I’ve done this before

So, I screwed up last night and assumed that the video card had gone "bad" because the big monitor was all blue.  Sigh.  I went to "device manager" and told it to update the video card .  The last time I did that, it screwed up the machine and it would not start.

Same thing again – the new update downloaded and… the computer never restarted.  Damn.

Obviously it’s working – right or not – again.

Lessons learned (or re-learned):

1.  If the monitor is all blue, FIRST check the connections on back of the computer.

2.  Do not, under any circumstances, download that video card file – You KNOW what happens.

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It’s not making it work that takes so long, really – I can and have done that in a few hours.  It’s the download times from Microsoft that take FOREVER, and oh boy, there have been, so far, several hundred updates and patches and….  My Windows XP is OLD by computer standards, but I’m keeping this machine alive because I can’t replace it.

I have a counselor appointment today at 2.  I finally went to bed at 6 this morning, and set alarms and everything.

The phone rang and woke me up, and without my glasses on, (and backwards too, I guess) I looked at the clock across the room and saw "2:35", even though it was 10:35.  I freaked -" I’m missing my second appointment!" and called and left an "I’m so sorry" message.  By this time, I had my glasses on and was coming awake, and saw… NO it’s not AFTER 2, and I’m not late or missing my appointment.

Cue Homer Simpson: "DOH!"

I’ll have to re-edit a couple hundred pics, but they aren’t "lost", they are still on the SD cards in the cameras.  I did lose many edited pictures, and the posts I had planned for my drive to the Gorge on Saturday will take longer to post.

If that 2 Tb USB drive that is my "cloud" ever dies, I’ll be in a world of hurt, but it works now and i didn’t loose "too much".

Except a little pride and, well, I guess I can call it a "learning experience".