So, this weekend, I went to a LAN using the monitor that had been in my car for a week. The first time I tried using it, there was no video, but the LED showed there was a video signal. I put it next to a heater to get rid of the condensation and to warm it up. After a few minutes I tried it and it started to click REALLY loud, rapidly. It sounded really bad. So I pulled the plug and turned off the computer (while it was booting Windows). After a few more minutes, I tried again. It was blurry and then it popped again, not as loud and only once, but I still turned it off. Another couple of minutes, and I tried again. It worked! So as Windows started booting, it just restarted - same in safe mode and last known good configuration. It's amazing how vulnerable Windows is while its booting. To make a long story short, I reinstalled Windows (twice, some how the first one installed to a drive ?J?).
So I'm back at Kent , needing to print, so I tried installing the printer driver! It was so miserable (Windows and the drivers).
At first I tried plugging it into the hub, which wasn't plugged in, so I plugged it in. Then Windows pops up with "ERROR! No other information!" I clicked the ?Really? I have no idea what you're talking about so get the F off the screen? button. Then the hub and the hub in the KVM were like going on and off as Windows like connected and disconnected them internally. I let that go on for about 3 minutes thinking it would eventually stop, but it didn't, it was an infinite loop until I unplugged the one.
Next I tried plugging the hub into the KVM and surprisingly it worked! But the printer still wasn't found by the wonderful polling drivers.
Finally, I plugged it into the computer directly, and it worked. For mor infromation, see my
review of the printer.
