I installed my two new harddisks and then I installed Windows 7
Ultimate x64 retail.
So I am now running Windows 7 !
I also installed Internet Explorer 9 for hopefully more secure and
perhaps more speed.
So far I have already noticed one bug in IE9 with selecting text in
this google edit window...
When holding shift and pressing page up it fails to select text upward
and instead it scroll down again in a cyclic fashion... pretty weird.
(Perhaps the wrong keyboard settings are used but I don't think so).
So far I am liking what I see.
I was also getting a bit fed up with Windows XP x64 edition and
Creative X-Fi Soundblaster drivers which were screwed up and buggy and
couldn't remove it.
Furthermore some new technologies require Windows 7. Now I get to play
with some of them.
I will probably buy a new DX11 graphics card so I can play with
Cuda... I am quite interested in that to see how that works out and if
it can be of some use to me. The 5 second kernel limitation is a bit
worrieing but can probably be dealt with
My first point of critique at IE9 is that ti's top bar does take a bit
of unnecessary space at the top... this could probably reduced
further. I guess it's an estatic thing... but I'd much rather have
more screen real estate so I will probably try to change that if
possible,
Perhaps I will also go back to vertical taskbar for more vertical
space.
I have plenty of horizontal space (1920) but little vertical space
(1200). (Screen resolution).
So far windows 7 automatically installed 3 updates during install
which was nice, now it's a bit more secure I guess... but this could
be deceiving so maybe I should go to windows update site soon...
However I have done enough for today me thinks so this will be done
tomorrow and then I also need to re-install many applications... but I
take it slowly... first the ones I really need and I will take it from
there...
My profile was also corrupted because of memory corruption some time
ago so a fresh/new start seems like a good thing... Hopefully I don't
get to regret windows 7 !
=)
It's a brave new world for me...
Maybe it will also bring out the best out of my DreamPC since it was
from 2006 and windows xp was from 2003.
So far Windows 7 seems to run real nice on my DreamPC2006 !
=D
Yeah baby !
=D
The remarkable/interesting/funny thing is that I always
"upgraded" (windows has "" issue's here but I know what that is need
to change that
all my PC'' ('' also) to newer operating systems.
Example:
80486 dos to windows 95 (fresh install, for fun to see if 486 can run
windows and probably to get rid of messy dos and also necessity for
dial up)
pentium 166 windows 95 to windows 98 (upgrade and probably new install
too, probably pc screwed up too or dead harddisk)
pentium III 450 mhz windows 98 to windows xp (necessary because
somebody screwed my pc up, trojan/virus related)
AMD X2 3800+ windows xp to windows seven (virus related, harddisk
problem related, corruption related, unsafety related)
So end conclusion is:
All my upgrades were probably problem/technical related.
Kinda interesting.
Don't worry though, Microsoft didn't earn a buck from it
=D
But maybe same story can be applied to others he might have spent a
buck on it !
=D
At least now Microsoft doesn't have to worry to much about "losing
market share".
Create some problems and people will convert, but again don't worry
about that... these problem will happen automatically, hardware
related usually, though with a little help of virus this time, but was
thinking about upgrading for a while now !
=D
One other little weird thing is that Microsoft Windows Seven failed to
use the second big new terrabyte drive... it probably first needs to
be formatted or there is some other weird problem going on.
So far it only detect 3 harddisk, but there are 4 inside.
(Had to use two screws per harddisk, me a bit pissed at case
manufacturer for only delivering 8 screws for his case, cheapskate
prick, I payed 200+ euro's for this case, now I have to go find new
screws because 2 is not too safe and might cause vibrations. My mother
claims to have plenty of screws, later today at night I will go there
and have a looksy, but my hopes are low, usually it's bullshit, but my
Dad did have a store with many many screws lol... to bad he dead...
maybe he had some... but I guess not, those special screws for kitchen
and shit.)
