Mortaine’s Blog

I am seriously considering throwing out all existing suggestions and naming him after one of my all-time favorite “people.”

The Windows XP migration is nigh. I’m scheduled for a June 9th migration/install. Afterwards, my work computer will:
Run Windows XP.
Have no CD-ROM drive. (WTF?!?!?)
Have no Floppy drive.
Have a working USB drive.
Prevent me from changing simple variables like my desktop colors (because, obviously, I am a child).
Prevent me from installing software. ANY software.
Irritate the hell out of me.
Hopefully, work faster than the one I have.

It’s a mixed blessing. On the one hand, the CD-ROM drive issue is annoying and will ultimately result in me requisitioning a CD-R for backups. On the other hand, USB will finally work (USB and NT don’t mix), and I suppose it’s a good thing if my productivity goes up from lack of a decent web browser and LJ client.

Must remember to bring cookies for IT on the 9th. Always good to bribe IT guys.

The new keyboard is installed in Trinity. I am already finding it a bit hard, just because the delete key is where the left half of the spacebar is on a normal keyboard. Also, the shift key is awkward, and the preferred alternative is four fingers down. I’m not very practiced yet. However, I think the keyboard might be autocorrecting my text for me, which is unexpected.

Multi-key combinations, like alt-tab, are very difficult. I just don’t know how to do them at all, clearly.

Um, yeah. But getting the damned screws out was a piece of cake for the tech. I was so impressed.