Note:<888>07/07/01 Saturday 10:15 P.M. EDT: I went out, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by the waterfront. I then went to the Stop and Shop. I bought a S&S 5 pound bag of sugar for $2.19, a 10 pack 10 quart box of S&S dried milk $5.39, a Hawaiian Del Monte pineapple $3.99, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter $1.49, two ears of sweet corn .40 each, a yellow and green squash at .99 a pound $1.04, two 32 oz. bottles of Lemon Lysol $2.99 each, a package of 250 blue paper napkins .99 plus .42 tax for $22.29 total. I then returned home. I peeled the pineapple and diced it and added a pint of blue berries, a tablespoon of Angostura bitters, a ounce of Barbados Mount Gay rum, and a cup of orange juice. I mixed it all together, and put it in large Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator to chill. After soaking for a day the fresh fruit should have absorbed the other flavors and melded together. I then threw out the pineapple peels. Time for regular internet work. CIO

Note:<888>07/07/01 Saturday 6:10 P.M. EDT: I finished house cleaning and watering the plants. I had dinner of two hotdogs with condiments and buns, steamed corn on the cob, broccoli, green beans, and iced coffee. I cleaned up. I am just finishing up making iced tea. I added lemon juice this time with the same mixture. I chatted with a couple of relatives. I will go out as soon as I put the iced tea in the refrigerator. CIO

Note:<888>07/07/01 Saturday 2:15 P.M. EDT: I was up at 7:30 A.M., and the C: drive was finished defragmenting. I then started to backup the C: drive to the D: drive with the Windows XP backup program. It is twice as fast as the old Windows 95 backup program, but it does not compress file space, so there was not room on the 20 gigabyte D: drive for the 10 gigabyte backup of the C: drive in three parts. Windows XP limits backups to 4 gigabytes. I want to keep the old Windows ME C: and E: backup files in case, I need to do a Windows ME restore. The old backup program was uninstalled, and I decompressed it from the Win95 Cdrom, but it does not work with Windows XP. Since Windows XP is a beta, I will forgo using its backup program until I have the finished product in October. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I rested until noon. I will now do house cleaning. CIO

End of Scott's Notes week 07/06/01:

Note:<888>07/06/01 Friday 11:25 P.M. EDT: 24 hours ago, I received the registration code for Windows XP beta RS1 which I had already downloaded. I installed it on the backup computer which took until 4 A.M. about four to five hours installation without problem on the older slower 233 MHz computer with 64 megs. memory. I then tested it. About 6 A.M., I proceeded to install the beta on my primary computer. I fell asleep until about 11 A.M., and the first two to three hours of system configuration checking was complete. I rebooted, and with two more reboots installation was complete about 4 P.M. without any problems, about seven hours installation time on my 366 MHZ computer with 96 megs memory, 75,000 favorites, 43 gigabytes of hard drive space on the three hard drives. As warned by the configuration tester, the Ezonics EZCAM USB and the Compaq IJ200 color printer does not work with Windows XP at this point. I did try to get them going to no avail. The Visioneer 4400 USB scanner does work along with everything else. Norton System Works and Creative Sound Manager programs don't work. I had to reinstall Zone Alarm and Music Match and FrontPage Express. Everything Else seems to work fine at this point. I am at this point very pleased with the betas performance on my primary system. I had a breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I just had a couple of hotdogs with buns and condiments with ice tea. I will send out my weekly email. Then I will optimize the C: drive before starting the server. CIO

Note:<888>07/05/01 Thursday 8:50 P.M. EDT: I made up a batch of iced coffee. I had dinner of two hotdogs with buns and condiments, steamed corn on the cob, steamed sliced zucchini and yellow squash, and ice tea. I chatted with a friend. CIO

Note:<888>07/05/01 Thursday 5:40 P.M. EDT: I did not go back to sleep. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I did a little web browsing. I cleaned up, and I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I went by the Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought two brass six inch candle sticks for .25 each. I went by the Food Emporium, and I bought three 4 four packs of Energizer AA batteries for .99 each and a pack of AAA for .99 also. I also bought a 38 oz. bag of Balanced Blend 50% less caffeine coffee beans for $5.99, 16 oz. container of whipped cream cheese $2.29, Snyder's white tortilla chips $1.69, a pint of blueberries $1.99, two Zucchini squash at $1.29 a pound for $1.39 and two yellow squash at $1.29 a pound for $1.24 for $18.79 total. I returned home, and I blended the new coffee beans with the existing coffee beans mixture. I have six quart jars of coffee beans in the freezer. I put the hurricane lamps from the long bureau on the left hallway bookcase. I put the new 6 inch brass candle sticks on the long bureau. I now have 8 brass candle sticks on the long bureau. I also have eight bronze candle sticks on the dining room table lazy Susan. I am now having iced coffee. CIO

