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Old 01-15-2013, 09:17 PM   #35431
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I'll be interested to hear what you have to say about Win8. I'm still running XP, although I've re-installed it several times since I first put the machine together. I've been toying with the idea of changing to Windows 7, which I put on my laptop and haven't yet understood...


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The system has restarted several times, but this time I'm seeing some kind of stylized window rather than the Vista start-up. It may be getting near the end.

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Thanks, Kenny. My biggest fear is that I'll have problems with my professional sound card, although the pre-installation utility said that should be fine. I'll no doubt need to update some programs and reinstall others.

Will no start menu drive me nuts? Stay tuned!
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Old 01-15-2013, 09:19 PM   #35432
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Old 01-15-2013, 09:19 PM   #35433
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I just re-watched American Masters - Margaret Mitchell. Wonderful bio!

I'm also wondering if Stitchawl ever sleeps????

I go to sleep between 11:30-12:00 every night, wake up (or should I say, get woken up by the cat) around 6:30-7:00am. Meditate twice a day for 20 minutes, morning and afternoon. My wife insists that this is sleeping...


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Old 01-15-2013, 09:26 PM   #35434
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I go to sleep between 11:30-12:00 every night, wake up (or should I say, get woken up by the cat) around 6:30-7:00am. Meditate twice a day for 20 minutes, morning and afternoon. My wife insists that this is sleeping...


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Old 01-15-2013, 09:37 PM   #35435
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Now I'm being shown an array of pretty colors while my "apps" are being installed. A second ago, I had to set up an account.

Darn this is a time-consuming process.
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Old 01-15-2013, 09:47 PM   #35436
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Now I'm being shown an array of pretty colors while my "apps" are being installed. A second ago, I had to set up an account.

Darn this is a time-consuming process.
I haven't done a full windows install in a while (and never win 8) but yes it's very much like Chinese water torture.
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Old 01-15-2013, 10:37 PM   #35437
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Got it installed. Had to reinstall Firefox and Norton. The sound isn't working, which is not a big surprise. I'll have to re-install the software to run the sound card and the external dock. It's an E-Mu 1616, Kenny; you may be familiar with them. A nice device but a bear to set up and not a device that makes friends easily with other hardware/software, but it's powerful and very versatile. Looks like I'll have to reinstall just about everything from scratch.
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Old 01-15-2013, 10:46 PM   #35438
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Did you do a clean install, or an upgrade over the previous OS?


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Old 01-15-2013, 11:13 PM   #35439
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I did an upgrade. Should have done a clean install for all the good it did me. None of my programs were saved, but at least my documents and files are fine.

And Creative, who makes the E-Mu 1616m sound card/docking station, doesn't have a driver yet for Windows 8. Those people are slow as snails stuck in molasses.
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I did an upgrade. Should have done a clean install for all the good it did me. None of my programs were saved, but at least my documents and files are fine.
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I don't keep ANY files on my C Drive, and anything saved to 'My Documents' get's moved immediately out to an external drive. The only things on my C Drive are the operating system and program files. That way when I screw up something really badly, (which I seem to do with great regularity) and have to flush out the system, I never lose anything important. Just a quick format, re-instal of the OS, and put back the programs. I can copy back the 'Application Data' and don't even need to worry about redoing preferences and settings.


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Old 01-16-2013, 12:36 AM   #35441
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Oh, I have backups.
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I have Windows 8 on one of our laptops, and really don't like it. Hope you fare better with it Tom.

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Thinking how different my sister and I are. This morning I first slipped and slided my way over to the supermarket and took a shower when I got back. My sister wouldn't be seen dead outside, even if it's to go to the supermarket in a holiday park, without having showered, blowdried and having full make-up on.
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I did an upgrade. Should have done a clean install for all the good it did me. None of my programs were saved, but at least my documents and files are fine.

And Creative, who makes the E-Mu 1616m sound card/docking station, doesn't have a driver yet for Windows 8. Those people are slow as snails stuck in molasses.
Drivers are always the issue with these things. That's why I waited forever to upgrade to 64 bit win7....

Good Luck!
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For those with a 7" tablet: do you read graphic novels on it and how well can you read those. Reading those is one of the reasons I want to get a tablet, but I'm wondering how they display on a smaller tablet. Other reasons are as a replacement for my notebook for simple surfing and for when I'm housesitting (taking a notebook for just 2 days is too much bother).
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