You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.

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NoiseDesign - Feb 10, 2017 9:57:20 am PST #25019 of 25496
Our wings are not tired

I now have a shiny iPhone 6s with 64GB for $300!

YAY!


Jesse - Feb 11, 2017 12:22:36 pm PST #25020 of 25496
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I keep losing internet access, and when I run the diagnostic thing, it says it fixed a "problem with wireless adapter or access point." That means it's my computer, not the wi-fi, right?


megan walker - Feb 11, 2017 1:46:46 pm PST #25021 of 25496
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Jesse,

A recent Lenovo update screwed up my WiFi whereby it would randomly disconnect the adapter. Uninstalling the new file and installing the appropriate one from the Intel site seems to have solved the problem.


Jesse - Feb 11, 2017 2:26:56 pm PST #25022 of 25496
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Huh, OK. I'll see what I can find.


megan walker - Feb 13, 2017 10:04:43 am PST #25023 of 25496
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Okay, nevermind. I still have the problem.

Basically, my Internet will work up to a certain point, and then will freeze. (This seems to always happen when I'm on Outlook.com but I can't be sure since that is my work email and often open.) When I check the wireless adapter settings, the local network one is enabled (it is usually disabled), but all the wireless ports are disabled. If I try to enable them, the "enabling" pop-up window just hangs there. Eventually I get a blue screen of death and if I restart Internet connection is fine again.

I assume this still has to do with the Intel PROset Wireless install, but other items at the same time are an Intel USB 3.0 driver and a Lenovo System Update. Current trying these steps (I'm on a Windows 7 ThinkPad): [link]


Jesse - Feb 16, 2017 10:21:16 am PST #25024 of 25496
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, that is weird. And a different problem from mine (which I haven't had recently, but knock on wood) -- my computer was just telling me there was no wi-fi connection, but the trouble-shooter always fixed it right away.


Dana - Feb 16, 2017 10:49:29 am PST #25025 of 25496
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

my computer was just telling me there was no wi-fi connection, but the trouble-shooter always fixed it right away.

I get that with my work laptop, half the time. And since it's easy to fix, I've never bothered researching it.


Jesse - Feb 16, 2017 10:54:49 am PST #25026 of 25496
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, now that I've gone a few days without it happening, that's fine. But it was super annoying when it was every hour or so!


Connie Neil - Feb 16, 2017 11:36:38 am PST #25027 of 25496
brillig

My new streaming BluRay player loses the network connection more often than not.


aurelia - Feb 20, 2017 9:58:36 pm PST #25028 of 25496
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Anyone know how to track down info on a Yelp user? This guy is trolling the wife of a friend. [link]