Ooh, good idea. Never thought of that. Thanks!
First world problem. I’ve a 6-year-old ASUS ROG laptop that is working loverly, *except *for the HDMI and USB 3.0 ports. I have a new external monitor that has only HDMI inputs, and I really want to use it because it is huge and lets me have multiple screens and is easier for me to read. And I can’t use it because, as said before, the HDMI and USB 3.0 ports don’t work (I have a USB 3.0 to HDMI converter).
The HDMI port (and possibly the USB 3.0 port) stopped working after I had to replace my original video card because it was shorting out. The HDMI failure is apparently something that is known to happen because of some kind of conflicts with the new card, even though it’s the same damn make/model video card as before.
I have updated all the drivers. I have flashed the BIOS. I have reset the BIOS. Asus’s new suggestion is to do a factory reset of the laptop, which will return it to its fresh from the factory, nothing I’ve installed since will remain, condition.
This fills me with horror. I mean, it’s easy enough to do. But will I be able to reinstall Windows 10 for free afterwards? How long would it take to reinstall all the other programs? I’ve got pretty good backups on external drives, but lordy, lordy, this is not something I want to contemplate.
I guess my only option is to just use the laptop as-is until I can afford to replace it (see previous job-hunting lack of success rant). Then I can reset this one and pass it over to a friend or something without worrying about stray files remaining.
<sigh> I really wanted to be able to use that big monitor.
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I just placed an ad on 3 different Craigslist sites in my area. Almost immediately, I got 3 replies. All scammers.
In fact, I googled the first phone number and it immediately came up as a Craigslist scammer. The others wanted my “item” and they wanted me to take a cashier’s check. yeah, right.
I just want to sell some bedroom furniture. I don’t want to deal with assholes. At least it’s all via email. No way I’m giving anyone my phone number.
Assholes.
Yes. The difficult part is not installing W10, so since you like it, you’re covered there 
Can’t help with the other bits.
Something that annoyed me yesterday - I was on the bus, and there were two loud, annoying cellphone yappers, one at the front and one at the back of the bus, so that wherever you were in the bus, you could hear one or other of the yappers. And it was one of the longer types of bus, and I did have earplugs in. Ugh.
I listed my Jeep for sale on CL last summer and endured the scammers and assholes for about a week before I gave up and sold it to a dealer for a few thousand less. (A particularly annoying scam are messages saying “I’m interested in this car, please run a VIN report through ScummaliciousVINicious.com and I will buy the car if everything is okay on the report.” The site, of course, is a pay-to-see and most likely a way to skim cc numbers). The same shite happened on Cars.com.
Never again. I’d rather lose a few thousand selling to a dealer – in, out, check in hand, done.
Were they talking to each other?
Too bad furniture stores don’t work that way. Worst case, I donate it all to the local women’s shelter. But I’d rather have a little cash in hand.
Windows updated last night and now the audio on my computer isn’t working. Now I get to spend the evening troubleshooting this piece of shit instead of writing like I had planned. :mad:
My mini-rant is elevator etiquette. Today I had a series of medical appointments, which meant I was riding up and down in various elevators a lot. For some reason, today people were striding right into the elevator without waiting for people to get off first. They were practically pushing little old ladies out of the way in their rush to get in. It was weird. It happened several times. Wait your turn people!
No, no, no! Don’t let unimportant distractions get in your way. Get on that silent computer and write!
Years from now, after you’re back from your appearances on the talk shows where you’ve been discussing the hit movie from your screenplay adapted from your blockbuster which started out as a Young Adult book from your Graphic Novel which owes its naissance to the blog you worked on instead of dinking around with your computer, THEN you can notice that the sound card came loose.
I was listening to Willie Nelson on youtube and the next song that came up was Sultans of Swing.
Dafuck? Has Braids ever covered it or something? I mean, ok, both his repertoire and SoS are in English… 
No. Silence is more distracting to me than sound.
