Surprise! You have a new work computer!

[mizarchivist]

So, I have a new work computer. Great, right? Well... sort of. Yay- faster, quieter, more space. It also takes up 2x the space on my desk... bummer, but I'll get used to it, but now I have to clean up my desk so it doesn't look so crowded.
I had NO idea this was going to happen while I was away. I had no time to prepare. They didn't bother to give me Firefox, but they xferred everything into IE, so at least *something* was there, but I suspect I lost a few bookmarks that were just in Firefox. I had just recently had to rip out Firefox and so at least IE was close.
The thing I'm not loving: new Outlook version. Everything from my old folders seems to be here and fine, BUT I loathe how large the menu screens are. So, I've been fiddling trying to fix this in settings, but no love yet.
I at least managed to keep XP on for a platform. If I was dealing with Vista now, there'd have already been an earth-shattering KaBoom from the vicinity of my HEAD.
So much for what I wanted to do today. I think it'll all be re-asserting my style and preference over this machine.

Comments

[mar1ey-marley6.livejournal.com]

That would be amazing.

[drwex]

I am fond of using the "foxmarks" add-on for Firefox. It lets you synch bookmarks across computers, meaning you keep a backup of all bookmarks just in case something goes kablooie. It auto-synchs so I don't have to remember to do it manually (tho I can force an update if I want).

[mizarchivist]

ah- ok. I'll look into that.

[missdimple.livejournal.com]

Did you get the new MS Office 2007? It's worse than the new Outlook.

[mizarchivist]

both. It sucks.