Chiefly British

I see it now.

// @matigo

@hazardwarning I hope you can wind down a bit tonight.

@matigo Where is it? Is it still in a queue waiting to be posted? Why would you queue stuff anyway, instead of just posting straight away?

@jextxadore I like canals. They have a nice atmosphere. Not many streets do.

@hazardwarning Windows menu>right click on Computer>properties to see if you have service pack 2.

One thing you need to be aware of is, if you re-install Windows (in order to get it into a smaller, cleaner state) onto a machine with a Linux partion it may overwrite the GRUB bootloader and only leave you with a Windows boot option. I'm not sure of the best way around that. @matigo might know.

You could skip the re-installing bit but if Windows is currently huge your Windows VM is going to be huge too.

@hazardwarning I'm in the same boat with a hugely bloated Vista on an Acer laptop. The size problem is down to the winsxs folder. See this link:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/winsxs-folder-windows-7-8
You can clean it up a bit with VSP1CLN.EXE. Just bear in mind that if you have Vista Service Pack 2 installed they have replaced that with compcln as explained in this site:
https://bcrawfordjr.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/windows-vista-service-pack-2-clean-up-tool-compcln-exe/
I did the compcln command but it only got me 1GB back so I think re-installing Windows is the way to go. Once I've done a clean re-install and removed some of the Acer bloatware I may use @matigo's VM method.

// @matigo

@indigo So am I. Sleeping is a problem.

@hazardwarning The balance of power between employers and employees is still not quite right.

// @matigo

@bazbt3 You have plums and @matigo has melons? What are you trying to say?

@indigo Yep.