IO: Fixing Computers Makes Your Brain Hurt

[nbcrusader]

My wife has a seven-year old "ProGen" laptop. It was acting really funky (not finding the operating system at times). I had a choice - buy a new one or fix the current laptop.

My wife told me to fix it (she didn't want to spend the money on a new computer).

After wiping the hard drive and re-installing Windows 98 (it is an old computer), the screen resolution was stuck at 16-colors, 640X480 resolution. You could barely read the screen.

I did an on-line search for "ProGen" to see if they had customer support or if I could download the correct driver for the screen. The search results were mostly complaints about ProGen. Wonderful.

After some more digging, I found a way to learn the manufacturer of the display adapter and searched for the correct driver.

BINGO! Once I got this information, updating the driver allowed me to change the resolution to a more pleasing 1024X768!

It took a few hours of searching, but I finally got it fixed!

 

[Tomer]

way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DrTeeth]

Don't you just love the satisfaction of fixing your computer? It's just..., so rewarding!

 

[cell]

i love fixing my computer. its fun.

 

[verte76]

Fixing my computer drives me nuts. It's really nerve-wracking for me.

 

[Bonochick]

There is no comparison to the satisfaction I feel after fixing a computer problem.

 

[JessicaAnn]

There is no comparison to the satisfaction I feel after fixing a computer problem.

I can think of something

 

[Bonochick]

I can think of something

You're wrong.

 

[JessicaAnn]

You're wrong.

Maybe if you ditched Headache you would see that I am actually right.

 

[Bonochick]

Don't speak of such nonsense!