Didn't take any last year, haven't taken any so far this year. Mainly 'cause we're down to just three and with a normal workload we are barely ekeing by. But my two projects are done, John's project is done, we have some slack time and I'm taking a break while I can.
So I start with reviving a laptop for guest use at my Father-in-Law's. Win2000, password? Nah, just rebrick it. So I do. With the original Win2000 disk. Out of date, of course. Plug in a just as old 3com LAN card, it recognizes in and gets on my LAN. Misplaced my old Speedstream WiFi card, so I stop by Frys and get a $40 Airlink card for $15. Go to install it. Disk won't boot -- wants Flash. Go to Macromedia, redirect to Adobe, won't install 'cause Windows needs updating. Go to Microsoft, upgrade to service pack 3. Make that 4. Upgrade Internet Explorer. Only about a dozen reboots. Back to adobe, Flash now loads. CD loads. Plug in the WiFi card and it sees my access point. Type in my key and it's connected wireless. Still need to install MS Office and Xitami server software. (The Xitami will allow me to configure Sally access over the Internet to Root -- assuming I can pinhole through the 2Wire brand router.)
Posted by Paladin at September 3, 2006 04:59 PM