Two weeks ago I bought a new flat-screen computer monitor to replace one which was refusing to turn off and/or slow to turn on. That one was an HP1907 that was first released for sale in 2006. It weighed 15 pounds. I had it on top of a metal stand with a pullout keyboard tray. …
Three weeks ago my Ethernet connection quit, due to some kind of problem with the network adapter. After a false start or two I ordered a card with an Ethernet plug which I thought I could just drop in as a replacement for the failing one. After two weeks of Best Buy mishandling the order …
It’s always exciting to have a hardware failure, isn’t it? I was working away on the HP desktop yesterday afternoon when suddenly my connection to the internet just died without even a whimper. Poof, gone. I futzed around with the cable modem and the router for a while with no success, and I kept getting …