2 Hours Idoling

So I finally switched to Vista. Honestly it’s not that bad of an OS but man it really kills the computer. For example, mkv at 720p I used to be able to play in WinXP are now sluggish in Vista, which wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for the fact a lot of new releases (i.e. CODE Geass R2) are at 720p-ish. Annoying but I’ll deal.

Beside that, I’ll have to admit at least Vista is pretty looking

Why the switch? Basically to force myself to learn Vista for work plus I figured it was about time I see what the big deal was. Initially I was going to do dual boot with WinXP and Vista but that didn’t happen due to various reasons. For one, doing the install almost hosed my C drive that I didn’t backup. Luckily after everything was said and done, I was able to at least grab all the data off the old WinXP C partition before I decided to just hose it and do Vista only… which was a pain in itself due to trying figure out why it wouldn’t continue to install after the initial copy (eventually figured it was because of my SATA drive/controller that I temporarily disabled while the install went). Pretty much spent Friday night (how sad) and the majority of Saturday finishing up the install and getting everything how I liked it, which was great for a bit…

… until I found out I had some spyware trojans already! I won’t go into details but getting cracked programs finally got the better of me. Many hours were spent trying to get rid of everything but eventually, ended up formatting the C drive and starting again. This was at 8PM on Sunday with work the following day, so much to say I probably did the quickest install ever all in about 2 hours. And I’m not just talking the Vista install, I mean re-doing all the programs, settings, configurations, etc that I initially spent over 10 hours on before. Pretty crazy right?

Much to say, my weekend was wasted due to Vista and bad luck. Thankfully at least now *knock on wood* everything is good and running fine… minus 720p mkv videos, but I guess that’s something I’m going to have to live with until I upgrade some parts or just build another system. Hopefully, I’ll do the former cheaper method first before going all out and spending money I don’t have

And of course with a new install comes a new wallpaper, in part to honor our id@lmaster guru DiGiKerot, I found this lovely wall somewhere on the ‘net. Go ask him for more information on the girl and the game while I crash for the night k? Thanks!

Wallpaper Source: 1920×1080 | 1920×1200

Posted by moyism Posted in: Screens 19 Comments » April 2008

A Moment with Rukia

It has been a few months since I last changed wallpapers, so figured it was high time for something new. And what better way to do so than with a nice clean and simple Rukia (from Bleach) wallpaper

Wallpaper Source: 1920×1080 | 1920×1200

Posted by moyism Posted in: Screens 11 Comments » February 2008

Nanaka in the Winter

If there was just one thing the Da Capo franchise has done right, it would without a doubt be the creation of any female with the last name “Shirakawa”

Wallpaper Source: 1920×1080 | 3520×5050

Posted by moyism Posted in: Screens 6 Comments » November 2007

Yoko Through the Years

Someone complaining about me not putting up new wallpapers? Well, not anymore I hope

Thanks to Jason for finding the Yoko (from Gurren Lagaan) wallpaper, which was originally from a magazine scan if I remember. Figured it was time to change anyway and what better way to do so then putting up the ultra sexy Yoko on my screen!

Wallpaper Source: 1680×1050 | 1920×1080

Posted by moyism Posted in: Screens 7 Comments » September 2007

SOS Dan

New Haruhi wallpaper thanks to the Save Desktops by Overloading it with Fun Suzumiya Haruhi’s Brigade invading my computer today. Actually, it’s really thanks to Leofish of the AnimeSuki Forums for posting his excellent vector! Awesome job!

Wallpaper Source: 1920×1200 | link

Posted by moyism Posted in: Screens 3 Comments » July 2007

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