The nvidia graphics card that came with my computer keeps getting an update. That update keeps causing my monitor to blink. So much that I can't work. I have to power off the computer and restart it in safe mode. Then I go into device manager and uninstall the card. Restart, windows finds it reinstalls the driver, restarts, and I'm good to go.
I keep hoping that the newest update will take care of the problem but it doesn't seem to. Yet another reason to view updates before installing them, cause I'm not going to install another nvidia update for another six months.
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
saving foreclosure shouldn't be an afterthought
OK so I was listening to this video
and it sounded like congress is on the right track, but it also sounded like saving the homeowner that is about to be kicked out of his house was not quite as non-negotiable as the rest.
Check it out. Even if the government ends up owning a lot of real estate, it's real estate so it will continue to increase in value.
This is going to take a long time to set itself right. A long term investment is going to be needed. Part of that investment needs to be in the home owner that is trying to raise a family.
and it sounded like congress is on the right track, but it also sounded like saving the homeowner that is about to be kicked out of his house was not quite as non-negotiable as the rest.
Check it out. Even if the government ends up owning a lot of real estate, it's real estate so it will continue to increase in value.
This is going to take a long time to set itself right. A long term investment is going to be needed. Part of that investment needs to be in the home owner that is trying to raise a family.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
bank bailout, how bout homeowner help
I just read of a proposal by Bush for a huge bailout fund for failing banks that own bad mortgages. If it is to be enacted, I'm not sure the money should go to the banks, certainly not as principle plus interest.
Seems to me that it's not a bad idea but that the funds should go to the owners of the homes esp if the house is the primary residence.
That way the banks get their money and no one is thrown out of their house.
Seems like a no brainer to me.
Course if it were to be enacted we'd probably have to stop spending quite so much on things like the war in Iraq but I digress.
Seems to me that it's not a bad idea but that the funds should go to the owners of the homes esp if the house is the primary residence.
That way the banks get their money and no one is thrown out of their house.
Seems like a no brainer to me.
Course if it were to be enacted we'd probably have to stop spending quite so much on things like the war in Iraq but I digress.
Monday, August 25, 2008
No longer shopping at bestbuy
So my computer crashed hard the other day. I had hoped that I would get the chance to choose my time to purchase another computer but life has a way of inserting its own timeline.
I went to best buy online and found the computer that I wanted and called up the local store. They didn't have it. But I needed a computer right away and I knew they had a price match guarantee. So I went and purchased an HP. It's nice and I love how much faster it is than my old box.
On Sunday, I looked in the circulars and found that not only Circuit City but Staples both had the same computer package on sale for less after rebate. So today I hopped in my car with the circulars and my receipt in hand and went to the best buy store. Turns out that they don't honor prices that are lower after rebate. They would rather have me return the equipment and purchase it somewhere else and lose me as a customer than honor a rebate offer from another store.
Well, it worked. They've lost me as a customer. I hope they lose you, too. At the very least, make sure you check out Circuit City's prices before you buy. Yeah the rebate forms a pain but some of them are quite large.
tcahf
UPDATE 9/20/08
The computer went on sale the next week at Best Buy but with a different more hi-end printer. I went back and asked for a refund. They said that they couldn't do it because it had a different printer. I asked for the manager and asked if I could bring in the other printer and swap it out for the new printer and get the refund. Yes, sort of, but they didn't have the new printer in stock.
What ended up happening is that over the course of the next week I brought in the old printer which I had never opened. They returned the entire package, I bought the new package with the new printer and gave me $60 back.
Still seems a rather cumbersome process and I'm not absolutely certain I'll shop at best buy certainly not without checking other places first. But I did get a cheaper computer, which I really like. It's not quad core but it is so much faster than my old one.
I went to best buy online and found the computer that I wanted and called up the local store. They didn't have it. But I needed a computer right away and I knew they had a price match guarantee. So I went and purchased an HP. It's nice and I love how much faster it is than my old box.
On Sunday, I looked in the circulars and found that not only Circuit City but Staples both had the same computer package on sale for less after rebate. So today I hopped in my car with the circulars and my receipt in hand and went to the best buy store. Turns out that they don't honor prices that are lower after rebate. They would rather have me return the equipment and purchase it somewhere else and lose me as a customer than honor a rebate offer from another store.
Well, it worked. They've lost me as a customer. I hope they lose you, too. At the very least, make sure you check out Circuit City's prices before you buy. Yeah the rebate forms a pain but some of them are quite large.
tcahf
UPDATE 9/20/08
The computer went on sale the next week at Best Buy but with a different more hi-end printer. I went back and asked for a refund. They said that they couldn't do it because it had a different printer. I asked for the manager and asked if I could bring in the other printer and swap it out for the new printer and get the refund. Yes, sort of, but they didn't have the new printer in stock.
What ended up happening is that over the course of the next week I brought in the old printer which I had never opened. They returned the entire package, I bought the new package with the new printer and gave me $60 back.
Still seems a rather cumbersome process and I'm not absolutely certain I'll shop at best buy certainly not without checking other places first. But I did get a cheaper computer, which I really like. It's not quad core but it is so much faster than my old one.
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