Tom Bennett

I’ve upgraded to Vista Business Edition on my Dell Latitude D420 last week, and I’ve only just noticed that my sound would cut out / stop / disable itself as soon as I unplugged my headphones. My speakers, which it should switch to automatically, didn’t click in. The sound came back on as soon as I popped the headphones back in. A few reboots later and still nothing. To get the sound back through the speakers, I had to unplug and replug the headphones about 5 or 6 times - not ideal.

Upgrading to the latest Sigmatel drivers from the Dell website seems to have done the trick. I wonder how many other default Vista drivers need upgrading before they work properly?

I saw the Mooney Suzuki play at the Carling Academy in Islington last night. I think they’ve rocketed to the top of my ‘all-time favourite live bands’ list. They’re were amazing. I can honestly say that I’ve never seen a front man work the crowd as effortlessly as Sammy James Jr. If you get the chance to see them, do it, you won’t regret it.

They’re new album, Have Mercy is out now. It’s good, but not as good as their 2004 album, Alive and Amplified