Note:<888>07/05/01 Thursday 11:00 A.M. EDT: The beta I downloaded still needs the unlocking key code I am waiting to have sent to me. I ran the Windows XP Upgrade Configurator on both computers. I rested from 6:30 A.M.. I will rest more until 1 P.M.. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO

Note:<888>07/05/01 Thursday 3:35 A.M. EDT: I found this link in the Windows XP Beta newsgroup "news://microsoft.public.windowsxp.beta.general" for "http://iexbeta.cjb.net/"which shows how to download the beta before notification. I set GET Right to 20 megs per second speed, and found the setting mentioned under Advanced when I clicked on more. It took about ten minutes for the 480 meg. download. I downloaded it to both computers, and I just finished extracting it on the backup computer. I don't think I can install it without the registration code. I had some microwave popcorn and ice tea. Time to try installing though. CIO

Note:<888>07/04/01 Wednesday 11:55 P.M. EDT: I finished the laundry. I have been channel surfing a bit. CIO

Note:<888>07/04/01 Wednesday 9:40 P.M. EDT: I have the laundry on the dry cycle. I put clean sheets on the bed. I have been watching the Channel 13 PBS Fourth of July special from Washington D.C.. I had some of the Jell-o mixture. CIO

Note:<888>07/04/01 Wednesday 8:35 P.M. EDT: I ran Win Optimizer 99 Deluxe on the main computer along with Norton WinDoctor. I had dinner of broiled shell steak, steamed corn on the cob, green beans, broccoli, and ice tea. CIO

Note:<888>07/04/01 Wednesday 7:00 P.M. EDT: I did not go out. I freed up disk space on the backup computer by deleting unneeded programs and files. I now have 2.5 gigabytes space on it. I put PCOpus on it to open up the *.ISO file for Microsoft Windows XP beta RS1 when available for download. I ran Win Optimizer 99 Deluxe. I ran scandisk, and I am now running disk optimizer on it, so the backup computer should be ready for the beta when available. I put the folding wicker chair from the living room desk at the bedroom door entrance, so I am using the swivel office chair at both computers. CIO

Note:<888>07/04/01 Wednesday 2:00 P.M. EDT: I was up at noon. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I chatted with a relative. Time to clean up and go out for some fresh air. CIO

Note:<888>07/04/01 Wednesday 12:30 A.M. EDT: I updated Scott's Broadcast "http://mrscott.com/sound.htm" . CIO

Note:<888>07/03/01 Tuesday 11:30 P.M. EDT: I channel surfed. I filled out the Honeywell Hepa Air Filter registration. CIO

Note:<888>07/03/01 Tuesday 10:05 P.M. EDT: I stopped by the library, and I read the Wall Street Journal and the local paper. I walked upper Greenwich Avenue. I returned home. I had some tortilla chips and ice tea. CIO

Note:<888>07/03/01 Tuesday 7:10 P.M. EDT: I chatted with a relative. I had a broiled steak for dinner with steamed corn on the cob, green beans, broccoli, and iced coffee. I watched the ABC evening news. CIO

Note:<888>07/03/01 Tuesday 4:15 P.M. EDT: I went out, and I paid my rent at First Union Bank on Benedict Place. I then stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop. I next went by Stop and Shop, and I bought 3 New Strip steaks at $4.99 a pound for $10.78, a head of broccoli at .99 a pound $1.87, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter $1.49 for $14.14 total. I then went to the Food Emporium, and I bought Snyder's tortilla chips $1.69, 2 Lays Barbeque potato chips .79 each, Oscar Meyer beef franks $2.29, fresh green beans at $1.49 a pound $1.33, 5 ears of corn on the cob $2, three four packs of Energizer AAA batteries .99 a pack and one pack of AA at .99. Batteries AAA and AA are $4 off a pack at the Food Emporium. Total was $13.95. I got a new Food Emporium Savings card since my old one's bar code did not work. I returned home, and I finished off the V8 juice with a dash of curry. CIO

Note:<888>07/03/01 Tuesday 1:50 P.M. EDT: For those of you downloading the Microsoft XP beta RS1 which is in *.ISO format. I believe this utility will uncompress a *.iso file "http://galway.informatik.uni-kl.de/staff/mandola/opus/"

download "pcopusnew.zip" . CIO

Note:<888>07/03/01 Tuesday 12:35 P.M. EDT: I was up at 10:30 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I cleaned up, and I am waiting for the mail to arrive. CIO

