BW December 2014
12/15: I vacuumed the bundling table that was covered with metal shavings and sawdust. Liana and I took an inventory of some things in the storage closet in 405. I learned how to cut fibers and measure them with the new micrometer.
12/16: I measured some of the fibers in bundle 41, but I noticed traces of the cladding appearing on the fibers, so I stopped until I could consult someone about this problem. I swept lab 405 before leaving.
12/22: I installed Windows 7 on the computer next to the phone in lab 403. When I put the installation CD into the DVD drive, a menu of boot options appeared. First I had to enter "1" and later after the computer rebooted it required "2" to complete installation and start running Windows. Another step in the installation was to delete all the partitions on the hard drive because they were not in the NTFS format Windows needed.
I installed several programs on the computer, including antivirus software, Google Chrome, Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader, and Java. Not knowing what other programs we needed, I logged off the computer and measured fibers for a while. Later I remembered that the VMware Horizon View Client should be on the computer so that we could use the Skybox. When I came back to the computer, it was off and the power button did not work. I measured more fibers and came back to 403 later. Dr. Jones asked how things were going and I told him the problem. He opened and closed a switch on the rear panel of the computer and it booted up afterwards. I installed the VMware Horizon View Client and he instructed me to install printer drivers. I found a webpage with drivers for the HP Designjet T1100 before going home.
12/23: There were four printer drivers and I did not know which one to use. Two of the drivers were programs and two were files that would enable Windows to control the printer. I downloaded one program and one zipped folder of files for Windows, but when it was time to discover network devices, the printer in 403 did not appear. Then it occurred to me that there might be directions for installing a driver on the wiki. After finding them, I knew I should use the driver files for Windows rather than the driver program. However, when I had followed the instructions to add the printer, it was the wrong size, 24 inches instead of 44. I tried the other driver files for Windows from the HP webpage I found the night before, with the same result.