Just call me Mr. Computer

Last night, as I attempted to delete real player from my computer I accidentally deleted my audio device as well. I didn't even realize what I had done until I went to listen to a video clip and had no volume. When I tried to find the volume control on my toolbar and it was gone, it quickly donned on me that I had done something terribly stupid.

After a few minutes of yelling and cursing my bad luck and misjudgment, I decided I was going to fix this problem myself. If I could delete it, I could re-install it. It sounded so easy until I realized I wasn't even sure if had the disks to re-install and wasn't entirely sure what the device was called. After a couple hours I finally found the right program on Gateway's website and downloaded it. Thinking I was so smart I restarted my computer only to learn that the device wasn't downloaded properly and I still didn't have any sound.

I was so pissed that I had to give up working on the computer and took a break to watch TV for half an hour. After I calmed down, I tried downloading it again. Again and again it didn't work. Now I am feeling both agitated and embarrassed that I can't figure this simple process out. I feel like Einstein's definition of insanity as I try the exact same dumb thing several times and each time expecting it to work when it never did before.

Finally, I realize that the hardware I was downloading was not the right device for my computer. After another 15 minutes of searching gateway's website I eventually found the right device and got it loaded onto to my computer and I am proud to say that I have sound again. And as much as I was irritated, I was equally proud of myself for fixing the problem without having to call the geek squad and pay 50 bucks to some high school kid. I just hope that I don't have to fix anything else on my computer in the near future.