Dare I say it...?

Do I dare say it and risk jinxing the whole thing?

<whisper> Success!

I managed to put my new computer together last night.  After working through the setup and updating the pre-installed programs, I tried installing The Sims: Complete Collection.  The game installed--much faster than when I installed it on my old computer.  I didn't play just then, though...another issue came up called dinner.  And after that, another issue--although I got another printer (it was part of a package at Best Buy), it's an inkjet rather than a laser printer, and since the family prefers to use the laser because it is marginally more efficient, they wanted to install that onto the computer.  However, it uses a parallel port versus a USB port, and the new computer only had parallel ports, so now I need to go looking for an adapter.  Which brought up another issue:  we needed the CD to install the printer and we couldn't find it.  So that resulted in a 30-45 minute search.  Finally we found it.  We still need the adapter, but if we didn't have the CD, we wouldn't be able to install the printer, so we wouldn't have needed the adapter at all.  But now that we found it, I have to get the adapter.  And a USB hub too because now we're talking about four USB ports going to be in use--the keyboard and mouse use one port each, and between the laser printer and the inkjet printer, that's four, and that's all the computer has on the back (the ones on the front would be used for thumb drives, of course) so because we also have a scanner...AAAAH!

Sorry.

So, after the mad search for the CD (which we found), it was time for a TV break (NCIS and NCIS:LA, recorded on DVR).  Then, after that, I went through the process of copying my Sims files from the old computer onto thumb drive, then transferring them over to the new computer.

I tried playing one game--just start, to see if it would work--and it worked.  However, with a widescreen monitor, the aspect is slightly distracting.  I don't think the top and bottom got cut off, necessarily, which I heard might happen, because the menus on the bottom were visible, as were the queue items in the top right.  But what I'm thinking is this: on my old monitor there is a black border around the entire playing area, but on the widescreen monitor the top and bottom are cut off and go right to the border of the screen (or just about) while the sides are wider than before.  It will take a little getting used to, but I'm sure it will work out in the end.

So, tonight, I need to finish transferring just a few more files--I had made some paintings and stuff that are in some of the houses which I will now need to transfer so that the homes will open without problems.  Then, I can play!

Oh, wait.  Criminal Minds and CSI: NY are on tonight...were they new episodes?  I think they were...oh, well...I'll play after that for a little.

Well, back to work!