Note:<888>07/03/01 Tuesday 1:05 A.M. EDT: I relaxed a bit. I put the new 9 volt battery in the GE answering machine. Earlier this evening, I left the old AT&T answering machine at the Hospital Thrift Shop. I had some of the Jell-o mixture I made a few days ago. Time for bed. CIO

Note:<888>07/03/01 Tuesday 12:35 A.M. EDT: I will have to use a program like "www.cdrom-emulator.com" tp extract the ISO file when I download the Windows XP beta RS1 from Microsoft upon notification soon. I went out, and I stopped by CVS. I bought six cans of Campbell's pork and beans for .33 each. With the store coupon I got a 4 pack of Panasonic AAA batteries for $4.59 and a free 9 volt Panasonic battery worth $3.69 plus .28 tax for $6.85 total. I drove down by the waterfront. I then went to the Greenwich 4th of July fireworks at the Greenwich High School. It was a most excellent display of pyrotechnics. It was sponsored by Greenwich Capital "www.gcm.com" a local resident on Steamboat Road. Turner Construction is working on the corner lot of Steamboat Road and Museum drive across from the construction at the Greenwich Harbor Inn. After the fireworks, I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I checked my tire pressure at the Shell Station. I returned home, and I finished off a bag of Snyder's tortilla chips with ice tea. I have been doing a little regular computer work. CIO

Note:<888>07/02/01 Monday 6:45 P.M. EDT: I went back to bed, and I was up at 11 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I went out, and I bought $12.75 of premium at Exxon at $1.999 a gallon. I returned videotapes and a book at the library. I obtained a money order for .90 at the Post Office, and I paid my Verizon telephone bill. I went up to CompUSA in Norwalk. I returned the memory I bought yesterday. I need the memory that is 66 MHz compatible, but it is not on sale, and would be $70 for the PNY 128 meg. chip. Thus I did not get it. I then went to Wal-Mart in Norwalk, and I bought a General Electric Fully-Digital Answering Messaging System with Voice Time/Day Stamp for $14.98 and a pair of Farah Khakis pleated classic fit waist 40 inches length 30 inches for $17.96 plus .89 tax for $33.73 total. I toured Staples next to Wal-Mart. I returned to Greenwich. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought 24 bar glasses for .25 each for $6 total. I made my 4 P.M. appointment. I returned home. I washes and dried the new bar glasses. I put the mixers on the floor underneath the bar and underneath the blue sofa. I dusted the existing bar glasses on the lower level of the Danish table bar and put the new glasses on the same level. I hung the new Farah Khakis in the bedroom closet. I set up the new answering machine putting it at the end of the bar next to the GE cordless telephone. Time for dinner of the remaining Purdue oven stuffer chicken and steamed corn on the cob with steamed broccoli and ice tea. I received notice from Microsoft, they would be emailing me the link for downloading Windows XP beta RS1 in two to the three days. Happy Canada day. CIO

Note:<888>07/02/01 Monday 6:35 A.M. EDT: I went to be at 10 P.M., and I was up at 5:30 A.M.. I tried getting the memory, I bought yesterday by changing to an earlier CMOS to no avail. I put the most recent CMOS back on. I might try to sleep a bit more. CIO

Note:<888>07/01/01 Sunday 8:10 P.M. EDT: I had a friend stop by at 8 A.M. this morning. I gave the friend breakfast. The friend's electricity was off. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. Once the friend left, I stopped by the Putnam Trust Bank of New York ATM machine on Mason Street. I then went to CompUSA in Norwalk. I bought two 133 MHz 256 meg. memory chips for $60 each plus tax. I stopped by the Wiz and paid my Cablevision and Optimum online bills. They have the Dennon 14,000 BTU air conditioner with remote control for $450. I went back home, and I tried to install them, but they did not work on my machine. I had some V8 juice with dashes of curry. I returned them and bought two 100 MHz 128 meg. memory chips for $30 each plus tax. I bought a Pentium processor cooling fan for $9.99 plus .60 tax for $10.59. I returned home, and I tried to install the new memory chips, but they still did not work. I did install the new processor cooling fan. This all took some time. I will return the memory chips tomorrow. I will now have cold sliced chicken breast meat with Tabasco, steamed corn on the cob and steamed broccoli along with ice tea. CIO

Note:<888>07/01/01 Sunday 2:00 A.M. EDT: I noticed that CompUSA "www.compusastores.com"has 128 megabyte PCI 100 memory on sale for $30. I will go up to the Norwalk store tomorrow afternoon and buy some and also pay my Cablevision and Optimum online bills at the Wiz. I will put the 128 mb. and 32 mb. in the main computer and have two 64 mb. in the backup computer for Windows XP beta RS1 when available. Time for bed.