Lesson learned: Only install new devices on your PC when their tech support staff is available. I’ve spent a not-so-entertaining Friday night trying to get the Buddy B-210 from Vega Technologies installed. This $169.00 device allows you to add a second monitor, keyboard, and mouse to your Windows system, creating a second terminal for it. I was about to start looking at laptops so I could have a computer in another room, but I don’t really want to maintain a second system, even if it is portable. So I bought the Buddy device tonight, optimistically set up a monitor, keyboard, and mouse (all “borrowed” from my old 66mhz system) in my living room, and then spent the next four hours trying to get the darn thing installed. The software keeps blue screening, the PCI card and driver won’t install properly, I got patches off their web site which didn’t help, and I’ve finally given up. I absolutely hate it when installing something screws your PC up so much that it is unusable. Thank goodness for Safe Mode. Now I have to wait until I can actually be next to my computer during their tech support hours, which will be a nice trick since I have to be at work. Big Sigh. They should be very lucky I’ve worked tech support before because I am so ready to give them a piece of my mind. But I’ll be good.