Trash Day Started Yesterday

Yesterday it was decided to upgrade the Realtek audio drivers to the 6231 driver for Windows Vista 32 bit on the new Vista set up here at the beach house network. Whatever you do DON'T DO THIS UPGRADE. After several hours of pulling hair, editing the registry, cursing Steve Ballmer, whining to friends, crying in front of friends, considering starting a taco stand instead of doing computer work, taking extra blood pressure meds and sleeping on it, the original drivers just installed a few minutes ago and seem to be stable.

Once again I foresee several hundred patches before things become stable with this latest offering from Microsoft. Lordy I even considered wiping it, selling the new drives and reinstalling the previous SCSI configuration. Slow and easy must be the approach. My stress level does not need to be that high ever again. Dealing with new operating systems has always been a problem with me. I hated migrating from 3.1 to Windows 95. Of course after ME the move to Windows 2000 was a dream. The 2000 OS changed computing. Then XP came along with a new GUI ontop of the Windows 2000 kernel and...well, you know the rest.

Now I must get busy and catch up on the delayed work caused by this calamity. Everyone have a casual Thursday. If you live in Saltillo don't forget to put your garbage out for pick up. Just glad mine doesn't include a computer case, broken monitor, etc. (insert an evil grin here).

"Calamity, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering."
~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary