Finally my last words on XP SP3, (yeah right, you hope so!)
Blog We wanted to know when somebody in Redmond decided to screw around with our boxes like they owned them! disconnect with the Redmond mothership and stick that CD/DVDROM iso in the drive and hit autoplay.inf if that's been turned off by the BOFH.
[June 18, 2008, 19:43]
XP SP3 release candidate, er, released
Blog Anyway, over to Redmond for the usual RC proviso: Season's greetings from Microsoft, in the shape of a release candidate for Windows XP service pack 3. Available to download here, this is the first non-beta version of XP SP3 released to the public.
[December 19, 2007, 10:35]
Ya need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah buddy. I got ya servicepack3 right here!
Blog Not from an online connection that could be filled with disastrous outcomes if enough of the wrong bits got flipped during transmission from the Redmond mothership to the computer in front of me. Sometimes I think I am a masochist.
[June 16, 2008, 6:34]
Big Brother is in Redmond
Blog Even in somebody that is actively antagonistic towards the Redmond Gorilla! Besides recent SP3 surprises I had another computer event that surprised me. I had to reboot Debbie! I did an update on her and one of the suggested updates was a kernel...
[May 25, 2008, 13:19]
Bits of Shiny Broken Windows
Blog The flying monkeys in Redmond might have something going. I've been poking at Windows 7 Beta at work. Comparing it to Vista makes Vista look really pathetic. First off Windows 7 Beta runs just fine on older hardware as long as you don't expect game...
[March 20, 2009, 1:22]
Guy Kewney's Weekend Diary
News In Redmond, Washington (near Seattle) word finally filters out as to why Microsoft Network isn't too quick right now. The idea of this column, of course, is global omnipresence. Reading it, you are supposed to never be able to guess where I am...
[July 12, 1997, 8:00]
Microsoft issues new RC of Vista SP2
Blog Service Pack 2 is now into its release candidate phase, and Redmond has made an "escrow" version (the name reminds me of dodgy eBay deals, but never mind) available to certain testers. While the world and its dog eagerly awaits Windows 7, Microsoft...
[January 30, 2009, 11:52]
Windows 7 RC Cracker Jack Surprise.
Blog You know sometimes I really hate giving bananas to the code monkeys at Redmond. Windows 7 RC surprised me today with some computational behavior that was totally unexpected. But when the monkeys do it right, you gotta give them the whole bunch.
[June 2, 2009, 1:17]
Marketing Mush
Blog I also will be able to customize the operating system image to only include what I want in it and not what the Redmond Gorilla wants in it. I felt like I was wading through mush reading the Engineering Windows 7 blog.
[October 17, 2008, 3:51]
XP is dead; long live XP
News Although Microsoft is keen for users to switch to XP's successor, Windows Vista, that operating system has not been the success that was hoped for by Redmond. Monday is the last day on which Windows XP will be sold as a boxed product or licensed to...
[June 30, 2008, 13:53]
Evidently there's a Rattled Cage in Redmond.
Blog I received this email via the zdnet.co.uk webmail today and I thought it would be more appropriate to answer here so jayaram I hope you come back to read it. Original Message ---- From: jayaram To: Xwindowsjunkie
[July 30, 2008, 0:57]
