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Windows XP SP3 Installed

Blog Overall I am very happy with the S6510 running XP since my latest retreat from Vista last week. Moreover, they have not only held back XP SP3, they have also stopped Vista SP1 from Automatic Download (again) for the same reason.

[April 30, 2008, 8:53]

Ubuntu On Fujitsu Lifebook S6510

Blog Ok, time to retreat to XP Professional on the S6510 for now, and to consider what to do next. If that works, I could even consider setting up the S6510 with three partitions, for Ubuntu, XP and Vista, so that I can go back and try Vista again from...

[June 5, 2008, 9:16]

Vista Vs. XP: The Final Retreat

Blog What precipitated the retreat, this time, was that I turned my laptop on this morning, after having done a normal "suspend" last night, and after several minutes of black screen and endless disk activity, Vista said "Improper shutdown detected...

[April 24, 2008, 20:19]

Weekend Detour, Vista To XP

Blog Those plans got put on hold when my frustration level with Vista on this laptop finally reached the point that I gave up and made a tactical retreat to Windows XP Professional. Although this Fujitsu-Siemens laptop came preloaded with XP...

[November 26, 2007, 7:12]

Status Update, Vista To XP Retreat (Advance?)

Blog It has been two weeks since I switched from Windows Vista back to Windows XP Professional on my Fujitsu Lifebook S6510, and two months since I made the same switch on my Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S2110.

[January 25, 2008, 12:00]

Vista To XP - A Forced Retreat

Blog But I said that I would keep this blog up to date with my Vista/XP adventures, and I want others who may run into this situation to know they are not alone, and they are probably not at fault. This morning when I turned the system on, it said...

[February 26, 2008, 8:49]

Status Update, Vista To XP Retreat (Advance?)

Blog Comment Look at how many people, and business, are still running Windows 2000, and there were compelling reasons and advantages in upgrading to XP; without any such obvious advantages in upgrading to Vista, the percentage who "stay behind" is likely to be...

[January 28, 2008, 7:11]

Status Update, Vista To XP Retreat (Advance?)

Blog Comment Wonder if other people are having the same problem with Vista on older PCs? Here's something that might be of interest, though at a tangent, that I came across while looking around for info on this: It's a blog purportedly written by someone...

[January 25, 2008, 16:58]