Recovery Weekend
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I seemed to have screwed up BOTH Win7 VMs, so I decided to start over. On my dekstop, I was smart enough to have made a snapshot of the VM aftr getting the VM working with the display, USB3 and networking, before installing any dev tools. This allowed me to delete the snapshot and create a new one, and only have to install the dev tools again. The loaptop was a different story, and I had to delete the entire vm and start from scratch. I'm finally at the point that I can start installing dev tools again. What a crappy kind of weekend...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
I seemed to have screwed up BOTH Win7 VMs, so I decided to start over. On my dekstop, I was smart enough to have made a snapshot of the VM aftr getting the VM working with the display, USB3 and networking, before installing any dev tools. This allowed me to delete the snapshot and create a new one, and only have to install the dev tools again. The loaptop was a different story, and I had to delete the entire vm and start from scratch. I'm finally at the point that I can start installing dev tools again. What a crappy kind of weekend...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013I've keep a few VM's in different stages. First one is base OS with basic utils and settings the way I like, then take a snapshot clone that (after snapshot) and add dev utils, database tools, libs (but not the databases), snap shot clone that, install & pref-set visual studio, snapshot clone that, snapshot, add local databases, snapshot, do work, occasional snapshots (so backup only needs the last snapshot file) the last [pre-clone] snapshot on each machine, (particularly the first one), provides for testing on a fully clean settings (untainted by something quick-modded during dev/app install and not recorded in the installer script/notes, i.e. reg setting/dll often overlooked) and fully clean/restore it after for the next time. ... if say added some garbage extension/setting to vs, can snap back to the clean vs ... if say database upgrades, can test the upgrade. if wanted few months later roll back snaps/clones and re-build "new machines" using it as the base version. lately moving from vs17 to 19: cloned pre-vs and installed/pref set 19 - fully clean, no 17 baggage issues (and just in case of problems kept the vs17 ones around till I was sure I could ditch them.) think like those guys like linus on youtube when they test soft/hardware: they have a store room of different machines to pick from - some clean/re-cleaned, some [part] modded, some old, some different o/s....)
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I seemed to have screwed up BOTH Win7 VMs, so I decided to start over. On my dekstop, I was smart enough to have made a snapshot of the VM aftr getting the VM working with the display, USB3 and networking, before installing any dev tools. This allowed me to delete the snapshot and create a new one, and only have to install the dev tools again. The loaptop was a different story, and I had to delete the entire vm and start from scratch. I'm finally at the point that I can start installing dev tools again. What a crappy kind of weekend...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013Quote:
I'm finally at the point that I can start installing dev tools again
How about starting the installation by a story... 0. Grab bottle of Shiner. 1. Walk in to your desk. 2. Open your laptop. 3. Turn on the power. 4. Google and download the tools. 5.More stories...
