So, last night I blogged and typed up a load of nonsense.
So! Here we go:
New keyboard: new laptop. I spilled water on my old dell and it kind of died. So, my dad got me a new laptop that is actually new (my last one I got used from a friend). It's an HP Pavilion G6 something 1C40CA maybe. It's pretty decent so far. It's 64 bit, got Radeon graphics, Windows 7...and it's AMD. I've never used an AMD computer before, but it doesn't seem to be different than any Intel computer. For some reason though, it won't play .avi files on Windows Media Player or DivX player, but they do play on Windows Media Classic... I have all of the right codecs, so I really have no idea what the problem is.
Anyways, yesterday I was having some issues installing the Sims 3 Generations expansion pack. Well, the installation went just fine, but when I tried to play it I got a weird error. (0x024e424f) was the "code" thing at the end of it. I ended up fixing it by using a crack. Now it starts up just fine, and I don't need the disc, haha!
At the same time my TV was having issues. I was trying to watch something recorded on my DVR because we were recording two other things simultaneously. But, a weird error popped up at the bottom, in a blue box, saying something about not being connected to the drive. I think my dad fixed it today..
Also at the same time, I was working on editing a paper that was due this morning before 8am. I did end up finishing...and then didn't end up going to class because of nausea and vomiting whooohooo. Thankfully I only needed to hand in my paper electronically.
If you have an HP laptop kinda like mine, and it's randomly changing brightness, changing brighter and darker, dimmer and brighter... It was doing this to me, and kind of driving me crazy, so after dealing with all of that stuff in the evening, I went on a hunt for answers.
How to fix this: it's called Vari-Bright. To turn it off you have to get to the menu connected to the Radeon graphics card. From the start menu, type CCC into the search. It's called something catalyst control, but typing in the actual name of it didn't help my find it. From there there's a menu about gaming or something and then PowerPlay, from there you can untick the Vari-Bright box, and voila! it's fixed. Yay.
Am I missing anything? :P
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