Sometime during last year, I upgraded to a 300 gigabyte drive with the intention of doing a fairly clean installation of Windows XP Pro. I thought if I kept things to a minimum, then my eventual upgrade to Vista would be more stable. By last night, that drive had been filled with bits and pieces of tattered software debris. Still, the upgrade installation of Vista Business proceeded well. It surely took a long time though.The first few hours with the Aero interface wasn't a problem. In fact, the way the Windows glide around is slightly seductive. I'm sure it'll all seem 'old hat' by Friday.
My one major headache remains getting the Internet Server up and running. My old XP Pro had server extensions allowed and the new software has turned off W3SCV. Although the interface for daily computing functions seems streamlined and improved, managing deeper services is still tough. I've got too much going on on the work front at the moment, but I plan on getting re-acquainted with my living room PC on Friday, my free day.