Major problems with my computer last night. Whenever I selected a bunch of files to delete in Explorer, the damn thing would crash with a kernel32 error. The most common solution to this bug was to delete your password files and reboot. I tried that, didn't work so I kept digging. There were suggestions to rename your applog directory, re-install Windows, sacrifice small animals. I tried everything ['cept renaming that applog dir, too crazy for me!] and nothing worked. I finally reduced my video hardware acceleration [Display Properties-> Settings-> Advanced-> Performance] and that seemed to kill that bug.

But then I had it in my head to uninstall DirectX 9 and go back to version 8 because I've been having crappy performance since going to the newest version. Bad move. Microsoft seems to think that once you've upgraded you'll never want to go back, so they deliberately make life hell for you for even thinking such heretical thoughts. I downloaded a hack to uninstall version 9, I reinstalled version 8 and rebooted. Total meltdown.

Too make this sordid tale a little shorter, I stayed up till 3am screwing around with this sad excuse of an operating system, stomping out one bug only to have ten more pop up. Eventually I couldn't even boot into Windows so I had to run the install disc. Now I'm getting a problem with DDEML.DLL, its the old version, apparently, and Windows just can't stand that. I grabbed the file from the disc, no good. Tried the update thing with IExplorer, no dice, won't run. It's fucked.

Gonna back up all I can this weekend, wipe my hard drives and start from scratch. My site will probably be down for most of Friday. Damn you Bill Gates.