![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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.
