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Monday Open Trackbacks
Published Sun, Mar 18 2007 11:10 PM
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The downgrade continues. I finally got all of my drivers updated, and got all of the updates from Windows Update installed for them. I also installed my ATI multimedia center, and I can record television on the PC again.
I finished installing Visual Studio 2003 and stopped there for the evening. I'll install service pack 1 for Visual Studio 2003 in the morning, followed by SQL Server 2000.
Tomorrow night, I'll install Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005, and the service packs. Tuesday night I'll install Office 2007.
Then I have about 15 or 20 smaller applications to install. And games. Lots of games.
Things are almost back to normal.
This is your open trackbacks post for Monday, March 19, 2007.
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Downgrade in progress
Published Sun, Mar 18 2007 7:00 PM
Technorati Tags: Computers and Internet
Well I've given up on Windows Vista. It's just not worth the hassle. I managed to back up all of my data, except the email stored in Windows Mail. That's a bit of a bummer.
I've re-installed Windows XP Professional, from the original CD that came with my computer, and I've spent most of the day fighting with drivers and the like, but the machine boots regularly now.
I've also installed all of the security updates and other stuff from Windows Update. Almost all of the drivers are installed correctly, except my printer drivers. I'm fairly sure that won't be a major problem though.
I don't have much of my software installed on it yet, but that's in progress. I do have my scanner working again, and I've recovered almost all of my data. There's a bit still to go. The data's all there, It's just not moved into the appropriate places yet.
I did install Windows Live Writer. Unfortunately, it's not working on this machine. Just like it didn't work before. Funny, it's the only thing that improved when I installed Vista. At least I have the interface I wrote into the site to post with.
Next up, installing Visual Studio 2003 and SQL Server 2000. Then, I should be ready to see if I can build the website locally. As soon as I get that done, I'll install Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005.
Vista isn't going to see this machine again.
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