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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]
Wireless Networking - Linksys WRT350N And Intel 4965AGN
Blog The latest Intel drivers are loaded on both XP and Vista When I am running Windows Vista Business, it won't connect. When I am running Windows XP Professional on the laptop, it connects to the Linksys router just fine.
[November 12, 2008, 7:35]
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]
S6510/Vista Vs. S2110/XP Professional
Blog What I want to concentrate on here is the difference between Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional. But then I immediately logged in on both systems, and the S2110 (XP) was "ready for use" in another 15-20 seconds, while the S6510 (Vista) took...
[January 9, 2008, 13:06]
Windows Driver Updates
Blog Because of my recent adventures with Windows Vista on my Lifebook, I've had to learn about and deal with the differences between Vista and XP in third-party device driver distribution and updates. I have seen a number of them included in the...
[May 13, 2008, 12:49]
2008-01-06 Vista Is A Downgrade.
Talkback Don't *need* another newer version of Windows, such as Vista. But with Vista? for some unexplicable reason so that if you need to go back there later you have to reclick that fine print link > Only now does it pop up the window that you were used...
[January 6, 2008, 23:41]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog The first problem that I ran into was that the Windows installation disks I have are actually "recovery" media from Fujitsu, and as such they will only recreate the factory-delivered configuration, with Windows (Vista or XP) in the C: partition...
[June 17, 2008, 15:16]
Vista Vs Ubuntu: This Time, It's Virtual
Blog Of course, I can't just put a Windows OS on my Ubuntu machinery - don't have an unused Genuine Windows Advantage XP or Vista, and to reuse anything would be against the licence. Haven't had time to do any performance testing, but subjectively...
[October 23, 2007, 14:20]
Windows Vista - Here I Go Again!
Blog So, after reading all of the recent posts about Vista SP1 being available "Real Soon Now" (which made me aware that there are some Vista updates that must be installed before SP1 will install), and reading David Long's good article about...
[February 19, 2008, 13:02]
S6510: XP Faster, More Stable Than Vista
Blog As I have mentioned previously, the S6510 came with a certificate of "Downgrade Rights for Microsoft Windows Vista Business", and a Windows XP Professional Recovery DVD. So I decided to get a second disk drive, so that I could keep the original...
[January 13, 2008, 20:44]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Comment GRUB even shows that it knows the Vista boot is "special", because when I do it with XP Pro, the GRUB boot menu only lists "Microsoft Windows XP Professional", whereas when I did it with Vista, the menu says "Microsoft Windows Vista (loader)".
[June 18, 2008, 9:27]
I Will Blog, Despite Vista's Best Efforts
Blog I had several thoughts that I imagined might be interesting to share: about how, despite all the advances that have generated all the product upgrades from the 'Wintel' duopoly, I have this week discovered that an eight-year old Toshiba laptop...
[March 20, 2008, 20:56]
Can't Really Include Outlook
Talkback Mainly because microsoft moved the interface from the perfect XP to the useless Vista. Vista 2 needs to go back to the XP layout with the flash Vista interface. Id have added windows Vista as a complete entity in this list of rogue software.
[May 27, 2008, 18:44]
Five Things You'll Love (and Hate) About Windows Vista review
Reviews But based on what I've seen after living with Windows Vista beta 2 for a while, here are five things I think you'll like about the new operating system -- some of which might persuade certain fence-sitters to upgrade -- and five things that may...
[June 16, 2006, 9:35]
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]
Alienware
Talkback I was quoted an additional £24 charge having XP Pro instead of Vista Home Premium. I enquired if it would be cheaper to have an older version of windows installed such as XP. It looks like I will have to buy my system with Vista home and then use...
[March 20, 2007, 11:44]
Tech Talk - XP To Vista, The Problem Details
Blog After my post about finally giving up on Vista and going back to XP Professional, I have had several requests for a more complete list of the problems that I had with Vista. We are sorry to inform you that a full feature driver for Windows Vista or...
[November 30, 2007, 9:58]
The Windows Vista Timeline
News As I began planning this edition of the Windows Vista Report, I began to look back at how long we've been anticipating Windows XP's successor and came to the conclusion that it goes all the way back to 2001.
[May 19, 2006, 13:20]
Microsoft Tells Businesses: It's Time For Vista
News Microsoft on Wednesday released a white paper targeted at the many businesses that have chosen to stick with Windows XP instead of moving to Vista. Compared with Windows XP, Vista has had fewer vulnerabilities (45 for Vista versus 56 for XP); fewer...
[June 5, 2008, 13:04]
Outward Bound With Vista's New Firewall review
Reviews But he goes on to state that what's left out of Windows XP and Vista firewalls can easily be centrally managed via Microsoft Active Directory. Because I'm running the current Windows Vista beta 2, which contains every available feature, I'm able to...
[June 6, 2006, 14:40]
