the black "Windows did not shut down" safe mode restart option, followed by a crazy "stretched" desktop that closed if I even touched a key. After several tries, and looking to see if opening the CPU case was possible, I gave up and went about my Thanksgiving events, all the while thinking, Doom, doom. Now what? Do I call Geek Patrol? Do I just buy a new computer. (QVC is having an HP as their special tomorrow. You can break it down to five 'easy payments' and it's loaded with security and software.) Anyway, lo and behold, this morning all is well. I'm working perfectly. A holiday miracle.
So, other than not spilling coffee into the works, any advice?
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