Tag: windows 7
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Back-up’s… doncha just love’em?
I think I can stop wibbling about Windows 7 now. On the fourth full installation I think I’ve got everything sorted – all the right stuff, installed in the right place, with none of the add-on software that does the same stuff as Windows but not as well and with tacky logo’s… grin But I…
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the cold light of dawn
Well it’s crashed a couple of times, but then I do expect more from my operating systems. Each crash it has waffled off to the ‘net and downloaded a bit more and perhaps has become a bit more stable… I’m wildly enthusiastic about the start-up and shut-down times – much faster than XP ever was…
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I may be some time…
2009.10.20 16:30 Arrive home to find shiny Windows 7 DVD on doormat. 2009.10.20 16:31 Run upstairs and turn on computer, open DVD drawer… 2009.10.20 16:31½ Close drawer and start to panic. Heh. Here we go chaps… I have no idea why I’m doing this, apart from the fact that my XP installation needs a reinstallation…
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Upgrade fever
Why is it that the first thing I do having decided to move from XP to Win7 is update all the current XP drivers? Didn’t I learn that lesson last time? Now my SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty sound card has gone all breakfast cereal (crackle and pop). What was the point of updating drivers I’m going…
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Into the unknown
A scratchpad for upgrading Black_Mark from XP to Windows 7… Existing system (built 2006): Asus A8N32-SLI Delux Motherboard. BIOS at 1009. (2009.10) BIOS now at 1303. AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ processor 2048 MB DDR400 RAM. (2009.10) Now 4096MB DDR400 RAM. 2 x 250GB HDD (+ 2 x 185GB NAS HDD) 1 x…
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