March 09

I've managed to get a few steps along in the process of getting the new computer to a usable state. I've always thought myself a reasonably-intelligent computer user who could handle most situations, but setting up this computer has humbled me a bit. The endless loop caused by an incorrectly-installed Windows Update, where the computer wouldn't boot up without crashing, was loads of fun.

I run an older version of Adobe Creative Suite (CS2), which isn't specifically set up to work with Vista. Intellectually, I can understand that, but it's really frustrating when I have very expensive, perfectly good software that I can't completely install because it's not the newest version. I managed to get Photoshop working fairly well, but it's going to be an inconvenience not to be able to make PDF files of graphic design projects (since Adobe Acrobat 7 doesn't play well with Vista.

Microsoft Office, fortunately, is a good little doobie and works fine.

I've got a list of programs to download and install on the computer as I'm able. Meanwhile, it's running with a functional software firewall and antivirus, and I'm composing my first complete POTD entry with the new machine, so it's not going badly -- just slowly. Too damn slowly.

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