New Laptop - Follow-up
I spent most of my day today customizing the new HP G60-630us Notebook PC. I have a lot of favorite utility programs that I installed today.
I also installed the software for our digital cameras but there was a glitch. My installation disk was not compatible with Windows 7. Not to worry, I found a fix on Canon’s website and it went smoothly after that.
I backed up some files from the old laptop to the external half-gigabyte drive. I use Microsoft Office for Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. I had quite a collection on the old hard drive (some were already backed up). Thanks to a tip from reader wolfwalker, I am able to connect an old external monitor and if the primary display goes black, I still have the secondary display.
The last thing I got done today was to install the software drivers for my Kensington docking station. It was quite painless and worked instantly.
I figured that was enough for today, but there are a lot more files and utilities to bring over. I’m using the new computer and setup to post this.
By the way, Windows 7 is a lot like Windows Vista with a few additional annoyances. No blue screens of death so far.
