Once again, I found myself having some pretty bad computer performance / usability issues over the last 2-3 weeks.  I’ve fixed it, but I at least want to document what went on in case someone else runs into it.

Although, now that I think about it - what’s the point?  The answer eventually was, in this order, A) update the drivers and B) install microsoft updates.  Since there’s nothing magical or mysterious about these fixes, and the steps I took are exactly what any techno-savvy support person would do, why would I waste your time with all the details?

So I’ll summarize that my laptop would resume from standby and not have any displayable screens.  Both the laptop screen and the external monitor would be blank.  Only a reboot would fix (to save data, I would remote desktop from another machine while on network).  I also had a short span of time where it WOULD show the startup page but it would not accept CTRL-ALT-DEL at all.

So instead of boring you, I’ll give you a joke.

A father asked his 10-year old son if he knew about the birds and the bees.

“I don’t want to know,” the child said, bursting into tears. “Promise me you won’t tell me.” 

Confused, the father asked what was wrong.

The boy sobbed, “When I was six, I got the ‘There’s no Easter Bunny’ speech. At seven, I got the ‘There’s no Tooth Fairy’ speech.

When I was eight, you hit me with the ‘There’s no Santa’ speech.
 
If you’re going to tell me that grown-ups don’t really get laid, I’ll have nothing left to live for.”