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Skriven 2007-04-30 07:48:00 av George Vandervort (1:382/8)
  Kommentar till text 31647 av Gerald Miller (1:342/512)
Ärende: Just a little behind schedule
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Hello Gerald!

Congradulations..   Whew!! What a tedious job that was..

Thursday April 26 2007 16:03, Gerald Miller wrote to All:

 GM> Hello All,
 GM>
 GM> I have finally got the Intel 2.4GHz machine up and running _AND_ I
 GM> believe it is stable (I was previously having problems with the Intel
 GM> 82566DC Gigabit Network Connection, ATI Radeon Sapphire X1800XL
 GM> graphics card, and the Intel Sigma Tel Audio drivers all disappearing
 GM> from the registry).
 GM>
 GM> Yes August, I know that I missed my planned startup schedule, but
 GM> working a sixty hour week does not afford much time for anything other
 GM> than eating and sleeping.  So, by skipping a couple of meals and two
 GM> sleeps, I have Windows XP Pro installed, activated and updated with
 GM> seventy-seven updates, upgrades, fixes and patches.  I still don't
 GM> have the IE updated, but I'm sure that M$ will eventually send that
 GM> one down the pipe.  The Windows Media Player upgrade will have to be
 GM> initiated later by myself (it's not an automatic upgrade like the IE).

seventy-seven updates, upgrades, fixes and patches?

I thought there were 214 Updated for WinXP Pro? (Just Kidding)

But, Did you also check the Custom Update option for
extra available patches? after the Express Update Uption?



 GM>
 GM> After struggling with the different Intel driver / program updates
 GM> (there were six different ones that _HAD_ to be installed), I
 GM> installed MS .NET Framework v2.0 (required for the ATI Catalyst
 GM> software), the ATI drivers and software, Total Install v3.83, Total
 GM> Commander v6.56, MS Office 2003, ZoneAlarm Security Suite
 GM> v7.0.337.000.  I then activated XP and let it run for an hour for the
 GM> Windows updates, after which I downloaded and installed the Microsoft
 GM> Baseline Security Analyzer v2.0.1 and the TweakUI utility.
 GM>
 GM> I got the WGA applet (definitely required by M$ before they permit you
 GM> to have access to some of their programs, but that is NO BIG DEAL to
 GM> me - they can spy on me all they want if there is any possibility that
 GM> doing so will improve their products / service).
 GM>
 GM> I am currently formatting the 750GB hard drive (already did the 500GB)
 GM> and when that is completed, I will shut down the system so that I can
 GM> install the secondary RAID SATA controller card and the four 750GB
 GM> HDDs (which I hope to set up in RAID0+1 - strip and mirror), then
 GM> install the drivers for the controller card, after which I will have
 GM> to format the drive to 1,397.3GB (and that is going to take some
 GM> time).
 GM>
 GM> I figure that I'll let the new system run 24/7 for a week (to ensure
 GM> that M$ has applied all the patches, fixes and updates) before I
 GM> install any other programs.

Now may be an opotune time to make a Backup..


 GM>
 GM> I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who assisted
 GM> and encouraged me through this arduous task, especially my mentor,
 GM> Jeff, for tolerating my many questions (some of which were annoying
 GM> <grin>).
 GM>
 GM>            Cheers ... Gerald
 GM>
 GM> ... All things considered, insanity may be the only reasonable
 GM> alternative.
 GM> -+- GoldED+/DPMI32 v1.1.5-b20060121 [msg of Thursday April 26 2007]
 GM>  + Origin: Gets an "A" for attitude (1:342/512)


Regards,
George Vandervort
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