Hrm, being a unix user group, I am surprised no one has taken the route of convincing you to try and just get your family to use some linux flavor.
Normally, I probably would just keep quiet, but all this fuss trying to make an OS work that doesn't even support changing the desktop background(!) seems a bit silly, especially when considering that as a netbook it will be used for just word processing and internet browsing, and really, can't be used for much else. I am not sure how technology literate your family is compared to mine, but if you are currently serving as tech support, you probably have spent plenty of hours cleaning up dirty window installs. Do them the favor of giving them at least one computer in the house that won't get bogged down with 2 years of windows buildup. Reinstall ubuntu (maybe even the netbook remix, which is stupid easy to use), give a 15 minute demo of how to use it and how to work with word documents and the like, and let them take it from there. I would be willing to bet someone lunch that you would have about as much success. Anyways, my two cents Addison On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Nicholas Blatter <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Timothy Wood <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Forgot about that. I used to be able to log in to the MSDNAA thing > > from the CS website. I just now tried to log in, but it won't let me > > since I'm not "currently" taking a class. I'm currently on enrollment > > deferment for my mission, which begins in a week. Too bad I didn't > > download an iso last semester. You'd think it would be open to CS > > Majors even if I wasn't currently in a class. Maybe I could try to > > find somebody with a disc I could (possibly) repair with. I'm at home > > in Texas, though. > > You might try one of the ISO images provided by online retailers who > sell Win7 electronically. Someone put together a list here: > > > http://www.mydigitallife.info/2010/04/28/download-windows-7-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit-direct-download-links/ > > As long as you have a product key that should let you fully reinstall > Windows. Actually, even if you don't have a product key proper > (because of some wacky OEM licensing), those ISO images probably will > let you do a repair installation (after which your original key will > still work). Just use the ISO that corresponds to the version of > Windows you have installed. > > Nick > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list >
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