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When you first try to upgrade to Windows 7, emotions run high.  You can’t wait to see the sleek new design.  So you pop the disk in, and run the installation.

Then it tells you it can’t proceed because something like a Security Protect Manager would interfere with Windows 7.  The reason this happens is due to errors with driver compatibility, and there are many complaints about it all over the internet.  If your fingerprint scanner is giving you trouble, your best bet would be to remove it, then install Windows 7.

If the installation completes successfully, and your fingerprint scanner mattered THAT much to you, you should be able to reinstall it on Windows 7.  Just make sure you still have the disk that came with your computer and you should be in the clear!

And don’t forget to download Edgar’s amazing presentation and gaze at its awesomeness!

As promised here is the “Getting Started with Web Development” presentation download here.

As we celebrated the launch of Windows 7, Ubuntu 9.10 just reached it’s final release.  Now before you go and start upgrading your machines to this beast, please please please see the release notes and make sure that your machine is not affected by the problems mention on the page:
Release Notes

Now for those of you turkeys who have no idea what’s the difference between 9.04 and 9.10, please see the following article from theRegister:

See article

Happy Furlough Day everyone.  I hope none of you forgot that today was Furlough Day because that would suck.

If you haven’t gotten your copy of Windows 7 yet and still want one, please contact Alex.  Please be advise that if you’re using Windows Vista Home Premium or less, you cannot directly upgrade to Windows 7 Professional (you’ll have to do a full installation which will delete all your stuff).

It’ll be October 28th in VEC-419 @ 12 noon.

We’ll be discussing the new projects ACM is working on.

Game Development Project for the VA Hospital

The VA hospital needs to have their psychology games to be remade in Java or C#. For those of you with CECS 174 or further completed, this will be the perfect chance to practical experience with the fundamentals of game programming.

Physical Therapy Project for the VA Hospital

Attention Computer Scientists and Computer Engineers: The VA hospital need to make hardware and software to measure patient’s balance. Let us know if you’re interested at this week’s meeting.

More Imagine Cup Projects

The web design, digital media, and IT challenges have just opened up for the Imagine Cup. Find out more about them at Wednesday’s meeting.

The BYOP Pumpkin Carving Contest

We’re hosting a pumpkin carving contest and giving away prizes Thursday the 29th.

3 dollars to enter competition ($5 suggested)

Just bring your pumpkin and have it hollowed out, once you are here then we can begin the Carving. Stencils are allowed, just bring a pumpkin carving kit. Or if you do not want to use a stencil cut out just design your own!!

Be creative!

Prizes to Win

copy of windows 7
viva pinata
copy of expression studio 3

Begins at 4pm in front of the ACM office (Eng 3 110)

ACM Facebook Group

For those of you that didn’t know, we have our own facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=93882227445

Join us today!