I've been running the Windows 7 Ultimate RC 64 bit (Build 7200) since early July. And just the past week I have installed Win 7 Enterprise (Build 7600) 64 bit which is claimed to be the final build version that will be released to the public on October 22.

What I have noticed is that the Enterprise version seems to be just a bit snapper than the RC, maybe it is because I have less install and it is a new install with less overhead.  Ask me in a month when I'm back to the same processes!  Currently at 65.

AS for the install that was ins testing!  I first started at 9:30am last Monday and by 11:30 am I had not made past the initial install window.  It was telling me that it could not find a driver for my CD disk.  I looked on dells website and all they had were flash updates which did me no good.  So I decided to wait until 4pm for my expert Win 7 guy to come home from school. (my 13 year old son).

I asked him if he could help me and when I told him what was happening he said, dad don't you remember when we install the RC? We had to take your HD and put it in my Dell laptop and install win 7 and then move it back to your laptop and have it do the rest.  I said "oh ya now I remember"........ getting old thing!

So we do just that, and in about 40 minutes bamm I'm back up and running win 7.  What was cool is that Win 7 will heal itself, meaning when we install win 7 on my HD on my sons laptop with his drivers needed for his laptop everything was changed by Win 7 when we moved it back to my laptop.  The driver it was missing before was no longer even a question or issue.  No idea but it worked.  Also found the Nvidia just came out with a new beta driver for there cards as of the 27th of August.

So the bottom line! Hire your 13 year old son for $10 and stand back and be proud! Best ten bucks I have spent in years!

All is good now and just dreading the next time I will need to reinstall win 7 when the full blown version comes out at the end of the month.  "We bleed so you don't have too"

p.s. Buy MS stock!

        

http://pressreleases.autodesk.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=627

Check this out!  This is huge, this puts Autodesk on the map for Hydrology analysis software. This is a bunch of steps above what they are offering today!  Now the question is when will this be incorporated in to our current C3D. And what does this mean for our current Storm software they bought 2 years ago?????



StormNET, RiverCAD and WaterNET Software Tools to Provide Autodesk Civil Engineering and Utility Customers with Comprehensive Water Analysis Capabilities

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http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=13620951&linkID=9240698

Go check it out and let me know what you think!

For all of those that waite until SP1 comes out before you finally jump! Well now is the time to jump.

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Yes! Great news I will be presenting again at AU this December in Vegas!  Yes Oh Yes Vegas baby!

This will be my third time and this time will also be a new topic!

Corridors Are for More than Roads: How about Parking Lots?  90 Minute Power user class


I've already started on the dataset for the class, I was able to get a real life parking lot from a great client of mine! 

So mark your calandars for December 1st to 3rd!  It is one day shorter, in the past the last day was a travel day anyway and not many made ...<< MORE >>

How many use Layer filters? How many times have you created a new layer while in a layer filter only to go darn it, now where is that new layer at now? When AutoCAD creates a new layer it calls it Layer1, but the problem is you are currently in a layer filter that is filtering only C3-* layers. So where is that new Layer1? Somewhere under the base filter right!

Well a thought came across my mind when this happened today! Why not just include in every layer filter a filter to include Layer1. Too simple right! Why didn’t ...<< MORE >>

Check it out there is not one not two but three new service packs out for LDT, C3D and Civil 2009.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/index?siteID=123112&id=2334435&linkID=9240698

Just go down the list and pick off what you need.

Also read the readme files.  This service pack must be installed on top of 2.1  IT DOES NOT INCLUDE 2.1


And also the service pack looks like it is mostly dealing with AutoCad issues! 


As per the Readme file:

As a result of detailed information from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, a number of problems were identified and fixed. Updates have been made in the following feature areas:

• 2D Display
• 3D Navigation Tools
• Annotation Scaling
• Blocks
• CUI
• DBX-ACDB
• Display Drivers
• Dynamic Dimensions
• eTransmit
• Graphic System
• Hatch
• Impression Toolbar
• Layer
• Materials
• MDI
• Modify
• Open/Save
• Object Snaps
• OLE
• Plot
• Properties Palette
• Publish
• Purge
• Render
• Section & Flatten
• Visual Styles

        

Yes! You read that right! I can now buid an intersection in 2010 in 15 seconds flat!  Just ask the attendees to last weeks rollout show in Edina or Sioux Falls! (Took 17 seconds there).


I may try to beat that In Bismarck, ND in two weeks!  I know I can I might even get it down to 10 seconds or less!

Below what completed in15 seconds! With turn lanes!

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Yes, I know I'm going to take flak for this post!  Yes Autodesk and Miscrosoft is bent on having us users switch to the new Ribbon.......

Why?  More effecient they say!   I don't necessarly disagree, but where the heck is my menu ba now?  I know where something is or should I say was in 2010 and I know that it has got to be somewhere on the Ribbon?

But where? 


We'll I'm going to show you two new things........

One!  Where is my Command? 

Yes that is what they call it "Where is my Command?"

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Yes, Autodesk has finally released that release date for Civil 3D and Civil..........and the date is.........(opening the e-mail.....)   April 17th............

So there you have it April 17th, 2009 is the day that they start shipping C3D 2010.

So just what is in C3D 2010.

We'll you're going to have to come to one of our Roadshows to see. We will be demostrating both C3D 2010 and AutoCad 2010.

Sioux Falls, SD           April 14th

Des Moines, Iowa      April 15th

Edina,MN                      April 16th

Bismarck,ND               April 28th

Fargo,ND                      April 29th

If yo are interested in any of these shows just e-mail me at bneu@alignex.com and I'll make sure you get an official invite!

Oh and yes they are free!

        

Yes, there are service packs out for all three programs.

And yes, they can all be installed over 2.0

Have fun!

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/index?siteID=123112&id=2334435&linkID=9240698


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