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vivaldirules · 11-22-2008, 11:03 AM

Triple animal duty.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 11-22-2008, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

For the next week, I am on triple animal duty. Neighbors are out of town for the Turkey Day Holiday, so I am taking care of even more doggies and kitties than usual. Plus, a couple of ferals that my neighbors look after.

In other words .... life as usual, but with everyone out of town, who will feed me??

Ask the ferals nicely and they might catch you something?

RickyMaveety · 11-22-2008, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Triple animal duty.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Ask the ferals nicely and they might catch you something?

Yeah, but who wants to eat raw mouse for Turkey Day?? Blech!

zelda_pinwheel · 11-22-2008, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Triple animal duty.

booooouuuuuuuuuhhhhhh !!!!!!!! head exploding times three !!!!!!! aaarrg !!! want kittens NOW !!!

(okay, get a grip there zelda, you'll be fine, just take a deep breath and step away from the kittens...)

zelda_pinwheel · 11-22-2008, 09:09 PM

are those your kittens ??? are they your fingers ??? whose kittens are they ?? can i come over and play with them ???

zelda_pinwheel · 11-22-2008, 09:15 PM

oh, and in case anyone is wondering : i'm currently taking a break from re-installing my system and all my apps (my least favorite activity in the WORLD, y'all), after my stupid computer abruptly died this afternoon (R.I.P. no flowers please). so far, windows is back up, internet is back up (oh, could you tell that ? huh.), there are no yellow alerts in my périphériques (no idea what it's called in english, sorry) manager, and i've managed to reinstall japanese language support as well (yay !! i forgot that last time). the next priority is obviously winamp / itunes and firesomething (and all-in-one sidebar !!!).

and of course i'll have to get my adobe suite back up tomorrow, as i have work to finish for monday. ugh.

Taylor514ce · 11-22-2008, 09:16 PM

I need to hear you say "y'all".

zelda_pinwheel · 11-22-2008, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

I need to hear you say "y'all".

i said it right up there, weren't you listening ?

RickyMaveety · 11-22-2008, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh, and in case anyone is wondering : i'm currently taking a break from re-installing my system and all my apps (my least favorite activity in the WORLD, y'all), after my stupid computer abruptly died this afternoon (R.I.P. no flowers please). so far, windows is back up, internet is back up (oh, could you tell that ? huh.), there are no yellow alerts in my périphériques (no idea what it's called in english, sorry) manager, and i've managed to reinstall japanese language support as well (yay !! i forgot that last time). the next priority is obviously winamp / itunes and firesomething (and all-in-one sidebar !!!).

and of course i'll have to get my adobe suite back up tomorrow, as i have work to finish for monday. ugh.

Peripherals?? That would be like your printer and mouse etc.....

zelda_pinwheel · 11-22-2008, 09:58 PM

right, maybe peripherals... i actually know that word, sorry, reinstalling my system makes me crazy *and* stupid, apparently. it's where you have all the things that need drivers, like sound, video, usb, ethernet, etc., and when you reinstall your system, if something is not installed properly / working, you get that yellow alert symbol next to it.

right click on your system, "properties", "material (?)"* tab, "peripherals manager". ("peripherals manager" ? that doesn't sound right. whatever, you figure it out.)

*sorry, i think i actually might know what that is called, but i can't for the life of me think of it... blame it on the fact that it's nearly 4 in the morning, i've been reinstalling my system for several hours now, i spent my saturday having a new computer built (which involved much footwork, as obviously i couldn't access internet earlier) and i never had lunch.

RickyMaveety · 11-22-2008, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

right, maybe peripherals... i actually know that word, sorry, reinstalling my system makes me crazy *and* stupid, apparently. it's where you have all the things that need drivers, like sound, video, usb, ethernet, etc., and when you reinstall your system, if something is not installed properly / working, you get that yellow alert symbol next to it.

right click on your system, "properties", "material (?)"* tab, "peripherals manager". ("peripherals manager" ? that doesn't sound right. whatever, you figure it out.)

*sorry, i think i actually might know what that is called, but i can't for the life of me think of it... blame it on the fact that it's nearly 4 in the morning, i've been reinstalling my system for several hours now, i spent my saturday having a new computer built (which involved much footwork, as obviously i couldn't access internet earlier) and i never had lunch.

No .... perfectly understandable. I'm certain they would have carted me out in a straight jacket long before 4AM.

Hang in there, Zeepie.

montsnmags · 11-22-2008, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

...
right click on your system, "properties", "material (?)"* tab, "peripherals manager". ("peripherals manager" ? that doesn't sound right. whatever, you figure it out.)
...

"Material" = "Hardware"
"peripherals manager" = "Device Manager"

"Yellow alert symbol" = ARGH!

