Remember when I said that installing hardware or software is either a cake walk or a nightmare? And that installing my new DVD burner had, surprisingly, gone very smoothly? Yeah. Well. I thought I’d burn some new music for the car, and found that I had no sound. Now, this was not surprising, as Windows jettisons my sound card drivers at the smallest provocation. So, I reinstalled the drivers, but still no sound. I uninstalled the sound card, then reinstalled it, and still no sound. I physically pulled the card, restarted the computer, uninstalled the drivers and all related software, shut down, replaced the sound card, restarted, reinstalled the drivers and software, shut down, restarted, and still no sound. Gah! I got on-line and downloaded new drivers from the manufacturer, went through the whole song and dance again, and was rewarded with a whole lotta silence. At this point, two hours had passed and I was ready to start throwing things. It suddenly occurred to me, though, that I had neglected the cardinal rule of b0rkened computers. I checked and, somehow, my speakers had come unplugged from my computer.
Kill me now.
red paper boat 