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stonebender) wrote2005-05-18 10:47 am
stonebender) wrote2005-05-18 10:47 am
Computer woes
I had a mostly lousy day yesterday with a few bright spots. While playing poker online yesterday morning my computer crashed. Besides losing $6.50. I was without the Internet, my music, my Netflix rental, my computer games and my ability to write for most of the day.
According to Microsoft there was a driver incompatibility from something I installed recently. Unfortunately, I didn't remember installing anything for weeks. Then I remembered that my City of Heroes had had a major upgrade recently. I calledloracs and serenejournal just to whine then settled down to watch the West Wing Marathon on Bravo.
serenejournal rescued me later in the afternoon on her way back from picking up a friend's kid she's been babysitting. Using her mighty index finger she restarted my computer and I became entirely too envolved in fixing what made it crash.
Windows suggested that I uninstall things that might be incompatible. I didn't really want to uninstall my game but I thought it would be useful to run Windows update and see if that would help. My video card has been wanting a software upgrade for a few weeks now but I had not gotten around to it. It turned out there was on upgrade for my video card, so I installed it. At least I thought I installed it, but it doesn't appear to have upgraded. I've tried several times now and still don't have a clear indication that the drivers have been updated. At least my game keeps telling me I'm using old drivers.
Anyway, I have been using the computer sinceserenejournal helped me get it restarted and it hasn't crashed. I would still like to get the upgrade accomplished but I'm too frustrated to deal for awhile.
It was wonderful to seeserenejournal, I've seen her more this week than most weeks. Even though most of the visits have been quick "drive-by" visits.
loracs brought home pork for dinner with potatoes and Ben and Jerry's ice cream for dessert. All comfort foods to me especially when the pork is breaded and fried :-) She was very sweet to me. Despite technical difficulties my life does not suck.
According to Microsoft there was a driver incompatibility from something I installed recently. Unfortunately, I didn't remember installing anything for weeks. Then I remembered that my City of Heroes had had a major upgrade recently. I called
loracs and serenejournal just to whine then settled down to watch the West Wing Marathon on Bravo. serenejournal rescued me later in the afternoon on her way back from picking up a friend's kid she's been babysitting. Using her mighty index finger she restarted my computer and I became entirely too envolved in fixing what made it crash. Windows suggested that I uninstall things that might be incompatible. I didn't really want to uninstall my game but I thought it would be useful to run Windows update and see if that would help. My video card has been wanting a software upgrade for a few weeks now but I had not gotten around to it. It turned out there was on upgrade for my video card, so I installed it. At least I thought I installed it, but it doesn't appear to have upgraded. I've tried several times now and still don't have a clear indication that the drivers have been updated. At least my game keeps telling me I'm using old drivers.
Anyway, I have been using the computer since
serenejournal helped me get it restarted and it hasn't crashed. I would still like to get the upgrade accomplished but I'm too frustrated to deal for awhile.It was wonderful to see
serenejournal, I've seen her more this week than most weeks. Even though most of the visits have been quick "drive-by" visits.loracs brought home pork for dinner with potatoes and Ben and Jerry's ice cream for dessert. All comfort foods to me especially when the pork is breaded and fried :-) She was very sweet to me. Despite technical difficulties my life does not suck.