Well, the upgrade went as flawlessly as an upgrade can go. I expected that it would wipe out my C:\ drive completely and was pleasantly surprised to find that it had preserved everything, making it very quick to move our large numbers of photos and videos back into their proper positions.
Reinstalling Office proved a minor issue, as I only have upgrade media for Office 2003, but luckily I saved the old OEM Office 97 disks from two computers ago. I kept them in the same box, so I had them immediately available when the system asked me for original media to confirm the upgrade.
So with a fresh install of Windows 7, plus a reinstall of Office, Avast antivirus, Mozy online backup, and Robin’s Itunes, we’re in good shape on that machine. It definitely seems faster with all the old applications purged, but the biggest difference is that the fan doesn’t run 24/7 any more. It used to be very loud in the office, and now it’s so quiet that I keep thinking the computer isn’t running at all any more. The printer works, it’s on the home group and the mesh, and all seems to be well!
That’s unusual for a major system upgrade — you’ve read some of the horror stories right here, in fact — but I won’t complain! It’s nice for things to work smoothly for a change.
