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I really have not been neglecting this blog, its just that my laptop is no longer connecting to the wireless signal.  It is not like it just happened, but I didn’t do anything to cause it to act up in this way.  I use an older laptop that does not have a wireless card installed inside, so I use a Belkin USB wireless card.  I have not have had any trouble with it, but since it gets moved and bumped quite a bit the piece was a little bent at the USB connection.  I decided to purchase a new card before the current one decided to break.  I bought another Belkin card, and since it has been a few years, it was an updated model.  I attached the card, the computer told me I needed new drivers, so with the tiny little bit of computer knowledge I posses, I removed the card… went into add/remove programs and deleted the old Belkin program, then inserted the new CD, followed the directions to install… attached the wireless card…then….Pretty Much Nothing!! ARRGH!  The card and computer were “seeing” the wireless network with full bars of signal.  Click on connect… nothing… NADA!  Won’t connect.

Since the wireless network I use is in Great Falls, and home is in Helena…and of course I left all of the old Belkin equipment at home… I have been unable to see if it will work if I re-install the old program and use the old card.  I plan on doing that tonight, or just bring all the crap here to work and re-install tomorrow.  If I am back to regular postings, you will know it worked.  If you don’t see me for awhile, then it is obvious it didn’t!– Wish me luck!

Sometimes I wonder if all the technology we have these days is really worth the headaches it all gives us! 

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