ferris209

I already have a couple of OS partitions on my Dell E6400, one for the Vista Ultimate that Dell put on it when I bought it and the other contains the Windows 7 RC I put on it a while back. I've been dual booting into Windows 7 most of the time. I've already made a complete backup of the Vista partition using Driveimage XML and plan on simply compressing the partition down from 211 GB to 67 GB. Then I'll increase the Windows 7 partition from 15 GB to 159 GB and clean install my Windows 7 Pro onto that, totally wiping the old RC version. After 7 is installed and everything is working perfect, I'll trasnfer all my pics, videos, docs, and music from the old Vista patrition to my 7 install. Then I'll delete the partition and merge it with the 7 partition to have one nice sweet Windows 7 partition.

Speaking of getting a good deal, I found out that Microsoft will sell Microsoft Office Enterprise Edition for personal use to Government employees for $10 as long as the government they work for has purchased an Office volume license. My city has a volume license, so I'm good there. Problem is that first I have to obtain some code from IT and then plug it into Microsoft's website, so now I am sitting and waiting for my IT dept to figure out what they are supposed to do to get the code. I wished they'd just let me use my city email to confirm my employment and sell the thing outright like they do for students.

Dang! Well, I am one of those schmucks who paid near full price for Win 7 Pro, I got it for $284 shipped from Buy.com

And I thought I did good.

But I guess I ain't mad, I REALLY wanted that OS and did not want to wait nor get an "upgrade" edition that I'd have to hack everytime I wanted a fresh install. Plus, I wanted a license key I could easily move from one computer to the other if needed, which OEM version prevents.

How'd you get Ultimate for free?

I heartily agree with your observation, however I have to wait until 10/28/09 at 0700 hrs CST, I am currently at work and do not get off until then!

Sorry, my mind wasn't thinking right on me, and no, I'm not drinking.......yet!

edited because poster is a moron

xhonzi said:

ferris, you've got to stop saying irregardless or I will put you on ignore.

 I'll do my best, irregardless of the circumstances!!

I honestly don't actually understand the purpose of a ignoring folks. Not only would it cuases gaps in threads if that member is commenting, but if someone really annoys me that badly, I just try my best not to venture into the same threads they do. Irregardless, I can say that nobody has yet to make me avoid them.

Windows 7 Beta was released to the mass market on January 9, 2009. It had 8 million testers. You cant really get any better tested than that, at least I think.

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/10/windows-7-had-8-million-testers-biggest-beta-ever.ars

So, did anyone else bite the bullet and buy Windows 7 last week? I did, ordered the Pro version, should be here on Monday and I'll get it installed by Wed or Thurs. I can't wait!!

Hey fellas,

PSYCHO_DAYV loves his caps lock button, probably more than life itself. I'll bet that when PSYCHO_DAYV dies, his obituary will be all caps as well as the flyer at his funeral and his big finale will be that his casket is a great big CAPS LOCK button!!!

Yep, PSYCHO_DAYV is the Billy Mays of the internet world....

Just deal with it guys!!!

Warbler said:

TV's Frink said: 

Your ISP lets you punch through the internet?  Where do I sign up?

Its top secret.   I could tell you about it, but then I'd have to kill you.

Wow, you can also kill through the ISP, that rocks!

Warbler said:

ferris209 said:

PHILLIES SUCK!!

the only reason I did not punch you for that, is because you're a cop.  

heh heh, just had to yank your chain!

PHILLIES SUCK!!

Gaffer Tape said:

Jay said:

Gaffer Tape said:

And do all of the newer users use the default colors?

OT Old Skool is the default for new members. The blue theme (or some variation thereof) will be the theme I release the software with Real Soon Now™. I'm working on another theme called OT Classic that will incorporate colors from the Old Skool theme, but with a brighter palette overall. Not everyone likes dark backgrounds with white text. (I find it a tad fatiguing after long reading sessions myself.)

I hope OT Classic will be an option in addition to OT Old Skool.  Like Nanner and Anchorhead, the dark background and white text has always been comfortable to me.  Conversely, I momentarily tried out the Blue last night (which is what prompted me to make this thread), and it hurt my eyes after only a few minutes.  Obviously, to each his own.  I'm just very partial to and comfortable with this color scheme.

Agreed!

bkev said:

wait, I must see this feature. How do ya figure it out?

Click "User Lists" at the top of the page in the gray bar (if you're using Old Skool theme).

Then click the "ignored" option under user lists on the left side of the page.

Then it will say something like mine...

You have no users on your ignore list.

1 member has you on their ignore list:

FanFiltration

I immediately went to Old Skool and never looked back. I hate change.

Ha! I just discovered that you can see who is ignoring you, I didn't know FanFiltration hated me that badly!!

I guess I'm goofy, but I loved the old Charlie Chaplin silents.

Lefty Frizzell.

xhonzi said:

I don't know... do you think the U.S. and the C.S. would have been able to affect WWI and WWII the same way?  I have an inkling that the U.S. wouldn't be here at all if the South had won the Civil War.

Very good point, while we cannot perceive what could have been in history, I firmly believe that the type of government the Confederacy was advocating would have won out the country over and the Confederacy would have joined back with the US after the US embraced the idea of a less powerful central government. But that is mere speculation and hope more than anything.

Don't get me wrong, I love the United States and honor it daily. However, I just do not think that the strong central government idea was what our forefathers intended. I am pretty sure that Thomas Jefferson would be less than impressed with how we are today, with government infecting every part of our daily lives. I just believe that the Confederacy was more in tune with the the intentions of our founders. I happen to think that a southern victory would have brought that to the attention of the rest of the country and showed what kind of tyrant Lincoln was and hopefully have ousted him and went back to the roots of the United States.

To draw attention to a snippet of your review, I am so glad you pointed out the fact that the Confederacy was not exactly the evil empire the schools like to paint it as today. I am an amateur historian and a direct decedent of a couple of Confederate Soldiers, it pisses me off to no end that so many people think the whole war was about slavery. Yeah, it ended up being painted that way by the war criminal Lincoln, and it did ultimately became a fine sidebar to the war, but it was not the basis of the war. I would have loved to see the South win, simply because I firmly believe we would not have half the problems we have today because of the out of control Federal Government, instead we have more control as States as to how much and where our money goes.

I have no problem with a person who wants to kill themselves, I just wished they all would do it right and cleanly, it would make my job easier. And to be clear, just because some asshole gets taken away because he is suicidal, that doesn't mean he is actually suicidal, I deal many of these morons and they simply attention or free bed and food. The ones who actually wanted to kill themselves did without getting me involved until their dead body is discovered.

digitalfreaknyc said:

ferris209 said:

I think that Seagate is recovering the data for free since it is their fault.

 

 From what I read, Seagate STARTED doing it for free...and then stopped.  They probably realized what a HUGE problem it was and said "no more." I couldn't even get a live person on the phone when I tried calling last week.  I didn't want to wait longer and risk the data no longer being there.

http://consumerist.com/266646/contact-seagate-executive-customer-service

I think that Seagate is recovering the data for free since it is their fault.