{"id":256,"date":"2005-02-22T13:55:16","date_gmt":"2005-02-22T18:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=256"},"modified":"2005-02-22T13:55:16","modified_gmt":"2005-02-22T18:55:16","slug":"ok-maybe-just-this-one-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=256","title":{"rendered":"Ok, maybe just this one time."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Naturally, as soon as I post that I&#8217;m notever fixing a computer for anyone ever again, my mother and my father both can&#8217;t keep World of Warcraft from blacking out their machines when my 13-year-old brother plays it.  Since I built the computers, it must be something I did right?<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, the helpful MetaFilter folks had some excellent suggestions on where to begin.  I&#8217;m fairly certain it&#8217;s a video card issue, from the vague descriptions they&#8217;ve given me, but I&#8217;m going to follow the plan below to save myself future headaches.  If you can read, you can do it, too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scribbling.net\/how-to-fix-moms-computer\">How to fix Mom&#8217;s computer  [Scribbling.net]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naturally, as soon as I post that I&#8217;m notever fixing a computer for anyone ever again, my mother and my father both can&#8217;t keep World of Warcraft from blacking out their machines when my 13-year-old brother plays it. Since I built the computers, it must be something I did right? 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