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susandennisThe install is done and Windows 7 with a new version of IE 8 are all installed. Interesting.
I did an upgrade (rather than a clean install). It first did a look at what I had and came back with a list of stuff that would likely fuck up. The only thing on the list for me was a Logitech camera that I no longer even own.
I wish Vista/Windows7 had a way for me to plug in a device - like - 'gimme all webcams' and then return all of the drivers and software and let me delete what I no longer want. There is one web cam that I have and want to install that won't install on this machine (it installs on my other Vista machine with no problems) and I know it's because of some kind of competing driver situation. But, I digress.
The nice thing about the install is that once I got it going, it did not need me at all until it got nearly done and wanted my Key. There were a couple of times when I could have rebooted before it timed out and did it itself but no need.
The only snafu at all was one that kind of sent me into a panic. I have two monitors. For some reason, on the install, Windows 7 decided it wanted monitor B to be monitor A. My mouse would not work on Monitor A. Using the keyboard I managed to get the goods over to monitor B where I discovered that now the monitors were swapped. To move the mouse from the left hand monitor to the right hand monitor, I had to move it to the left. It actually took me a long time to figure out this was happening. Back into the properties, switched A and B and whew, all was fine.
The first website that IE8 did not particularly care for was gmail but when I hit the compatibility button, that sorted itself out.
I need to read up on what goodies are lurking but all seems hunky dory.
I did an upgrade (rather than a clean install). It first did a look at what I had and came back with a list of stuff that would likely fuck up. The only thing on the list for me was a Logitech camera that I no longer even own.
I wish Vista/Windows7 had a way for me to plug in a device - like - 'gimme all webcams' and then return all of the drivers and software and let me delete what I no longer want. There is one web cam that I have and want to install that won't install on this machine (it installs on my other Vista machine with no problems) and I know it's because of some kind of competing driver situation. But, I digress.
The nice thing about the install is that once I got it going, it did not need me at all until it got nearly done and wanted my Key. There were a couple of times when I could have rebooted before it timed out and did it itself but no need.
The only snafu at all was one that kind of sent me into a panic. I have two monitors. For some reason, on the install, Windows 7 decided it wanted monitor B to be monitor A. My mouse would not work on Monitor A. Using the keyboard I managed to get the goods over to monitor B where I discovered that now the monitors were swapped. To move the mouse from the left hand monitor to the right hand monitor, I had to move it to the left. It actually took me a long time to figure out this was happening. Back into the properties, switched A and B and whew, all was fine.
The first website that IE8 did not particularly care for was gmail but when I hit the compatibility button, that sorted itself out.
I need to read up on what goodies are lurking but all seems hunky dory.
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Date: 2009-01-13 10:35 pm (UTC)There sort of is. By default the device manager hides non-installed devices, but there's a "show ghost devices" command which will list everything which is still lying in wait for you to plug it in agan, and it can then be removed from the list.
1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type cmd.exe in the textbox and click OK
4. Type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 and hit ENTER
5. Type cd\windows\system32 and hit ENTER
6. Type start devmgmt.msc and hit ENTER
7. When the device manager opens, click the View menu
8. Click Show Hidden Devices
Typically hidden devices will be gray. Uninstall the device that you believe is causing the problem. As soon as you close the cmd box, the hidden devices will be hidden in the device manager again.
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Date: 2009-01-13 11:16 pm (UTC)Weird.
Thanks.
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Date: 2009-01-14 10:13 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-14 03:32 pm (UTC)my install was on a good working version of Vista - I am a Vista fan. sounds like your mileage is very different.
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Date: 2009-01-14 04:04 pm (UTC)I downloaded it and it looks like I will have to do a clean install anyway since I could never get my Vista to upgrade to SP1. I will give it a try over the weekend and cross my fingers. I actually did not mind the look-and-feel of Vista but having it fail every time it tried to download and apply updates got to be very annoying.