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NOTE: Chaos MUD was shut down in 2007 and I lost my characters. T_T
It reopened in 2009
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lies, wireless, and yet more reinstallation

So remember how my parents said I'll be able to have my computer in my room because of wireless internet, and thus not have to deal with sharing the living room with them and their computers? Well apparently that's only until my mom wants to use the wireless adapter on my dad's laptop so she can access the internet from the kitchen. Which of course means that I either take my stuff to the living room and use the ethernet there or I have to wait 'til their done using the thing.

What kind of deal is this? I get better internet service from freaking SBC.

So, with the slightly not-so-dark side of things in that I live conveniently close to Fry's Electronics, I drove over there today and bought a buncha stuff (helps that I got my first paycheck on Friday for the first four days of work). Bought my own wireless adapter ($59.99 with a $20 rebate), plus a good deal on a DVD-R/RW for $39.99 (haven't installed it yet). Also got a small flash drive since my work laptop doesn't come with a floopy drive and it'd be a waste and a hassle to transfer files between it and my home computer using CD's.

Anyway, I got home and tried to install the wireless. And like all the other times XP started giving me problems, it looks like I'm going to have to reinstall everything from XP up... again. Good thing I haven't installed many programs since the last time.

For now, I've installed the new wireless onto my laptop, so I guess I'll be using that to go online until my computer gets working.

(My dad thinks that the real problem may be with my XP, what with being *coughbootleggedcough*</strikefrom China all, but I'm not so sure since it hasn't been giving me any problems on other applications before. Also, XP is currently selling for $199.99, AND you can't even install them onto more than one computer. What a way to gouge customers, Microsoft. *roll eyes*