Of installing Windows 7 ... in a snap !

This week, I had a call for a person with a laptop running Vista, complaining of errors and slow response time.

I first removed openoffice (he had office 2007 installed) , two or three Internet brower, a lot of downloaded tools... His toshiba was still slow. I then decided to clean registry and HD (thanks to ccleaner) then decided to defrag and to restart. The computer was still so slow and messy that I decided to update all drivers from Toshiba support website to the last Vista release...Nothing better !

I then suggested Seven and he agreed , despite the additionnal cost : a purchase scandal , he said... I agreed , but he did not want to switch to Ubuntu.

So Yesterday it was time to move to MS Windows Seven. I decided to format c: drive and start from scratch as I usually do on reinstalling... after all needed backups of course.

What a shock for me : the installation including harddrive format in less than an hour AND WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONNAL DRIVER TO INSTALL !!! I had previously downloaded all wifi and ethernet drivers for this laptop and never used it !
Sound = ok , Screen = ok, wifi enabled = ok, wireless Mouse and keyboard = ok
no error or question in the tab to manage drivers !



Only two restart !



For the very first time of my IT experience in twenty years :

Thank you Microsoft ! 

This time, wuth windows Seven, 

it seems to me you've done a great and professionnal job !

PS : If I have enough time , I might spend time to setup a seven desltop for my company and test there all XP programs they're using...

Of being lucky to work for mid-sized company...

• As a IT addict I'm on the process of moving my personnal computer at home from MS Windows XP to Windows 7... I'll assume the consequences !

• Due to the mass marketing on this product from Microsoft, I have some private clients requesting - and insisting -to come in order to switch toward this new system... I'll not complain : they'll have a backup of their data made by me , and by reformating the computer from scratch , they'll feel to have a faster computer... and they'll pay me !

• On my main job activity I 'll not . Why ? because I'm lucky enough working for a midsize company which is not rich enough to jump immediately on every new blinking solution ! That's said, I'll do my way : setup one computer with all application; test them all; chose one   test user  and work with him on this new setup; and IF SUCCESS, we'll plan to implement it slowly...  until then the company will not spend a cent , will not have lost data, end user will not be disturbed... My point of view will remains " better to have a little old system that works , than jumping on the unknown".
  

 My key goal about Windows 7 for now ? convince all requester (from enduser to managers) that it has to be done with methode and not in emergency, despite the internet and media buzz !

What do you think of my position ?