Oh, fuck. I'm going to have her call support. I can't walk her through all this from here. If Vista shipped with restore points enabled, then maybe it's an option.
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§ ita § - Mar 31, 2009 7:36:15 pm PDT #9572 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Matt H - Mar 31, 2009 7:55:00 pm PDT #9573 of 25501
Musikalicen Opfer
If she's got the HP Help & Support option installed (not the default Windows H&S), there's a scan option in there which can automatically download drivers: link
For some reason, HP doesn't allow direct driver downloads for all of their hardware, especially on Vista....
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2009 7:58:39 pm PDT #9574 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, Matt. I'll forward that to her.
megan walker - Mar 31, 2009 8:40:23 pm PDT #9575 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
So is there any modern type of VCR where I can just set to record things without having a subscription? It seems like Comcast only has HD DVRs which are $16 a month (and I am not paying that on top of cable).
flea - Apr 01, 2009 2:07:17 am PDT #9576 of 25501
information libertarian
This $70 DVD/VCR says it records. We have a similar model. [link]
Jessica - Apr 01, 2009 3:44:54 am PDT #9577 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Megan, a Tivo will work without a subscription. You won't be able to set up season passes, but you can manually schedule recordings.
There's also MythTV, but I'm not sure how plug-n-play they are. (Didn't Gud build one a while back? He would probably know better than me.)
Gudanov - Apr 01, 2009 4:55:26 am PDT #9578 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
With MythTV you still need a subscription to get listing data. It runs $20/year.
MythTV is pretty far from plug and play and can get pretty complicated unless you have over-the-air, analog cable or unencrypted digital cable/satellite. It's a fantastic system if you have an old computer laying around and are willing to do the fiddling, but it's not for someone who just wants to plug it in and have things work.
tommyrot - Apr 01, 2009 5:04:42 am PDT #9579 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Any news on that worm thing?
Vortex - Apr 01, 2009 5:38:52 am PDT #9580 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I ran the test last night and shut down my home computer. Just to be safe.
amych - Apr 01, 2009 5:47:59 am PDT #9581 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Any news on that worm thing?
Conficker activation passes quietly but threat isn't over. Apparently, it did activate (wasn't a hoax), but hasn't actually done anything yet; people are advised to keep on worm-hunting.