After years of colorful verbal expressions regarding the quality of Microsoft Windows Vista, dad is upgrading his desktop from Vista to W7. Here is a live blog of the process.<\/p>\n
7:15 pm: Dad has already tried upgrading once. The upgrade tool sat for about 10-15 minutes, then told him he needed to remove a bunch of software and re-run the tool. It took Vista 20 minutes to remove the software. He then started the upgrade tool again. It’s been doing its thing for the last 10-15 minutes.<\/p>\n
7:16 pm: “I’m gonna waste three or four hours and get nothing done . . . which will make me happy.”\ufeff<\/p>\n
7:20 pm: Windows upgrader wants dad to uninstall iTunes. Screw it! He doesn’t use iTunes. Here we go!<\/p>\n
7:24 pm: Copying over 2 GB f installation files. So far, this is like a linux upgrade!<\/p>\n
7:31 pm: gathering files and settings…<\/p>\n
7:39 pm: “Good God – it’s only gathered 6% of the information it needs.”<\/p>\n
7:45 pm: 17%<\/p>\n
8:19 pm: 77%<\/p>\n
8:35 pm: Windows had to restart the machine. We’re not sure why.<\/p>\n
8:37 pm: Hey! It’s the Windows 7 start logo. Yay! It now says “Upgrading Windows”<\/p>\n
8:53 pm: Still upgrading. Dad tossed his hands into the air. “You’ve been at 21% for a long time.”<\/p>\n
8:57 pm: Moving again!<\/p>\n
9:10 pm: Rebooted again! Could this be the last? (At least, until the endless cycle of patches and updates)<\/p>\n
9:22 pm: W7 has been restoring settings and files ever since the reboot. Cross your fingers…<\/p>\n
9:37 pm: All Dad wants for Christmas is to go to bed – but W7 is still upgrading, and apparently Vista tied his sleep schedule to the operating system.<\/p>\n
10:05 pm: Setup will continue after rebooting your computer. Linux never made me reboot this much during upgrades.<\/p>\n
10:08 pm: It rebooted, but this marks only the 68% mark for transferring files and settings.<\/p>\n
10:25 pm: Want to go to bed SO BAD.<\/p>\n
10:30 pm: Rebooting AGAIN.<\/p>\n
10:32 pm: Yes! W7 is preparing the computer for the first use!<\/p>\n
10:33 pm: Enter the product key. It’s in such small print on the disc box, we’ve busted out the magnifying glass. Hmm. Product key. That’s a funny notion! Windows is weird.<\/p>\n
10:46 pm: Machine is still a little pokey, but W7 is up and running. G’night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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