For now I am wondering where to buy these screws, they are abour 3
millimeter thick but very long 4 to 5 centimers about 2 or 3 inches.
I also removed a bit of plastic from the inside of the case some kind
of air duct or fan mounting thingy for the antec 1200 case, not a big
deal but ok... maybe I should have removed that in the first place...
it might have caused unnecessary turbulence... I am glad that thing is
gone.. didn't need it.
I am also a bit annoyed at the guy he made a video about using sticky
tape to attach wires... My experience is now that using little bits of
tapes are not sufficient, it will let loose... it's better to use
large pieces... it gives more sticking power.
So this time I was a bit lazy/sloppy and didn't give a shit and just
used large pieces for more sticking power, and slammed the door like
it's a little bitch ! And sticking those wires with the fricking door
yeah baby !
=D
I should try to find out where I can buy tape like this... probably
not a big deal... I got this tape from my daddy and he said it's
expensive so I didn't want to use too much and be carefull with it...
but fok that
His tip is to wrap it in bag so it dont dry it... good tip... this
tape is already 5 years old hehe probably way old like 10 years or 20
who knows... but it's still working and sticky. I did remove some
tape here and there...
I also found out I did something stupid on accident.
I noticed I connected both power cords to the two older harddisks,
they have sata power and old power connectors, it's not recommended to
do that.. fortunately it probably didn't cause damage... but I can see
now how it's easy to miss this mistake.
So surprise surprise, Hitachi removed the old power connectors from
the new harddisks... I was a bit surprised by that and a bit worried,
but it's ok... fortunately the seasonic s12 power supply came with
enough power connectors to attach 4 harddisks... it actually uses 3
cable pairs because I wanted to spread the new harddisks out a little
bit for better airflow and less dust on top of them... I placed them
at the top of the front shafts so the cold air flows beneath them...
that's also where the chips are... and that's also where the graphics
card is located in the back so it is probably getting sufficient
airflow same goes for cpu so it seems very wise to do so.
(I was also a bit pissed at a watermarker pen... I didn't know how to
open it... it was weird... three local cheap ones from supermarket...
I was turning the top which descrewed it... turns out I had to pull on
the top to reveal the writing pin... it was weird... I didn't notice
it at all, same fokking thing happened last time I wanted to use
them... and I totally forgot how to fokking use these pens/markers/
stifts.... but fortunately I found out... now my finger tops a bit
black but ok.. it's coming off already... so that was kinda funny. I
almost wanted to go back with them and sue the fricking store for
fraud... fortunately it was in the morning and I knew I had to be able
to use these pens somehow ?!
=D Cause how the hell did I otherwise
write with them last time ?!
=D Bit boring pen story, but gonna
write it down anyway).
I am also very glad I wrote my own file transfer tool in the past, it
has saved me many times now and was very usefull many times... so I
should definetly work on it some more and make it even better !
=D
Mostly so that other people can use it better as well... it's a bit
peculiar right now but ok. (It already has nice opengl support, and it
has 64 bit support for a while now but still unreleased
)
But first I also want to work on some other stuff which is main reason
for upgrade and interest in new stuff. The file transfer tool can
wait, it's already good enough for my purposes and private use !
=D To bad for you guys though the public !
=D
As I type more and more text into this posting I am starting to notice
that IE9 is lagging !
This is not a good sign.... IE8 never did that ?! So this is already
the third issue that I found with IE9 in only a few minutes/one day.
Well enough for now, lot's of stuff in this posting.
Bye,
For now,
Skybuck.
Oh yeah one last thing:
I guess just like you Americans... and the rest of the world ! My PC
is no "liberated" just like you guys from Bin Laden... but just like
you guys I am starting to worry and fear LOL for the future ?!
=D
Bad signs are already visibile in this lag ! LOL. But hopefully it's
just googles implementation.
Ok and now I am really "singin off" this posting.
Skybuck signing off !
Over and lag out !
=)