Cheers,
Marc

zelda_pinwheel · 11-22-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

"Material" = "Hardware"
"peripherals manager" = "Device Manager"

oh my god, i am such an idiot. pfff. obviously. i knew that.

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"Yellow alert symbol" = ARGH!

Cheers,
Marc

that's the least you can say. i in fact have installed windows twice now, because the first time, i installed it, and installed all the drivers for the new motherboard and graphic card, and then there was some weird yellow alert for audio something or other (actually there were 4 of them, but i got rid of two of them by putting the mb cd back in), and it would not go away, and i had NO SOUND WHATSOEVER, and since i had not yet reinstalled my antivirus and firewall i couldn't hook up internet to see what the fark they were, and after playing musical cds (i mean that as in "musical chairs" but with cds, in case that was not clear) and no luck finding the drivers i finally just gave up and started over.

i'm very superstitious when it comes to windows installs ; if it starts off bad, it will probably only get worse. so yeah, ARGH! to the fourth power. thus my triumph at having NO ALERTS AT ALL (and functioning sound !!! ha !! take that, windows device manager !!) this time.

ironically, something that sort of almost caught my (glazed, staring) eye the second time around makes me think that the missing audio driver was actually, inexplicably, on the graphic card cd. i have no idea why they would do that. just to mess with me, i'm sure.

look at that, it's actually half past zzzelda already. dear god, why am i not in bed ?

montsnmags · 11-22-2008, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

...

look at that, it's actually half past zzzelda already. dear god, why am i not in bed ?

What insomnia lurks in the hearts of Men; only the Zzzelda knows.

Cheers,
Marc

RickyMaveety · 11-22-2008, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh my god, i am such an idiot. pfff. obviously. i knew that.

that's the least you can say. i in fact have installed windows twice now, because the first time, i installed it, and installed all the drivers for the new motherboard and graphic card, and then there was some weird yellow alert for audio something or other (actually there were 4 of them, but i got rid of two of them by putting the mb cd back in), and it would not go away, and i had NO SOUND WHATSOEVER, and since i had not yet reinstalled my antivirus and firewall i couldn't hook up internet to see what the fark they were, and after playing musical cds (i mean that as in "musical chairs" but with cds, in case that was not clear) and no luck finding the drivers i finally just gave up and started over.

i'm very superstitious when it comes to windows installs ; if it starts off bad, it will probably only get worse. so yeah, ARGH! to the fourth power. thus my triumph at having NO ALERTS AT ALL (and functioning sound !!! ha !! take that, windows device manager !!) this time.

ironically, something that sort of almost caught my (glazed, staring) eye the second time around makes me think that the missing audio driver was actually, inexplicably, on the graphic card cd. i have no idea why they would do that. just to mess with me, i'm sure.

look at that, it's actually half past zzzelda already. dear god, why am i not in bed ?

Oh yes ... of course ... device manager.

Duh.

Well, this is why I have so many computers around the house. When something goes wrong, I always have at least one fully functional machine to get online with and download drivers.

I would be completely bonkers without that.

Of course, I also frequently download updated drivers and burn them to either CD or DVD, and keep them in my little ARGH kit.

11-22-2008, 11:03 AM	#1696
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Triple animal duty.

11-22-2008, 09:09 PM	#1700
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	are those your kittens ??? are they your fingers ??? whose kittens are they ?? can i come over and play with them ???

11-22-2008, 09:15 PM	#1701
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	oh, and in case anyone is wondering : i'm currently taking a break from re-installing my system and all my apps (my least favorite activity in the WORLD, y'all), after my stupid computer abruptly died this afternoon (R.I.P. no flowers please). so far, windows is back up, internet is back up (oh, could you tell that ? huh.), there are no yellow alerts in my périphériques (no idea what it's called in english, sorry) manager, and i've managed to reinstall japanese language support as well (yay !! i forgot that last time). the next priority is obviously winamp / itunes and firesomething (and all-in-one sidebar !!!). and of course i'll have to get my adobe suite back up tomorrow, as i have work to finish for monday. ugh.

11-22-2008, 09:16 PM	#1702
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	I need to hear you say "y'all".

11-22-2008, 09:58 PM	#1705
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	right, maybe peripherals... i actually know that word, sorry, reinstalling my system makes me crazy and stupid, apparently. it's where you have all the things that need drivers, like sound, video, usb, ethernet, etc., and when you reinstall your system, if something is not installed properly / working, you get that yellow alert symbol next to it. right click on your system, "properties", "material (?)"* tab, "peripherals manager". ("peripherals manager" ? that doesn't sound right. whatever, you figure it out.) *sorry, i think i actually might know what that is called, but i can't for the life of me think of it... blame it on the fact that it's nearly 4 in the morning, i've been reinstalling my system for several hours now, i spent my saturday having a new computer built (which involved much footwork, as obviously i couldn't access internet earlier) and i never had lunch.