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Sep. 16th, 2007
tech update
Sep. 16th, 2007 01:10 amI know this is elementary stuff for some, but it's a headache for me. I am like the bear that sits on the hillside admiring the sunset, while some on my flist (like Xochi) are like a SR-71 Blackbird that flies through said sunset. Not only are we at different levels, we are different species. *g*
So, I got the router up and running. Yay! Both computers are happily rooting through the net like hogs after truffles. Double Yay!
Zone Alarm, FireFox, Thunderbird and PAF (the family history program) were all downloaded without problem (except MS Internet Explorer wants to be the default browser no matter how many times I tell it no.) Yay, Yay, YAY!
I need to import Mom's PAF files into the new machine. I *think* I've burned a copy of those files with the help of Nero and will see if I can import them.
And, since I've never used Thunderbird, I know need to figure out how to put Mom's email through it, too. Hopefully, it's simple. I just haven't started reading yet.
The HP seems to be very nice. It still has a list of things it wants to me to make decisions on, though. "do you like this? Do you want that? Can I start up Norton yet?" HELL NO!!!!!
So, I'm still chugging along. One of the things the router wanted to know was if Vista was 32 or 64 bit. Weeeell, since I only had a little sticker on the laptop with a s/n on it: I. Don't. Know. The processor on the computer is 64 bit; does that mean Vista is 64 bit? I guess I'll go root around on the Vista to try and find the answer to that, but you know, Vista is all rearranged. It took me at least a minute to find out how to turn the computer off last night. Sleep or hibernate? Jeeze, I don't know!
Chugging. See? I'm chugging. But I do have a headache. Not much of a break for my three days off. Humpf.
So, I got the router up and running. Yay! Both computers are happily rooting through the net like hogs after truffles. Double Yay!
Zone Alarm, FireFox, Thunderbird and PAF (the family history program) were all downloaded without problem (except MS Internet Explorer wants to be the default browser no matter how many times I tell it no.) Yay, Yay, YAY!
I need to import Mom's PAF files into the new machine. I *think* I've burned a copy of those files with the help of Nero and will see if I can import them.
And, since I've never used Thunderbird, I know need to figure out how to put Mom's email through it, too. Hopefully, it's simple. I just haven't started reading yet.
The HP seems to be very nice. It still has a list of things it wants to me to make decisions on, though. "do you like this? Do you want that? Can I start up Norton yet?" HELL NO!!!!!
So, I'm still chugging along. One of the things the router wanted to know was if Vista was 32 or 64 bit. Weeeell, since I only had a little sticker on the laptop with a s/n on it: I. Don't. Know. The processor on the computer is 64 bit; does that mean Vista is 64 bit? I guess I'll go root around on the Vista to try and find the answer to that, but you know, Vista is all rearranged. It took me at least a minute to find out how to turn the computer off last night. Sleep or hibernate? Jeeze, I don't know!
Chugging. See? I'm chugging. But I do have a headache. Not much of a break for my three days off. Humpf.
