Installing the hw trigger requires a different camera driver, so rather than try to remove all the remnants of the old one I decided to wipe out my entire system and upgrade to x64. Surprise surprise, upgrading to W7 has turned out to be a huge time vampire, with the usual bullshit-every-step-of-the-way syndrome.
Invariably I'll have to go through this crap again in the near future, so to help prevent another lost week here's brief rundown of some of the problems and solutions.
Problem 1: PC wouldn't start up from W7 x64 install CD. Creating multiple CD's from different ISO's did nothing.
Solution: Created an ISO from an install CD (on my Mac no less), then used the "Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool" to create a bootable USB drive. But this required...
Problem 2: Since I was upgrading from XP x86 to W7 x64, the USB/DVD Download stuff required an additional program to create the MBR on the USB drive. Normally you have to download this from MS based on your purchase history, but since my ISO came from a MSDN site I had no download history.
Solution: Thankfully this is a common problem and someone on the interwebs posted a direct link to what I needed.
Problem 3: W7 activation couldn't find the DNS server to register the product key.
Solution: After a few emails to the campus network overlords, they sent me the direct address.
Problem 4: Installing video card driver resulted in everyone's favorite BSOD.
Solution: Quickly unplug all USB connections right before installer begins. Seriously.
There were other, but you get the gist.
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