Windows, oh Windows.
posted 3/24/2013 5:23:41 PM

So, a little over a week ago I got the pleasant surprise of Windows 7 turning the automatic updates back on.

To make things even better, some of the updates failed to install, and then when I signed back in, Windows tried installing them again.

Although they "successfully" installed this time around, I noticed that besides being a little sluggish.. I couldn't open some of my programs, and some of the ones built into Windows 7 weren't working either.

Also, I can switch which graphics card I'm using between the Intel HD Graphics 3000 and nVidia GeForce GT 525M, and my nVidia graphics panel wouldn't respond, nor could I toggle between the two.

So, I went through the trouble of backing all of my data onto my external drives, so that I could do a restore to a previous backup. But, wouldn't you know it, every time I tried to do a system restore, it would fail.

I had also bought a new mouse, and I was told by Windows that I didn't have the drivers installed on my computer to use it.. and I found that some of my other USB devices no longer worked.

While looking for a CD so that I could re-install Windows, I remembered that I didn't receive a disc when I bought my laptop.
I do own a key for Windows 7 Pro, but without a disc to install it, it's rather useless.

So, I remembered that I have access to MSDN, the Microsoft Developer Network, through school. So, I went looking. While skimming over the Windows 7 ISO that I could download, I missed where it had the link to W7Pro and only saw the debug version..and no way was I taking chances with that.

So, I found the next best thing. And installed it (rather quickly, which I was happy about).

TL;DR, I am running Windows 8 Pro that I got for free and I actually don't hate it like I thought I would.

FTL: Funner Than Light!
posted 9/27/2012 4:59:03 PM

...I know that funner isn't a word.

I bought this game on Steam when it was on sale, and almost instantly became addicted to it.

I love this game, and have had playthroughs so great that I had to continue the ship in new incarnations.

Anybody else play this? I would love others opinions and whatnot on the game.

Now on Steam!
posted 9/23/2012 12:14:35 PM

Actually, I've had it for a while. I never bought anything, or even downloaded anything Free-to-Play. But now, we have 2-3 hours breaks in school, and we need to play games to kill time.
I have 60+ games for Xbox 360, so I wont be buying any overlapping games, and I definitely wont stop using it and just only play on PC, but it's nice to have other games to play at school during those damn breaks!

Dead Battery
posted 7/30/2012 5:37:20 PM

Well, it's official as of today. My laptop battery is dead. It will not charge. I have had this since last September. Not cool.

Replacement batteries from Lenovo start at $69.99.
I should still be under the year warranty I have coverage from them, and I have an extra two years from Futureshop as well.

Has anyone else had their battery crap out on them? Any ideas on how to go about getting a new one? They don't exactly sell them out here anywhere I've seen... come to think of it.. I haven't actually looked for laptop batteries. Huh, I should do that.

Updates... Updates everywhere!
posted 7/23/2012 3:50:27 PM

I just felt like I should update this.
Also.. I had to clear my system cache on my '360 so I literally will have updates everywhere.. Great.