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It's here! It's here! (...and It's done! It's done!)
« on: November 13, 2009, 05:05:16 PM »
That loud humming sound you're hearing is my new machine being loaded with Win 7.  It arrived today!

For some reason I had to manually tell it to boot to the CD.  I suppose that some kind of idiot-proofing, but it was trying to force me to do the upgrade and not a clean install.

Once I did that and blew away the partitions, it was rock 'n roll time!  It's expanding files as we speak.  Heck, it even recognized both the new drives without me having to go into the BIOS and tell it to (one of our local "guru's" said that I might have to).

I'm also currently making a full backup of all my data, including e-mail and such.  Hopefully by this time tomorrow I'll be smoking down the information superhighway on a new and improved set of wheels!

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Re: It's here! It's here!
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2009, 05:08:36 PM »
I hate you..  my new machine I was going to get set up this weekend is currently sitting at UPS with status "Transportation Accident Occurred"
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« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2009, 05:37:55 PM »
Quote from: 41magsnub on November 13, 2009, 05:08:36 PM
I hate you..  my new machine I was going to get set up this weekend is currently sitting at UPS with status "Transportation Accident Occurred"

They didn't just drop it at your door and run? =)

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Re: It's here! It's here!
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2009, 06:35:42 PM »
Windoze is up and running but Jeez weez but does Office have the updates.  Almost a gig's worth so far.  Thanks goodness we're on a T1 or I'd be here all weekend.

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Re: It's here! It's here!
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2009, 06:51:07 PM »
...and the first post from the new machine.  YAY!!  =D

I'm waiting for the old machine to finish backing up.  Once that's done I'll move the drive to this machine, start the upload, and head home for a well-deserved beer.

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Re: It's here! It's here!
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2009, 04:09:57 PM »
Up and running at 99%.  I have one database I'll have to map fields for, but that's it.  Everything else is GREAT!  I can waste time surfing the net and talking to you yahoos far more efficiently now. =D

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Re: It's here! It's here!
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2009, 07:21:25 PM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on November 14, 2009, 04:09:57 PM
I can waste time surfing the net and talking to you yahoos far more efficiently now. =D

Brad

Can't say I really notice any difference...  =D

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Re: It's here! It's here! (...and It's done! It's done!)
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2009, 07:54:33 PM »
The thing I like about 7 the most, is the ever changing wallpapers.  Download the Australia set, they are neat.
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Re: It's here! It's here! (...and It's done! It's done!)
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2009, 07:56:01 PM »
I couldn't get the last piece of software to play nice so I'll have to manually enter the data, but that's been the only real hiccup.  I started around noon today and finished about 6:30.  That's actually a welcome surprise.  I was figuring at least two or three days to get everything functional.  It'll take a while to manually enter the info from the database that wouldn't play nice, but it's not immediately critical and I can do it over several days.

About the only true disappointment was losing my local printer.  I have an old LaserJet 5L that I use for small print jobs, leaving high-volume stuff to the big office Workcentre.  No dice on the new machine as it has no parallel port.  No prob, though.  I brought it home so I'll have a printer here.

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Re: It's here! It's here! (...and It's done! It's done!)
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2009, 09:11:09 PM »
Often parallel port printers can be made to work with these gadgets:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.29563

(Free shipping from deal extreme, too!)
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« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2009, 01:02:28 PM »
If you really get to missing your 5L at work, add-on PCI-to-parallel port cards are less than $20 at Newegg.

I've got my Windows 7 RC1 copy to install yet.  Maybe I'll do that today.
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