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First, the silly stuff.

pseudomonas me scripsit anno 2005

Now the small triumph, and from an unlikely source.

When I reformatted the computer, it seems something caused it to lose the graphics card. Since one of the functions of this machine is to provide amusement when I'm stuck in an hotel room, the inability to play games, watch movies and the like was a nuisance.

Since the other aim is to use this as my field computer for crunching images, it was more annoying. I didn't try loading Photoshop, because I couldn't calibrate the monitor, so any work I might have been able to do would need to be redone before I could print/send out for printing. Lo, and behold, I decided (not knowing what was the source of my various problems) to try and play a game a friend wants me to review.

Said game told me (as nothing else had... those applications just crashed, or said my resolution wasn't set right) I had no graphics card.

Which seemed odd, because I'd gone to HP/Compaq and downloaded the driver for my card, right after I installed the OS. With that pointer (since various tech-support emails had told me the errors I was getting were too strange for them, had I talked to...) I was able to do a bit of removing, and reinstalling. I now have a, (so far as I can tell) fully, working computer.

Jill, I can now sit down and finish the picture you ordered.