After consulting with my computer-savvy friend over FB I finally got the sound to work. I thought it was a loose soundcard but it was just that NVIDIA wanted to be uninstalled and reinstalled.
I feel your pain. I set a deadline to finish revising my novel by November 30th. My first week of NaNoWriMo, my hard drive failed and in an attempt to replace it so much shit went wrong that I got nothing done according to plan. Then this week… the internet happened. Blargh. I’m going to now have to work double-time to catch up.
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This fills me with horror. I mean, it’s easy enough to do. But will I be able to reinstall Windows 10 for free afterwards?
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Yes. You can create a Windows 10 installation disc before your factory reset (I’m assuming you have a disc drive… my optical drive failed so I had to use a USB flash drive.) You should be able to boot from the disc and install Windows 10 again.
I just did this last week.
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I got an email from my son’s teacher yesterday expressing concern over my son’s use of time in class. Each kid gets a school-issued chromebook that they frequently use at class and home to do work. Apparently my son has been discovered playing video games several times over the last few weeks and could get lunchtime detention if he does it again.
So we had to have “the talk.” Never in my life did I ever expect that the hard part of having kids would be stating the obvious over and over and over again. Anyway, I told him I was giving him one warning, that we’d establish an appropriate time at home for him to play games, but if I hear about it again from the teacher, the games get uninstalled. No questions asked.
I guess we’ll see if it sank in soon. I HATE having to have those talks. And I also hate that I can’t complain about it to my husband. When my son came home from school with 3 Bs on his report card a few months ago (the rest were As), my husband actually choked up and almost cried, then lit into him about not paying attention in class. (This has been a theme with us - my son paying attention in class. He was evaluated for ADD/ADHD and the school determined that additional testing was not needed.)
And yes, we’re in counseling. Holy cow, this whole “being an adult” bullshit is exhausting.
A fairly mild one, but I suspect it will be getting worse. Had to stop at the Kroger supermarket around noon. It’s 65F here, beautiful blue skies and a week before Thanksgiving…and the salvation Army kettle folks were at the door.
Oh wonderful-6-7 weeks of dreading shopping, because ding-a-ding-a-ding-a-ding-a-ding-a-ding…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!
Well, I am evidently a much more important person than I had realized, and about to be independently wealthy too.
I just got an e-mail from SECRETARY STEVEN MNUCHIN (from his personal e-mail!) which promises me wealth.
- Good day to you. I am Steven T. Mnuchin, new nominated Secretary of the United States National Treasury. Here is a little about my self and also the reason why I have decided to contact you. I am an American politician and hedge fund manager who is the 77th and current United States Secretary of the Treasury in Donald Trump Administrations, and I am member of the Republican Party.*
A bit lax on his grammar, but that rings true, doncha think?*
Formerly i work with Goldman Sachs…Kindly visit the website below to view my personal profile. Website: Steven Mnuchin - Wikipedia*
Hey, looks genuine to me.
United Nations have given me due Instructions, alongside with the World Bank to wire a sum of $10million US Dollars Only into your Bank Account in a legal way
OK, the “legal way” stuff is a bit suspicious.
He wants me to forward a bit of personal info, but I’m OK with that.*
Thanks and God Bless you.
Mr. Steven T. Mnuchin.*
Now I’m convinced. The Trumpites are a very religious crowd.
I think however that I’ll insist on his wife delivering the cash in person.
That’s… Like they don’t even attempt to explain anymore why rando Bob has been selected to collect a million dollars?
My rant is that usually when things get too serious on these boards and I need a break, I go to Cafe Society.
… Not the most uplifting place these days. I kept wondering how I was getting entangled in these sexual assault threads when I was trying to avoid them by going to Cafe Society… Then it dawned on me.
I’m on a near-total news and social media blackout. Everything’s been getting on my last raw bleeding nerve lately and I was wondering why until I realized I’m constantly triggered. Thank goodness two of my favorite shows (*Shannara *and Dirk Gently) are back on now so I can watch them instead of angrying up my blood.
Uncut?