While some of you may not care, I thought the solution to my TV/Computer woes was interesting enough to post.

For three days, my dedicated TV computer has been failing to get past the XP Logo seen above. Given my schedule this week, I’ve barely been able to look at this for an hour or so a day. Still, this has been frustrating. Searching Google on my laptop, I found plenty of possible solutions, which include removing hardware, drivers, etc., and I’ve tried all of the options that didn’t involve opening up the box.

After 3 days, I found a forum post that suggested that a USB device that had been plugged in caused the issue. Well, when my cat took a flying dive into my hardware, the USB wireless adapter came unplugged and had gotten plugged back in without any further thought. Having tried everything else, I decided this morning to give it a shot. I unplugged it, rebooted, and everything seems to be back to normal. It just goes to show that Google is an important resource for troubleshooting, because you never know when your problem will have a completely unexpected solution.

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