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Good on Da Prez and his charming wife. I hope they live long and prosper.
Changing the subject for a moment, some additional tricks with Old Computer....
I have two, and both are configured for dual-booting of two separate operating systems. One has Windows 7 and Windows 8, and the other has Windows 7 and PC-BSD 9.0. Having two computers with Windows 7 means the Windows 7 Homegroup can detect the other computer, and connect to it for sharing files and folders and complete libraries. The Windows 8 on one computer can't join the Homegroup, because Mighty Microsoft didn't enable it, but with both Windows 7 and Windows 8 on the same machine, I can access files between those two operating systems. So that also means I can transfer something from
Windows 8 on the one to Windows 7 on the other computer, by first moving it to
Windows 7 on the one it shares that with, and them using Homegroup to transfer the file from one computer to the other. With this setup, it's almost like having four computers, and that increases the choices of things I can do on them. And just a reminder - if you'd like to read about my first experiences using Windows 8, there's quite a few postings on my blog, from back a year or so ago, if you don't mind going back through it.
Update on Homegroup:
I lied! I hadn't actually tried to get Windows 8 into my Windows 7 Homegroup, but it reminded me that it had discovered the Homegroup and asked if I wanted to join it. Of course, I said 'Yes', and now have two Windows 7s and one Windows 8 in my Homegroup. So I can exchange things between all three systems. I hadn't tried this before, because I was of the belief that the Homegroup on Windows 7 computers was only for those with Windows 7, and
I was wrong! Apologies, Everyone... I'm still not as smart as I'd like to be.
The ankle bone is connected to the shin bone....the shin bone is connected to the knee bone...the knee bone's connected to the thigh bone...now hear the words of Microsoft?
ReplyDeleteWhile was helping test both Windows 7 and Windows 8, I made a few suggestions, so you could say that I was part of the process, and that's why I'm quite familiar with both of those systems. I wasn't trying to be a smart-ass.
ReplyDeleteI've sometimes criticized Microsoft, but without them, we'd probably all have to learn how to write our own code to instruct the beast on what to do for us next, and Microsoft has done a lot of good work. They've brought a lot of us into the 21st Century, and for that they deserve our thanks,
and our continuing patronage.