![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
F#*$ Windows!
Aug. 5th, 2010 10:42 amOkay, first off, should have bought a second monitor to help with the set up. Might try to use my laptop as a second monitor of sorts tonight.
Secondly, F#*$ you Windows! F#*$ you Microsoft! F#*$ you so very very much! Office 2003 is compatible with Win 7. Sort of... maybe... when the moon is on the cusp of Leo and frigging blue. I have two more options to try, neither of which are very easy and then I'm going to go find me some ball bearings and start firing potshots at the damned kneeling buses that pass by my suite every half hour.
At the moment, I flatly refuse to go out and spend 40 bucks on a cable to transfer data from one computer to the other. For the number of times I intend to do this, it goes against my nature. Mind you, the more aggravated I get, the more that 40 bucks might look like a bargain. Never mind that I still do not have the internet set up ordered for the new computer to be actually useful but that's mostly because my ISP's automated purchase function refuses to accept me as a current customer. I notice they are quite happily taking money from my account even if they won't admit I'm their customer.
Meh. Murphy wins every time.
EDIT - After consulting with those who know me, I'm going to go buy a cable. Much less stress.
EDITED EDIT - Bought the cable, got it home it wouldn't do what it was meant to. Tried to sign up to have High speed installed - no credit card, no go. The file transfers are going well thanks to the external hard drive I bought to back things up in case Franken-computer died. Tomorrow the cable goes back and I call the ISP service line to set up the high speed the old fashioned way.
I hate my life.
Secondly, F#*$ you Windows! F#*$ you Microsoft! F#*$ you so very very much! Office 2003 is compatible with Win 7. Sort of... maybe... when the moon is on the cusp of Leo and frigging blue. I have two more options to try, neither of which are very easy and then I'm going to go find me some ball bearings and start firing potshots at the damned kneeling buses that pass by my suite every half hour.
At the moment, I flatly refuse to go out and spend 40 bucks on a cable to transfer data from one computer to the other. For the number of times I intend to do this, it goes against my nature. Mind you, the more aggravated I get, the more that 40 bucks might look like a bargain. Never mind that I still do not have the internet set up ordered for the new computer to be actually useful but that's mostly because my ISP's automated purchase function refuses to accept me as a current customer. I notice they are quite happily taking money from my account even if they won't admit I'm their customer.
Meh. Murphy wins every time.
EDIT - After consulting with those who know me, I'm going to go buy a cable. Much less stress.
EDITED EDIT - Bought the cable, got it home it wouldn't do what it was meant to. Tried to sign up to have High speed installed - no credit card, no go. The file transfers are going well thanks to the external hard drive I bought to back things up in case Franken-computer died. Tomorrow the cable goes back and I call the ISP service line to set up the high speed the old fashioned way.
I hate my life.
