It’s simple. I just want a file, from home, to exist on my PC, here at work.

I have the 151 MB Photoshop CS file on a USB Jump Drive, so all I have to do is save it to the hard drive, and use it.

Simple, right?

Not quite. Many problems have come up. Where should I begin?

First, I tried physical methods:

• My CD–ROM drive is not working, so I can’t bring the file on a CD.
• I am using Windows 98, so my computer will not recognize the USB Jump Drive, so I can’t use a USB Jump Drive.
• My computer at work also has a 100 MB Zip Drive (old school, yeh), but the file I need is 151 MB.

Next, I tried virtual methods:

• My Windows 98 PC has a problem while trying to connect to our network server. It keeps prompting for a password, even though there is no password known to anyone here. Unfortunately, I am one of the only ones still using Windows 98 (not by choice, heavens no), and everyone else has 2000 or XP, which gives them no trouble when connecting to the server.
• My iDisk account with .Mac is slower than ever. For example, I arrived at work this morning at 7:30 AM, and started to upload the file (on a different computer) to my iDisk account. At 11:45 AM, it was finally done uploading. Now... I have to DOWNLOAD it onto MY machine, which will take another four hours.

And all I need is Photoshop CS, so I can continue with my work.

I guess that’s too much to ask. Wednesday has been a complete waste.

UPDATE (02/23/2005; 12:26 PM PDT): Photoshop CS won’t even run on Windows 98. In fact, the only Photoshop that I could (safely) install on my PC here is version 6. I should have read the system requirements first.